History Characters / JusticeLeagueIncarnate

->'''First Appearance''': ''ComicBook/{{The Flash|Rebirth}}'' #3 (September 2016)

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->''"I tried to tell you not to be Batman. Like a foolish and scared old man. That was wrong of me. You are always Batman."''

->''"Be a '''father''' for your '''son''' in a way I never could be for '''you'''. Let the Batman '''die''' with me."'''

The ComicBook/{{Batman}} of a dark [[ComicBook/FlashpointDCComics altered timeline of Earth 0]] that no longer exists.

When [[Characters/TheFlashBarryAllen Barry Allen]] went back in time to save his mother from being murdered by [[Characters/TheFlashEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]], he succeeded but created unintended changes to the timeline, which created the new ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}} timeline. One of these changes was that it was a young Bruce Wayne, and not his parents, who died when they were mugged in Crime Alley. Driven by immense grief, Thomas became a more brutal and violent Batman, while Martha became their universe's Joker.

When Barry Allen of Earth 0 informed him about how his life ''should'' have happened, Thomas assisted Barry in restoring the timeline to its proper state, with the knowledge that it would lead to Bruce surviving and becoming Batman and his own death. Barry (mostly) succeeded, with Thomas apparently dying along with his timeline... until it was mysteriously recreated, keeping him alive to deal with the consequences of his actions.

Thomas assisted Barry in restoring the timeline to its proper state, with the knowledge that it would lead to Bruce surviving and becoming Batman and his own death. Barry (mostly) succeeded, with Thomas apparently dying along with his timeline... until it was mysteriously recreated, keeping him alive to deal with the consequences of his actions.

After meeting his adult son and giving him parting words, encouraging him to be a father to his son and give up his life as Batman, Thomas resigned himself to dying as he had lived... only to be brought to the main DCU by a spiteful Eobard Thawne for foiling him to begin with. There, he learned that Bruce did not give up being Batman, and he does not take this well, deciding to join with other Batman villains to ''force'' Bruce into retirement.

After meeting his adult son and giving him parting words, encouraging him to be a father to his son and give up his life as Batman, Thomas resigned himself to dying as he had lived... only to be brought to the main DCU by a spiteful Eobard Thawne for foiling him to begin with. There, he learned that Bruce did not give up being Batman, and he does not take this well, deciding to join with other Batman villains to ''force'' Bruce into retirement.

After his attempt at forcing Bruce into what Thomas considered an ideal life failed, Thomas was placed in Arkham Asylum. He survived Arkham's destruction and was found by Justice Incarnate. After journeying with Calvin Ellis through the multiverse, Thomas learns about the Bruce Waynes of the multiverse. Realising that his son will ''always'' be Batman and has built a new family for himself, Thomas realises the error of his ways. Eager to atone, Thomas joins Justice Incarnate. He's also later made an official member of the Zoo Crew.
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Thomas eventually found himself back in his native timeline, mysteriously restored, and is forced to unravel the mystery of how to undo its existence for the betterment of the multiverse.

