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1	* BrokenBase: Individually, some of the comics are considered fun reinventions of classic DC characters, but others are either seen as boring in comparison to the original versions or [[ItsTheSameSoItSucks have too much in common]] with the Marvel characters that Lee created. The argument therefore boils down to which stories are good and bad.
2	* CompleteMonster:
3	** [[BigBad The Thief of Souls]], known primarily by his identity [[SinisterMinister Reverend Dominic Darrk]], is the demonic and {{manipulative\|Bastard}} mastermind behind all the evil in the series, seeking to pave the way for his master, Crisis, to invade Earth. After possessing a man, [[FateWorseThanDeath banishing his wife to Dreamland]], then corrupting their son into a sociopath like himself, the Thief sets up his [[ReligionOfEvil Church of Eternal Empowerment]], a cult that recruits its members through kidnapping, brainwashing, or threats of death. Along with regularly ordering assassinations and executing his own minions for the slightest of failures, the Thief unleashes monsters to rampage across entire cities more than once, and later releases a virus called the "Sleeping Death", which plunges its victims into neverending sleep while the Thief steals their souls to offer up to Crisis. In the end, even when beaten, the Thief happily taunts the heroes about the coming of his master, and the joy he will take in the knowledge that they will all spend an eternity of agony at Crisis' hands.
4	** [[GreaterScopeVillain Crisis]] himself is the force behind the Thief of Souls, and the most evil being the JLA encounter. Coming to Earth after attempting to [[YourSoulIsMine devour thousands of innocents' souls]], Crisis plans to turn the entirety of the universe into his personal playground by fusing the Dreamworld with Earth, then plunging every living thing in the universe into eternal pain and suffering. After brutally [[MindRape tormenting]] the heroes with their worst fears, Crisis manipulates his descendants Robin and Melana to betray their team, at which point Crisis hopes to eternally imprison them in a gemstone while he rampages across the universe, bringing death and destruction across the cosmos simply [[ForTheEvulz because he can]].
5	** [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Armando Guitez]] is the BigBad of the Franchise/WonderWoman story, and manages to stick out even among other far more powerful villains as a truly reprehensible monster. Using his wealth, Guitez begins tearing apart Incan ruins looking for ancient and powerful runes, and threatens any nearby farmers off their land with death, ordering one beaten to death and shooting another in the head just for voicing their complaints against him. After murdering Judge Mendoza for displaying disgust at his crimes, Guitez plans to rape the man's daughter Maria before murdering her would-be rescuer, Steve Trevor. Guitez, finding the ancient runes he has been searching for, [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous absorbs the power of the demons residing within them]], travels to Los Angeles, crashes the plane he's on into a populated street, then goes on a massacre throughout the city for fun as he searches for other runes to make himself even more powerful. Guitez's evil ran so deep, that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even one of the demons he absorbed proclaimed his shock at Guitez's sheer black soul]].
6	* FridgeBrilliance: Why does Superman get to keep his Earth civilian name when everyone else now has different real names? Stan loves {{Alliterative Name}}s, and "Clark Kent" is phonetically alliterative.
7	* HilariousInHindsight:
8	** Batman is a black man in this series. DC also created an alternate universe (Earth-23) where most of the prominent superheroes were either DC's pre-existing black heroes (Black Lightning, Mister Miracle) or got a RaceLift (Superman, Wonder Woman), with ''Batman'' [[TokenWhite being the main exception to that]].
9	*** In addition, the 2021 "Future State" event, which showed the future of the DC Universe, had Tim Fox, an African-American man, as the new Batman.
10	** Speaking of RaceLift, the ''Wonder Woman'' title brought a black Steve Trevor way before ''ComicBook/WonderWomanEarthOne'' did the same. Wonder Woman herself would also eventually get a mainline Latina counterpart with a direct link to Latin American mythology much like this version in the form of Yara Flor, though she would be Brazilian (and with ties to Tupi-Guarani folklore) rather than Peruvian (and linked to Inca mythology).
11	** Another RaceLift-related example: the Dinah Lance of this universe is black, which wound up being the case for the Dinah Lance of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse as seen in ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020''.
12	** Just try reading this after learning that Stan Lee actually got a cameo appearance [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies in a movie adaptation of a cartoon based on a DC comic book.]]
13	* IronWoobie: Even in an alternate universe, Batman is still this. In this universe, Wayne Williams was an inner city kid who lost his father after he was shot and killed by a local crimelord, ended up himself injured, [[MiscarriageOfJustice framed, and thrown in prison]] by that same crimelord, then learned that his mother had also passed while he was behind bars. Fortunately, he uses his time in prison to strengthen his body and mind, and after being released early on good behavior, [[SelfMadeMan uses his newfound skills to become a successful professional wrestler]], eventually developing the resources to avenge his parents and become a BadassNormal superhero in his own right.
14	* MoralEventHorizon:
15	** Lady Zakara rewards Zorgul with sex, but it's just a pretext to kill him. Then when he [[NoOneCouldHaveSurvivedThat survives it]], she pretends it was an accident. It just gets worse and worse.
16	** And Guitez, who first crosses the line by shooting Maria's father dead, and only gets worse when he plans to rape her, kills Steve Trevor, and bonds himself to the spirit of darkness to gain power for himself.
17	* OlderThanTheyThink: The idea of DC's most iconic characters being reimagined to the point they have almost nothing in common with the original versions except for the names has been done before with Creator/TangentComics.
18	* SoOkayItsAverage: Overall ''Just Imagine...'' is seen as an odd piece of DC history and while some aspects are liked, nobody especially ''loved'' Lee's version of the DC universe.

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