Superman: Codename: Patriot #[nn]

In the wake of an assassination attempt on General Zod, Commanders El and Gor interrogate the captured Ral-Dar, while the wounded General remains on the brink. As Alura works to steady the Kryptonian populace, Kal-El and Supergirl uncover Ral-Dar’s escape—and his destination: Earth. With the fate of Krypton still fragile, Superman prepares to follow, leaving the future uncertain.

In "null," Ral-Dar’s desperate flight to Earth sets off a chain of events that brings Superman and Supergirl into a high-stakes chase, while Nightwing and Flamebird grapple with personal tensions and a dangerous deception. As alliances shift and secrets surface beneath Metropolis, the search for Nadira and Az-Rel takes a shocking turn when Mirabai exposes a chilling ruse—Metallo and Reactron were never who they claimed to be.

In "null," Mirabai—posing as Supergirl—draws Mon-El into the depths of Metropolis, where he’s ambushed by the seemingly allied Nightwing and Flamebird, who are actually Metallo and Reactron in disguise. As tensions escalate between Earth’s leaders and the Kryptonian refugees, Ral-Dar’s desperate mission to Markvoia collides with the arrival of President Suarez, setting off a chain of events that forces Superman to answer a call from Krypton—just as General Sam Lane unveils the true scope of his long-concealed operation, Codename: Patriot.

In the wake of a cryptic conversation with Mon-El, Jimmy Olsen digs into the shadowy Project 7734, uncovering a trail that leads to the rumored Project Breach. After a harrowing encounter with a dying informant in a burning house, he follows a cryptic phone number to Natasha Irons—only to find her vanished moments after revealing what she knows. As he flees River City, pursued by the elusive Codename: Assassin, Jimmy’s fate takes a deadly turn when he’s shot and falls into the river, his signal watch the last flicker of hope.