Justice League (Volume 4) #33 is an issue of the series Justice League (Volume 4) with a cover date of December, 2019. It was published on October 2, 2019.
Synopsis for "Justice/Doom War, Part 4"
The Present. At the borders of the Universe
While Shayne tries to contact his father through his cells now living in Lex, the three brothers, Mar Novu, Alpheus and Mobius merge together, thanks to the Totality's power residing in Starman, into the Ultra-Monitor, a creature as powerful as Perpetua but sided with Justice. As the Ultra-Monitor fights Perpetua, Hawkgirl unleashes her fury against Lex, with Starman telling her to restrain her power.
In fact, the plan is to wait for the two League teams from the past and future to retrieve the two pieces of the Totality left in the timestream: with those, they will make the Ultra-Monitor stable, and with the power of Kendra's wings, which are a residue of the power of the Cosmic Raptor, the creature sent by the Judges of the Source to first punish Perpetua, maybe there is a chance to defeat Doom. But as the two teams struggle to complete their missions, Kendra is losing her temper as Luthor re-evokes in her memories of the death of J'onn. She is wasting her precious power away.
The Past. Underwater, en route to Atlantis
Aquaman came back from the dead: he tells Flash that he thought it was his end when he faced the Death Kraken, but the Anti-Monitor came and saved him. He told him that he knew about a piece of the Totality residing in the past, and that both the League and the Legion will try to reach it. He told then Aquaman that the piece would never reach its destination if not for the Conch of Arion, in that era, the 1940s, still in Atlantis. Of course, the League does not know this, and so they are destined to failed.
He sent Aquaman to do this: bring the team to Atlantis and launch the Totality with the Conch, so that it might reach the place where it needs to be to fight off Perpetua. Thing is, in the 40s Atlantis is hidden and fears the surface, so access won't be easy. As Alan and John confront themselves on the meaning of being a hero, with Scott delivering to John a great lesson, they reach Atlantis, and surrender, making a plea to meet the king. As they reach the palace, the Legion of Doom appears, with a secret weapon: a chained Poseidon, who must follow the orders of Cheetah. Also, they make another bad discovery: Atlantis is under the rule of Vandal Savage and his Legionnaire's Club.
One of the futures bottled by Brainiac
Even if Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman were able to free the Justice Legion from the control of Brainiac, the evil alien absorbed several pieces of tech from dozens of different futures, becoming a gigantic creature going by the name Brainiac One Million. The three heroes, even together with the Justice Legion, are unable to defeat him. Kamandi, tasked by Diana to bring the Totality away, thinks he learned a great lesson: he thought the great disaster taught him you must fight for yourself, and by yourself alone. But he was wrong: to defend what you love, you must fight together. The more, the better. That's why he took the ship and travelled to another future, recruiting the Justice League Unlimited for the fight against Brainiac.
Appearing in "Justice/Doom War, Part 4"
Featured Characters:
- Justice League
- The Ultra-Monitor (Post-Flashpoint) (First appearance)
- The Anti-Monitor (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
- The Over-Monitor (Also in a vision)
- The World Forger (Also in a vision)
Supporting Characters:
- Justice Legion-A (DC One Million)
- Justice Society of America
- Kamandi
- Shayne J'onzz (Sixth Dimension)
Antagonists:
- Perpetua
- Legion of Doom
- Apex Lex
- Brainiac One Million
- Godkiller Snares (Unknown Future) (Single appearance) (Cameo)
- Kill Drones (Unknown Future) (First appearance)
- Kryptonite Lightforms (Unknown Future) (Single appearance) (Cameo)
- Cheetah
- Poseidon (Zombified) (Possessed) (Cameo)
- Gorilla Grodd
- Sinestro
- Legion of Doom
- Vandal Savage (Cameo)
- Atlanteans (Cameo)
- Legionnaires Club (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- J'onn J'onzz (Cover only)
- Justice League Unlimited (Earth 12) (Cameo)
- Aquagirl (Mareena) (Cameo)
- Batman (Terry McGinnis) (Cameo)
- Big Barda (Cameo)
- Green Lantern (Kai-Ro) (Cameo)
- Micron (Cameo)
- Superman (Clark Kent) (Cameo)
- Warhawk (Rex Stewart) (Cameo)
- The Turtle (Cover only)
- Apex Predators (Mentioned only)
- Arion (Mentioned only)
- Batman's descendant (Kill Drones' Future) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- The Death Kraken (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Green Lantern Corps (Mentioned only)
- The Judges of the Source (Mentioned only)
- The Cosmic Raptor (Mentioned only)
- King of Atlantis (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Mermaids (Mentioned only)
- The Source (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Hypertime
- DC One Million
- God-Killer Snares' Future (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- 59th Century (Mentioned only)
- Kill Drones' Future (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- 22nd Century (Mentioned only)
- Kryptonite Lightforms' Future (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- 25th Century (Mentioned only)
- Post-Flashpoint Multiverse
- Orrery of Worlds (Behind the scenes)
- Earth 0
- 1941
- Atlantis
- Atlantean Royal Palace
- Hall of Crowns (Mentioned only)
- Atlantean Royal Palace
- United States of America
- Atlantis
- 2019
- Atlantis (Mentioned only)
- 1941
- Earth 12
- United States of America
- Neo Gotham (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Earth 0
- Promethean Galaxy (Flashback and main story)
- Source Wall (In ruins)
- Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
- Sphere of the Gods (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Orrery of Worlds (Behind the scenes)
Items:
- The Anti-Monitor's Armor
- Batsuit
- Bracelets of Submission
- Conch of Arion (Mentioned only)
- God-Killer Snares
- Hawkgirl's Mace
- Helmet of Fate
- Hermes' Helmet
- John Stewart's Tattoo Ring
- Kai-Ro's Ring (Cameo)
- Lasso of Truth
- Nth Metal
- Starheart
- Tear of Extinction (Mentioned only)
- The Totality
- Wonder Woman's Tiara
- The World Forger's Hammer
Vehicles:
- The Godhead
- White Dwarf Ship
Events:
- Great Disaster (Mentioned only)
- Drowned Earth (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
- Magic
- The Seven Dark Forces of the Universe
- Black Apple (Mentioned only)
- Invisible Spectrum (Mentioned only)
- "The Seventh Dark Force" (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Sixth Note (Mentioned only)
- Void Wind
- The Seven Forces of the Universe
- Dimensional Superstructure
- Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Time Travel
See Also