Phase 3 (Darkseid)
Superman: Last Son of Krypton
Batman: Return of the Joker
Green Lantern: Parallax
Lobo: Galactic Mercenary
The Flash: Guerilla Warfare
Cyborg
Nightwing
The Winged Warriors
Justice League: Apokolips
Superman Last Son of Krypton: The Man of Steel returns to protecting Metropolis once more, but this time, the stakes are even higher. As Clark saw three years ago, a meteor was heading to Earth, and has now crashed into it. Clark goes to investigate it as a Daily Planet reporter, only to find it looks like something escaped the meteor before he arrived. This worries Clark, as three of the last four aliens Clark encountered were General Zod, Brainiac, and Steppenwolf. Thus, Clark investigates the interior of the meteor, finding that it contained trace amounts of Kryptonite, implying that it was a Kryptonian who crashed there.
So, Superman goes on a hunt for the alien, finding it rampaging in a nearby city. This being, an abominable creature of spikes and violence, sees Superman, and fights him. During the battle, almost the entire small town is destroyed in the fallout, and Superman escapes before Doomsday can do anymore damage.
Back in the Fortress of Solitude, Superman consults the last messages of his father, Jor-El, from the interior of the pod he came from. Jor-El warns Superman to escape a being called Doomsday at all costs, as it is the one thing that could kill him. He explains that Doomsday is the result of thousands of Kryptonian babies being killed, cloned, and reborn in the hostile Krypton environment by scientists. It has evolved to adapt to anything, and was known for destroying entire worlds by the Kryptonians. This was the one monster that every Kryptonian feared, and even Jor-El, the one who told Superman that he was to be the symbolic representation of the Kryptonian people, says to run away before Doomsday gets him. This discourages Superman, but also inspires him to defeat Doomsday and save Earth.
So, Superman hunts down the beast, and the two do battle throughout the countryside, with Doomsday drawing them closer and closer to Metropolis. Eventually, the two reach Metropolis, and find themselves dueling outside of the Daily Planet. Lois sees this, and begins to photograph the fight. Meanwhile, now that they're in Metropolis, Superman is even more dedicated to beating Doomsday, and realizes that the best way to do so is to stab through him with Kryptonite. However, he knows that there isn't a way to ensure Doomsday's death without holding him down on the spikes, killing Superman as well.
Superman then leads Doomsday to the city's center, where a giant Kryptonite statue of the Fortress of Solitude is located as a monument to the Justice League, intended to be indestructible to the strongest being on Earth. In the end, the Last Son of Krypton makes the ultimate sacrifice for Earth and kills Doomsday by killing himself. Finally, the Justice League are shown at Superman's funeral.
After credits scene:
Superman's grave is shown, zooming in on the silver symbol on the top. The coffin then shakes
ever so lightly.
Screen cuts to black.
After credits scene 2:
Metropolis is shown, with a Superman memorial signal shown in the sky. Four other Superman symbols appear around it.
Screen cuts to black.
Batman Return of the Joker: The caped crusader and the boy wonder return to protect the city of Gotham. Back in the swing of things, the two must fight off against an old enemy who has escaped from Arkham Asylum: the Joker. Now that the Clown Prince of Crime has returned, the dynamic duo are on edge more than ever.
Hunting him down to the Gotham Raceway, Batman and Robin try to stop the Joker from blowing up the starting line, with all the cars present. However, they are attacked by Joker's newest cronie: the Harlequin as she calls herself. With her cartoony mallet and dangerous fighting moves, she proves herself a real adversary to Robin as Batman goes after the Joker. In the end, as Joker prepares to detonate the raceway, Batman runs him down and stops him, but has to watch as Harlequin picks him up and the two escape in a smoke explosion.
Then, as the scene changes to the Joker, Harlequin has a flashback about how she and Joker became involved. Once a psychiatrist for Joker in Arkham Asylum, Doctor Harleen Quinzel was coerced by the madman, and fell in love with him. She even went as far as transforming her face with dangerous chemicals to be more like him. In the end, her infatuation with him and the chemicals messing with her mind allowed her to help break him out of Arkham to continue his quest for chaos.
Back in the present, Harley and Joker plan their next mission, which is to torture their greatest enemies: Batman and Robin. How they do this is kidnap the chief of police, James Gordon, and request Batman and Robin to meet them at the Gotham Chemical Plant. The two do that, and are met by Commissioner Gordon dangling above acid. The heroes try to free Gordon, and while they are able to save him, Robin is kidnapped by Harley Quinn. Gordon is brought back to the batmobile, while the Dark Knight goes off to save Robin. Meanwhile, Joker has begun to beat Robin mercilessly in the van, and when they reach the warehouse they're hiding out in, he throws the Boy Wonder out of the van, then continues to beat him. When Batman reaches them, Joker finishes Robin off, purposefully allowing Batman to get so close to saving him, but failing.
Batman, still refusing to kill, begins to beat Joker into unconsciousness, which enrages Harley. She then attacks Batman, but she too is beaten. But just as Batman prepares to take them to the police, Harley smoke grenades her and the Joker away. So, Batman takes Robin's body and buries him outside Wayne Manor, as a symbol to why Batman needs to exist. Designing a new suit, Batman heads out, hunts down the Joker and Harley, and the three have a brutal fight. But in the end, the vigilante of Gotham succeeds, and gets the Joker and Harley sent back to Arkham.
After credits scene:
A new vigilante, wearing dark blue, is shown beating up criminals in Gotham.
Screen cuts to black.
Green Lantern Parallax: Ever since the exposure to the Orange Lantern, Hal Jordan has been acting strange. Everything goes into overdrive, however, when Jordan's Green Lantern suit is partially turned to yellow and begins to call himself Parallax. Fearing that Hal was exposed to the destructive entity of the same name, the Green Lantern Corps forge a new ring and travel to Earth to assign it to a new being. The one selected is a soldier named John Stewart, who instantly agrees, and begins training as Hal did years ago. Meanwhile, Parallax continues his control over Hal, and has begun to absorb more and more of the Green Lantern energy to grow strong enough to suck out the universe's life force. The Green Lanterns detect this, and speed through Stewart's training, knowing that he is necessary to beat Parallax and save Hal.
Sending John and his fellow Green Lanterns out, they find Parallax, who has opened a portal above Oa to the Antimatter Universe, where he has begun to obtain power from the Yellow Lantern on Qwad. Sinestro then tries to fight Parallax for draining his Lantern Corp's energy, but the entity bays him aside like an insect. It then reveals that it is the literal embodiment of the Yellow Lanterns, and that they should bow down to him. Sinestro, though he wishes not to, sees this being's power, and bows before it, pledging himself to Parallax. As a result, Parallax leaves Hal's body and binds with Sinestro. So, Hal is left crashing towards Oa, but fortunately, is caught by John, and the two head back to the Guardians, where they petition them to allow John and Hal to recruit the others of the Emotional Spectrum to help.
The Guardians deny this, saying that if the rest of the Emotional Spectrum were to see that the Green Lanterns weren't powerful enough to defeat Parallax, then they would be unable to keep them in line any longer. So, John and Hal only have the Green Lanterns to help them, but with the limited power of the Green Lantern split among them, Hal comes up with another idea: join other Lantern Corps alongside the Green Lanterns. John is hesitant, not exactly sure of the rules with this, but Hal, having been a Green Lantern for much longer, understood that it was possible. Heading to the world of Odym, John and Hal encounter the leaders of the Blue Lanterns, Ganthet and Sayd, and ask to obtain Blue Lantern rings. The two leaders are suspicious, and request John and Hal join the Blue Lantern Corps, which only Hal agrees to. So, Hal is given a Blue Lantern Ring, which they explain is powered by hope, and send them on their way.
Thus, now that John and Hal are part of two different Lantern Corps, they can each harness maximum power to fight Parallax. Heading through the portal to Qwad, the two encounter Parallax, who is using the full power of the Yellow Lanterns. Through their fighting with the full power of the Green and Blue Lanterns, Hal and John are able to force Parallax away from Qwad, draining him of power. As he is weakened, the two take their powers and are able to punch Parallax into the Green Lantern Battery, trapping its fear within willpower.
But, even with Parallax defeated, the story doesn't end, as Hal Jordan is still a Blue Lantern member. When he talks with the Guardians and the leaders of Blue Lanterns, they announce that to re-join the Green Lanterns, Hal must lead the Blue Lanterns for an entire cycle of his world. Hal agrees, and until Hal returns, John Stewart would become the Green Lantern of Sector 2814.
After credits scene:
Hal is shown landing on the Blue Lantern world as a Blue Lantern. He then looks out onto the horizon, and notices a growing blackness, with stars being taken out. He then flies towards it.
Screen cuts to black.
After credits scene 2:
A red world is shown, and the camera pans through rivers of blood, before showing a giant Red Lantern Battery.
Suddenly a being stomps on the camera with its foot, screaming madly.
Screen cuts to black.
Lobo Galactic Mercenary: In the far reaches of space, a mercenary alien exists for two reasons: blood and violence. This mercenary is Lobo, and his life is dedicated to drinking booze and killing do-gooders. One of his most recent missions could be his hardest yet: to kill the intergalactic criminal known as Bludhound. Fighting through thugs and other mercenaries, Lobo starts on the trail towards Bludhound.
Along the way, Lobo finds intergalactic biker gangs and space pirates who would rather their boss stay in business, but nothing can defeat a being as violent as Lobo, and he slaughters them all. Eventually, Lobo is able to located Bludhound on the last planet he expected: Harmony, a peaceful world known for its lack of crime. Lobo journeys down to the planet, where he finds a sickly Bludhound, basically dead of a fatal disease he incurred after years and years of pirating. Lobo hopes to capture Bludhound for the reward, but is told if he were to unplug him, Bludhound would die. So, the mercenary decides if he can't sell him, he may as well kill him, and murders Bludhound. However, his brutal murder of Bludhound draws the attention of an on-looker: the brother of Bludhound, and also the protector of Harmony known as Goldstar.
This hero, seeing the violence that Lobo brings with him, tries to coerce Lobo to give up violence, but obviously, this doesn't work, and Goldstar decides that against his best judgement, he must fight Lobo to defend his world. The two have a battle, and with Goldstar's powers heavily fueled by the good spirits of those around him, he is invulnerable to all of Lobo's attacks. In the end, Goldstar ejects Lobo from Harmony, telling him to only return with a pure spirit. Lobo, hating the fact that someone that cheerful gets to live, declares Goldstar as his own personal bounty: one that is not for money, but for honor.
So, Lobo goes back home to his bulldog Dawg, loads up on ammo, then heads to a nearby space bar, where Guy Gardner serves him the usual. Getting incredibly intoxicated, Lobo heads out, but not before dropping Dawg back at home, to hunt for Goldstar. Back on Harmony, Lobo tries to fit in with the local populace to sneak up on Goldstar, but finds this impossible as they are too pure of spirit and Lobo finds himself physically sickened by being in their presence for too long. Lobo then decides that instead of sneaking up on Goldstar, he would draw him away from Harmony where he would be weakened.
Using his motorcycle's exhaust to pollute the fragile atmosphere of Harmony, Lobo successfully draws the ire of Goldstar, who heads out into space to stop Lobo. Unfortunately for Goldstar, Lobo not only set a trap, but knew that Goldstar would be weakened without those of pure spirit near him. This works for Lobo, and he is able to get Goldstar within inches of his life. Goldstar begs for mercy, but Lobo explains that he knew the truth: that Goldstar was holding this planet hostage the entire time, and planned to use it alongside Bludhound to sell drugs. Goldstar, completely baffled at this assertion, tries to explain Lobo's fallacy, but Lobo responds by shooting him in the head. Enjoying seeing the confusion and utter disgust in Goldstar's face when Lobo lied made it all worth it for the bounty hunter, and thus, the space headhunter wins the day.
