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* ExecutiveMeddling: Captain Atom was the original choice for Monarch, with all the foreshadowing leading to this end. In an attempt to preserve TheTwist, DC rewrote the final issue so that it was the technologically-unsavvy and chaos-loving Hawk instead, leading to a ShockingSwerve.
** Waverider's love of superheroes is due to one rescuing him as a child. The ending reveals that Waverider himself is this hero.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Accounted for -- Matthew Ryder, before becoming Waverider, deliberately uses obsolete technology from the late 20th century, incompatible with that of 2001. TruthInTelevision, as just finding a computer that can read 3.5" diskettes was difficult at the time.
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* RetGone: [[spoiler:Waverider's plan was to essentially stop his BadFuture from happening. When he ends up succeeding, his timeline is erased, but because he was transformed into who his is now, he still exists. He ends up allying himself with the Linear Men, one of their members being ''another'' Matthew Ryder.]]
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--'''''ComicBook/{{Batman}} Annual''''' #15
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* MythologyGag[=/=]RecycledScript: One of Superman's alternate timelines is basically a more tragic version of the ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' storyline, with Superman using force instead of diplomacy and the goodwill of the nations to eradicate nuclear weapons, and replacing Nuclear Man with the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, adding a bit of the ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' finale of Superman dueling with an armored Batman as part of its ending.
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* MythologyGag[=/=]RecycledScript: One of Superman's alternate timelines is basically a more tragic version of the ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' storyline, with Superman using force instead of diplomacy and the goodwill of the nations to eradicate nuclear weapons, and replacing Nuclear Man with the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, adding a bit of the ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' finale of Superman dueling with an armored Batman as part of its ending.
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Superman in one of his alternate future timelines becomes President, based on the technicality that though he came from Krypton, he was born here on Earth in Smallville, Kansas.
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: PresidentSuperhero: Superman in one of his alternate future timelines becomes President, based on the technicality that though he came from Krypton, he was born here on Earth in Smallville, Kansas.
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* BlowGun: In one Batman storyline, SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker ComicBook/TheJoker frames Batman for the Penguin's murder by having a henchman shoot a poison dart this way, thus making it appear as if Batman knocked Penguin off a side railing with his Batarang and made the villain fall to his death.
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Ten years in the future, one of the Earth superheroes decides that the world needs order, does a FaceHeelTurn, kills all the others and becomes an armor-clad dictator known as Monarch.
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Ten years in the future, one of the Earth superheroes decides that the world needs order, does a FaceHeelTurn, kills all the others others, and becomes an armor-clad dictator known as Monarch.
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** Superman had two specifically bad futures in his alternate timelines. In one timeline, he was married to Lois Lane for a short time until a nuclear bomb created by Mainheim of Intergang went off, taking out the entire city of Metropolis, leading to his marriage to Lana Lang and his being a tough crusading enforcer of nuclear disarmament. In another timeline, his wife Lois Lane [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex dies carrying his child]], causing him to go off into outer space and fall in love with Maxima, who once pursued him so she could have his child.
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** Superman had two specifically bad futures in his alternate timelines. In one timeline, he was married to Lois Lane for a short time until a nuclear bomb created by Mainheim Mannheim of Intergang went off, taking out the entire city of Metropolis, leading to his marriage to Lana Lang and his being a tough crusading enforcer of nuclear disarmament. In another timeline, his wife Lois Lane [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex dies carrying his child]], causing him to go off into outer space and fall in love with Maxima, who once pursued him so she could have his child.
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* DepopulationBomb: Monrach's ultimate weapon used for destroying all superheroes. Captain Atom absorbs all its energy, though, saving the heroes while transporting himself and Monarch back into the prehistoric past.
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* DepopulationBomb: Monrach's Monarch's ultimate weapon used for destroying all superheroes. Captain Atom absorbs all its energy, though, saving the heroes while transporting himself and Monarch back into the prehistoric past.
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The series was followed by ''Armageddon: The Alien Agenda'' and ''Armageddon: Inferno'', the last of which brought the JusticeSocietyOfAmerica back from limbo.
