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A team of superheroes from across the multiverse, who formed after combating the Gentry. Its members are from alternate universes, and their line-up changes over time — as did their name, eventually, to Justice League Incarnate. However, their goal remains the same — to tackle threats so massive that they threaten the multiverse.
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    General 
  • The Cameo: If there's a story where the multiverse is used since the team's inception, it's likely a relevant member (or a character connected to them) will cameo.
  • Cool Ship: The Ultima Thule, which they received from Nix Uotan. It uses music to navigate the multiverse.
  • Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The team is actually well-organised under the leadership of Calvin Ellis, but can give off a misfit vibe. Especially with some of the contrast between their more serious members and their goofier or more lighthearted characters. But visually, this is especially noticeable, which is definitely intentional.
  • Superpower Lottery: The team is made up of people who have won this. Almost everyone is a huge powerhouse, with the exception of Dino-Cop, the two Batmen and maybe Machinehead.
  • Wolverine Publicity: You'll notice that there are quite a number of Batmen and Supermen compared to, well, everyone else.

Founding Members

    Aquawoman (Earth 11) 

AKA: Ariel Curry

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The Aquaman of a world where everyone's gender is changed.

Ariel is the daughter of an Atlantean King and a lighthouse keeper. She is the champion of Earth 11, ruler of two thirds of the planet and a member of the Justice Guild.
  • Adaptational Name Change: Her name pre-Flashpoint was Anna Curry. Post-Flashpoint, she wasn't given a civilian name, so it was assumed to be the same, until 2021 when it was revealed her name is Ariel, possibly as a Shout-Out to The Little Mermaid.
  • Ascended Extra: She was one of a handful of characters featured in the Countdown Presents issue focusing on Earth-11. By The Multiversity she's become Earth-11's most prominent heroine, serving as both the Justice League Incarnate's representative for her world and filling its slot for an Aquaman figure.
  • Badass Boast: As the Thunderer makes it rain on Earth-15, Aquawoman boasts to Nix Uotan that she is the most powerful superbeing on her Earth.
  • Composite Character: In the post-Infinite Crisis Earth-11, she has some traits from the Arthur Joseph Curry Aquaman.
  • Gender Flip: She's female Aquaman, as on her Earth, everyone's gender is different— this includes her parents, as it was an Atlantean King and a female human lighthouse keeper who were her parents.
  • Heart Is an Awesome Power: She's an alternate version of Aquaman and she boasts that she's the most powerful lifeform on her Earth.
  • The Lancer: She's the second-in-command, and will default to the role of leader if Calvin is busy.
    Batman (Earth 17) 

AKA: Bruce Wayne

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The Batman of a post-nuclear holocaust world.

After watching his parents mutate into monsters, Bruce Wayne became Batman. He's a member of the Atomic Knights of Justice.
  • Anti-Hero: Of a different kind from usual Bat-folk: He's much more bad tempered, prone to swearing and shooting first, but given the world he's from, and the life he's had to live, it's not surprising.
  • Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: In the Infinite Frontier era, he's suspiciously not prominent compared to everyone else. This just happens to coincide with the more popular Flashpoint Batman joining the cast.
  • The Comically Serious: He's a grim Batman who's all business (even by Batman standards). In his interactions with Baby Batman, it meant he served this purpose.
  • The Lost Lenore: He used to have a Dick Grayson, much like other Batmen, but lost him under undisclosed circumstances.
  • Powered Armor: Wears nuclear-powered armor, like near everyone else on this Earth, to protect from the radiation.
    Captain Carrot (Earth 26) 

AKA: Rodney Rabbit

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The Superman of a world of anthropomorphic animals.

Rodney Rabbit transforms into a superpowered gigantic rabbit when he eats one of his cosmic carrots. He is the leader of the Zoo Crew.

For tropes applying to Captain Carrot in general, see Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!.
  • Does Not Like Magic: Even beyond the regular Superman levels of not liking magic, Captain Carrot seems outright terrified of it. He mostly references how terrifying it is to be the subject of magic tricks involving rabbits.
  • Plucky Comic Relief: He can be counted on to add levity to the team, since everyone else is pretty serious.
  • Toon Physics: Because of the Earth he comes from, these are in effect for him wherever he goes. To wit — he survived being beheaded because of it.
    Dino-Cop (Earth 41) 

AKA: Rex Stegman

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Not Savage Dragon from the Not Image Comics Universe.

