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Once in a while , DC Comicspulls back the curtain to unveil the truth behind big crisis issue , which just happened again inJustice League Incarnate # 4 . However , this fourth dimension , the truth goes far beyond what anyone could ’ve imagine as they have revealed thatthe Great Darkness , who was introduce as a modest Alan Moore institution , has been behind every major event that has bump sinceCrisis on Infinite Earths . For esurient risible book of account readers , this new development will add up as a shock as this issue forces readers to call into question everything that they ’ve take in the past .
Justice League Incarnate # 4comes from writer Joshua Williamson with artistic creation by Dennis Culver , Andrei Bressan , Mike Norton and Chris Burnham . Williamson has been leading the DC universe of discourse in this direction sinceInfinite Frontier # 0hit shelves in March , 2021 . In that issue , " the one on-key Darkseid " was revealed to have been reborn and has big architectural plan for the Omniverse . From this point onwards , reader were incorrectly lead to believe that Darkseid was the next major crisis villain that DC ’s hero would have to take with , which turned out to be only partly true . As it was teased , Darkseid was search for a greater , darker power that was beyond his reach . The events ofJustice League Incarnatestarted to unveil much more asDarkseid and Doctor Multiversecrossed path , make it clear that the " great darkness " that the former ruler of Apokolips seeks is a living being immobilize outside the bounds of the Omniverse .
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The fourth emergence of the newInfinite Frontiercontinuation just recontextualized the DC universe of discourse as a whole with a ten - Sir Frederick Handley Page soliloquy from Doctor Multiverse . In these pages , Doctor Multiverse explains the with child picture behind every crisis event in the past . But first off , who is the Great Darkness ? First introduce inThe Saga of Swamp Thing # 49by Alan Moore and Stan Woch , the Great Darkness had a set of religious cult - like follower who worshipped its existence . The Great Darkness ' followerswere , like Darkseid , trying to prepare it out of its confinement in parliamentary procedure to unleash it on DC ’s universe . Until now , little has been written about the Great Darkness since its origin . Luckily for reader , Doctor Multiverse in reality bring out down how The Great Darkness influenced each and every one of DC ’s crisis case .
Crisis on Infinite Earths
The root . Doctor Multiverse divulge that " the push and pull " of the Great Darkness and the Light is what causedCrisis on Infinite Earths . Mar Novu , aka the Monitor , was make by the Light to supervise the multiverse , while the Anti - Monitor was a creation of the Great Darkness , who used them to seek and destroy the multiverse . In the thick of their enceinte struggle , Mar Novu spark the multiverse ’s " resistant system " so as to protect existence from obliteration . That immune system is superheroes , who were bear to protect and serve the Light .
These changes lend up some burning questions . This account strips away any sense of option in DC ’s superheroes , basically saying that they were always going to be heroes and had no say in the matter . Although it ’s an interesting revelation , it threatens to take out the grandness of every hero ’s backstory . After Crisis , only one Earth remained , the Light was weakened by their departure and the Great Darkness attacked again , but a treaty was made by Swamp Thing that prevented the destruction of everything . Although the Great Darkness seemingly took a step back , it go on to control events with one of its hands , manipulating about every crisis villain to do its sly command .
Final Crisis
The actions that Darkseid took inFinal Crisiswere not as they seemed . This way out reveals that it was all to draw out the Great Darkness so he could " truly control everything . " Darkseid ’s rattling scheme succeeded and the Great Darkness was drawn out , but Darkseid did n’t count on Batman killing him . From there , the Great Darkness returned in the form of Mandrakk , who was last seen inFinal Crisisbeing killed by the Green Lanterns .
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It turns out , at this point , the Great Darkness turned his attention to superheroes , instead of the Light . As the Great Darkness realized that superheroes are the greatest threat to their program as they are always the unity who have stopped him in the yesteryear . So , the Great Darkness turn his care to the prime Earth in the multiverse , Earth-0 . Here , the Great Darkness ' get out hand get busy manipulating the scoundrel of Earth-0 to try on and put an oddment to their heroes .
The Multiversity
In the interim , the Great Darkness ' right hand , better known asthe Empty Hand , formed an army of Gentry to apportion with the other superheroes of the multiverse . As most comic Holy Writ readers be intimate , the Gentry were taken on and eventually get the better of by Justice Incarnate . Next , Doctor Multiverse reveals that the Great Darkness , afterThe Multiversity , concluded they had nothing to fear from the multiverse ’s heroes , so they change by reversal their attention back to Earth-0 . This lead to the beginning of the Metal Wars .
The Metal Wars
conduct by the Great Darkness ' avatar , the daimon Barbatos , plump for by the Dark Knights and succeded by The Batman Who Laughs , Earth-0 only just managed to survive being sunk into DC ’s dark multiverse . The concluding consequence ofDark Knights : Death Metal , as most know , changed the multiverse forever . Two newfangled Earths ask Earth-0 ’s place at the centre of the multiverse , Earth - Omega and the Elseworld . It ’s understand that the Great Darkness ' true role was to let the heroes pull ahead and make mode for the Omniverse to be born , so that it could enact its plans to return in the flesh comeInfinite Frontier .
Infinite Frontier
Another uncover that Doctor Multiverse piss is that Earth - Omega is , in fact , a fragment of the Great Darkness . And with Darkseid ’s godhead reassembled , hiskilling of the Quintessenceand taking over of the Z satellite , the Great Darkness ' rejoinder was only a matter of time as he fetch his hands on Barry Allen , who was forced to open up a crack in the multiverse so that Darkseid could release the Great Darkness once more . However , as revealed in issue four , Darkseid ’s plans that he had duringFinal Crisisremained the same , he wanted to draw the Great Darkness out so that he ’d become the most powerful being in the Omniverse .
The concluding lines in Doctor Multiverse ’s 10 - pageboy explainer reveals that Justice League Incarnate have to let Darkseid win , so that he , " iniquity ’s god , " can put down the " absolute enemy of world " that isthe Great Darkness . For readers , this long - winded account come as a shock but in reality makes a muckle of sentiency . Only someone as brawny as Darkseid , who is his " one trueself , " could even endure a chance when present off against the mythological being ofDC Comics ' one , rightful villain . Justice League Incarnate # 4is available in amusing volume stores and on digital platform now .
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