Episode 2: Secret Origins (2) Instant

are overwhelmed by knockout gas and captured in Metropolis.

J'onn reveals the tragic history of his home planet. A thousand years ago, Mars was a peaceful civilization until these parasitic invaders arrived, feeding on Martian psychic energy and eventually wiping out the entire race. J'onn, the sole survivor, had kept them in stasis for centuries until Earth astronauts accidentally released them. The Invasion Intensifies Episode 2: Secret Origins (2)

: Arrives just in time to catch Batman’s falling plane with his power ring. are overwhelmed by knockout gas and captured in Metropolis

The episode ends on a grim cliffhanger: while Wonder Woman escapes with an injured J'onn, inside the exploding facility and is believed by his teammates to have perished. J'onn, the sole survivor, had kept them in

The invaders, who are nocturnal and find sunlight fatal, begin constructing massive factories to shroud Earth in perpetual darkness. To stop them, the heroes split into teams to sabotage these facilities: