History ComicBook / DarkCrisis

* AboveGoodAndEvil: In issue four, the Swamp-Things note that the Great Darkness isn't really ''evil'' or even malicious — it's just a force a nature that exists as a natural part of the cosmos, and is more curious then anything. [[spoiler:Given this, they further determine, the Darkness has no reason to be going on the offensive like this, meaning it's most likely being manipulated by someone else. ''The Deadly Green'' confirms this theory by revealing that Pariah corrupted it.]]

* YouAreNotReady: Black Adam initially tears down Jon's aspirations to create a new Justice League specifically because he is too young and inexperienced to fill the shoes of his predecessors, especially when there are more qualified candidates like Nightwing still roaming around. But when Nightwing fails to protect Titans Academy for the ''[[OutOfTheFryingPan second time in a row]]'', Black Adam decides to pull rank and establish ''himself'' as leader with the intention of whipping every other hero into shape.

* 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 Apokalips. And waiting in the wings in Amanda Waller, who is aided by the mysterious Council of Light to destroy all metahumans on Earth]].

* ''[[ComicBook/TheFlashInfiniteFrontier The Flash]]'' #783-786

* CanonImmigrant: [[spoiler:The Light, the mysterious group of antagonists that plagued the Justice League and The Team in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', make the jump to comics continuity in the finale]].

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: In ''Dark Crisis: Big Bang'', the Flash's notes [[spoiler:about the new infinite multiverse has Earth-1996 be home to "Mysterious 'amalgamated' (?) heroes", and unlike the other Earths that are the setting for previous DC works, it's left suspiciously unnamed. It's pretty blatant that it's the ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse.]]

* FullyAbsorbedFinale: For Williamson's preceding ''Deathstroke Inc.'' run, as Slade Wilson's character is picked up from ''Shadow War'' and resolved here.

* TheCalvary: In ''Big Bang'', [[spoiler:Wallace comes to Barry's aid against the Anti-Monitor armed with a team of multiversal superheroes including Sunshine Superman, [[ComicBook/BatmanInDarkestKnight Bat-Lantern]], [[ComicBook/TomStrong Tesla Strong]] and Kong Kenan]].

** [[Jim Corrigan resumes his role as the Spectre in ''War Zone'']].

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:To get the Green Lanterns and the Justice League back to Earth, Green Arrow opts to be the one who stays behind.]]

* 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. [[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.]]

* 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. Made a bit more unclear in ''The Deadly Green'' with the revelation that [[spoiler:Pariah has been corrupting the Great Darkness, with it normally not being this malevolent at all]].

*** [[spoiler:Earth-1996 -- AmalgamUniverse]]

*** [[spoiler:Earth-898 -- ''ComicBook:TheNail'']]

** ''Big Bang'' revealing the numbers of various established universes outside of the original New 52.

* AscendedFanon: ''Dark Crisis: Young Justice'' #6 reveals that [[spoiler:Tim Drake indeed had feelings for Conner Kent, making it a one-sided canonizing of the iconic pairing]].

** The solicitation for issue #5 implies a Justice Leaguer will have to make a HeroicSacrifice to ensure the rest of the League's return to Earth-0. [[spoiler:A tweet from Joshua Williamson reveals this Leaguer to be Green Arrow.]]

* HeyYouHaymaker: In ''War Zone'', Iris West whistles to get Lady Shiva's attention before blasting Shiva with a faceful of laser cannon from the Hall of Justice's armory, saving Booster Gold in the process.

* ''ComicBook/TheFlashInfiniteFrontier'' #783-786

* BigDamnReunion: During the FinalBattle against Pariah and Deathstroke, [[spoiler: Jon Kent is reunited with his father once again, as Clark swoops in to help his son punch out Doomsday. Black Canary and Roy Harper are also reunited amidst the fighting, but the sweet moment between the two is undercut by Roy's realization of [[KilledOffForReal Green Arrow's absence]].]]