Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League - Superman Vol 1 1

"Out There"

Part of the "Dark Crisis" event.

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Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League - Superman

Out There

Aquaman Has Everything

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You think you've beaten us... but better than you have tried, and in the end, you all learn... not even death will hold us. I've been dead before, and I've come back. Soon... we'll see if you can say the same.

— Aquaman (Arthur Curry)

Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League - Superman #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of September, 2022. It was published on July 12, 2022.

Synopsis for "Out There"

Years ago, Superman made a deal with Darkseid to allow the Lord of Apokolips free reign over the universe in exchange for him staying away from Earth. Clark has learned to ignore the screams for help on other worlds but his thirteen year old son Jon Kent, aka Superboy, is haunted by them.

When Jon is fifteen he breaks the truce by leaving the solar system and trying to save Rann from an attack by Orion, who is now Darkseid's general. Jon fails and is badly beaten by Orion, but Clark saves him and takes him back to Earth. In response Darkseid unleashes his Armada of Death on Earth, and over the next year Superman and Superboy fight off the armies of Apokolips, eventually forcing them to withdraw. Lois and Clark gift the now sixteen year old Jon with a flying motorcycle.

A year later Jon, now seventeen, goes into space again when he hears Orion attacking a group of innocent children. Although he is again severely injured and forced to retreat home, he manages to defeat Orion and save the kids. At eighteen Jon, now the new Superman, heads out into the universe to bring the fight to Darkseid. As they watch Jon jet off into the sky, Clark tells Lois he is so happy that he got to see Jon grow up.

Appearing in "Out There"

Featured Characters:

Superman (Clark Kent)

Supporting Characters:

Superman Family
- Krypto (First appearance)
- Lois Lane (First appearance)
- Superman/Superboy (Jon Kent) (First appearance)

Antagonists:

Brainiac (Single appearance)
Darkseid (Behind the scenes)
- Orion (Single appearance)
- Parademons/"Armada of Death" (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

Adam Strange (Single appearance) (Appears only as a corpse) (Cameo)
Rannians (Single appearance)
- Alanna (Single appearance) (Appears only as a corpse) (Cameo)
God (Mentioned only)
Jimmy Olsen (Mentioned only)
President of the United States (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
Ayatollah Khamenei (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Superman's Paradise World (Unnamed) (First full appearance)
- Alpha Centauri
  - Rann (Single appearance) (Destroyed)
- Solar System
  - Earth
    - United States of America
      - Metropolis
      - Smallville
        Kent Farm
  - Mars
  - Jupiter (Mentioned only)
  - Pluto (Mentioned only)
- Durla (Mentioned only)

Items:

Jimmy Olsen's Signal Watch (Mentioned only)

Vehicles:

Jon Kent's Space Cycle (Single appearance)

Synopsis for "Aquaman Has Everything"

All of Arthur Curry's friends, family and allies have gathered to witness his parents renew their marriage vows. Charlatan, an enemy of his daughter Aquawoman, tries to bomb the ceremony but Andy's partner Jess Chambers effortlessly foils his scheme. As he watches everyone celebrate Arthur realises that what he is seeing is impossible. Knowing that Pariah is watching, Arthur tells him that he will escape this false world and kill him.

Appearing in "Aquaman Has Everything"