History ComicBook / JusticeLeague2018

* AnachricOrder: [[WordOfGod Scott Snyder]] said in a tweet that this run takes place before his own which began the book.

* OutOfOrder: [[WordOfGod Scott Snyder]] said in a tweet that this run takes place before his own which began the book.

Written by Creator/ScottSnyder and Creator/JamesTynionIV as the flagship installment of the “New Justice” family of DC Comic books, this series focuses on the League’s attempts to investigate and sort out the many changes in the DC Universe brought out by the events of ''Metal,'' and the attempts of ComicBook/LexLuthor and his LegionOfDoom to harness these changes for their own ends.

Scott Snyder’s run ended with issue 39, and issue 40 began Robert Venditti’s run.

[[folder:Tropes for Scott Snyder’s Run]]

* CrazyPrepared: Batman, [[CrazyPrepared/{{Batman}} as per usual]]. [[spoiler:He has bombs planted underneath the surface of the moon. ''Which he uses to destroy the whole thing when Savage uses it as a Cyclotron to pull the Earth’s crust apart.'']]

* TheEmpire: [[spoiler: The future where humanity follows Lex’s example sees Earth conquer the universe.]]

** Seemingly, [[spoiler: Batman allies with the World Forger and the future Justice League when they tell him it’s the only way Justice can win over Doom. Except...]]

* FantasticVoyagePlot: Batman and Hawkgirl use shrink ships to stave off pathogenic mutagens in Superman and Martian Manhunter’s bodies while they investigate the Totality.
* FlashbackCut: Issues 2, 3, 4, and 6 each begin with a page describing a villain’s connection to the cosmic forces emerging in the series and hinting at their motivations for joining the Legion.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Issue 2, Luthor gives Grodd a weapon to destroy the Flash. Immediately afterwards, Barry brings up an enemy of his called “the Turtle” who believed in an opposing energy to the Speed Force called the “Still Force”. [[spoiler:Grodd’s weapon is a hatchling of the Turtle.]]

* PsychicLink: Martian Manhunter creates a mental boardroom using the every League member’s psychic connection to him.

* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: The World Forger’s philosophy in regards to the fight between Justice and Doom. This motivates him to [[spoiler: trap Superman in a pocket dimension that will eventually kill him because Clark’s optimism that they can win without moral compromise jeopardizes the multiverse’s chance for survival. He manages to seemingly sway Batman to his way of thinking as well.]]

* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: The Leaguers fight Savage’s Injustice Gang in scenarios specifically suited to their talents (Aquaman fights them underwater, Hawkgirl fights them in the sky, Batman fights them in caves, etc).
* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Luthor’s]] plan involves blowing himself up. [[spoiler: Thanks to Perpetua and Brainiac, he gets a new Martian/human hybrid body almost immediately.]]

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The World Forger’s reasoning behind [[spoiler: pre-emptively imprisoning/destroying anyone who would choose Doom.]]

* YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler:Luthor believes this in regards to humanity’s destructive tendencies, and wants to bring about a world where humanity accepts its worst nature. To do this, he creates the Legion of Doom.]]

[[folder: Tropes for Robert Venditti’s run]]

* TheLeader: John Stewart now leads the League.

!!Tropes for this series include:

* YouCantThwartStageOne: Every attempt by the heroes to stop the villains' plans from advancing are unsuccessful at every turn.

Written by Creator/ScottSnyder as the flagship installment of the “New Justice” family of DC Comic books, this series focuses on the League’s attempts to investigate and sort out the many changes in the DC Universe brought out by the events of ''Metal,'' and the attempts of ComicBook/LexLuthor and his LegionOfDoom to harness these changes for their own ends.

* RedSkiesCrossover: When Perpetua becomes strong enough she projects the Doom sigil onto Earth's sky, visible to every character on their own titles. When she grows even stronger she makes it visible to everyone in the universe and multiverse.

