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Warning : contains spoilers forDark Knights of Steel # 1
It is unmanageable to ideate theJustice Leaguewithout their stalwart ally and often leader , Superman . Though not every member of the League always like Clark Kent , almost every member throughout its history in the main DC Universe at least respects the Man of Steel . However , in one alternate world , two Graeco-Roman extremity of the Justice League are really team up to kill Superman , and worse yet , they ’ve already come through in killing someone close to him .
Fans were excited when DC Comics announcedDark Knights of Steelby Tom Taylor and Yasmin Putri . The series would see classical DC heroes such as Batman , Superman , and Wonder Woman reimagined in a classic fantasy setting . While laughable lecturer knew that the series would dissent heavily from the independent DC Universe , it come as a shock that classical members of the Justice League were n’t just separated , they were put in rival kingdoms . This has lead Green Lantern and Green Arrow to join forces to toss off Superman .
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Dark Knights of Steel # 1introduces reader to this dissimilar yet familiar world . In this knightly stage setting , Superman ’s mother and father really joined himin the rocket to Earth . Just as they down , in a distant realm , a younger version of Constantine has a imaginativeness of the El family coming to Earth . In his rambling , deluded state , he foresees the Kryptonians taking over the world sometime in the future , something that right away attract the interest of Constantine ’s Billie Jean Moffitt King , this world ’s Black Lightning . Of take note , Constantine specifically mentions a waiting Green Man .
Nineteen yr subsequently , Jor - El has become Martin Luther King Jr. of the land and has outlawed magical beings in an effort to protect himself . While the next in line for the crapper is his licit son , Kal - El , it ’s his outlawed Word , Bruce , who Jor thinks would make a better ruler . As Jor - El and Bruce talk to each other about Bruce ’s latent Kryptonian abilities , they have no manner of knowing what ’s add up . Far far away , Green Arrow speaks to an unseen figure who has task him with killing King Jor - El . Despite his concerns , the cryptic Green Man control him that this is the right matter to do . With a wizard boost from the mysterious figure ’s Green Lantern Ring , Oliver discharge an arrow that travels miles in seconds . Green Arrow never misses his fall guy , and sure as shooting enough , his pointer lands properly in Jor - El ’s eye , killing the king .
WhileGreen Arrow and Green Lantern ’s team - upseems to mostly be to stamp out Jor - El , readers have more than enough reason to think this universe ’s version of Superman is in peril too . The unobserved Green Man states that his ring spoke to him and told him that killing Jor - El is how to spare the earth . give Constantine ’s prophecy about the Kryptonians being demons , it ’s not knockout to imagine that whatever form the Green Lantern Corps take in this universe would not take kindly to the El family ruling over the planet . One interesting matter of line though is that readers never see the Green Man ’s grimace , which sign that this is n’t someone who lector would think . It ’s possible that this isSinestro before he turned into a Yellow Lantern , or it could further the green composition by have it be Martian Manhunter .
Regardless of who exactly the Green Man is though , his partnership with Green Arrow lead to a Kryptonian ’s death . These two Cuban sandwich who are typically ally of Superman may just become his deadly enemy if Kal - El ever discovers who killed his daddy . Supermanand theJustice Leaguemay be friends in the main DC Universe , but inDark Knights of Steel , he ’s bound to view some of its member as deathly enemy .
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