Infinite Frontier just introduced a team of multiversal powerhouses to face off against Calvin Ellils’ Superman and the heroes of the DC Multiverse.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Infinite Frontier #4, on sale now
Justice Incarnate has been working as some of the most powerful heroes within the entire multiverse. Composed of major figures from various realities, they’ve held their own against entire universal threats — and with the multiverse now fully opened up, their importance has only escalated.
But as revealed in Infinite Frontier #4 by Joshua Williamson, Paul Pelletier, Jesus Merino, Xermanico, Norm Rapmund, Raul Fernandez, and Hi-Fi, there’s an entire group moving against them. Who are the apparent members of Injustice Incarnate?
SUPERWOMAN
Superwoman typically hails from Earth-3 — a reality where the morality of heroes and villains has been flipped. Superwoman is one the dark variant of Wonder Woman from that reality, a ruthless warrior and dark figure. Notably, though, this version of Superwoman appears to not be the one currently calling Earth-3 her home. The current Crime Syndicate has introduced a new Superwoman — the short-haired Donna Troy of that world. Instead, the version who appears in Infinite Frontier #4 looks more like classic takes on the character — implying this could be an earlier version of the character has returned, the incarnation of her from the Post-Crisis JLA: Earth-2 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly or the Post-New 52 Lois Lane has resurfaced, or that the Superwoman of the current Earth-3 got a redesign off-panel.
SIVANA
The Multiversity featured a number of threats, including a coalition of Sivana’s from across the multiverse. Working together, they sought to gain power and inevitably betray one another — only for the true cosmic scope of the conflict to result in many of them dying. It appears at least one has survived though and is playing a part in this new mysterious villain group. It’s likely that this is the Sivana from Earth-5, aka Thunderworld — a reality where the Shazam family and their allies are the primary defenders of the world. This Sivana came close to conquering his entire world in The Multiversity: Thunderworld Adventures by Grant Morrison and Cameron Stewart — but could finally be making a new play for control here.
MACHINEHEAD
Machinehead hails from Earth-8 — which serves as an extended pastiche of the Marvel Universe. One of his world’s chief heroes, Machinehead is effectively the Iron Man of his reality. He became their primary representation in Justice Incarnate, serving as the multiversal heroes tech expert. But it turns out that there was a secret war on Earth-8 years prior that resulted in their defeat. Hoping to spare the multiverse such conflict again, it’s revealed Machinehead is responsible for assembling a team of like-minded figures to break apart Justice Incarnate and keep the worlds of the multiverse separate once more — positioning himself as the biggest traitor within Justice Incarnate.
FATE
Jared Stevens comes from Earth-13 — a reality where magic is the primary force of existence. Fate — aka Jared Stevens — is a member of the League of Shadows. A mystically-themed Justice League, the League of Shadows have faced off with plenty of mystical threats, including a vampiric invasion from the Blood League of Earth-43 that coincidently involved a vampiric Sivana that Fate himself killed. It appears that Fate is perhaps one the most overtly “heroic” of the figures recruited to Machinehead’s mysterious group, suggesting that there might be at least some well-intentioned involvement from the members.
MAGOG
Magog originally appeared in Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. A powerful member of a new generation of heroes, Magog was a ruthless “hero” who won the public favor when he killed the Joker. However, his celebrity was short-lived — as his actions led directly to the destruction of Captain Atom, the widespread radioactive rot of his United States, and the near fall of the world. Magog has tried to make up for his past mistakes, but he’s already come up against President Superman and Flashpoint-Batman, and seems to believe truly in the idea that the multiverse needs to be locked down if anyone has a chance to survive.
SUPERDOOMSDAY
Introduced in Action Comics #9 by Grant Morrison and Gene Ha, Earth-45 is a world defined by massive corporations. In this world, an idea by Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen to create a hero led instead to Overcorp buying the idea and creating the living embodiment of greed — Superdoomsday. A powerful fighter, Superdoom ended up traveling across the multiverse — killing multiple other incarnations of Superman before being contained. The fact that this mysterious group has recruited Superdoom speaks to the potential danger they present to the multiverse.
LADY QUARK
Lady Quark was introduced during the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez. Originally hailing from Earth-6 (a world where the American Revolution failed and Quark served as a member of the royal family), she was one of the few survivors of the Pre-Crisis Multiverse. She was found and captured during Infinite Crisis to be used as part of Alexander Luthor’s plans to restore the multiverse. In the current DC Multiverse, she and her family have been reunited on Earth-48. Given her history with the multiverse, it makes sense why a nominal hero like Quark would want to limit the exposure her world has to the rest of the multiverse.
YELLOW LANTERN JOKER
The Sinestro Corps are defined by their members’ ability to control fear as a weapon — with the Joker being effectively one of the best possible candidates for one of their rings. This appears to have indeed happened on at least one world, judging by the costume and apparent powers of this Joker. Although no pure Joker has ever been introduced as a member of the Sinestro Lantern Corp, it’s likely that he comes from Earth-32, a world where everyone is the fusion of two different characters. Considering one of the chief heroes of that reality is Bat-Lantern, a Sinestro/Joker fusion has been teased.
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