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With an award-winning series of video games as well as a brand new animated film, Injustice may be one of the most well-known DC stories today. Despite its popularity, many fans of Injustice may not know that there is actually a long-running comic book series made to fill in the gaps of the video games.
Written by Tom Taylor and Brian Buccellato with dozens of different artists working on each issue, Injustice runs the gambit of testing Superman’s new immoral regime against the likes of the Green Lantern Corps, the Greek gods, and ancient magics. While Superman and Batman’s rivalry is the key focus of the story, there are several side characters given the spotlight and their adventures are what make the comic special.
9 Superman Became A Yellow Lantern
Hal Jordan’s loyalty is tested and ultimately broken when he betrays his fellow Lanterns and joins Superman with Sinestro as Yellow Lanterns. Despite the best efforts of John Stewart, Guy Gardner, and Ganthet, Superman makes quick work of the Corps and commits his grandest act by pushing Mogo, the living planet member of the Green Lanterns, into the sun.
8 Orca And Killer Croc Are Together
Romance is a surprisingly major element of the Injustice comics. The proposal between Green Arrow and Black Canary being a highlight, the most unexpected yet welcome turn is the romance between Batman villains Killer Croc and Orca.
Likely most famous for her blink and you’ll miss it cameo in The LEGO Batman Movie, Orca is generally considered a laughable Batman villain that just don’t work. Part woman, part orca whale, it was quite the move when it’s revealed that she and Waylon Jones are not only together, but eventually, get married. It’s a lovable heartwarming moment in a comic series full of pain and death.
7 Superman Outs Batman On Social Media
Batman’s identity is one of his most guarded secrets. When it’s clear that he won’t stop fighting against the Regime, Superman makes the call to reveal it to the world at large. While his first attempt is stopped by Batman’s Icarus Protocol, it’s his eventual choice to make the reveal as quick as possible. Superman posts Bruce’s big secret on social media and everything goes down the drain. Luckily, he is nothing if not resourceful and while this certainly hinders him, it does nothing to halt his plans.
6 Booster Gold Says Goodbye To Ted Kord
Blue Beetle and Booster Gold share arguably the biggest and best bromance of the DC universe. First meeting in the 1980s during the early years of the Justice League International, the team of Blue and Gold are famous for their antics, pranks, and brotherly love.
Unfortunately, like in the main canon, Ted Kord is destined to die and Booster desperately wants to do whatever he can to save him. In a wonderfully solemn moment, Booster accepts the finality of Ted’s death and gives his goodbyes before Ted does something more heroic than anything he thought he could do before.
While it’s implied that the Teen Titans died long ago, it’s instead revealed that the team was trapped in the Phantom Zone. After breaking out, they cause lots of trouble for the Regime with Conner Kent establishing himself as Superboy, and Tim Drake returning to Batman as his Robin. The excitement is short-lived as their attempts fall flat with Tim Drake getting killed in front of Bruce by General Zod. Dying in his arms, a little bit of Bruce’s hope for a better world dies with him.
5 Death Of Jim Gordon
Commissioner Gordon is one of Batman’s closest and oldest allies, only predated by Alfred Pennyworth. In Injustice, it’s lovingly revealed that Gordon has known about his daughter’s exploits as Batgirl for practically her entire career. Sadly, it’s also revealed that Jim Gordon’s cigarette habit has led to a cancer diagnosis, which is now becoming more of an immediate threat than a later one. After leading the cops of Gotham in a revolt and doing more as a mortal than most of the gods ever do, Gordon dies quietly aboard the Justice League Watchtower in a subtle and emotional moment.
4 Doctor Fate Rejects Fate
Doctor Fate is easily one of the most powerful characters in the universe, and because of his loyalty to Fate, he can never truly intervene in the battle between Batman and Superman. He works in minor ways, but his patience is finally broken once Black Canary is killed by Superman in an epic showdown.
Having seen good people die too often, Kent Nelson throws away his oath and breaks the rules to save Dinah to bring her to a world where Green Arrow never died, but instead lost his own Black Canary. There, the two can live peacefully for the rest of their lives.
3 Resurrection Of Alfred
One of the most famous moments from the Injustice comic is when Alfred Pennyworth proceeds to pulverize Superman for all the pain he’s caused to his family. He is later assassinated and dies, but years later is dumped into the Lazarus Pit by Ra’s al Ghul. The resurrection does not fully take however as Alfred is a broken shell kept to a wheelchair. A haunting reminder of the fickle effects of the pool.
2 Flash’s Fantastic Arc
Easily the most wasted character in the animated film is Barry Allen. Flash gets plenty of love in the Injustice games, but he’s quickly killed off in the movie. What fans might not know is that the comic book source material gives the best and greatest arc to the Scarlet Speedster. Barry is often shown as the group’s moral core and his ethics are tested again, and again, and again. His struggle with his fame, complicity, and failure to act is why the Injustice series remains one of DC’s best alternative universes.
1 Batman’s Dream
When Tom Taylor knew he had to leave Injustice, he gave a wonderful gift in his last few issues at the time. The reader is greeted with a what-if scenario where Batman is the one to kill Joker so that Clark wouldn’t have to. Framed as the regret Bruce has in what he sees as failing his friend, this is shown to be a world where everything else turned out okay. Not only does the dream portray a heart-wrenching alternate reality after all the deaths, it also informs the reader of Bruce’s personal guilt and struggle with what the truly right thing to do is.
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