Dreamslayer is a fictional character, a powerful DC Comics supervillain and part of the evil gang called Extremists . Like the other Extremists, he is an homage to a Marvel Comics character, in this case Dormammu . He first appeared in Justice League Europe #15 (June 1990), and was created by Keith Giffen , Gerard Jones and Bart Sears .
41-501: Dreamslayer is a member of the Extremists and worked with them to kill most people on Angor, their home planet. He follows along to Earth with the four surviving humans of his world, Mitch Wacky, Wandjina , Silver Sorceress and Blue Jay . He possesses Maxwell Lord , kidnaps Wacky, and forces him to repair Lord Havok before killing him. The Silver Sorceress attacks the island, along with her Justice League comrades. The natives of
82-524: A government bio-chemical weapons facility beneath the city of Blüdhaven that has also fallen under the control of Darkseid's minions. Slowly becoming aware of the threat the evil gods pose, Alan Scott enacts "Article X", a superhero draft that readies Earth's metahuman forces for the coming war. With Batman and Jordan removed from play, the New Gods continue to eliminate the greatest threats to Darkseid's plan. Wonder Woman , while investigating Bludhaven,
123-624: A huge battle erupts between the superheroes and the Justifiers in Blüdhaven, during which the equation-controlled Wonder Woman infects the heroes with Morticoccous, which strips the heroes of their powers. However, the loss of these troops is soon mitigated by the turning of Libra's Justifiers, control over whom is usurped by Lex Luthor and Doctor Sivana so they can help defeat Darkseid. These twists and turns are observed by Nix Uotan, whose powers and memories of his true nature are unlocked with
164-514: A huge crossover event called Hypercrisis, which didn't happen for various reasons. Some of Hypercrisis went into Seven Soldiers , some went into All-Star Superman , some went into 52 and some of it found a home in Final Crisis ." According to Grant Morrison, work finally began on Final Crisis #1 in early 2006 , with the intention of the series being a thematic and literal sequel to Seven Soldiers and 52 , two projects that Morrison
205-586: A meltdown in a Bialyan reactor, and the others give themselves up to the Russian authorities. Wandjina's corpse is later reanimated as a weapon by Queen Bee of Bialya. The citizens don't quite understand the fate of Wandjina and come to revere him as a hero. Justice League Europe #15 (June 1990) begins a story in which the Sorceress and Blue Jay escape from prison. Blue Jay goes to the League for help, while
246-549: A wish for a happy ending. In the distant past, Anthro dies of old age in a cave. His body is discovered by Bruce Wayne—not killed, but having been sent back in time by the Omega Beams. He picks up where Anthro left off, drawing a bat symbol on the cave wall. The first issue of Final Crisis went on sale May 28, 2008. Final Crisis was seven oversized issues released over nine months starting in May 2008. Morrison explained that
287-490: Is drawn from the dimension of terrors which he rules over. He has superhuman strength and endurance, immunity to physical and energy attacks, can fly, project flame, teleport, read minds, communicate with telepathy, and manipulate matter. He is a wraith-like being that is unlikely to be killed by conventional means, even surviving the nuclear event on Angor. When taking over a person's body, he can supercharge any metahuman abilities they have. The Earth-8 version of Dreamslayer has
328-653: Is infected by the Morticoccous bacterium by a DeSaad -possessed Mary Marvel . Superman departs for the future to obtain a cure for Lois Lane after a bomb in the Daily Planet building mortally wounds her. The Silver Age Flash , Barry Allen , is resurrected from within the Speed Force by powers unknown and races back in time alongside Wally West in an attempt to outrun the Black Racer and stop
369-424: Is left in the darkness at the end of creation, struggling to complete a copy of the "Miracle Machine", a wish-granting machine shown to him by Brainiac 5 during his trip to the future. Darkseid's essence re-emerges to claim the machine, but Superman destroys him for good by using the last of his super-powered breath to sing, countering the vibrational frequency of Darkseid's life force. With Darkseid's end, however,
410-557: Is sleeping with T.A. behind Blue Jay's back. Blue Jay eventually turns against Americommando. Blue Jay, having forged an alliance with Monarch , arrests Americommando for crimes against humanity and takes his place as president. Wandjina is also featured, now a closeted homosexual. During a battle between the Meta-Militia and the Extremists, he is swallowed whole by Gorgon. Two versions of the Champions of Angor are introduced in
