- The Hands that shaped our universe warned me that saving the Multiverse would come with a cost. The Spectre and I searched for that cost, but instead we found hope.
Justice League (Volume 4) #75 is an issue of the series Justice League (Volume 4) with a cover date of June, 2022. It was published on April 26, 2022.
Synopsis for "Death of the Justice League"
Justice League Incarnate teleports the members of the Justice League of Earth 0 to the ruined Hall of Heroes, including Green Arrow who grabs onto Black Canary as she dematerialises. President Superman informs them of what has happened: the disappearance of Barry Allen, Darkseid's fall to the Great Darkness and the coming invasion. The Darkness attacks the House, and Doctor Multiverse teleports the two Leagues to Multiverse-2, where they find Pariah working on his Antimatter Chamber from the first Crisis, modifying it to allow the Darkness to enter the Multiverse.
Superman attempts to reason with Pariah but he refuses to listen and summons the Dark Army, a collection of cosmic villains who sought the Great Darkness' power and have been enslaved by it. The heroes engage the Dark Army and find that their enemies are not fighting with their usual skill but merely relying on their brute strength. They realise that Pariah is controlling them and with his focus split in multiple directions is unable to use them with any finesse. During the fight Black Adam hits Darkseid with his lightning and Darkseid is able to briefly break free of Pariah's control. He tells the Justice League they cannot win and tries to tell them how to survive the invasion, but the Darkness regains control before he can. Emerald Knight unleashes the full power of the Godstorm on the Army, but Pariah is able to counter with a horde of Shadow Demons and the Spectre, who has also fallen to the Darkness.
Batman tells the others that they need to destroy Pariah's Chamber, and Green Arrow is able to hit it with an explosive arrow from a great distance, narrowly flying past friend and foe alike. The Chamber is destroyed and the Dark Army disappear, but Doomsday smashes Ollie before he vanishes. Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman try to capture Pariah, but he annihilates them with a wave of energy. He then destroys the rest of the Earth 0 League except for Black Adam and Black Canary, who is cradling Green Arrow's body. Adam attempts to fight Pariah, who flies them into the air and unleashes the same energy on him, destroying the members of Justice League Incarnate. Black Adam is able to resist the energy long enough to shout "Shazam!", causing the lightning to strike them both. Pariah falls back to the surface of the ruined Earth, and Black Adam is transported back to Earth 0.
Adam crashlands in the meeting room at the Hall of Justice. He is found by Jon Kent, Wally West and Naomi, and tells them that the League is dead.
Appearing in "Death of the Justice League"
Featured Characters:
- Justice League (Earth 0)
- Aquaman (Arthur Curry) (Apparent Death)
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Apparent Death)
- Black Adam
- Black Canary (Dinah Drake)
- Emerald Knight (John Stewart) (Apparent Death)
- Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) (Apparent Death)
- Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders) (Apparent Death)
- Martian Manhunter (Apparent Death)
- Superman (Clark Kent) (Apparent Death)
- Wonder Woman (Apparent Death)
- Zatanna (Apparent Death)
- Justice League Incarnate
- Aquawoman/Ariel Curry (Earth 11) (Apparent Death) (Flashback and main story)
- Captain Carrot (Earth 26) (Apparent Death) (Flashback and main story)
- Dino-Cop/Rex Stegman (Earth 41) (Apparent Death) (Flashback and main story)
- Doctor Multiverse/Maya Chamara (Earth 8) (Apparent Death) (Flashback and main story)
- The Flash/Avery Ho (Earth 0) (Apparent Death) (Flashback and main story)
- Mary Marvel/Mary Batson (Earth 5) (Apparent Death) (Flashback and main story)
- President Superman/Calvin Ellis (Earth 23) (Apparent Death) (Flashback and main story)
- Thunderer (Earth 7) (Apparent Death) (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Detective Chimp (Earth 0)
- Firestorm/Ronnie Raymond (Earth 0) (Also as a construct)
- Martin Stein (Behind the scenes)
- The Flash/Wally West (Earth 0)
- The Godstorm
- Powerhouse/Naomi McDuffie (Unknown Earth)
- Superman/Jon Kent (Earth 0)
Antagonists:
- Pariah/Kell Mossa (Pre-Crisis)