After credits scene:
Lobo is shown peacefully sitting in a recliner, with a cigarette in his mouth while petting Dawg.
Screen cuts to black.
The Flash Guerilla Warfare: Deep in the jungles of Africa, there lives a tribe of gorillas, whose intelligence was greatly increased by a powerful alien artifact. This tribe's land, known as Gorilla City by the nearby African tribes, is ruled over by their vicious leader, who possesses a great many psychic powers, Gorilla Grodd. With his telepathic abilities, Grodd controls those around him to do his bidding, and has used it to keep his city hidden from the outside world. But even a king can grow tired of his kingdom, and Grodd wishes to expand his territory beyond the jungle. So, Grodd sneaks aboard a cargo ship alongside some of his gorilla followers, and is whisked away to a new and exotic land: Central City. This city, as Grodd soon finds out during his initial greeting, is protected by a powerful being known as Flash, who can run faster than the speed of light. Grodd feels challenged having another superpowered being around him, and decides it would be best to eliminate Flash before he takes over the city.
Meanwhile, Barry Allen's life is better than ever: by day, he investigates crimes alongside his girlfriend reporter, Iris West, and by night, he fights crime as the hero of the people known as the Flash. So, while out as the hero of the people, Flash is attacked by the telepathic gorilla, who tries to convince Barry that Iris is leaving him and that he should leave Central City. This doesn't work though, and Barry escapes Grodd before he can finish him off. So, Grodd returns to the sewers, where he and his followers are planning their next attack. Barry, meanwhile, is trying to think of ways to fight this villain, when a dimensional rift is opened by the Speed Force, and another Flash arrives: Jay Garrick.
This Flash then explains that in his world, he is the Flash, and that he came by to stop Gorilla Grodd from doing to this Barry what happened to his Barry. He then tells of how he and Barry were partners in his reality, with Barry going by Kid Flash, until Gorilla Grodd reached Central City and laid waste to its people. Barry tried to stop him in that world, but was killed in the process. So, to avenge Barry, Garrick began traveling through the multiverse, trying to stop Grodd from killing any other Barry Allens. Barry then asks Garrick how he defeated Grodd in the other worlds, and is told that if his psychic powers are dampened, he becomes susceptible to physical means of fighting. Barry and Garrick then set a trap for Grodd outside the sewer, which he falls for, and is incapacitated by the duo. However, when his psychic abilities are blocked, his control over his fellow gorillas breaks, and they go on a violent rampage. Barry then leaves Garrick with Grodd while he heads out and stops the crazed gorillas.
When he returns, though, he finds that Grodd killed Garrick and escaped. As the now lone Flash, Barry sets out to fight this dangerous animal, using all his knowledge Garrick gave him. Setting a new trap at the zoo, Barry again dampens Grodd's powers when he tries to take control over the zoo's gorillas. The two then fight, and in the end, Barry is able to use the Speed Force to shock Grodd's muscles, paralyzing him forever. Barry then has Grodd imprisoned in a prison in the zoo, and the Flash declares victory against evil once more.
After credits scene:
Grodd is shown frozen in his cell. Suddenly, a single eye movement is shown.
Screen cuts to black.
After credits scene 2:
Flash is shown speeding past a window, which mirrors his shadow. However, when Flash
disappears, the shadow remains.
Screen cuts to black.
Cyborg: Silas Stone's son was almost killed by a violent car accident that cost him his leg, half of his brain, his left arm, and most of his internal organs. For years, Silas tried to create artificial limbs to help his son, but none seemed to do enough. That is, of course, until a few years ago when Silas discovered a Mother Box buried under his laboratory. Digging it up, Silas intended to use it to augment the cybernetic enhancements for his son, but was caught up with the Justice League, who needed it to defeat Steppenwolf. Silas almost gave up hope, but fortunately for him, the Justice League returned the Mother Box, albeit broken beyond repair, or so he thought. The Mother Box repaired itself, and attached onto Victor, Silas's son, and grafted the cybernetic augmentations onto him.
