Well here we are, the curtain call of the first act. The final issue of this big multiverse mystery and DarkseidN’s big machinations for the multiverse, the omniverse, and everything in between in dc comics. Now that we are at the end it’s for other stuff to start as well, because as you may have heard there is a justice incarnate comic coming in November by Williamson. However it’s not just incarnate because some of the other characters survive this and are apparently going off to do their own things, maybe that will connect things back who knows because that’s next years problem.
Now I will say before I get to spoilers that I apologize for any mistakes, there is a lot going on that involves crazy shenanigans that stem from Death Metal to Multiversity to Flashpoint and even all the way back to 1985’s Crisis on Infinite Earths. It’s not new reader friendly so there’s a lot of big ideas and sometimes those can get a bit confusing to navigate so if I mess anything up I’m sorry.
On to the spoilers
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So Darkseid is trying to use Flash and Omega Lantern Roy Harper to break through a crack in the omniverse to get an ambiguous ancient power stronger then the anti life equation behind it. Oh and the Injustice Incarnate is trying to crackdown on the multiverse.
Luckily the JSA brought a really good motivational speaker in Obsidian who manages to break Roy out of his zombie funk, taking that off the board for Darkseid and saving Roy from a lifetime of enslavement. I also just want to point out that Joker Sinestro made an Elmer Fudd construct at Captain Carrot...adds nothing to the story but it’s fun.
Anyway while that’s going on Machinehead is beating down on Thomas Wayne for what Flashpoint did to his world, but Thomas is trying to stand tall and protect Bruce and his family after being a seriously bad dad. But it was a diversion tactic and President Superman knocks him out.
We then get President Superman flying in, destroying the machine that has Flash running and just completely ruining Darkseid’s plan. Even other world Supermen can ruin Darkseid’s day. Not only does this free Flash and unchain the multiverse it also frees Roy from the grasp of the black lantern ring, he is back to his normal arrow self.
And so Darkseid is defeated with Psycho Pirate running because he doesn’t want to be near a ticked off Darkseid. Oh and Darkseid then kills Machine Head for talking. Then he just teleports everyone off Earth-Omega because he’s having a bad day and just wants to consider his options now that his plan failed.
Alright now I’m going to split this up into a series of character specific epilogues
Justice Incarnate
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They get teleported back to the Hall of Heroes and with Thomas Wayne in tow decide that they are hunting down Darkseid. It’s set up for the miniseries coming in November.
Cameron Chase and Bones
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Chase is in charge of the DEO now, with Bones now underground with Checkmate.
Roy Harper
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He’s back amongst the living and back to normal, his goal to find his missing daughter. But for now he’s heading off to Titans Academy to be with friends.
JSA
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Back on Earth and informing the Totality of what the hell happened with Darkseid.
Now for the two big ones, so hold on to your hats...or whatever headwear you could lose.
Darkseid
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Basically he gets into a big moment about his plan. He’s gathered his family and followers; Steppenwolf, Desaad, Granny Goodness, Grail, and Kalibak who he needs in preparation for those who will also come for what lies beyond the Omniverse, the great darkness which I assume is a reference to the great darkness saga. By the way they tease Eclipso, the Upsidedown man, Necron, and the empty hand (from Multiversity) as those who may come in conflict with Darkseid.
And Finally Barry Allen
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He doesn’t come back, he went to fast and wound up beyond the omniverse. It’s there where he runs into Pariah of Crisis fame who informs him of Multiverse-2 which seems to be the destroyed remains of the pre-crisis multiverse.
Then it gets weird. Because Pariah kills/breakdowns/reconstructs? Barry and puts him in a new world where he will be happy designated Earth-Flash.1 where Barry is at a dinner table with his mother, Iris, his two twins, a young Wallace, Kid Flash Wally, and Jay Garrick. It leaves with a message of 2022 hinting that Pariah may have gone mad and is the villain of the next crisis but I’m only guessing at that point.
Alright then, this is over. Hope you had a fun wild ride and see you at Justice Incarnate which I most certainly will be reading. Oh and I guess if not there then I’ll see you all next Crisis.