Justice League – Volume 4 – 75

Synopsis

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 missing friend and foe alike. The Chamber is destroyed and the Dark Army disappear, but Doomsday is able to smash Ollie before he vanishes. Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman try to capture Pariah, but he annihilates them with a wave of energy. He the 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 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 crash lands 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.