History ComicBook / DarkCrisis

* ArcWelding: The Great Darkness is used to arc weld '''almost every major DC story since the ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''' into a single coherent MythArc involving the Darkness' attempts to destroy reality and [[GodIsGood the Presence]]. In particular, it is explicitly stated to have been the power behind (directly or indirectly) the Anti-Monitor itself, [[ComicBook/KingdomCome Magog]], the Anti-Life Entity from ''Cosmic Odyssey'', [[ComicBook/ZeroHour Monarch/Extant]], [[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis Superboy-Prime]], [[ComicBook/FiftyTwo Mister Mind becoming the Hyperfly]], [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis Darkseid and Mandrakk]], [[ComicBook/DoomsdayClock Dr. Manhattan's timeline meddling]], [[ComicBook/TheMultiversity the Empty Hand and his Gentry]], [[ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal Barbatos]], and later, Pariah's FaceHeelTurn and Deathstroke's leadership of TRUST. [[spoiler: Subverted when Swamp Thing reveals that the Great Darkness has no agency of its own. Pariah has tapped into it entirely by accident and is channeling an otherwise apathetic force, and the rest of the story is the conjecture of Dr. Multiverse.]]

** Nightwing is the big one. While in prior major event stories he carried a supporting role at best (his most notable ones being as a secondary character in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', and the DistressedDude in ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil''), pre-release materials paint him as TheHero of the entire story, with the entire hero community falling behind him in way of the Justice League's death.

->''"In my head I was still a '''Teen Titan'''. Still just '''the new kid'''. But over time I realized that the Justice League is '''always''' growing and changing. Embracing the '''new'''. Just like they embraced '''me'''. So... it's not really a question of '''if''' we will have a new Justice League... or '''when'''... the real question is '''[[ComicBook/Titans2023 who]]'''?"''

** As the Secret Society lay siege to Titans Tower and Jon arrives to help the Titans, we cut to outside where a man with distinctive black hair, a red cape, and super-speed is bearing down on the Tower. Franchise/{{Superman}} back to save the day?! [[spoiler:Nope. It's '''Hank Henshaw'''.]]

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->''"In my head I was still a '''Teen Titan'''. Still just '''the new kid'''. But over time I realized that the Justice League is '''always''' growing and changing. Embracing the '''new'''. Just like they embraced '''me'''. So... it's not really a question of '''if''' we will have a new Justice League... or '''when'''... the real question is '''who'''?"''

** At the start of ''Justice League'' #75 (which leads directly into the event), John Stewart is shown on Oa and apparently still going by the Green Lantern name despite having access to the Godstorm. The actual ''[[ComicBook/GreenLanternInfiniteFrontier Green Lantern]]'' ruj where John absorbed the Godstorm ended with him adopting the new identity of the Emerald Knight after being presumed dead by the other Green Lanterns and heading into the dark sectors of space, leaving his presence on Oa and apparent return to the Corps here unexplained.
** Similarly, issue 2 ends with Hal and Jo rescuing and recruiting Kyle Rayner back into the Corps, who include Arisia ([[UnexplainedRecovery who was shown dead at the end of the aforementioned series]]) and Jessica Cruz (who was last seen as a Sinestro Corps member in the same series).

* CanonDiscontinuity: [[spoiler:The events of ''ComicBook/GreenLanternInfiniteFrontier'' are ignored, as issue 2 ends with Hal and Jo rescuing and recruiting Kyle Rayner back into the Corps, who include Arisia (who was shown dead at the end of the aforementioned series) and Jessica Cruz (who was last seen as a Sinestro Corps member in the same series).]]

** At the start of ''Justice League'' #75 (which leads directly into the event), John Stewart is shown on Oa and apparently still going by the Green Lantern name despite having access to the Godstorm. The actual ''Green Lantern'' storyline where John absorbed the Godstorm ended with him adopting the new identity of the Emerald Knight after being presumed dead by the other Green Lanterns and heading into the dark sectors of space, leaving his presence on Oa and apparent return to the Corps here unexplained.

* ''Justice League (2018)'' #75

* CanonDiscontinuity: [[spoiler:Issue 2 ends with Hal and Jo rescuing and recruiting Kyle Rayner back into the Corps, who include Arisia (who was shown dead at the end of ''ComicBook/GreenLanternInfiniteFrontier'') and Jessica Cruz (who was last seen as a Sinestro Corps. member in the same series).]]

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: StrawFan Mickey Mxyzptlk in the ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' tie-in is hinted to be rather narrow-minded. In addition to wanting Tim Drake, Bart Allen and Conner Kent to be like how they were in the 1990s, he has an illusion of Batman tell Tim that his relationship with his boyfriend Bernard is "just a phase" and that he's supposed to be with Stephanie Brown, plus he later rants about the new characters he doesn't care about and claims shouldn't exist, who all happen to be some kind of minority (the characters shown in the relevant panel include the lesbian Batwoman Katherine Kane, the non-binary Kid Quick, the African-American Batman Jace Fox and the Golden Age Green Lantern Alan Scott, who at the time was recently established to be gay like his son Obsidian and his ''ComicBook/Earth2'' counterpart).

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Great Darkness has returned to its blissful dormancy and the Infinite Earths have been fully restored. Though the Justice League has returned, Batman reveals that they have disbanded in the need for a restructuring, though Nightwing has some ideas to replace them. Deathstroke has been BroughtDownToNormal and those under the thrall of the Great Darkness has retuned to normal but escaped, including Darkseid returning to Apokolips. And waiting in the wings in Amanda Waller, who is aided by the mysterious Council of Light to destroy all metahumans on Earth.]]

** At the start of ''Justice League'' #75 (which leads directly into the event), John Stewart is shown on Oa and apparently still going by the Green Lantern name despite having access to the Godstorm. The actual ''Green Lantern'' storyline where John absorbed the Godstorm ended with him leaving the Corps behind and adopting the new identity of the Emerald Knight, leaving his presence on Oa and the decision to use his old moniker unexplained.

* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueIncarnate'' established a retcon that the Great Darkness was responsible for instigating most of the major events in the DCU by influencing villains like Extant, Hal Jordan as Parallax, Superboy-Prime, even Magog in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''. [[spoiler:Swamp Thing would later hypothesize that the Great Darkness as he knew it wasn't actively malevolent and thus something must've corrupted ''it'', with that being confirmed to be Pariah. Which essentially contradicts the reveal about the Great Darkness being the driving force for the other crisis events if Pariah only ''recently'' corrupted it with his madness.]]
** At the start of ''Justice League'' #75 (which leads directly into the event), John Stewart is shown on Oa and is apparently still going by the Green Lantern name despite having access to the Godstorm. The actual ''Green Lantern'' storyline where John absorbed the Godstorm ended with him leaving the Corps behind and adopting the new identity of the Emerald Knight, leaving his presence on Oa and the decision to use his old moniker unexplained.

** John Stewart's world is stated to be an entire ''sector'' of space guarded by him and his own Green Lantern Corps, joined by Kyle Rayner, Jason Todd, and John Henry Irons. Hal Jordan ends up dropping into this world after he, the real Kyle and Jo confront Pariah.

* ContinuitySnarl: ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueIncarnate'' established a retcon that the Great Darkness was responsible for instigating most of the major events in the DCU by influencing villains like Extant, Hal Jordan as Parallax, Superboy-Prime, even Magog in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''. [[spoiler:Swamp Thing would later hypothesize that the Great Darkness as he knew it wasn't actively malevolent and thus something must've corrupted ''it'', with that being confirmed to be Pariah. Which essentially contradicts the reveal about the Great Darkness being the driving force for the other crisis events if Pariah only ''recently'' corrupted it with his madness.]]

*** Earth-46 -- ''Batman: The Gargoyle of Gotham'', which is not a real comic book yet

* PunchClockVillain: Nocturna is portrayed as this in ''Road to Dark Crisis'', just in it for the thrill of the fight. When she encounters Spoiler, while they do fight, they also chat it up. Nocturna even casually refers to Spoiler by her real name.