- Dark Army
- Ares (Possessed)
- Darkseid (Possessed) (Flashback and main story)
- Doomsday (Earth 0) (Possessed)
- Eclipso (Possessed)
- The Empty Hand (Possessed)
- Nekron (Earth 0) (Possessed)
- Neron (Possessed)
- The Quintessence (Earth 0)
- Ganthet (Earth 0) (Revealed to be alive) (Possessed) (Joins team) (Cameo)
- Hera (Revealed to be alive) (Possessed) (Joins team) (Cameo)
- Highfather (Revealed to be alive) (Possessed) (Joins team) (Cameo)
- Phantom Stranger (Earth 0) (Revealed to be alive) (Possessed) (Joins team) (Cameo)
- The Spectre (Aztar) (Revealed to be alive) (Possessed) (Joins team)
- The Wizard Shazam (Mamaragan) (Revealed to be alive) (Possessed) (Joins team) (Cameo)
- Upside-Down Man (Dark Multiverse) (Possessed)
- The Great Darkness (Corrupted)
- Shadow Demons
- Dark Army
Other Characters:
- Aquaman/Jackson Hyde (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- Arsenal (Earth 0) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Atom/Ray Palmer (Earth 0) (Construct)
- Bat-Family (Earth 0) (Cover only)
- Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) (Cover only)
- Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) (Cover only)
- Batwoman (Kate Kane) (Cover only)
- Nightwing (Dick Grayson) (Cover only)
- Red Hood (Jason Todd) (Cover only)
- Red Robin (Tim Drake) (Cover only)
- Robin (Damian Wayne) (Cover only)
- Batman Incorporated (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- Ghost-Maker (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- Clownhunter (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- Bizarro (Earth 0) (Construct)
- Black Lightning/Jefferson Pierce (Earth 0) (Cover only)
- Blue Beetle/Jaime Reyes (Earth 0) (Cover only)
- Blue Beetle/Ted Kord (Earth 0) (Cover only)
- Director Bones (Earth 0) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Booster Gold/Michael Carter (Post-Flashpoint) (Cover only)
- Changeling/Garfield Logan (Earth 0) (Cover only)
- Cyborg (Earth 0) (Construct)
- Dawn Allen (Earth-Flash.1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Deadman (Earth 0) (Construct)
- Doctor Fate/Khalid Nassour (Earth 0) (Construct)
- Doctor Light/Kimiyo Hoshi (Earth 0) (Cover only)
- Don Allen (Earth-Flash.1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Donna Troy (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth 0) (Flashback and main story) (Also as a construct)
- The Flash/Jay Garrick (Earth-Flash.1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern Corps (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- Hal Jordan (Construct)
- Jessica Cruz (Cover only)
- Kyle Rayner (Cover only)
- Simon Baz (Cover only)
- Iris West (Earth-Flash.1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Jade (Earth 0) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Kid Flash/Wally West (Earth-Flash.1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Metal Men (Earth 0) (Cover only)
- Mera (Earth 0) (Cover only)
- Nora Allen (Earth-Flash.1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Obsidian (Earth 0) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Plastic Man (Earth 0) (Construct)
- Starfire (Earth 0) (Construct)
- Steel/John Henry Irons (Earth 0) (Construct)
- Superboy/Kon-El (Earth 0) (Cover only)
- Supergirl (Earth 0) (Construct)
- The Totality (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- Lex Luthor (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- Vandal Savage (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- Wallace West (Earth-Flash.1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Wonder Girl/Cassie Sandsmark (Earth 0) (Cameo)
- The Anti-Monitor (Post-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
- Batman/Thomas Wayne (Flashpoint Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- The Hands (Mentioned only)
- New Gods (Mentioned only)
- Old Gods (Mentioned only)
- Gods of Atlantis (Mentioned only)
- Gods of Egypt (Mentioned only)
- Titans (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Zatara (Earth 0) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Infinite Frontier
- Multiverse-1 (Flashback and main story)
- The Bleed
- House of Heroes (In ruins) (Flashback and main story)
- Orrery of Worlds
- Earth 0
- Earth
- Atlantis (Cameo)
- Kahndaq
- Themyscira (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Central City (Cameo)
- Gotham City (Cameo)
- Star City (Cameo)
- Washington, D.C.
