- Our whole world is under attack because of you and your damn Multiverse.
Justice League Incarnate #1 is an issue of the series Justice League Incarnate (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 2022. It was published on November 30, 2021.
Synopsis for "The Worlds Outside Your Window"
On Earth 8 American Crusader is worried that Machinehead has not reported in since he left on his latest multiverse mission, although his fellow Retaliators are unconcerned. Suddenly, a hero named Doctor Multiverse emerges from a portal carrying Machinehead's helmet, telling them that she found his body in a state of dimensional flux between two worlds. As is common on Earth 8, the Retaliators and Doctor Multiverse do not get along and they tell her to leave, but she warns them that a crack in the Multiverse has appeared on Earth 8 and has drawn their enemy Tartarus to Angor. The Retaliators charge into battle against Tartarus' army.
Meanwhile on Earth 0, Avery Ho foils Replicant from destroying all the banks in China in the hopes of making his preferred cryptocurrency more valuable. She is observed by President Superman and the Flashpoint Batman. Despite Thomas' concerns that she is too inexperienced, Superman recruits her into Justice Incarnate, now calling themselves Justice League Incarnate, and takes her to the House of Heroes. They need a Flash to track the crack in the Multiverse and rescue Barry Allen, and he gave instructions that if anything happened to him they should recruit Avery as his replacement. Avery agrees, although she feels out of her depth. President Superman asks her to run on a Quantum Treadmill which Barry designed; using her speed and Earth 0 dimensional vibrations, Harbinger will be able to pinpoint the exact location of the crack and take them to it.
The Quantum Treadmill transports Avery, President Superman, Batman and Captain Carrot to a ruined New York City on Earth 8. Tartarus has defeated the Retaliators and both Crusader and Behemoth are dead. Silver Eagle does not want their help as the Multiverse has once again brought destruction to Earth 8, revealing that the Retaliators knew about Machinehead's deal with Psycho-Pirate and voted to align with Darkseid for the sake of their world. Doctor Multiverse tries to stop Tartarus, but he is too strong for her and Justice League Incarnate are unable to reach her as they fight his army, however, the heroes are inadvertently saved when Darkseid arrives, also seeking the crack. Tartarus had a deal with one of Darkseid's prior incarnations to leave Earth 8 alone for Tartarus to conquer, but now he is whole Darkseid has no need of such treaties and the two cosmic titans brawl.
Doctor Multiverse suggests she may be able to combine her powers with the Flash's and send the crack away from Earth 8 while Darkseid and Tatarus are distracted fighting each other. Darkseid snaps Tartarus' neck just as the crack disappears, but he has the technology to track it and follows it through a Boom Tube. Doctor Multiverse is able to hold it open for the heroes to follow but Avery is too scared and overwhelmed to go through, until Doctor Multiverse encourages her and assures her she is a true hero and they jump in together.
Back in the House of Heroes, Justice League Incarnate lose track of the away team when they step into the tube. Aquawoman suggests they follow them to Earth 8, but another Boom Tube opens within the House itself and Orion emerges, announcing he is taking command of Justice League Incarnate and knows how to save the Multiverse. However, an army of Parademons lead by Grail and Kalibak attack the House from within the Bleed.
