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Justice League Unlimited’s comic continuation dives deeper into the multiverse and introduces an entirely new Justice League to the DCAU.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Justice League Infinity #3, on sale now from DC Comics.
With the multiverse becoming more and more prevalent in comic book media recently, as well as DC’s Infinite Frontier exploring the endless possibilities of the omniverse, there have been more and more teams popping up from all over the multiverse. Several versions of the Justice League have appeared as well, most prominently the Justice Guild of Earth-11, and the multiverse’s Justice Incarnate.
Now the DC Animated Universe is getting in on the action with Justice League Infinity #3 (by J.M. DeMatteis, James Tucker, Ethen Beavers, Nick Filardi, and Tom Napolitano). The latest issue of the comic book continuation of the Justice League Unlimited animated series visits a new earth in the DCAU’s multiverse, Earth-D. Although the main story follows a disastrous mismatching of different universes, the opening pages show some peace on Earth-D before its heroes get mixed up in the current crisis. It also introduces a different kind of Justice League to the DCAU – the Justice Alliance.
The first hero of Earth-D introduced in this issue has been seen previously in DC’s multiverse – Calvin Ellis, otherwise known as President Superman. The character was created by Grant Morrison and Doug Manke and has been appearing more and more recently, thanks to the multiverse going mainstream. In the regular DCU, he’s the leader of Justice Incarnate and Earth-23’s president. There’s no evidence to suggest he’s either of those things in the DCAU, at least not at the moment.
While Calvin Ellis’s Superman is a member of the Justice Alliance, the other characters from the Justice League of Earth-23 are not seen here. Instead, each of the members of the Alliance corresponds to a member of the roster from the original Justice League cartoon (as well as Aquaman and Green Arrow, who also played big parts in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited).
Altogether the members of the Justice Alliance are Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Hawkman, and an archer who is may be this world’s Green Arrow even though he more closely resembles Apache Chief from the Superfriends animated series.
On Earth-23, Nubia is Wonder Woman and it looks like she could be here as well. However, Superman calls her Unatti, confirming her as a totally new character. Also, surprisingly, it is revealed that she and Superman are married on this Earth.
The Batman of this universe appears to be heavily influenced by the Silver Age, having an appearance similar to the Dark Knight from the 1950s. In the meeting with the Justice Alliance, he’s seen piloting the Whirly-Bat, a quirky vehicle from that time, to keep up with his flying teammates.
Like Wonder Woman, the Green Lantern here is an entirely new character as well – José Hernandez. Considering the Green Lanterns’ alien origins, it could be possible that this José Hernandez is based on the real-life astronaut of the same name.
Martian Manhunter, Flash and Aquaman all appear to be the same characters with different appearances. In the case of J’onn and Arthur, these are costumes more similar to their early comic book appearances rather than the DCAU’s more modern looks.
Then there are the Justice Alliance’s final two members. Hawkman fills in the role of Justice League’s Hawkgirl and is named Ahmed on this Earth. As for the Alliance’s archer, his identity is unknown but he appears to be Native American in origin.
Though Earth-D’s Justice Alliance doesn’t appear for long, they are a unique and interesting team. Hopefully, they will show up later in the series and get to meet their Justice League counterparts. A meeting of the two could reveal more about Earth-D and its new, interesting team of heroes.
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