Justice Falls

Justice League
Issue 0: "Justice Falls"
Plotted by the Staff of the DC2
Written by David Charlton
Cover by the Staff of the DC2 (With Special Thanks to Ramon Villalobos)

(c) Dc Comics

…And there came a day, unlike any other, when the world’s greatest heroes faced their greatest threat… Coveting the legendary Anti-Life Equation that would make him the Master of the Universe, the evil god Darkseid brought death and destruction to Earth… Now, the fiery, black planet Apokolips hangs above the Earth and the two worlds go to war! Separate and taken by surprise, the heroes of Earth struggle just to survive!

… First blood was drawn in Metropolis. Striking a deal with Lex Luthor for the comatose body of Superman’s half-brother Kru-El, Darkseid’s chief scientist Desaad transforms the Kryptonian into the rampaging killing machine called Doomsday! A fierce battle ensues and for the first time, Superman falls in battle! Dragged in chains to Apokolips, the Man of Steel is Darkseid’s prisoner…

… On Oa, the Green Lantern Corps is sabotaged and betrayed by an agent of Apokolips. The Central Power Battery is destroyed and the Manhunters, ancient enemies of the Guardians of the Universe have launched a successful assault on the planet. Oa falls, and the mysterious new Manhunter Grandmaster sends a prisoner to his ally Darkseid--- the Guardian Appa Ali Apsa!

Meanwhile, on Earth, Green Lantern Hal Jordan finds himself, inexplicably, in possession of the only working power ring in the universe, and uses it to save Coast City from a massive tidal wave threatening the Pacific seaboard--- and to soundly defeat Kalibak, the son of Darkseid in a fearsome brawl!

… As the captured Guardian Appa Ali Apsa is taken to Apokolips, he escapes briefly before he is recaptured over Metropolis--- but not before he can bathe one particular Earthling in a weird emerald light… changing Kyle Rayner’s life forever!

...In Gotham City, the alien assault hits the hardest and the city falls to the brutal General Steppenwolf, but not before the Dark Knight Detective is able to smuggle out (with the help of Nightwing) the one man Darkseid wants the most: Scott Free, the vaunted Mister Miracle...

... Following the nefarious Virman Vundabar through a boom tube, the New Outsiders become stranded on Apokolips itself. And while part of the team launches a desperate mission to rescue one of their own from the clutches of the despicable Desaad, the rest of the team joins the Hunger Dogs in a bold uprising against Darkseid himself...

... At the same time, the Challengers of the Unknown also find themselves on the dark planet, battling Doctor Bedlam...

... Against all odds, Nightwing safely delivers Mister Miracle to his fellow New Gods in Metropolis... and the Teen Titans foil Dr Bedlam's plan to use the Forever People to discover the Anti-Life Equation! But it is Lex Luthor who, feeling his usefulness to Darkseid is at an end, breaks the truce and launches a premptive attack against the occupying forces of Apokolips, bringing Metropolis into the war...

... In a lethal gambit, G. Gordon Godfrey seizes control of the US Government, but in a daring raid on the White House, the Suicide Squad face off against the Female Furies in a race against time to save the city from nuclear annihilation...

... Wonder Woman leads a desperate raid on Apokolips to rescue the Man of Steel--- and in an act of selfless heroism, a hero makes his final stand against Darkseid himself...

... Enraged at the assault upon his stronghold, Darkseid commands his lackey Desaad to unleash the Infernal Machine, a doomsday device that would transform the Earth into a dark twin of Apokolips! In Keystone City, a hero gives his life to destroy the Machine!

... Nowhere on Earth is safe! The hordes of Apokolips lay seige to Atlantis, only to be driven back by Aquaman and his allies. But the climactic battle comes when the Deep Six launch a desperate assault on the New God's secret underwater stronghold. Aquaman leads the forces of Atlantis to the rescue of Supertown, winning a decisive battle--- but not before Big Barda abducts Scott Free and escapes to Apokolips...

... Back in a Gotham City occupied by hostile forces, Batman leads the underground resistance against Apokolips, unaware that he is targeted by Darkseid's own personal assassin Kanto--- a relentless killer who never fails...

... The heroes of Earth begin to come together, but with the capture of Scott Free, Darkseid finally has the Anti-Life Equation in his grasp! As the planet begins to fall under his sway, only the golden lasso of Wonder Woman allows the heroes to resist the Tyrant of Apokolips...

... Now, resolving to stop him or die trying, the World's Greatest Heroes band together in a desperate last-ditch effort to save all of reality from the dark god's fearsome assault on the Source itself!

Heroes will rise and heroes will fall. And the DC2 will never be the same again…!

CRISIS: The Apokolips Imperative, Finale!

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