Waking up for the first time in five years, Victor is greeted by the horrific sight that half of his body is metal, and his lifestyle as a pretty boy football player was over. Though he was grateful that his dad brought him back to life, he feels resentment and wonders whether his father should have gone through all the trouble. That's when Grid awakens.
Inside the cybernetics of Victor, an artificial intelligence known as Grid tells Victor it is the embodiment of the Mother Box, and that it intends to use all of its power to bring about a being known as Darkseid. Victor ignores this, and tries to continue his life as a high school student, but the discrimination he experiences is so great, he finds himself more and more open to listening to Grid tell of how powerful he could be.
Training himself up, Victor goes by the name Cyborg and intends to show the people of his town that his new appearance doesn't change who he is. Through countless acts of good, Cyborg starts to become a true hero to the people around him, so he decides to start ignoring Grid's requests, which greatly angers the AI. In response, during the night, Grid takes over Cyborg's body and commits violent acts, intent on slandering Victor's name so that he will become a pariah again and help Grid bring about Darkseid. This almost works, until Victor realizes just what Grid is pulling, and is able to take control of his body during a nightly crime spree and force the AI out of his suit.
Victor then returns home, expecting it all to be over, only to awake in the morning to an entirely robotic form of himself towering over him. This, as it explains, is what Cyborg could have been had Grid not granted him his own consciousness, expecting the reborn teen to embrace whatever the magical alien box told him to do. Cyborg had failed Grid, and now it is time for Grid to take back what he created. The two have a massive fight throughout town, but in the end, Cyborg is able to tear Grid apart, and with his cybernetic arm as powerful as it is, he launches Grid into space. So, Cyborg has become a hero to the people, and is again embraced by his peers.
After credits scene:
Cyborg is shown opening the door to his room, where there is a sudden green blur. In his room, Martian Manhunter stands.
Manhunter: "Victor Stone, my name is J'onn J'onzz of Mars. I am here on behalf of the Justice League. We would like to speak to you."
Screen cuts to black.
After credits scene 2:
Cyborg is shown walking down the street when he sees a green blur in the alley. He looks down it, but sees nothing and carries on.
From behind a dumpster, another teen is shown, with pure green skin and a purple jumpsuit.
Screen cuts to black.
Nightwing: Crime runs rampant in the city of Gotham, so rampant that one vigilante can't handle it all alone. This secondary position was once filled by Robin, but with the death of Jason Todd, that position opened up for someone to be inspired to take back their city from crime. That position is now being filled by Dick Grayson, the Nightwing. In Gotham's poorest district of Blüdhaven, a crime syndicate has taken almost every store and worker under its wing, and extorts them repeatedly. This syndicate is led by an incredibly strong and intelligent man named Roland Desmond, but known through the city as the Blockbuster. So, it's up to Nightwing to topple Blockbuster from his regime, and to free the people of Blüdhaven from his extortion. One of his first moves is to obtain information on Blockbuster's location, which he does by tuning into the Oracle Radio Channel, which is a hacked police radio redirected to an open channel for vigilantes. He then locates the curator of the channel, Oracle, who it turns out, is the police chief's daughter, Barbara Gordon. Nightwing then says that he only wants help defeating Blockbuster. Barbara then gives him the best information she can about his location, and Nightwing goes off.
Scaling the side of a large Gotham skyscraper, the black and blue hero reaches the top to find a hulking monster daintily drinking champagne out of crystal glasses. Nightwing breaks through the window, and learns that this is Blockbuster, and in response to the break-in, Nightwing gets to feel firsthand what it's like to be thrown from a skyscraper. Fortunately, he catches himself before he falls, but the humiliation is still massive. But, this gave Nightwing knowledge of Blockbuster's strength, and he heads back to Oracle, who sends out Blockbuster's location to the people of Gotham.
