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There have been more version of theJustice Leaguethan anyone could depend . Some have been absolute pinnacles of truth and Department of Justice , like the main universe of discourse variant , and still others have been depraved villains , such as the Crime Syndicate But DC never put together the darkest Justice League that fan expected from theDark Multiverse .
After theconcept of the Dark Multiversewas introduce , DC decided to capitalize on it by showing the twisted what - ifs of their most famous stories . These " new " stories almost always included horrific outcomes and reference either turning evil or villain winning where they should n’t have , leading to some fans acknowledge thatthe winning villains would make a fantastic Justice League .
Despite how it seemed that DC was work up towards a really wrench Justice League , the publisher never follow through with the concept , pass on fans wonder what could have been . If DC had put these character on a squad together , there ’s no doubt they would ’ve been the darkest Justice League fans have ever experience .
Death Metal might be over , but the heroic event has generate fan a drab multiverse full of vicious Batmen with a few that merit to make another appearance .
Twisted by Grief, Lois Lane Becomes a Horrific “Superman”
Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman#1 by Jeff Loveness, Brad Walker, Drew Hennessy, Norm Rapmund, John Kalisz, and Clayton Cowles
The Death of Supermanwas one of the uncollectible second in Clark Kent ’s life ; it was also one of the worst minute in Lois Lane ’s life . As Superman urgently tried to kill Doomsday , he was left entirely alone to do it . Wonder Woman , Batman , Green Lantern — none of them were capable to be there to help him . They ’d either been defeat already or simply had n’t made it in clip . In the originalDeath of Supermanstoryline , Superman succeeds in beating Doomsday , but dies in the physical process . Lois Lane is overcome with grief , but eventually moves past it , especially when Superman returns .
Superman croak , and the domain simply moved on .
unluckily , that ’s notwhat happens in the Dark Multiverse . Instead of moving past her erotic love ’s death , Lois is overcome with grief and hatred for the world around her . Superman died , and the mankind simply moved on . The Justice League continued show up to press conference and fighting to salvage the world . masses sell ware base on Superman ’s death , turn a profit off the decease of a human who gave everything to this earth . Overcome with bitterness , Lois Lane is visited by the Eradicator , who establish her Superman ’s powers . What follow is a homicidal rampage across the planet .
The Blackest Night Spawns DC’s Most Horrific Lantern
Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Blackest Night#1 by Tim Seeley, Kyle Hotz, Dexter Vines, Walden Wong, Danny Miki, David Baron, and Allen Passalaqua
The originalBlackest NightGreen Lantern saga was a story where zombie versions of friends and foes alike rose as Black Lanterns to ruin all life in the universe of discourse . In the main creation , Hal Jordan became a White Lanternand lay aside everyone . But in the Dark Multiverse , the Black Lanterns come through and eradicated all life-time in the creation . One of the last survivors was Sinestro , who was transformed into a Limbo Lantern , trammel between his Black Lantern ring and his White Lantern ring . It ’s a horrific existence and one that makes Sinestro torn between creating life and destroying it .
The story ends with Sinestro using his White Lantern mogul to reset the universe with Lobo as a service line . This creates a moderately awful universe where everything is always at war . appall by the universe he help create , Sinestro seek to snap off through the bound of the Multiverseto escape into another universe . His Black Lantern ring forever urges him to put down aliveness and , considering how unhappy he is with the result of him using his White Lantern to create life , it could be unfeignedly disastrous if he made it to another universe .
It seems that even the Green Lantern Corps ’ members do n’t opine that willpower is a mightier force than the fear used by the Sinestro Corps .
DC’s DarkerInfinite CrisisCompletely Reinvents Blue Beetle
Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Infinite Crisis#1 by James Tynion IV, Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan, Romulo Fajardo Jr., and Rob Leigh
Another major moment inDC ’s account wasInfinite Crisis : an event that completely corkscrew out of control . It started with a conspiracy only noticed by Blue Beetle Ted Kord . As Ted judge to unravel it , he was unfortunately mangle before he could separate anyone . With the Justice League completely clueless as to what was going on , thing continued to step up , culminating in the satellite Brother Eye nearly taking over the Earth and an alternating universe variation of Lex Luthor almost rewriting the universe in his image .
The originalInfinite Crisisevent by Geoff Johns and Phil Jimenez is still a model of superb interconnected storytelling ; it ’s available now , both digitally and in collected editions , from DC Comics .
In this dark alternative version of issue , Ted Kord not only discovers the conspiracy but takes full control of it . With Brother Eye on his side , Ted is able to out - consider the Justice League , defeating Batman , Superman , and Wonder Woman and transforming them into OMACs to do his bidding . This continue until Ted completely loses his humanity to Brother Eye , becoming an emotionless android himself .
Brother Eye ’s independent goal has always been the utter destruction of superintendent - man . If he retrieve out there was an entire multiverse out there , or a universe where he failed , it ’s hard not to imagine that Brother Eye would desire to destroy those Earths as well . This would give him a unadulterated grounds for want to break out of his universe and start obtrude upon others .
Tara Markov’s Power-Up Would Make Her a Dark Justice League Heavy Hitter
Tales from the Dark Multiverse: The Judas Contract#1 by Kyle Higgins, Mat Groom, Tom Raney, Hi-Fi, and Tom Orzechowski
One of the morose members of theTeen Titans has always been Terra . While Tara Markov seemed to be just an free fourteen - class - old daughter , it was reveal she was actually a spy working for Deathstroke . Some interpretations posit her as truly evil : not just a young girl rig into serving Deathstroke , but a fell villain who actively revel hurting others . Terra had no issue betraying the Teen Titans , and while she was kill , that ’s not the case for this dark what - if .
Terra then take over the major planet and torment the few surviving scraps of humanity .
In this alternative take , Tara Markov gets her hand on the same serum Deathstroke uses to increase his head content . With it , her powers immensely increase . No longer see herself as a Teen Titan , Terra takes on the name of Gaia and goes on a homicidal rampage . She slaughters Deathstroke , murders the Titans , and even deal to kill Superman , as her enhance geokinetic mogul give up her to assure Kryptonite . Terra then have over the planet and torments the few surviving scrap of humanity , which she ’d surely be all - too - glad to do on another planet .
The Dark Multiverse Has Tons of Twisted Characters
Including Dark Versions of Reverse-Flash, Wonder Woman, and Batman
After these characters were introduce , a common consensus among fan was that they ’d render as their own version of the Justice League . Bizarrely , this team never derive to go past . Death Metalcame and went without these fictitious character reappear . To this day , they ’ve never been seen again , which is odd considering Limbo Lantern Sinestro was actively seek to miss his universe of discourse , and other fibre from theDark Multiverse , such as Duke Thomas ' Final Knight , have escaped . As it abide , it seems that this was the oneJustice Leaguethat was too dark for DC to put together .
Tales from the DC Dark Multiverseis available now , digitally and in roll up editions , from DC Comics — include all of these level and more !