* AbusiveDad: To ''absurd'' degrees. Once he finds out that Bruce didn't stop being Batman like he wanted, Thomas goes to extreme lengths to force him to retire. This ranges from ruining Bruce's wedding with Selina Kyle to digging up Martha's corpse to be resurrected to force a family onto Bruce to just beating him within an inch of his life.
* TheAce: In his universe, anyway, he was considered the greatest of the Flashpoint timeline's heroes... which says a lot about how crappy that world is. The heroes are only willing to work together to stop Atlantis and Themyscira from fighting if he leads them, and from what we see, he's not particularly good at that.
* TheAlcoholic: He's implied to drink a lot and we see him drunk before his "final mission" with Barry to undo the Flashpoint.
* ArchEnemy: Martha's Joker is his. He wasn't supportive as she was grieving their son and a comment he made essentially began her transition into the monster she would become. He considers her one of his greatest mistakes and regrets all the suffering she caused, from crippling his Selina Kyle to causing the deaths of two children. He still loves Martha deep down but is seemingly able to separate that from his hate for the Joker. The two reconcile somewhat when he tells her helping Barry will bring Bruce back... only for Martha to kill herself when she finds out this will turn Bruce into Batman.
* ArchNemesisDad: He became this during Tom King's ''Batman'' run, working with Bane to so utterly and completely break Bruce to the point that they'd ''force'' him to stop being Batman.
* TheAtoner: After learning that a living Bruce Wayne will ''always'' become Batman, and realizing that Bruce has found a new family for himself in the Bat-Family, Thomas decides to help Justice Incarnate protect the multiverse.
* BreakoutCharacter: He was created for the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' event and DC likely expected him to be at least a little popular, since he had a miniseries tie-in and was a prominent supporting character in the core miniseries. However, he was ''incredibly'' popular, so much so that when the event ended and he was rebooted from existence, the series ''ComicBook/Earth2'' created an Expy of him in the form of their second Batman, who was also a DarkerAndEdgier take on Thomas Wayne, and had a costume heavily inspired by Flashpoint Batman's. Then, during ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'', Flashpoint Batman was brought back to be a supporting character and delivered Jon Kent. After ''that'', Thomas ''and his entire universe'' were briefly brought back in "ComicBook/TheButton" where he was allowed to interact with his adult son. ''Then'', after the universe was destroyed and Thomas seemingly died... he was brought back ''again'', this time migrating over to the main DCU proper to serve as the primary villain of Tom King's Batman run. After that, it was revealed that he had survived Bane breaking his back and A-Day, and wound up joining the multiversal Justice League, Justice Incarnate, as a main character -- despite Justice Incarnate already having a Batman. When ''Justice League Incarnate'' was about to wrap up, Thomas was forced back into his own universe for the ''ComicBook/FlashpointBeyond'' miniseries.
* CosmicPlaything: Thomas' world is brought back by [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]] -- essentially a god figure at the time -- ''purely'' to mess with Barry and Bruce and encourage Bruce to stop being Batman.
* DarkerAndEdgier: His entire shtick as Batman is that he is one of the edgiest Batmen you will find. He casually uses guns and murders and is driven entirely by loss with none of Bruce's redeeming qualities like compassion and friendship. The ''only'' reason he helped Barry is because it will save Bruce, and his entire motivation is giving Bruce the life Thomas thinks he should have.
* DependingOnTheWriter: How capable he is. Geoff Johns had him as a Batman who wasn't particularly experienced with superpowers but was more of a tactician. Brian Azzarello had him as a slower, more down-to-earth and gritty Batman who was pulpier and less agile. Tom King has him as a super Batman that is basically Bruce at his peak times 10. Joshua Williamson has him as just an average Batman.
* DeusAngstMachina: The more we learn about his character, the more we learn how much his life '''absolutely sucks'''. His son died in a robbery attempt which broke his wife, and he himself did her no favors by losing his patience with her when she was grieving, causing her to turn into the Joker. His world is awful, with the Amazons and Atlanteans engaged in a war that has consumed all of Europe and much of the world. He managed to help Barry fix the world and was accepting of his death... only for his world to be brought back by a higher power. He got to talk to his son and once more accepted his death after getting some closure... only for Eobard Thawne to bring him to the main DCU to spite him. Finally, we learn he had a sidekick in the form of his universe's Catwoman, who he saw as a daughter figure... who was crippled by the Joker and made a quadriplegic. Oh, and then he gets his spine broken by Bane. Yeah, this goes a long way towards explaining why he doesn't seem to care if he dies.
* TheDragon: He serves as Bane's when Bane kicks his revenge scheme into high gear -- because Bane needs to pretend to be feeble in Arkham, and because having to fight Thomas would emotionally hurt Bruce, he does most of the fighting and heavy lifting while Bane takes on the role of TheChessmaster.