* YouCantThwartStageOne: Every attempt by the heroes to stop the villains' plans from advancing are seemingly unsuccessful at every turn.

* UltimateLifeform: Perpetua's plan is to fuse the human and martian races to engineer a species with immense natural power and the ability to harness the seven forces as weapons in her defense against being judged.

* SupervillainLair : The Hall of Doom, located in a [[VolcanoLair scenic volcano]].
* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:Perpetua, the being that the Source Wall was created to contain. According to the narration, even [[GuardianOfTheMultiverse her brothers and sisters, responsible for tending other multiverses]], "fear and revile" her.]]

* MythologyGag: Humans and Martians fused together become White Martians, intended to be a race of vicious warrior predators. This follows earlier continuities where Martians like J'onn were one of two races with their White counterparts who were also a vicious race of warrior predators. They were ''also'' two halves of an ''even more'' sadistic and vicious race called Burning Martians that were genetically split into the two bu the Guardians of Oa and had all knowledge they were once one suppressed.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: [[PhysicalGod the World Forger]], of all people,]] joins the League at the conclusion of "The Sixth Dimension."

* GameBreakingInjury: [[spoiler: Batman]] is viciously beaten in a fight to the point of breaking all arms and legs, spreading the next several issues in a high tech body cast and forced [[spoiler: to use a confiscated Luthor warsuit to defend himself when the Legion of Doom comes calling.]]

* FutureMeScaresMe: Played with in the “Sixth Dimension” arc. The League go into the future to find [[spoiler: a utopian world where Justice completely won over Doom and now everyone is happy. However, the League discovers their future selves pre emptively threw everyone who would choose Doom over Justice into a planet-sized gulag in order to win.]]

* FakeDefector: [[spoiler: Batman seemingly joins the future Justice League in order to save the multiverse by throwing all those who would choose doom into a planet sized gulag. In reality, he was getting close to the World Forger to convince him to join the League instead.]]

* YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler:Luthor believes this in regards to humanity’s destructive tendencies, and wants to bring about a world where humanity accepts its worst nature. To do this, he creates the Legion of Doom.]]

* RuleOfSeven: A major plot point is the revelation of seven universal forces that can be harnessed for immense power. The Speed Force and Emotional Spectrum are both parts of the seven.

* HeroicBSoD: J'onn has one when he learns that the progenitor of the multiverse is aligned with Doom which makes him distraught that heroes like them are going against the will of their creator in fighting for Justice.

Written by Creator/ScottSnyder as the flagship installment of the “New Justice” family of DC Comic books, this series focuses on the League’s attempts to investigate and sort out the many changes in the DC Universe brought out hy the events of ''Metal,'' and the attempts of ComicBook/LexLuthor and his LegionOfDoom to harness these changes for their own ends.

* BeYourself: Luthor’s motivation is that humanity should just embrace its dark inner impulses and stop trying to be something it isn’t.

* SupervillainLair : The Hall of Doom, located in a [[VolancoLair scenic volcano]].

* WhamEpisode: Justice League Annual #1. And what a Wham Episode it is. [[spoiler: The League, the Green Lantern Corps, the Thanagarian fleet, and the New Gods all work together in an attempt to fix the Source Wall, only for the Legion to attack, with the help of its new recruit ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} leading the charge. The result is nothing less than the Source Wall ''exploding'' causing reverberations across the cosmos, as well as the disappearance of New Genesis and Apokolips. The Multiverse is now a fragment of an even bigger sea of reality. To make matters worse, Perpetua has been freed from uer imprisonment outside the wall and is now in possession of the Legion.]]

** Seemingly, [[spoiler: Batman allies with the World Forger and the future Justice League when they tell him it’s the only way Justice can win over Doom.]]

* PowerTattoo: Ultraviolet Power Rings take the form of a tattoo branded on the ring finger. Once John takes back control of himself his turns into a Green Lantern Ring tattoo, with all the same capabilities.