Later that next day, the news reports that the residents of the skyscraper were attacked by an angry mob, and immediately after, Blockbuster hacks the news feed, threatening Oracle for revealing his location to the world. Oracle is then advised by Nightwing to abandon both her persona and her location, which she does, and chooses to become a crimefighter herself. Instead of creating a unique persona, Barbara takes on the superhero name of Batgirl, declaring herself the sidekick of Nightwing. So, the two bring fear through their justice, with Barbara's good keeping Nightwing from killing, and Nightwing training Barbara.
Eventually, the two are strong enough, or at least they believe they are, to take on Blockbuster, and through coercive tactics on his goons, find his location in a warehouse outside of Gotham. The two rush there, and find Blockbuster, where he is waiting for the two or worse, Batman himself. He then attacks them, with massive guns in each hand, but in the end, bullets can't beat good old fashioned punching and kicking. So, Blockbuster is arrested, and Nightwing and Batgirl's names are known throughout Gotham, and feared by those who would oppose them.
After credits scene:
Nightwing is shown moving through the alleyways, when a large caped figure stops his movement. The figure then moves out of the shadows, revealing Batman.
Batman: "Nightwing. I heard you've been protecting my city for me while I was gone. Let's talk."
Nightwing then smiles.
Screen cuts to black.
After credits scene 2:
Barbara Gordon is shown lying in her bed at home, when she hears her dad coming home. She slams the closet door, where the Batgirl costume is, just in time for Commissioner Gordon to enter.
Gordon: "Sweetie, I'm home!"
Barbara: "Hi dad!"
Barbara then hugs her dad, but looks shadily over at the closet.
Screen cuts to black.
The Winged Warriors: Thousands of years ago, the Egyptian Prince Khufu and his love Shiera were murdered as sacrifices to Anubis by the traitorous priest Hath-Set. Their bodies were then trapped in an eternal limbo, being reincarnated over and over again, always with the three fighting and Khufu and Shiera dying. In the modern age, the dagger of Hath-Set is discovered by an archaeologist named Carter Hall, who, when exposed to the dagger, is shown that he is the next reincarnation of Prince Khufu, and that he shall become the protector of the innocent known as Hawkman. Heading into his tomb, Hall retrieves the armor and mace of Khufu, declaring himself as Hawkman.
He then returns to his home of Frontier City, where he begins to act as Hawkman, protecting innocent people through vigilante Justice, until he discovers another person from his past life: Shiera. This woman, named Shiera Sanders, is saved by Hawkman from a mugging, and when she asks for his name, he explains who she is, and brings her back to his home, where she is exposed to the dagger. With the dagger, Shiera's past lives are given to her, and she is presented her own set of armor by Hawkman, with the request to join him as his Hawkgirl. Shiera accepts, and the two vigilantes continue to fight crime. That is, until someone breaks into Hall's house and is about to steal the priceless artifact, when the dagger calls to him, granting him his past lives as well. This man is meant to be the modern age Hath-Set. He then steals the sword, planning to recreate the sacrifice intended for Anubis.
During another vigilante outing, Hawkman is kidnapped by Hath-Set, leaving Hawkgirl to save the reborn Egyptian Prince from this murderous villain. Using her abilities, Hawkgirl breaks through the hypnotized guardians of Hath-Set, reaching the Priest just before he kills Hawkman. Hawkgirl and Hath-Set then have a fight, with Hawkgirl eventually overpowering the man. But before she can kill Hath-Set and end the cycle, her powers are drained away by Anubis, who has begun to drain the souls of Shiera and Khufu in hopes of finally obtaining his sacrifices. Hawkman then springs into action, defending Shiera and killing Hath-Set. When Hath-Set dies, the cycle of death and rebirth is broken, and Hawkgirl's powers are returned to her. So, the vigilantes can return to their roles as the Winged Warriors of Frontier City.
After credits scene:
The Winged Warriors are shown landing in an alley, when Wonder Woman comes from the shadows.