* DragonAscendant: He eventually usurps Bane as ''the'' villain of Tom King's ''Batman'' run, since his beef with Bruce is more emotionally driven while thematically tying into King's run and character analysis of Batman. Plus, Bane wants to completely destroy Bruce before killing him, whereas Thomas just used Bane to help him accomplish the first part -- the second part is where their plans diverge, since Thomas wants Bruce to be alive and healthy afterwards.
* EvilCounterpart: Eventually became one to the original Thomas Wayne. Whereas that Thomas was stern and somewhat hard to approach at times, he was ultimately a good father. This Thomas was an outright asshole whose misguided attempts at helping his son almost destroyed his life.
* FaceHeelTurn: Goes from an anti-heroic Batman motivated by the promise of his son's life to a villainous jerk motivated by forcing his son into what he ''thinks'' is a happy life.
* {{Foil}}: He's a Batman driven entirely by loss and the memory of his loved ones and doesn't care if he dies, even having a death wish at times. These are things that Tom King tackled with Bruce, in that Bruce ''was'' initially Batman purely because of his dead parents and it was an alternative attempt at suicide for him... but life as Batman changed him for the better, giving him new people to live for and a new reason to keep living. Ultimately even their original purpose in becoming Batman is different; Thomas vowed to punish anything that might hurt Bruce and extended that vow to destroying crime after his son's death, whereas Bruce's goal was always fundamentally to make Gotham a place where nobody else would suffer like he had, working to protect the innocent over punishing the guilty.
* HeelRealisation: After being saved by Justice Incarnate and being shown Bruce Wayne throughout the multiverse by Harbinger, he realizes that Bruce will always be Batman, and that he was wrong to try to force his son to live otherwise.
-->'''Thomas:''' I think having my whole world destroyed… ''erased''… It messes me up more than I wanted to admit to myself. […] I was angry at Bruce. Betrayed myself. Fell harder than I ever have. And I don't deserve to see him ever again. If he believes I'm dead… it's for the best.
* InsaneTrollLogic: He is motivated by his PapaWolf tendencies to prevent his son from experiencing the immeasurable pain that comes with being Batman. [[spoiler:This leads him to ''have Alfred murdered'']], thereby causing Bruce immeasurable pain.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Calvin, who he seems the closest to on the League. Before that, he was fairly chummy with Barry Allen, who is similar in age to Calvin.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's abrasive and not at all pleasant to anyone but Calvin and Barry, but he wants to protect the multiverse and is trying to be a good person again.
* TheLastOfHisKind: He's the only survivor of his timeline, which was restored by and then destroyed by Doctor Manhattan to manipulate Bruce and Barry.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: His love for Bruce makes him want Bruce to be happy, which Thomas believed he couldn't be while he's Batman, which is why he wanted to so completely destroy Bruce so that he'd stop. It never once clicked to Thomas that Bruce could be happy ''and'' be Batman or even that Bruce is happy ''because'' he's Batman. He eventually realizes his mistake.
* LoveRedeems: Once he realizes that Bruce Wayne will always be Batman and happier for it, he decides to protect the multiverse.
* TheMatchmaker: Anytime a woman shows interest in Calvin, Thomas is all in on Calvin dating her. First with his assistant, Courtney, who Thomas knows has a thing for Calvin. Later on, when Calvin turns down drinks with Doctor Multiverse, Thomas goes in a bit harder and manages to convince Calvin to lighten up.
* OldSuperhero: He is ''very'' old, probably about 60. He is likely the oldest person to ever wear the Batman cowl, and he's able to take down the entire Bat-Family minus Bruce, who he curb stomps almost offhandedly. He stopped being a super''hero'' for a while before returning to the role, albeit still being as grouchy as ever.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: In his timeline, Bruce Wayne was killed and he lived another 30+ years, becoming an embittered and violent vigilante.
* PointOfDivergence: His character is meant to be identical to the original Earth 0 Thomas Wayne until the murder at Crime Alley. It's implied the mainstream Thomas could have become like him if Bruce had died instead of Bruce's parents.
* TragicKeepsake: The gun he uses is the gun Joe Chill used to kill his son.
* UncertainDoom: At the end of Tom King's run, it's not quite clear what happens to him after [[spoiler:Bane breaks his spine -- does it kill him or just cripple him?]] ''ComicBook/InfiniteFrontier'', by a different writer, reveals he recovered and avoided dying during A-Day.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Between the ending of ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' and the start of ''ComicBook/TheButton'', somehow Thomas, clearly either dead or about a second away from dying, was able to survive and make it back to Gotham with both the Atlantean army ''and'' the Amazon army after him.
* UngratefulBastard: He isn't appreciative towards the Zoo Crew for helping him and letting him join their team. His little multiverse misadventure is actually the best outcome that anyone got, since everyone else ended up de-powered or in the middle of a conflict.
* YoureNotMyFather: How Bruce responds when Thomas keeps lecturing him about how he knows what's best. Bruce refuses to accept Thomas as his father and instead acknowledges Alfred as his father.