Appearing in "The Worlds Outside Your Window"
Featured Characters:
- Justice League Incarnate/Justice Incarnate (Multiverse) (First appearance as Justice League Incarnate)
- Aquawoman/Ariel Curry (Earth 11)
- Batman/Thomas Wayne (Flashpoint Timeline)
- Captain Carrot/Rodney Rabbit (Earth 26)
- Doctor Multiverse/Maya Chamara (Earth 8) (First appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Joins team) (Origin)
- Dino-Cop/Rex Stegman (Earth 41)
- The Flash/Avery Ho (Earth 0) (Joins team)
- Mary Marvel/Mary Batson (Earth 5)
- Orion (Post-Flashpoint) (Joins team) (Cameo)
- President Superman/Calvin Ellis (Earth 23)
- Thunderer (Earth 7)
Supporting Characters:
- Harbinger A.I. (Post-Flashpoint) (Hologram)
- Retaliators (Earth 8)
- American Crusader (Jack) (Dies)
- Behemoth (Apparent Death)
- Deadeye
- Machinehead (Deceased) (Statue only) (Cameo)
- Red Dragon
- Silver Eagle (First appearance)
- Wundajin
- Sturmer (Post-Flashpoint) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
Antagonists:
- Darkseid (Post-Flashpoint) (Also as an hologram)
- New Gods (Post-Flashpoint) (Also as holograms)
- Desaad (Hologram) (Cameo)
- Grail (Cameo)
- Granny Goodness (Hologram) (Cameo)
- Kalibak (Cameo)
- Steppenwolf (Hologram) (Cameo)
- Parademons (Post-Flashpoint) (Cameo)
- New Gods (Post-Flashpoint) (Also as holograms)
- Replicant/Anthony Gambi (Earth 0)
- Multiplex/Danton Black (Earth 0) (As an illusion only)
- Tartarus (Earth 8) (First appearance; dies)
- Tartarus' Armada (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth 0) (Hologram)
- Supermen of the Multiverse (Post-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Bizarro-Superman (Earth 29) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Superman (Earth 0) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Superman (Earth 6) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Superman (Earth 22) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Superman (Earth 30) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Superman (Earth 38) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Pre-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
- The Flash/Jay Garrick (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- The Flash/Wally West (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- The Great Darkness (Mentioned only)
- Psycho-Pirate/Roger Hayden (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Xeen the Great Master (Earth 8) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Infinite Frontier (Mentioned only)
- Post-Flashpoint Multiverse
- The Bleed
- Orrery of Worlds
- Earth 0
- China
- Beijing
- Bank of China
- Beijing
- United States of America
- Central City (Mentioned only)
- China
- Earth 8
- Angor
- United States of America
- New York City
- Retaliators Tower (First appearance)
- New York City
- United States of America
- Angor
- Earth 5/"Thunderworld" (Mentioned only)
- Earth 7 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 11 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 23 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 41 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 0
- Speed Force
- Sphere of the Gods
- Apokolips (Mentioned only)
- New Genesis (Mentioned only)
- Multiverse-2 (Mentioned only)
- Post-Flashpoint Multiverse
- Hypertime
- Flashpoint Timeline (Erased) (Mentioned only)
Items:
- American Crusader's Shield
- Aquawoman's Trident
- Batsuit
- Beta Club (Cameo)
- Eight Rings Armor (First appearance)
- Grandfather Box (First appearance)
- Humanifold
- Machinehead Armor (Cameo)
- Multiverse Map (Hologram) (Cameo)
- Quantum Treadmill (First appearance)
- Thunder-Lance (Cameo)
Vehicles:
- Astro-Harness (Cameo)
Events:
- The Eternity Conquest
Concepts:
- Ancient Spectrum
- Boom Tube
- Cracks in the Multiverse
- Magic
- Omega Beams
Notes
- The cracks in the Multiverse storyline continues from Infinite Frontier #6.
- This story reveals that the Retaliators knew Machinehead had aligned with Darkseid and voted to take his deal.
- Their story is continued in Suicide Squad (Volume 7) #11.
- According to Doctor Manhattan, Darkseid has no iteration across the Multiverse which is actually false.
Trivia
- There are many references to Marvel Comics' events during his invasion of Earth 8 New York City:
- Doctor Multiverse's origins mirrors the origin of the Fantastic Four;
- Tartarus is clearly inspired by the Marvel character, Thanos;
- While attacking the Retaliators, he declares that "the Eternity Conquest has begun" which is a reference to the Marvel event, Infinity War, as well as his live adaptation from the movie, Avengers: Infinity War;
- Tartarus wears an armor, which he created from the Eight Rings that are references to the Mandarin's Rings as well as the Lantern Rings, and converges its power into his gauntlets which is a nod to the Infinity Gauntlet;
- During his fight with Darkseid, Tartarus states he is "inevitable" like his counterpart does in the Avengers: Endgame movie;
- Silver Eagle taking up the Crusader's shield is a nod to Falcon assuming the title of Captain America after the death of Steve Rogers.
- Deadeye mentions a "Master Xeen" who may be the Earth 8 version of Xeen Arrow.
See Also