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Despite the self-contained feel of the book, the story reintroduces and reimagines the Earth-3 Crime Syndicate as Anti-Matter universe versions of the then-incarnation of the JLA and establishes their portrayal for the following decade. This version of the Syndicate would last until the events of the ComicBook/New52, where they would be rebooted as Earth 3 duplicates once more and be prominently featured in the CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'' as well as ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar''.
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Despite the self-contained feel of the book, the story reintroduces and reimagines the Earth-3 Crime Syndicate as Anti-Matter universe versions of the then-incarnation of the JLA and establishes their portrayal for the following decade. This version of the Syndicate would last until the events of the ComicBook/New52, where they would be rebooted as Earth 3 duplicates once more and be prominently featured in the CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'' as well as ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar''.
''ComicBook/DarkseidWar''. Later afterwards, both Antimatter and Earth-3 universes would be confirmed to co-exist and both Crime Syndicates plague the main DC Universe from time to time.
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* BlackComedyAnimalCruelty: The comic ends with Ultraman trying to snipe Owlman and Superwoman with his heat vision, only to incinerate a nearby cat stuck up a tree by mistake.
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* OffModel: At various points, Ultraman is missing his gloves.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: In-universe. The Antimatter Universe is the MirrorUniverse concept taken to its logical conclusion, where practically everybody is an awful person and evil is literally ordained to win.
* EvilVersusEvil: Owlman's war with Commissioner Wayne is revealed to be this once the latter finally wins and reveals that his idea of a "good" Gotham is a totalitarian PoliceState.
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* ShoutOut: Kyle asks if anyone hears ''Series/TheXFiles'' theme when he noticed the dead passengers' dollar bills has Benedict Arnold's face.
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* ShoutOut: Kyle Flash asks if anyone hears ''Series/TheXFiles'' theme when he noticed the dead passengers' dollar bills has Benedict Arnold's face.
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One night, the Justice League of America rescue a passenger airliner from crashing... only to discover that not only are the passengers within already dead, but their hearts are on the right side of their chests. Going off a black box recording that mentions Lex Luthor, the League confronts Luthor in his office, but find that the man before them is not Lex Luthor, but ''Alexander'' Luthor, a heroic duplicate from a MirrorUniverse who had traversed to the DC Universe to recruit the aid of the League in his battle against their own [[EvilTwin evil counterparts]]: the Crime Syndicate of Amerika.
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One night, the Justice League of America rescue a passenger airliner from crashing... only to discover that not only are the passengers within already dead, but their hearts are on the right side of their chests. Going off a black box recording that mentions Lex Luthor, the League confronts Luthor in his office, but office. However, they find that the man before them is not Lex Luthor, but ''Alexander'' Luthor, a heroic duplicate from a MirrorUniverse who had traversed to the DC Universe to recruit the aid of the League in his battle against their own [[EvilTwin evil counterparts]]: the Crime Syndicate of Amerika.
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-->'''[[spoiler:Brainiac]]''': Beyond good + evil. Beyond the morality + conceptual framework which limits 3rd level intellects such as your own. I am free to upgrade + evolve!
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* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: The Crime Syndicate return with full force to lobotomize [[spoiler:Brainiac]] before he can achieve supreme intellect and destroy both Earths.
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* BigDamnVillains: The Crime Syndicate return with full force to lobotomize [[spoiler:Brainiac]] before he can achieve supreme intellect and destroy both Earths.
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* CompositeCharacter: Superwoman is still Franchise/WonderWoman's evil MirrorUniverse counterpart, but Morrison adds the twist that in her secret identity, she's a journalist named Comicbook/LoisLane. Though her secret identity resembles Diana Prince.
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* CompositeCharacter: Superwoman is still Franchise/WonderWoman's evil MirrorUniverse counterpart, but Morrison adds the twist that in her secret identity, she's a journalist named Comicbook/LoisLane.ComicBook/LoisLane. Though her secret identity resembles Diana Prince.
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* TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] and [[InvertedTrope inverted]]. The Antimatter Universe is a reverse of the main universe in every way, right down to the narrative level. Just like how the villains always lose no matter how close they are to victory in the main DCU, the heroes always lose no matter what.
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* TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] {{Discussed|Trope}} and [[InvertedTrope inverted]]. The Antimatter Universe is a reverse of the main universe in every way, right down to the narrative level. Just like how the villains always lose no matter how close they are to victory in the main DCU, the heroes always lose no matter what.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: An interesting spin on this. The main DCU, while having many different writers who are varying shades of optimistic and cynical that put it all over the scale, is overall idealistic by premise, which is mostly selfless heroes defending the innocent people of Earth, and the message is that there will be struggling and it'll take time, but hope and justice will win out in the end. The Antimatter Universe, as a complete moral inverse, down to the narrative level, is on the absolute Cynicism end: evil is all this world knows and all it ''can'' know. Heroism is rejected by both the inhabitants and the cosmos itself, and so the book ends with the Justice League giving up on this world (for now) and the status quo of injustice and corruption restored.