[[folder:The Flash V (Earth 0)]]
!!!'''AKA:''' Avery Ho
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->'''First Appearance''': ''ComicBook/{{The Flash|Rebirth}}'' #3 (September 2016)
The Flash of China, or the fifth Flash, of the Prime DC Universe.

Avery Ho is a speedster who was empowered after a Speed Force storm hit Central City. The only person to retain the powers bestowed on Central City's citizens, Avery decided to become a superhero. She's part of the Flash Family, as well as the Justice League of China.
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After Barry's disappearance when investigating Earth Omega, Justice Incarnate recruit the person who he named as the best person to succeed him on the team -- Avery. While Avery doesn't quite think she's ready for the big leagues, after a talking to from Doctor Multiverse, she quickly ingratiates herself with the team.
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For tropes applying to Avery outside of Justice Incarnate, see Characters/TheFlashTheFlashes.

* JumpedAtTheCall: Avery is ecstatic at the sight of a Boom-Tube, and Calvin isn't even able to finish his offer for her to join before she runs through.
* LegacyCharacter: She's identified as the Flash proper in this series, making her the fifth Flash in the main DCU after Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West, and Bart Allen. On the team, she replaced Barry.
* NiceGuy: She's very friendly and quickly takes to the team and befriends its members, even being supportive as Captain Carrot panics about being on Earth 13 due to his dislike of magic.

[[folder:Doctor Multiverse (Earth 8)]]
!!!'''AKA:''' Doctor Maya Chamara
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->'''First Appearance''': ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueIncarnate'' #1 (January 2022)
A unique individual within the multiverse -- there are no other versions of her.

Maya Chamara is the superhero Doctor Multiverse, and a former member of the Retaliators. However, on her world, she is seen as a constant reminder that the world is not alone. Because of this, she is ostracised. When Darkseid arrives on her Earth, she aids Justice Incarnate.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: She's not liked on her Earth, with even her own former teammates the Retaliators all but sneering at her.
* BetterAsFriends: She dates President Superman for a few months, but they decide their mission is more important and they couldn't make things work out.
* CaptainErsatz: The name and white starfield costume seems to make her one to Marvel's Captain Universe.
* EntertaininglyWrong: She believes that the Great Darkness has been acting as the GreaterScopeVillain of the DC Universe ever since ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', stating that it's had a hand in manipulating and influence the villains responsible for most of the events that have shook the Multiverse such as the Anti-Monitor, Extant, Superboy-Prime, Mandrakk, even Magog and Doctor Manhattan, and now it's using Pariah. [[spoiler:She is completely and utterly ''wrong''. Swamp Thing's input would confirm the Great Darkness has always been a neutral force in the greater scheme of things and has no overall desires. It's later confirmed ''Pariah'' went insane and corrupted the Great Darkness and was using it to jumpstart ''ComicBook/DarkCrisis''. Meaning all of the other villains mentioned were always acting on their own, and Doctor Multiverse just spouted a bunch of assumptions.]]

!Allies
[[folder:Superjudge]]
!!!'''AKA:''' Nix Uotan
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->'''First Appearance''': ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'' #21 (December 2007)
The last of the Monitor, assigned to watch over Earth-51, until it was destroyed. Twice. He was banished to Earth, just in time for Darkseid's conquest. During this, he managed to regain his memories and power, becoming the Super-Judge. Returning back to the Monitors, he disbanded them and became the sole guardian of the Multiverse.

