Justice League Incarnate #3 is an issue of the series Justice League Incarnate (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 2022. It was published on January 4, 2022.
Synopsis for "Lost in the Worlds"
On Earth 41, the Nimrod Squad confront Captain Carrot, believing he is responsible for the rot that has infected their world. However, Spore tells them that his enemy the Annihilator is responsible, having seized the crack and enhanced his own power. They decide to call in all the heroes of Earth 41 for the fight.
The House of Heroes has crashlanded on a desolate world. Grail and Kalibak are searching for Orion, but The Batwoman Who Laughs warns them to leave just as she departs via Boom Tube. Kalibak suddenly realises where they are and calls off the search, telling Grail that they need to get out and that Orion and Justice League Incarnate are as good as dead. Thunderer, Mary Marvel and Dino-Cop pull themselves out of the wreckage and Thunderer tells them that they are on Earth 7, his home reality, now dead and given over to the Gentry.
On Earth 31, Blackbeard has captured the Flash, as he believes he can use her powers to track down the crack in the Multiverse, guided by his "chest of maps and tomes". Avery is rescued by the arrival of Captain Wonder and the Amazons, and together they defeat Blackbeard and his crew, They open his chest to find it is filled with comic books.
Meanwhile President Superman and Doctor Multiverse are stranded on Earth 33, which would ordinarily be impossible. Due to Earth 33's "fictive membrane" their powers are gone, but Superman believes he can still get a message to the others by publishing a comic book. They begin a relationship and move into an apartment, working to write their script. As time moves differently on Earth 33, weeks pass for them while mere days pass for their friends. Calvin meets an editor at DC Comics named Ulrich Saxman, who is unperturbed at encountering characters from his own comics and offers to help them.
On Earth 26, Batman has joined up with the Zoo Crew, and is hating every second spent in the bright cartoon universe. The Crew are cheerfully oblivious to his disdain and make him a full member of the Zoo Crew. Avery, who has learned to use her powers to cross dimensions, comes to Earth 26 to rescue him to Thomas' undisguised relief.
Back on Earth 33, it has been two months for Calvin and Maya. They are either scripting events as they happen or subconsciously recording them and Calvin complains that it is out of character for Thomas to be so rude. He and Maya argue and it is clear they are having relationship issues. A few weeks later, they have broken up and Maya is in the process of moving out when they receive an email from Saxman commenting on their latest draft: he wants them to let Darkseid win. They meet with him a week later, now exactly 90 days since they arrived on Earth 33. Saxman argues that Darkseid's victory is necessary for the story, as it allows the heroes to overcome greater odds, but Calvin and Maya are adamant they will not do it. Suddenly, they hear Avery's voice and see an apparition of her and Batman appear. Avery cannot pass through the fictive membrane, but she believes that with Maya's help she can pull them out of Earth 33 and to Earth 41 where Captain Carrot has landed. They reach out to each other, when suddenly Ulrich reveals that he is Darkseid, who also crashlanded on Earth 33 and has been using the remnants of the Grandfather Box to pass himself off as human. He grabs them and is transported with them to Earth 41.
On Earth 41, the Nimrod Squad, WildC.A.T.s and Cyborg Corps are fighting the Annihilator, who has seized the crack. Darkseid and Annihilator fight over the crack, and Batman says that the only way to ensure the safety of the Multiverse is to close the crack. Despite Calvin and Avery's objections, Maya grabs the crack and it seemingly disappears, along with the Annihilator. However, Darkseid says that she has not closed the rupture but merely contained it, and Maya tearfully says that they need to let Darkseid win.
On Earth 7, a ragged Orion and Aquawoman find the others, and tell them that the Gentry have completed their Oblivion Machine. Dino-Cop says they will have to destroy it before they leave, but Orion tells him that the whole world is now the Oblivion Machine. Metal tendrils rise out of the ground to attack them, and the Empty Hand and Gentry appear, declaring that the Great Darkness is coming.
Appearing in "Lost in the Worlds"
Featured Characters:
- Justice League Incarnate (Multiverse)
- Aquawoman/Ariel Curry (Earth 11) (Revealed to be alive)
- Batman/Thomas Wayne (Flashpoint Timeline) (Also in a comic book)
- Captain Carrot/Rodney Rabbit (Earth 26) (Also in a comic book)
- Dino-Cop/Rex Stegman (Earth 41) (Revealed to be alive)
- Doctor Multiverse/Maya Chamara (Earth 8)
- The Flash/Avery Ho (Earth 0)
- Mary Marvel/Mary Batson (Earth 5) (Revealed to be alive)
- Orion (Post-Flashpoint) (Revealed to be alive)
- President Superman/Calvin Ellis (Earth 23)
- Thunderer (Earth 7) (Revealed to be alive)
Supporting Characters:
- Amazons (Earth 31)
- Captain Wonder (First full appearance) (First appearance as Captain Wonder)
- Donna of Troy
- Brainiac (Earth 23) (Behind the scenes)
- Cyborg Corps (Earth 41) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Armory (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Stone (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Strikewing (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Nimrod Squad (Earth 41) (First full appearance) (Also in a comic book)
- Fletch (Real name revealed) (First full appearance)
- Flintstein (Real name revealed) (Also in a comic book)
- Kal'amity (First appearance)
- Point Break (First full appearance) (First appearance as Point Break)
- Sepulchre (First full appearance)
- The Scorpion (First full appearance) (Also in a comic book)
- Spore
- Vague (Real name revealed) (First full appearance) (Also in a comic book)
- Sturmer (Post-Flashpoint) (Revealed to be alive)
- WildC.A.T.s (Earth 41) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Maul (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Spartan (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Warblade (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Zealot (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Wetworks (Earth 41) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Dane (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Zoo Crew (Earth 26)
- Alley-Kat-Abra
- American Eagle
- Fastback
- Little Cheese
- Pig-Iron
- Rubberduck
- Yankee Poodle
Antagonists:
- The Batwoman Who Laughs/Katherine Kane (Earth 11)
- Darkseid/"Ulrich Saxman" (Post-Flashpoint) (Also in a comic book)
- Pariah/Kell Mossa (Pre-Crisis) (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
- The Great Darkness (Corrupted) (Behind the scenes)
- The Annihilator (Earth 41) (Real name revealed) (First full appearance) (Apparent death)
- Captain Blackbeard (Earth 31) (Real name revealed) (First full appearance)
- Captain Blackbeard's Crew (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
- The Empty Hand (Multiverse) (Cameo)
- The Gentry (Fifth Dimension) (Cameo)
- Dame Merciless
- Demogorgunn
- Hellmachine
- Intellectron
- Lord Broken
- The Gentry (Fifth Dimension) (Cameo)
- Feline Faust (Earth 26) (First full appearance)
- The Great Darkness (Corrupted) (Behind the scenes)
- Sharks (Earth 31)
Other Characters:
- Crafty Coyote (Earth 26) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- Gnu York City Police Department (Earth 26) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Jim Gordon (Flashpoint Timeline) (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
- Oswald Cobblepot (Flashpoint Timeline) (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
- Rubberduck (Earth-C) (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
- Superman/Clark Kent (Earth 0) (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
- Super-Man/Kong Kenan (Earth 0) (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
- Asmodel (Post-Flashpoint) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- The Batman Who Laughs/Bruce Wayne (Earth -22) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- The Monitors (Post-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
- The Sheeda Queen (Post-Flashpoint) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Titans (Earth 31) (Mentioned only)
- Wally Waterwalk (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Hypertime
- Flashpoint Timeline (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Gotham City (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Flashpoint Timeline (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
- Infinite Frontier (Behind the scenes)
- Multiverse-2
- Earth-C (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
- Post-Flashpoint Multiverse
- Orrery of Worlds (Behind the scenes)
- Earth 0 (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
- China (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
- Earth 7/"The Oblivion Machine"
- Earth (In ruins)
- Monitor's Satellite (Displaced) (In ruins)
- House of Heroes (In ruins)
- Monitor's Satellite (Displaced) (In ruins)
- Earth (In ruins)
- Earth 26
- United Species of America
- Gnu York City
- Z-Building (First appearance)
- Gnu York City
- United Species of America
- Earth 31
- Troy (Mentioned only)
- Earth 33
- United States of America
- Calvin Ellis' Apartment (Single appearance)
- Comics Shop
- DC Comics
- Maya Chamara's Apartment (Single appearance)
- United States of America
- Earth 41
- Earth Omega (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
- Earth 23 (Mentioned only)
- United States of America (Mentioned only)
- Earth 0 (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
- Orrery of Worlds (Behind the scenes)
- Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
- Sphere of the Gods
- Multiverse-2
Items:
- Aquawoman's Trident (In a comic book only)
- Batarang
- Batsuits
- The Batwoman Who Laughs' Gauntlet
- The Batwoman Who Laughs' Visor
- Captain Blackbeard's Sword
- Captain Wonder's Bracelets
- Captain Wonder's Tiara
- Chest of Maps and Toms (Single appearance)
- DC comic books
- "Infinite Frontier"
- "Justice League Incarnate #1"
- Nimrod Squad
- DC comic books
- Donna of Troy's Lasso (First appearance)
- Grandfather Box (Mentioned only)
- Fletch's Crossbow
- Green Lantern Power Batteries (As merchandise only) (Cameo)
- Lasso of Truth
- Thunder-Lance
- Transmatter Cube
Vehicles:
- Captain Wonder's Invisible Pirate Airship (First appearance)
Events:
- The Multiversity (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
- The Black (Behind the scenes)
- Boom Tube
- Cracks in the Multiverse/"Cosmic Rupture"/"Golden Lightning Rod"
- Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Fictive Membrane
- The Greenspore (Behind the scenes)
- Magic
- Omega Beams
Notes
- This story reveals the "Oblivion Machine" from The Multiversity: Ultra Comics #1 and The Multiversity #2 is actually the corrupted Earth 7.
- Earth 41 Point Break was introduced in The Multiversity Guidebook #1 as Nightcracker.
Trivia
- The Batwoman Who Laughs was stuck in The Bleed after entering the Boom Tube.[1]
- The issue of Infinite Frontier (Volume 1) and Nimrod Squad from the Chest of Maps and Toms are actually fictional.
- There are many references to 1990s Image Comics:
- The opening splash page is a reference to the cover of Youngblood #1;
- The faux Nimrod Squad cover that Captain Carrot is on is a reference to the cover of Youngblood #2;
- The Annihilator is pastiche to Spawn villain The Violator;
- Cyborg Corps is a reference to Cyberforce;
- Several Wildstorm properties from this era are mentioned or shown which include: Maul, Spartan, Warblade, and Wetworks;
- Point Break might be a reference to Freak Force.
- Many past comics appears in this issue, including:
- After seeing Doctor Multiverse, an Earth 33 resident jokes about her cosplay being really fast as she was recently introduced to the comics which happened in Justice League Incarnate #1.
See Also