Diana: "Prince Khufu. Lady Shiera. Good to see you again."
Hawkgirl: "Princess Diana. To what do we owe this honor of seeing the Amazon Princess again?"
Diana: "I'd like to talk to you about joining a very special team with some very special people."
Screen cuts to black.
After credits scene 2:
Hawkgirl and Hawkman are shown flying over a lit street, their shadows projecting along the wall.
When the two leave view, one of their shadows remains, and moves on its own.
Screen cuts to black.
Justice League Apokolips: Though the Justice League was hurt by Superman's death, it was not stopped, and it returns with a new roster (Batman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Cyborg, Shazam, and Atom). This time, they will have to stop the strongest being they have ever encountered: Darkseid. The ruler of the world known as Apokolips, Darkseid wants nothing more than to discover the Anti-Life Equation, which will allow him to kill the entire universe and reshape it in his image. This equation, he believes, is located through the minds of the universe, and one of the biggest locations of the Anti-Life equation is a small blue dot known as Earth. So, Darkseid initially sent out his lapdog Steppenwolf to corral the humans for him to drain, but he was defeated by the Justice League.
This gave the Justice League the ability to investigate the Mother Box on the Moon, and after much questioning, they learn of Darkseid and his plans for Earth. Thus, the Justice League decides to take the battle to Darkseid and beat him on Apokolips before he can come to Earth.
The team teleports to Apokolips, where they are greeted by a world controlled by a group of superpowered beings known as Darkseid's Elite. These elite aliens then arrive, and a fight ensues, with the Justice League almost winning, until Darkseid himself arrives, and crushes them. Seeing their resistance only invigorates Darkseid's quest to take over Earth, and he thanks them for giving him inspiration. He then has them taken away and placed in prison, where Batman sends out a distress signal to another member of the Justice League: Aquaman.
The Atlantean receives the message, and calls out for other heroes of Earth to unite as a new Justice League. This new Justice League (composed of Aquaman, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Nightwing, John Stewart, and Flash) waits at the ready for Darkseid, who opens a portal above Metropolis. As Parademons flood in, the team starts to fight him, despite the overwhelming odds. Meanwhile, John Stewart flies through the portal and frees the rest of the Justice League.
When he and the original Justice League return to the portal, they find Darkseid has laid siege to most of Metropolis, leaving behind his symbol of Sigma as a symbolic destruction. He then sees that the new Justice League has almost been entirely killed, except for Flash. Heading to the Fortress of Solitude, the team discovers the remnants of Zod's ship, hidden deep in the bowels of the structure. Inside it, they find a Kryptonian regeneration chamber, and that's when Flash gets an idea: Bring back Superman. Zooming to Central City, Flash gets on his Cosmic Treadmill, and uses it to speed himself far enough back in time to when Superman died. When everyone leaves the coffin, Flash breaks in and takes Superman's body, rushing to Zod's ship, placing Clark inside the regeneration chamber. He then speeds forward to the time just before the portal opens above Metropolis, and heads back to the ship, where he finds Superman, alive and well, sporting a black suit and long hair. He then awakens Clark, telling him that the Justice League is captured and a powerful being is trying to take over the Earth.
So, Superman rushes into action, fighting against the Parademons alongside the new Justice League while John Stewart saves the original Justice League. When Green Lantern and the original Justice League arrive back at the portal, they see Superman fighting against Darkseid, somehow holding his own. This Superman seems stronger than ever, but even he can't defeat Darkseid alone. So, while many of the heroes fight the Parademons, the original Justice League (Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter) fights alongside the Man of Steel, bringing Darkseid to his knees. Darkseid then accepts defeat and promises to not invade Earth in exchange for his life, which Superman allows. So, Darkseid takes his Parademons back to Apokolips, and the world has been saved again by the Justice League.
After credits scene:
Superman is shown flying above Metropolis, the Superman theme blasting. He then flies through the camera.
Screen cuts to black.
