History Heartwarming / KingdomCome

** It happens also with other daughter/dad pairs: Nightstar saves a wounded Red Robin; Kid Flash saves Flash from Thunder and Jakeem, then carries him closer to Jade's energy shield.

* At the end, Batman and Superman fully retire from their superhero life and like Orion, [[LikeFatherLikeSon they take after their fathers.]] Bruce turns Wayne Manor into a hospital for superhumans and even enlists the MKL to help. Clark, having reaccepted his human identity, has began farming on Kansas, not just an illusion from his Fortress.
** Some of the MKL, like the Riddler, actually seem to be enjoying working with the patients.

** When Kid Flash sees her father's down, she grabs him and drops him off within the protective shield Jade and Alan Scott are constructing. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she dies in the blast, and Flash is seen trying to find her when the shield goes down.]]

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*** There's also a touching moment in the epilogue in the {{Novelization}} in which Diana recognizes The Spectre (while in Jim Corrigan form), saying, "Jim, is that you?", with Jim responding, "After a fashion." Later, while in church, Norm muses that no one noticed that the guy with red hair with a single SkunkStripe was non-corporeal.

* While the MLK are assigned to duties in Bruce's makeshift hospital at the mansion, the severity of their punishment is proportional to their involvement. What is Eddie's "punishment"? Doing magic tricks and entertaining the hospital children, and he's smiling as he does it.

* In the {{Novelization}}, Norm likens Superman and Wonder Woman's romance to elephants mating. There's no way to hide elephant sex, so the herd just forms a circle around them so they can have privacy, but all of the elephants are emotionally linked to their lovemaking -- just like the Justice League and the duo.

* Spectre dropping [=McCay=] back at his church after Norman singlehandedly averts the Apocalypse.

* After the nuclear catastrophe at the end, in the scene at the former Wayne Manor that has been converted into a hospital, we see Batman patrolling the rows of beds filled with patients. His son Ibn Al Xufasch is seated near a patient who has obviously just passed away. Ibn covers his face with the bedsheet, and the scion of Ra's Al Ghul, heir to the League of Assassins, is clearly anguished at the loss of this life. His father Batman places a comforting hand on his son's shoulder, obviously pleased that despite his upbringing, his estranged progeny has such regard for the sanctity of life. According to the {{Novelization}}, Ibn [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove is really screwed up with emotional stability]] due to his upbringing with the League of Assassins, and death is a new concept to him.

* After the nuclear catastrophe at the end, in the scene at the former Wayne Manor that has been converted into a hospital, we see Batman patrolling the rows of beds filled with patients. His son Ibn Al Xufasch is seated near a patient who has obviously just passed away. Ibn covers his face with the bedsheet, and the scion of Ra's Al Ghul, heir to the League of Assassins, is clearly anguished at the loss of this life. His father Batman places a comforting hand on his son's shoulder, obviously pleased that despite his upbringing, his estranged progeny has such regard for the sanctity of life.

* After all they've encountered together, Norman [[=McCay=]] and The Spectre have become so close, they chill out at the "Planet Krypton" restaurant, having a meal like old friends. And clearly The Spectre has managed to regain at least some of his humanity, as he takes amusing umbrage at his crappy "Spectre Platter".

** An easy to miss sequence in the final issue shows Red Arrow stopping everything he's doing when he realizes Red Hood, his daughter, is fighting in this battle too. His immediate response is to run over to her regardless of all the insanity going on around them to talk to her and make sure she's okay. [[spoiler: Sadly, father and daughter are killed right beside each other when the bomb goes off.]] While it's implied they may've been estranged for a while, it still goes to show Roy Harper loves his daughter more than anyone no matter what universe they're in.

* Krypto is seen in Kansas with Clark. Superman has someone to care for, and even before Diana meets him he wasn't alone.

* Batman talks Wonder Woman down from her DarkerandEdgier state that she's had throughout the story, reminding her that she once believed in kindness and love, and that the Amazons militant beliefs were flawed despite them raising her and exiling her for that belief. He's saying it's okay to be compassionate, and from a character who is the avatar of vengeance and dread this says a lot.

* In the Novelization, Norman mused that even though Lois was a famously independent-thinnking woman, after getting married, she'd always say "Well, Clark thinks..." in interviews with her. It wasn't because she was deferential to him, or using him as a crutch. No, she just valued his opinion that much.

* In the Novelization, Norman mused that even though Lois was a famously independent-thinnking woman, after getting married, she'd always say "Well, Clark thinks..." in interviews with her. It wasn't because she was deferential to him, or using him as a crutch. No, she just valued his opinion that much.

* On a related note, when Supes speaks to the assembled press, he recovers all of his skills he had as Clark: being able to talk to a crowd and empathizing with people. His reporter's skills. Superman finally realizes he needed Clark Kent after all.

--->"Farewell, Norman [=McCay=]. You have walked with the titans of the earth... and you have kept stride. You are more like them than you realise. You exist... to bring hope."

--->"Farewell, Norman [=McCay=]. You have walked with the titans of the earth... and you have kept stride. You are more like them than you realise. You exist... to bring hope.

* Diana, after being grilled by her Themiscryan peers, is not only released from her exile but has her royal status restored. Her first suggestion is to open up Themiscyra to men. Magog and Manotaur become the first high ranking faculty of the new learning center. It's hinted that even Swastika will reform there.

*** There's also a touching moment in the epilogue in the {{Novelization}} in which Diane recognizes The Spectre (while in Jim Corrigan form), saying, "Jim, is that you?", with Jim responding, "After a fashion." Later, while in church, Norm muses that no one noticed that the guy with red hair with a single SkunkStripe was non-corporeal.

* Diana, after being grilled by her Themiscryan peers, is not only released from her exile but has her royal status restored. Her first suggestion is to open up Themiscyra to men. Magog and Manotaur become the first high ranking faculty of the new learning center. It's hinted that even Swastika will reform there.

* The Epilogue: in a SuperHero-themed restaurant, The Spectre discovers there's a (rather plain) meal named after him ("Spinach and cottage cheese? ''That's'' a Spectre Platter"), to which Norman replies "Look at it this way. It's flattering to be remembered somehow..." The following panel shows the Original Sandman's (who died of old age in the beginning of the story) gear on display.

* The hug. You know the one.

* At the end, in a SuperHero-themed restaurant, The Spectre discovers there's a (rather plain) meal named after him ("Spinach and cottage cheese? ''That's'' a Spectre Platter"), to which Norman replies "Look at it this way. It's flattering to be remembered somehow..." The following panel shows the Original Sandman's (who died of old age in the beginning of the story) gear on display.

* Shazam begging the other celestial beings of the DC Universe to help Billy Batson and Captain Marvel, [[LikeASonToMe outright calling the two of them his son]].

* On a related note, when Supes speaks to the assembled press, he recovers all of his skills he had as Clark: being able to talk to a crowd and empathizing with people. His reporter's skills. Superman finally realizes he needed Clark Kent after all.