- China (Mentioned only)
- Oa (Cameo)
- Warworld (Cameo)
- Earth
- Earth 7/"Oblivion Machine" (Destroyed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Earth Omega (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Earth 5 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 8 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 11 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 23 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 26 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 41 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 0
- The Bleed
- Multiverse-2 (Flashback and main story)
- Earth-AD (In ruins)
- Earth-Flash.1
- Central City (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Pariah's Universe (Unnamed) (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
- Overvoid (Mentioned only)
- Multiverse-1 (Flashback and main story)
Items:
- Antimatter Chamber (Apparent destruction)
- Aquawoman's Trident
- Ares' Helmet
- Ares' Sword
- Batarang
- Batsuit
- Bracelets of Submission
- Ghost-Maker Suit (Cameo)
- Green Arrow's Chili (Mentioned only)
- Green Lantern Power Battery (Cameo)
- Hawkgirl's Mace
- Hermes' Helmet
- Nekron's Scythe
- Nth Metal
- Oreos (Cameo)
- Thunderer's Spear
- Trick Arrows
- Explosive Arrows
- Trident of Neptune (Destroyed)
- Wonder Woman's Tiara
Vehicles:
- The Totality (Cameo)
Concepts:
- Antimatter (Behind the scenes)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths (Mentioned only)
- Great Disaster (Mentioned only)
- Magic
Notes
- Final issue.
- The story continues from the epilogue of Justice League Incarnate #5 and is continued in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1 and then in Dark Crisis (Volume 1).
- The events of this issue take place at least a month after the events of the previous issue.
- The story takes also place after Green Lantern (Volume 6) #12, as John Stewart has already merged with The Source, and during the events of Aquamen #6.
- Other DC events take also place before this issue, including:
- The Justice League and the Justice League Incarnate are apparently destroyed by the Great Darkness and its Dark Army.
- It is revealed in Dark Crisis #1 and Dark Crisis: The Dark Army #1 that they're all being held prisoners by Pariah.
Trivia
- President Superman recalls many recent events, including:
- The Flash/Barry Allen joining the Justice League Incarnate in Infinite Frontier #0;
- Darkseid trying to take over the Multiverse in Infinite Frontier #6;
- Barry Allen being trapped by Pariah in a dream reality in the epilogue of Infinite Frontier #6;
- The Justice League Incarnate being possessed by the Great Darkness in Justice League Incarnate #4;
- The Justice League Incarnate defeating Darkseid and witnessing Earth 7's destruction in Justice League Incarnate #5.
- Other past or present events are also mentioned in this issue, including:
- Pariah releasing the Anti-Monitor and, as a consequence, causing the first Crisis in Crisis on Infinite Earths #1;
- The Pre-Crisis Multiverse being destroyed at the end of the First Crisis;
- The Hands restoring the Multiverse after the last Metal War and warning Wonder Woman about the cost of doing it in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7;
- Wonder Woman and the Spectre wandering the Multiverse searching for any possible threat in Infinite Frontier #0;
- The supposed death of the Spectre and the Quintessence from the epilogue of Infinite Frontier #0;
- John Stewart ascending to an higher state after being imbued with The Source's Godstorm power in Green Lantern (Volume 6) #12.
- The death of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman is visually inspired by the death of The Flash/Barry Allen from Crisis on Infinite Earths #8.
- Similarly, the death of the others Justice League and Justice League Incarnate members may be inspired by the defeat of the Justice League during their final clash against Perpetua from the flashbacks of Dark Nights: Death Metal #1.
- Dino-Cop mentions to Batman about Thomas Wayne’s apparent death.
- However, the heroes are mostly unaware about him having been sent back to the Flashpoint Timeline as it was revealed in Flashpoint Beyond #0.
- Black Adam mentions that the Justice League had already fought and defeated the Great Darkness. He is actually referring to the Justice League vs. the Legion of Super-Heroes storyline.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Justice League Recommended Reading
- Justice League of America (Volume 1)
- Justice League of America (Volume 2)
- Justice League of America (Volume 3)
- Justice League of America (Volume 4)
- Justice League of America (Volume 5)
- JLA (Volume 1)
- Justice League (Volume 1)
- Justice League (Volume 2)
- Justice League (Volume 3)
- Justice League (Volume 4)
- Justice League International (Volume 1)
- Justice League International (Volume 2)
- Justice League International (Volume 3)
- Justice League Europe (Volume 1)
- Justice League America (Volume 1)
- Justice League Task Force (Volume 1)
- Justice League Quarterly (Volume 1)
- Justice League Dark (Volume 1)
- Justice League Dark (Volume 2)
- Extreme Justice (Volume 1)
- Justice League Elite (Volume 1)
- Justice League Odyssey (Volume 1)