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The series was followed by ''Armageddon: The Alien Agenda'' and ''Armageddon: Inferno'', the last of which brought the JusticeSocietyOfAmerica ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica back from limbo.
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* StartOfDarkness: The entire plot of the storyline is Waverider's quest to find who Monarch is and stop him before he crosses it. [[spoiler:He fails to stop the crossing, but because of him coming into the past, he does end up stopping Monarch's plan.]]
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* DoomedHometown: Metropolis in one of Superman's alternate future timelines.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Captain Atom, in the future that was explored by Waverider, loses the last of his family to a violent gang shoot-out. That, and the callous way his family's bodies were treated by the authorities, caused Captain Atom to take vengeance not only on the gangs responsible for their deaths, but on the whole world as well.
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* JokerImmunity: In the Batman storyline, [[spoiler:Joker causes the deaths of most of the Bat-Villains, and even dies himself when an attempt to stab Batman ends up with Joker plunging his sword into a power outlet.]]
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Waverider travels to 1991, knowing that one of the heroes of that era will become Monarch. Just touching any of them, he can see their future ten years later and find which one will become Monarch.
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Waverider travels to 1991, knowing that one of the heroes of that era will become Monarch. Just by touching any of them, he can see their future ten years later and find which one will become Monarch.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: President Forrest in one of Superman's alternate timelines resembles President GeorgeHWBush with SkunkStripe hair.
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->''Ten years from now a hero will fall. Sick of the eternal war with the evil, he or she will make the wrong decision-- take the wrong road-- and our whole planet will suffer.\\
2001... a bad year.''
-->-- ''Coicbook/{{Batman}} Annual'' #15
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2001... a bad year.''
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2001... a bad year.''
2001... a bad year.''
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Years later, there is a man named Matthew Ryder who is unhappy with Monarch's regime. When Ryder discovers that Monarch is working on a time-travel experiment, he pretends to be loyal and volunteers for the experiment, which turns Ryder into the time-traveling hero Waverider.
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Years later, there is a man named Matthew Ryder who is unhappy with Monarch's regime. When Ryder discovers that Monarch is working on a time-travel [[TimeTravel time-travel]] experiment, he pretends to be loyal and volunteers for the experiment, which turns Ryder into the time-traveling hero Waverider.
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->''Ten years from now a hero will fall. Sick of the eternal war with the evil, he or she will make the wrong decision-- take the wrong road-- and our whole planet will suffer. 2001... a bad year.''
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* BewareTheSuperman: Superman in the alternate timeline where he loses Lois Lane to a nuclear bomb and becomes a tough rogue enforcer of nuclear disarmament.
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* MythologyGag[=/=]RecycledScript: One of Superman's alternate timelines is basically a more tragic version of the ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' storyline, sans Nuclear Man, and with Superman using force instead of diplomacy and the goodwill of the nations to eradicate nuclear weapons, adding a bit of the ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' finale of Superman dueling with an armored Batman as part of its ending.
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* MythologyGag[=/=]RecycledScript: One of Superman's alternate timelines is basically a more tragic version of the ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' storyline, sans Nuclear Man, and with Superman using force instead of diplomacy and the goodwill of the nations to eradicate nuclear weapons, and replacing Nuclear Man with the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, adding a bit of the ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' finale of Superman dueling with an armored Batman as part of its ending.
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A DCComics limited series published in 1991. It was just two issues, but the bulk of it happened in the 1991 annuals.
Ten years in the future, one of the Earth superheroes decides that the world needs order, does a FaceHeelTurn, kills all the others and becomes an armor-clad dictator known as Monarch.
Years later, there is a man named Matthew Ryder who is unhappy with Monarch's regime. When Ryder discovers that Monarch is working on a time-travel experiment, he pretends to be loyal and volunteers for the experiment, which turns Ryder into the time-traveling hero Waverider.
Waverider travels to 1991, knowing that one of the heroes of that era will become Monarch. Just touching any of them, he can see their future ten years later and find which one will become Monarch.