451-799: The Terror Titans mini-series takes place during the events of Final Crisis and deals heavily with the Dark Side Club and the Anti-Life Equation. In a move Dan DiDio described as "inspirationally tied to Final Crisis ," in early 2009, the villains took over the main DC Universe titles and some were featured in " Faces of Evil ," a series of one-shots , all designed to examine the question "What happens when evil wins?" Four Final Crisis Aftermath six-issue limited series were announced at New York Comic Con 2009: In
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#1732786983630492-500: The Anti-Life Equation through all of Earth's communications networks, spreading it across the entire planet. The two Flashes, having failed to prevent Orion's death, emerge from the time stream one month after the equation's release and discover that the minds of nearly the entire population have fallen under Darkseid's control, with its super-human victims having been transformed into a military force of "Justifiers". With
533-482: The Green Lantern Corps to investigate the murder, deducing the cause of death to be a bullet of Radion (a substance toxic to New Gods) fired backward through time from the future. New God Granny Goodness , possessing the body of Green Lantern Kraken, stymies the investigation by framing Hal Jordan for the murder; when Batman deduces her true identity, she captures him and teleports him to Command D ,
574-585: The Zoo Crew , the Super Young Team, the armies of Heaven itself and more for a final battle with Mandrakk that culminates in the Corps spearing him with a stake made of pure light created by the combined energy of their rings. The heroes drag Earth out of the black hole that is Darkseid, and Nix Uotan returns to being human as the other Monitors cease to exist in accordance with the wish Superman had made:
615-458: The "break" between Final Crisis #3 and #4. Morrison, who wrote one of the "final" Batman stories in " Batman R.I.P. ," stated, "First it's R.I.P. , and we'll see how that winds up for Batman. Then the two-parter mentioned ( Batman #682–683) goes through Batman's whole career, in a big summing up of everything that also ties directly into Final Crisis . And Final Crisis is where we see the final fate of Batman." While not an official tie-in,
656-481: The Champions of Angor are replaced by The Rampaging Retaliators. The other residents of Earth-8 include: Final Crisis " Final Crisis " is a crossover storyline that appeared in comic books published by DC Comics in 2008, primarily the seven-issue miniseries of the same name written by Grant Morrison . Originally DC announced the project as being illustrated solely by J. G. Jones ; artists Carlos Pacheco , Marco Rudy and Doug Mahnke later provided art for
697-637: The Justifiers are controlled by the Anti-Life Equation , and "justify" Darkseid 's rule of the Earth. In the Lord Havok and The Extremists series (2007), new versions of the Champions are featured on Earth-8 . In this storyline, they are part of a group called the Meta-Militia with Tin Man as president of Angor and Americommando as vice president. When Tin Man is killed by Lord Havok , Americommando becomes president with Blue Jay as Vice President. Americommando
738-474: The Metron symbol across the face of the Earth in beams of light, liberating all those under the equation's control. The freed Wonder Woman uses her lasso of truth to release Darkseid's consciousness from Turpin's body. Although physically bested, Darkseid's dying essence is still dragging all of reality into nothingness along with it. Time and space break down as the effect worsens, until eventually, only Superman
779-707: The Red Lanterns " is the start of a storyline of the same name, that picks up on events in " Green Lantern: Secret Origin " and continues in Green Lantern #36–38. It starts as a tie-in because, according to writer Geoff Johns , "events in Final Crisis have motivated the Guardians to proceed further with their attempted containment of the light". The limited series comprise Superman Beyond (a two issue mini-series also written by Grant Morrison ), Legion of 3 Worlds (a five-issue limited series focusing on
820-478: The Sorceress returns to Angor. A flashback reveals that the nuclear disaster was caused by a group of villains called the Extremists . The Extremists capture Sorceress and make her take them to Earth, where they again attempt to seize control of the world's nuclear weapons. It is eventually revealed that (with one exception) these are robot duplicates of the Extremists, created for an amusement park. The owner of
