Knockout was almost killed when she was shot by an assassin with a Thanagarian sniper rifle. The shot implanted a bomb in her skin and when Scandal refused to leave her side, she threw Scandal from the blast range telling her they would meet again in the afterlife. After the bomb went off, Scandal scrambled through the debris to find Knockout miraculously still alive, though horribly burned and unconscious. Knockout received medical treatment for her extensive injuries but recovered fully due to her body's Apokoliptian regenerative capabilities.