He is the son of Dax Novu, who eventually became Mandrakk, the Dark Monitor.
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It was Uotan who spurred on the heroes of the multiverse to unite in the wake of Earth 7's destruction. He was corrupted by the Gentry, but was freed thanks to the assembled heroes of the multiverse.
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For more, see Characters/TheMultiversity.
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[[folder:Superdemon (Earth 13)]]
!!!'''AKA:''' Etrigan
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->''"Quit! Quit now, the form of man! Rise, Super-Demon! Etrigan!"''
->'''First Appearance''': ''The Multiversity Guidebook'' #1 (March 2015)
An ComicBook/{{Etrigan}}/ComicBook/{{Superman}} hybrid from an occult universe.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: She believes that the Great Darkness has been acting as the GreaterScopeVillain of the DC Universe ever since ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', stating that it's had a hand in manipulating and influence the villains responsible for most of the events that have shook the Multiverse such as the Anti-Monitor, Extant, Superboy-Prime, Mandrakk, even Magog and Doctor Manhattan, and now it's using Pariah. [[spoiler:She is completely and utterly ''wrong''. Swamp Thing's input would confirm the Great Darkness has always been a neutral force in the greater scheme of things and has no overall desires. It's later confirmed ''Pariah'' went insane and corrupted the Great Darkness and was using it to jumpstart ''ComicBook/DarkCrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. Meaning all of the other villains mentioned were always acting on their own, and Doctor Multiverse just spouted a bunch of assumptions.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: In-universe, he says his universe was made darker as a result of ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''.

The ComicBook/{{Batman}} of a dark [[ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} altered timeline of Earth 0]] that no longer exists.

When the Waynes ventured into Crime Alley, it was young Bruce who was killed, rather than his parents. Martha grieved, and Thomas' impatience with her led to her becoming the Joker. Thomas became a vengeful, murderous vigilante known as Batman. When Barry Allen of Earth 0 informed him about how his life ''should'' have happened, Thomas assisted Barry in restoring the timeline to its proper state, with the knowledge that it would lead to Bruce surviving and becoming Batman and his own death. Barry (mostly) succeeded, with Thomas apparently dying along with his timeline... until it was mysteriously recreated, keeping him alive to deal with the consequences of his actions.

* BreakoutCharacter: He was created for the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' event and DC likely expected him to be at least a little popular, since he had a miniseries tie-in and was a prominent supporting character in the core miniseries. However, he was ''incredibly'' popular, so much so that when the event ended and he was rebooted from existence, the series ''ComicBook/Earth2'' created an Expy of him in the form of their second Batman, who was also a DarkerAndEdgier take on Thomas Wayne, and had a costume heavily inspired by Flashpoint Batman's. Then, during ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'', Flashpoint Batman was brought back to be a supporting character and delivered Jon Kent. After ''that'', Thomas ''and his entire universe'' were briefly brought back in "ComicBook/TheButton" where he was allowed to interact with his adult son. ''Then'', after the universe was destroyed and Thomas seemingly died... he was brought back ''again'', this time migrating over to the main DCU proper to serve as the primary villain of Tom King's Batman run. After that, it was revealed that he had survived Bane breaking his back and A-Day, and wound up joining the multiversal Justice League, Justice Incarnate, as a main character -- despite Justice Incarnate already having a Batman. When ''Justice League Incarnate'' was about to wrap up, Thomas was forced back into his own universe for the ''ComicBook/FlashpointBeyond'' miniseries.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Between the ending of ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' and the start of ''ComicBook/TheButton'', somehow Thomas, clearly either dead or about a second away from dying, was able to survive and make it back to Gotham with both the Atlantean army ''and'' the Amazon army after him.

->'''First Appearance''': ''The Multiversity'' #1 (October 2014)

* HeroKiller: The conclusion of ''ComicBook/UnstoppableDoomPatroll'' shows that she has ravaged Danny the Street.

* AdaptationalSexuality: He is based on the Barry Allen iteration of the Flash, but is a couple with his world's counterpart of Hal Jordan when Barry Allen is straight.

->'''First Appearance''': ''The Multiversityi Guidebook'' #1 (March 2015)

* TheDragon: To Darkseid, who's focused on controlling the omniverse and isn't going to duke it out with Justice Incarnate if he can have others do it for him.

* CompositeCharacter: Of Joker and Sinestro, obviously. He's seemingly mostly Joker, just with Sinestro's powers.

* ForWantOfANail: His character is meant to be identical to the original Earth 0 Thomas Wayne until the murder at Crime Alley. It's implied the mainstream Thomas could have become like him if Bruce had died.