861-661: The amusement park is sent to Earth to switch them off. Sorceress then defeats remaining villain, Dreamslayer . Blue Jay and the Silver Sorceress join Justice League Europe. Justice League Quarterly #3 (1990) features Mitch Wacky (the amusement park owner) travelling back in time to prevent the Extremists from destroying Angor. This story introduces more members of the team (now called the Justifiers), including: In 2008's Final Crisis storyline,
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#1732786983630902-400: The body of a human being. Darkseid's "fall" has sundered reality, creating a singularity at the heart of creation, into which all of space and time are slowly being drawn, setting the stage for the evil god's final victory, to be claimed in his inevitable death. Through his agent Libra , he arranges for a huge army of super villains to be gathered, who capture and kill Martian Manhunter as
943-420: The bullet that will kill Orion. Turpin's search for the missing children leads him to the Dark Side Club, where he is confronted by Darkseid's human host, Boss Dark Side. Darkseid transfers his essence into Turpin's body and brings him to Command D, where the detective is subjected to bio-genetic restructuring to transform his body into a replica of Darkseid's original form. Concurrently, Darkseid's agents release
984-581: The crossover approached, a "Sightings" cover banner appeared on various DC comics as "signposts, marking important storybeats and moments throughout the DC Universe." The first such headers appeared on Justice League of America (vol. 2) #21 and Action Comics #866, respectively (the JLA issue featured Libra's return and his recruiting of the Human Flame ). The original intent was for Jones to pencil
1025-577: The different incarnations of the Legion of Super-Heroes ), Revelations (a five-issue limited series ), and Rogues' Revenge (a three-issue mini-series focused on the Flash Rogues ). Following the final battle of the New Gods , Darkseid 's spirit tumbles through time itself, coming to rest on Earth , where he, along with the spirits of the other evil gods of Apokolips , manifests himself in
1066-595: The enemy and confront each other. The original members were: The team later appear in Keith Giffen 's post- Crisis Justice League International . In #2 Wandjina, Blue Jay and Sorceress come to Earth in order to destroy all nuclear weapons, since they were the only survivors of a nuclear disaster that wiped out Angor and did not want the same thing to happen on Earth. Their teammate, Captain Speed, dies later of radiation poisoning. Wandjina sacrifices himself to prevent
1107-615: The evil behind evils emerges: Mandrakk , the Dark Monitor, fallen father of Nix Uotan, who waits at the end of all things to consume what remains. Superman uses the solar energy in his own cells to power the Miracle Machine and makes a wish that is granted by the appearance of an army of Supermen from all across the multiverse. Nix Uotan joins the clash, using his Monitor powers to summon the Green Lantern Corps,
1148-474: The first issue of Grant Morrison's The Multiversity series. In the DC Multiverse following its The New 52 reboot, Earth-7 and Earth-8 are sister worlds. In the beginning of The Multiversity , a terrible evil comes to Earth-7 and utterly destroys it, leaving its only hero as Thor-equivalent Thunderer (whose closest counterpart is Wundajin of Earth-8). While Earth 8 continues to feature Lord Havok,
1189-636: The help of Metron and a mysterious ape-like figure in a robe. Escaping confinement in Command D, Batman uses the Radion bullet to mortally wound Darkseid, while Darkseid in turn kills Batman with his Omega Beams. Superman returns to the present and tears Command D apart to recover Batman's corpse and faces off against Darkseid as the Flashes come racing into Blüdhaven, the Black Racer hot on their heels. As
1230-546: The help of the Tattooed Man , the Super Young Team and former allies of the New Gods of New Genesis Shilo Norman and Sonny Sumo , small cells of super heroes who have managed to resist the equation discover a possible salvation: a symbol from the alphabet of the New Gods that will break the equation's control over minds; it had been gifted to the cave-boy Anthro by Metron in prehistoric times. Meanwhile,
1271-464: The heroes reach super-luminal velocity, time warps around the Flashes, creating the temporal eddy into which Darkseid fires the bullet, sending it back in time to kill Orion. Outpacing Omega Beams fired from the eyes of the humans in Darkseid's thrall, the Flashes lead both the beams and the Black Racer straight to Darkseid, finishing the job Batman had begun to kill him. Simultaneously, The Ray traces
