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There are innumerable perverted version of theJustice Leaguethroughout the DC Universe , but these are usually opposite or corrupt version of the League . In the lead - up to one of DC ’s most hated serial , a Justice League of separately twisted heroes was assembled , and it ’s been one of DC ’s biggest missed chance , as the team has yet to be used again .
DC had a act of series leading up to the massiveFinal Crisis , one of which was Countdown : Arena by Keith Champagne and Scott McDaniel . During this miniseries , the villain Monarch enchant several different interpretation of fighter across the Multiverse . He then match them against each other in his arena with the hope of make the winners into his own Justice League .
This eventually culminate in the most brutal of the League variants becoming the winners , suchas the vampiric Batmanwinning out over both theGotham by GaslightBatman and a Batman from World War II . Monarch succeeds inassemblinghis own vicious Justice League , but alas , readers have n’t hear much of them after this poorly remembered event .
The Justice League have face many malign reading of themselves over the years but only one team is their true evil opposites .
Monarch Assembles His Very Own Twisted Justice League
Countdown: Arenaby Keith Champagne, Scott McDaniel, Andy Owens, Guy Major, Jown J. Will.
Of the members Monarch recruit , not all of them are really malevolent , but some of them were authentically terrific . This include Johnny Quick , a notorious fellow member of the Crime Syndicate , whotook the place of the Flashon his team . Monarch also gather the vampiric Batman from theRed Rainuniverse , a cannibalistic translation of the Blue Beetle , and theRed Sonversion of Superman . Other members admit Stargirl , Wonder Woman , Green Lantern , and a few more , but these case are n’t evil — just push to do work for Monarch .
The idea ofan evil Justice Leagueisn’t new , and DC has explore it a few time in different contexts , but this serial publication is an early instance of a League created with members cumulate from across the Multiverse . Vampire Batman was one of the first members of this League , and reader can see his full backstory in theRed Raintrilogy . This is a stark dispute from a character like Owlman , whose backstory has rarely been explored , and each sentence he shows up he ’s a unlike version from the last . This return Monarch ’s Justice League far more depth and a big variety of powers to play with .
ThoughFinal Crisishad major ramifications for the DC Universe , Countdown to Final Crisis — which includes the miniseriesCountdown : Arena — was n’t well - received by fans or critics and was largely ignored byFinal Crisisitself .
This Evil Justice League Needs to Return to the DCU
With his Justice League piece , Monarch lead an attack on the Monitors during the much - hatedCountdown to Final Crisis . Though the team itself is fairly effective , when Monarch ’s armor is ruptured by Superboy - Prime , the resulting explosion obliterates the integral existence , with this misrepresented reading of the Justice League included . Since then , reviewer simply have n’t seen these quality again . This is a huge miss opportunity : since the team was originally take form in the Bleed , they could be a multiversal scourge , even in current comedian . Sadly , DC has n’t revisit this unique rendering of theJustice League — so far .
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