Justice League (Volume 4) #53 is an issue of the series Justice League (Volume 4) with a cover date of November, 2020. It was published on September 15, 2020.
Synopsis for "Doom Metal, Part One"
The Metalverse, Arkham Wastelands, Slaughter Swamp
Nightwing rescues Detective Chimp from a squadron of Creepers and Grundies, together with Hawkgirl. They are part of the team sent by Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman to find the throne of Perpetua, and dismantle it. They need the Chimp for his acumen and his detective skills, as they are going to follow the biggest case of missing persons ever. The Chimp agrees to the plan, and decides to follow them: Bobo leads them to the Hall of Justice, where another man on the tracks of the Legion of Doom, and Perpetua's throne, stands.
When Luthor is revealed to be the one tracking the throne, Kendra goes on a frenzy, but Dick is able to calm her down. Luthor reveals them that he knows all of this is his fault, that the world is now a living nightmare because of his quest, of his thirst for power. But they also must understand that he studied all the shadows of his world, to be able to redeem himself, starting with saving the comrades he betrayed, the Legion of Doom. Luthor reveals them that the throne changes its location continuously, to make it untraceable, but he managed to know that right now it is inside Brimstone Bay, nearby Themyscira.
He also knows what guards the throne: the Omega Knight, a Frankenstein monster made of pieces of the Omega Titans that Perpetua got from the Dark Multiverse. And to make things even worse, also one of the Batman who Laughs' dark Batmen oversees the place: the Mindhunter.
And to put the cherry on top, the Martian Manhunter is there right now, fighting both guardians while trying to reach the throne.
Appearing in "Doom Metal, Part One"
Featured Characters:
- Justice League (Unnamed)
- Detective Chimp/Nightmaster (Bobo T. Chimpanzee) (Joins team)
- Hawkgirl
- Nightwing (Flashback and main story) (Joins team)
Supporting Characters:
- Comet the Horse
- Lex Luthor (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- The Darkest Knight/The Batman Who Laughs (Earth -22) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Brimstone Bay Monsters (Dark Multiverse) (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Creepers (Dark Multiverse) (Single appearance)
- Grundies (Dark Multiverse) (Single appearance)
- Mindhunter (Dark Multiverse) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Perpetua (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- The Omega Knight (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Justice League (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Aquaman (Arthur Curry) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- The Flash (Barry Allen) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Martian Manhunter (Flashback only)
- Superman (Clark Kent) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Wonder Woman (Diana of Themyscira) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Legion of Doom (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Brainiac (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Cheetah (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Gorilla Grodd (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Sinestro (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Cyborg (Cover only)
- Starfire (Cover only)
- Starro (Cover only)
- Angels (Mentioned only)
- Dark Knights (Dark Multiverse) (Mentioned only)
- Frankenstein (Mentioned only)
- Groblins (Earth -22) (Mentioned only)
- Justice League Dark (Mentioned only)
- Nightmaster (Jim Rook) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Nightwings of the Dark Multiverse (Mentioned only)
- The Omega Titans (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Multiverse
- Earth 0/Metalverse
- Earth (Flashback and main story)
- Arkham Wastelands
- The Hellscape
- Brimstone Bay (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Washington, D.C. (In ruins)
- Hall of Justice (In ruins)
- "Hell"/Themyscira (Mentioned only)
- Tartarus Pits (Mentioned only)
- Justice League Watchtower (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- The Sun
- New Apokolips (Mentioned only)
- Earth (Flashback and main story)
- Promethean Galaxy
- Source Wall (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
- Earth 0/Metalverse
- Dark Multiverse (Mentioned only)
Items:
- The Batman Who Laughs' Visor (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Bracelets of Submission (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Cosmic Tuning Fork (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Dark Matter
- Green Lantern Ring (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Lasso of Truth (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Lex Luthor's Warsuit (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Nth Metal
- Sword of Night
- Totality (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Transmatter Portal
- Trident of Poseidon (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Wonder Woman's Tiara (Flashback only) (Cameo)
Vehicles:
- Batmobile (Flashback only)
Concepts:
- Justice/Doom War (Mentioned only)
Notes
- The story continues from Dark Nights: Death Metal #2.
- The variant cover is a homage to The Brave and the Bold #28.
See Also