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1312-570: The island, mentally controlled by Dreamslayer, attack. The League's desire to not hurt the innocent natives costs the Sorceress her life, as she is hit with an arrow in the stomach. Before dying, she neutralizes Dreamslayer in a mystical battle. He has returned more than once, to plague Supergirl and the Justice League . He was used and tricked by the villain Overmaster. Dreamslayer is a supernatural being or powerful sorcerer whose magic
1353-473: The opening salvo of the conflict. Coinciding with the Manhunter's death is the arrival on Earth of Nix Uotan , an exiled member of the cosmic Monitors , who has been sentenced to become human as punishment for failure in his duties. Following the trail of a group of missing child prodigies, detective Dan Turpin discovers the dying body of Darkseid's son, Orion . The Justice League of America liaise with
1394-844: The same magical abilities, including the power to freeze a whole city in time. Champions of Angor The Champions of Angor (also known as the Justifiers , the Assemblers and the Meta Militia ) are a fictional team of superheroes in the DC universe . They were created by Mike Friedrich and Dick Dillin in Justice League Comics #87 in February 1971. The team was introduced in Justice League #87 (February 1971), written by Mike Friedrich. They were published at
1435-599: The same time that Friedrich's friend, Roy Thomas, was introducing the Squadron Supreme in Avengers. The Champions of Angor come from the alien planet of Angor. When Angor is attacked by a spacefaring robot, they defeat it and track the robot back to its home planet. At the same time, the Justice League of America is defeating and tracking another robot that threatens Earth. Both teams assume the other to be
1476-408: The sequence of stories in the main series and tie-ins is Final Crisis #1–3, Superman Beyond #1–2, Final Crisis: Submit , Final Crisis #4–5, Batman #682–683, and finally Final Crisis #6–7. Several one-shots and mini-series were released as tie-ins to Final Crisis; three series ran in parallel to the main one and the one-shot , DC Universe: Last Will and Testament , was planned to fit in
1517-577: The series. The storyline directly follows DC Universe #0 after the conclusion of the 51-issue Countdown to Final Crisis weekly limited series. Promotion about the limited series describes its story as "the day evil won". The series deals with alien villain Darkseid 's plot to overthrow reality, and the subsequent death and corruption of various DC characters and their universe. Final Crisis came out of several ideas Grant Morrison had when they returned to DC Comics in 2003. Morrison said, "I pitched
1558-541: The whole series. Due to delays, however, Carlos Pacheco drew issues #4–6 with Jones and issue 7 was drawn entirely by Doug Mahnke . Jones said that "Any problems completing the series are my own. I love Doug Mahnke's art, and he would have probably been a better choice to draw this series in the first place." In addition to the core limited series the larger storyline includes a number of tie-ins , including one-shots and limited series. The one-shots comprise "Requiem," "Resist," "Secret Files" and "Submit". Also " Rage of
1599-411: Was heavily involved in at the time. References to Infinite Crisis as the "middle Crisis" gave readers the impression there would be at least one additional major follow-up to the original Crisis on Infinite Earths . A May 2007 teaser poster confirmed this speculation with the tagline: "Heroes die. Legends live forever." Final Crisis was preceded by Countdown , a year-long weekly series which
1640-406: Was meant as a follow-up to 52 . Halfway through, the series was renamed Countdown to Final Crisis . However, the artwork met with delays. To keep the release on schedule, Countdown wrapped with issue #1 and its planned final issue (#0) was revamped as a 50 cent one-shot special called DC Universe #0. Besides hyping upcoming storylines such as " Batman R.I.P. " and " Blackest Night ," the issue
1681-448: Was narrated by Barry Allen and featured Libra leading a group of super-villains in prayer for the "god of evil", Darkseid . The result is, as described by Morrison, that "we're watching him fall back through the present, into the past of Seven Soldiers where he finally comes to rest in the body of 'Boss Dark Side', the gangster from that story." To help readers identify events pertinent to Final Crisis and other major DCU events as