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* TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] and [[InvertedTrope inverted]]. The Antimatter Universe is a reverse of the main universe in every way, right down to the narrative level. Just like how the villains always lose no matter how close they are to victory in the main DCU, the heroes always lose no matter what.
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* MirrorUniverse: Even the narrative laws are different in the Crime Syndicate's verse.
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* MirrorUniverse: Unlike the pre-Crisis Earth-Three (notice the number is spelled out), basic morality is reversed on the Antimatter Universe, creating an Earth where BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad. It's worth noting that ''everyone'' on this Earth is villainous in some way: the Crime Syndicate are obvious, the civilians outright reject the Justice League's attempts to do good, and even the "heroic" characters like Lex Luthor and Commissioner Wayne have an evil streak. Even the narrative laws are different in the Crime Syndicate's verse.
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* UnusualEuphemism: Combined with OurGoodIsDifferent. For example:
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* UnusualEuphemism: Combined with OurGoodIsDifferent.BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad. For example:
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''[[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsJLA JLA]]: Earth 2'' is a graphic novel written by Creator/GrantMorrison and drawn by Frank Quitely, who would later team up for the critically acclaimed ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman''.
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* KryptoniteFactor: Inverted and defied. As a reversal of how Superman will be weakened and eventually killed by his proximity to Kryptonite, Ultraman needs Anti-Kryptonite to remain powerful and as such ends up weakening the longer he stays on Earth-2. Meanwhile, Anti-Kryptonite has no effect on Superman even if it still hurts a bit.
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Despite the self-contained feel of the book, the story reintroduces and reimagines the Earth-3 Crime Syndicate as Anti-Matter universe versions of the then-incarnation of the JLA and establishes their portrayal for the following decade. This version of the Syndicate would last until the events of the ComicBook/New52, where they would be rebooted as Earth 3 duplicates once more and be prominently featured in the CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'' as well as ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar''.
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Despite the self-contained feel of the book, the story reintroduces and reimagines the Earth-3 Crime Syndicate as Anti-Matter universe versions of the then-incarnation of the JLA and establishes their portrayal for the following decade. This version of the Syndicate would last until the events of the ComicBook/New52, where they would be rebooted as Earth 3 duplicates once more and be prominently featured in the CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'' ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'' as well as ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar''.
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* WouldHurtAChild: When the fake money started coming down, a couple stepped on a kid. It's unclear if the couple are his parents, or if the couple even care if he's hurt (or possibly dead) even when they find out the money is fake.
* YourCheatingHeart: Superwoman, who is married to Ultraman, has an affair with Owlman.
** Boss Gordon implies that he slept with Commissioner Wayne's wife.
* YourCheatingHeart: Superwoman, who is married to Ultraman, has an affair with Owlman.
** Boss Gordon implies that he slept with Commissioner Wayne's wife.
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* WouldHurtAChild: When the fake money started coming down, a couple stepped on a kid. It's unclear if the couple are his parents, or if the couple even care if he's hurt (or possibly dead) even when they find out the money is fake.
* YourCheatingHeart: Superwoman, who is married to Ultraman, has an affair with Owlman.
** Boss Gordon implies that he slept with Commissioner Wayne's wife.fake.
* YourCheatingHeart: Superwoman, who is married to Ultraman, has an affair with Owlman.
** Boss Gordon implies that he slept with Commissioner Wayne's wife.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: In Earth-2, Commissioner Thomas Wayne loses his son Bruce along with his wife Martha. This event is what causes Thomas Jr. to become Owlman.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: In Earth-2, "Earth-1", Commissioner Thomas Wayne loses his son Bruce along with his wife Martha. This event is what causes Thomas Jr. to become Owlman.
* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: {{Discussed}} trope. The key twist of the story was that even narrative causality was inverted on "Earth-1", so that all good deeds were doomed to failure in the mirror universe (just as evil was doomed to ultimate failure in the regular DCU). And particularly, the characters themselves realizing this, and acting accordingly.
** In many cases it came down to character motivations. In Earth-1, humans would toady up to any power that came along, whether it was good or evil, and would continue to be corrupt and self-serving regardless. In the good universe, Owlman discovered his alternate counterpart's father was dead and found he couldn't keep fighting because there was no one left to hurt.
** In many cases it came down to character motivations. In Earth-1, humans would toady up to any power that came along, whether it was good or evil, and would continue to be corrupt and self-serving regardless. In the good universe, Owlman discovered his alternate counterpart's father was dead and found he couldn't keep fighting because there was no one left to hurt.
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* UnusualEuphemism: Combined with OurGoodIsDifferentOurGoodIsDifferent. For example:
