After they returned; Adam Strange met with Nick Fury, Cameron Chase and Mr. Terrific.

When he learned about his new circumstances, he immediately thought about Rann.

From what he learned, he realized that Rann was likely to be recreated in this reality and that he would need to be there.

He asked to get in touch with the Batman.

Batman understood and alerted John Stewart. John rushed back to Earth and collected Adam Strange. The two left and headed toward the sector where Rann should be.

As expected, Rann existed where they thought it should be and was like they expected.

Adam Strange saw that Rann was intact but was eerily devoid of it's populous.

Adam Strange settled in, but to ease his loneliness, John delivered Adam Warlock and Moondragon to stay with Adam Strange and explain the Marvel universe to him.

Day 29: Early evening, an alternate Earth in an alternate reality near the city of Toronto.

Daniel Cassidy; the Blue Devil, was happy to fill in for the missing JLA.

He was stepping up in the absence of so many missing superheroes. However, the supervillains were stepping up to take advantage of the superheroes absence.

The Blue Devil took a leap and found himself leaping through a rift in reality.

The Brain found himself alone outside of the city of Toronto. He'd been resurrected after having been bludgeoned to death by Gorilla Grodd.

He'd been restored with some improvements however. he had some limited mobility, and he could defend himself.

He perused the city of Toronto but was interrupted by the arrival of the Blue Devil. The hero arrived via a rift in reality.

Blue Devil approached the Brain. He wasn't sure what to do because he did not know about the Brain. The Brain; however, had no such problems identifying Blue Devil.

The Brain felt threatened by the Blue Devil. He tried to retreat but was hampered by his speed limitations.

Blue Devil had never met the Brain before but he'd heard of him. He knew that the Brain had caused trouble on many occasions for the Doom Patrol and the Teen Titans. Looking at the Brain now, Dan couldn't quite see what the fuss was about.

Dan decided to capture the Brain and turn him over to the authorities in the nearby city.

However; as he advanced toward the villain, Blue Devil was struck with a psychic blast that stopped Dan in his tracks.

As Dan reeled back from the unexpected attack, a furtive figure stole up and whisked the Brain away.

When Dan's senses returned, he was confronted by Shield agents reinforced by Mandroids.

A terrified Brain was wondering what had grabbed him and tried to lash out with his newly discovered psychic blast.

"Stop wasting your time. you can't hurt me. I'm simply reuniting you with your faithful servant and greatest achievement."

"Who? Who are you?" the Brain asked.

"You can call me the Midnight Rambler."

"What kind of name is that?"

"Apparently my master is a fan of a rock band called the Rolling Stones and named me after one of their songs."

"Who, who's your master?"

"That is information I am not allowed to divulge to you."

"Ahh, here we are. Your chateau headquarters in France. I will deposit you inside and your faithful servant can fill you in on the particulars."

"Mallah? Monsieur Mallah is here?"

"Oui Monsieur Brain! Your faithful devoted Mallah is here."

Monsieur Mallah joyfully greeted his confused master and then began to explain their circumstances.

The Midnight Rambler moved on to his next mission.

Daniel Cassidy decided to talk to these authorities rather then fight ---- unless he had to.

"Easy fellas, I may not look it, but I'm one of the good guys. I'm Dan Cassidy, alias the Blue Devil."

"That's interesting but we'll have to detain you until somebody who might know shows up to identify and vouch for you."

"Vouch for me? Why should a member of the Justice League have to be vouched for?"

"Because this isn't exactly the world you think it is and a lot of us aren't as familiar with the Justice League as you think we should be. Did anyone else appear with you?"

"Uh yes, I saw the Brain; leader of the Brotherhood of Evil, but he somehow disappeared before I could catch him." Dan said this with reluctant embarrassment.

"How'd this Brain manage to escape?"

He; uh, he blasted, uh, blasted my brain somehow and when I got my senses back, he was gone."

"Uh huh. Well here comes Alpha Flight along with some heroes from your world. You can give the rest of your sob story to them."

Dan was thinking this Shield guy was quite a jerk but was relieved to see Robin, the Huntress, Vixen and Elongated Man along with a handful of unfamiliar heroes. Dan was not familiar with Azrael so he did not recognize him.

Adam Strange was wishing John Stewart had left him with some more affable company. Adam Warlock was somewhat aloof and Moondragon just seemed completely condescending. Adam Strange was going to have to spend a lonely evening with them?

He bagan to look forward to the first influx of Rann natives on the morrow.

Mary Marvel paid a visit to Wakanda. She was greeted by T'Challa and Storm who met her with suspicion.

Mary Marvel promised them they had nothing to fear from her. When she learned about Wakanda and discovered it was in close proximity to both Gorilla City; ruled currently by Gorilla Grodd and Khandaq; ruled by Black Adam, she decided to offer her services in case Wakanda found itself in trouble from either supervillain.

T'challa thanked her; but said that he did not feel very threatened by Grodd, who was forced to defend a city filled only with females, children and the elderly. The entire adult male population of Gorilla City was missing and Grodd was too busy to be aggressive.

Black Adam was a different story and after T'Challa and Storm learned what Mary Marvel could do, they agreed that they would call on her along with the Avengers and X-Men for help if Black Adam became aggressive toward Wakanda.

Robin and Elongated Man greeted Blue Devil warmly but left to try to find and identify whoever had appeared with Adam Strange and apparently impersonated a Shield agent, taking Azrael and the Huntress with them.

Vixen began explaining to Dan what he was dealing with while simultaneously introducing him to the members of Alpha Flight and Gambit.

After she was done, Blue Devil elected to stay and help the DCUniverse group with future arrivals.

Shaman; realizing the Blue Devil's mystical connections when he met Dan, offered to accompany the Blue Devil to the Oblivion bar entrance in Toronto.

Dan was surprized to learn that the Oblivion Bar in this city as well. Just before they entered, Heather Hudson called Michael Twoyoungmen away on a mission. Shaman told the Blue Devil to go on in without him and Shaman would come back for him.

Dan entered the bar but the only patrons were Ghost Rider and Blade as Ragman was in Gotham City and The Enchantress was away with Dr. Strange and Zatanna at Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum being introduced to Hellcat and the Hulk.

Ghost Rider and Blade wrongly assumed that the Blue Devil was trouble and attacked him.

Blue Devil inadvertantly released an epithet, abbreviation being wtf.

He began defending himself.

As it happened, Dan was equipped with both his original trident and the trident of Lucifer, which immediately banished Ghost Rider.

This left Dan alone to face Blade the Vampire Slayer.

The Ghost Rider was sent to join his brother Ghost Rider in the Marvel Hell.

Meanwhile Blade and the Blue Devil began tearing into each other in the Oblivion Bar.

This fight went on for quite a while with neither party getting a an edge on the other. Blue Devil was more powerful but Blade was more agile and faster.

Finally, Ragman reentered the bar and saw what was happening and moved in to break up the fight.

When the fight was broken up, Blade demanded that the Blue Devil return the Ghost Rider. Danny Cassidy sheepishly was forced to admit that the trident could only banish demons and not retrieve them.

They were all forced to wait and hope the mages would return soon and use their powers to retrieve Ghost Rider.