!!This comic book series provides examples of:
* BadFuture: The Monarch-ruled one from which Waverider comes. The heroes' futures vary between happy and depressing, but L.E.G.I.O.N. has the worst one.
** Superman had two specifically bad futures in his alternate timelines. In one timeline, he was married to Lois Lane for a short time until a nuclear bomb created by Mainheim of Intergang went off, taking out the entire city of Metropolis, leading to his marriage to Lana Lang and his being a tough crusading enforcer of nuclear disarmament. In another timeline, his wife Lois Lane [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex dies carrying his child]], causing him to go off into outer space and fall in love with Maxima, who once pursued him so she could have his child.
* FallenHero: Monarch.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: In one of Superman's probable futures, Superman tries to have a child with his wife Lois Lane, but the child causes internal bleeding within the mother, resulting in both of them dying.
* MythologyGag[=/=]RecycledScript: One of Superman's alternate timelines is basically a more tragic version of the ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' storyline, sans Nuclear Man, and with Superman using force instead of diplomacy and the goodwill of the nations to eradicate nuclear weapons, adding a bit of the ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' finale of Superman dueling with an armored Batman as part of its ending.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: President Forest in one of Superman's alternate timelines vaguely resembles President GeorgeBush with SkunkStripe hair.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Superman in one of his alternate future timelines becomes President, based on the technicality that though he came from Krypton, he was born here on Earth in Smallville, Kansas.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Hank Hall (Hawk) becomes Monarch.]]
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Waverider's goal.
* StableTimeLoop: Monarch's goal, since he can't exist unless he goes back in time to force the superhero that becomes him to fight him to the death so he can make sure the future unfolds as it should.
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A DCComics limited series published in 1991. It was just two issues, but the bulk of it happened in the 1991 annuals.
Ten years in the future, one of the Earth superheroes decides that the world needs order, does a FaceHeelTurn, kills all the others and becomes an armor-clad dictator known as Monarch.
Years later, there is a man named Matthew Ryder who is unhappy with Monarch's regime. When Ryder discovers that Monarch is working on a time-travel experiment, he pretends to be loyal and volunteers for the experiment, which turns Ryder into the time-traveling hero Waverider.
Waverider travels to 1991, knowing that one of the heroes of that era will become Monarch. Just touching any of them, he can see their future ten years later and find which one will become Monarch.
!!This comic book series provides examples of:
* BadFuture: The Monarch-ruled one from which Waverider comes. The heroes' futures vary between happy and depressing, but L.E.G.I.O.N. has the worst one.
** Superman had two specifically bad futures in his alternate timelines. In one timeline, he was married to Lois Lane for a short time until a nuclear bomb created by Mainheim of Intergang went off, taking out the entire city of Metropolis, leading to his marriage to Lana Lang and his being a tough crusading enforcer of nuclear disarmament. In another timeline, his wife Lois Lane [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex dies carrying his child]], causing him to go off into outer space and fall in love with Maxima, who once pursued him so she could have his child.
* FallenHero: Monarch.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: In one of Superman's probable futures, Superman tries to have a child with his wife Lois Lane, but the child causes internal bleeding within the mother, resulting in both of them dying.
* MythologyGag[=/=]RecycledScript: One of Superman's alternate timelines is basically a more tragic version of the ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' storyline, sans Nuclear Man, and with Superman using force instead of diplomacy and the goodwill of the nations to eradicate nuclear weapons, adding a bit of the ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' finale of Superman dueling with an armored Batman as part of its ending.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: President Forest in one of Superman's alternate timelines vaguely resembles President GeorgeBush with SkunkStripe hair.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Superman in one of his alternate future timelines becomes President, based on the technicality that though he came from Krypton, he was born here on Earth in Smallville, Kansas.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Hank Hall (Hawk) becomes Monarch.]]
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Waverider's goal.
* StableTimeLoop: Monarch's goal, since he can't exist unless he goes back in time to force the superhero that becomes him to fight him to the death so he can make sure the future unfolds as it should.
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