Dino-Cop is the dispatcher for the team, and works from the House of Heroes.
  • Captain Ersatz: He's a recoloured Savage Dragon.
  • Mission Control: Dino-Cop doesn't really see action and works to field emergency calls from the multiverse.
    Green Lantern (Earth 20) 

AKA: Abin Sur

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The Green Lantern of a pulp universe.

Abin Sur is the Green Lantern protecting Earth, and a member of the Society of Superheroes.
  • Badass in Distress: One of many multiverse Green Lanterns who gets captured by Zundernell.
  • Composite Character: Is Abin Sur but wears Alan Scott’s uniform. He therefore evokes both of Hal Jordan’s predecessors.
  • Horrifying Hero: Keeps himself secret because he looks like a devil, and doesn't want to unnerve the humans.
  • Offscreen Moment of Awesome: He was believed dead by the time Earth-40 began its attack, but turns out he was just busy dealing with Count Sinestro and comes back in a Big Damn Heroes moment.
    Machinehead (Earth 8) 

AKA: Unknown

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The Iron Man of the Not Marvel Universe.

Machinehead is an inventor and member of the Retaliators.
  • 24-Hour Armor: Due to the injuries he received during the "war in secret", he's never seen without his armor, to the point that Captain Carrot is surprised to see him out of it briefly (and seeing his face, seems to get why he doesn't take it off).
  • Apologetic Attacker: He's very apologetic to President Superman during their fight, and wishes his former leader would join him.
  • Captain Ersatz: He's obviously the equivalent of Iron Man.
  • Darker and Edgier: In-universe, he says his universe was made darker as a result of Flashpoint.
  • Face–Heel Turn: Joins Darkseid's Injustice Incarnate under the belief that the New God can keep the Earths from crossing over.
  • Facial Horror: What's beneath the helmet is not a pretty sight; he basically looks like Deadpool.
  • Good Scars, Evil Scars: We see his scarred face when we find out he's a traitor.
  • Powered Armor: His signature copper-colored power suit.
  • The Smart Guy: His role on the Retaliators and later Justice Incarnate.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Yeah, trying to argue with Darkseid after he orders him to back off was never going to work out well for them.
    Mary Marvel (Earth 5) 

AKA: Mary Batson

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The Mary Marvel of a universe where the Marvel family are the only superheroes.

Mary Marvel lives in a world that is soft and kindhearted. She's a member of the Marvel Family.
  • Abhorrent Admirer: Mary had one in the form of a Hannibal Lecter-esque Sivana who repeatedly expressed his desire to have her. Luckily for Mary, he was offhandedly killed before he ever even met Mary.
  • Snap Back: She's basically the original Mary Marvel from Fawcett Comics. There's no angst from the post-Crisis era or any attitude from the post-Flashpoint era. She's an old fashioned superheroine.
    Red Racer (Earth 36) 

AKA: Ray

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The Flash of a world of Expies of Expies.

Ray is a gay man, in a relationship with his world's Green Lantern, who goes by Flashlight. The two are also members of Justice 9.
  • Ascended Fanboy: Manages to meet several of the heroes from his favorite comic books over the course of his appearances.
  • Back from the Dead: He is resurrected and reunited with his boyfriend Flashlight in a story Grant Morrison penned for DC Pride 2023.
  • Bury Your Gays: During a guest appearance in Superman (Rebirth), he (and only him) performs a Heroic Sacrifice to save a bunch of Supermen from across the multiverse.
  • Dork Knight: Much like Barry Allen of Earth-0, he's a huge comic nerd.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: He dies building a second Ultima Thule after Earth 0's Superman gets the first destroyed in a gambit to defeat Prophecy. He actually seems to be aware of the tendency for speedsters to do this during multiversal crises, as he lampshades it at one point.
    Superman (Earth 23) 

AKA: Kalel / President Calvin Ellis

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The Superman of a world where black people are the majority.

Kalel landed on Earth as always, where he was adopted by a loving couple. However, he eventually ventured into politics, while continuing his life as Superman, which eventually led him to becoming the President of the United States of America. He is also the leader of his world's Justice League, as well as the leader Justice Incarnate.
  • Better as Friends: He dates Doctor Multiverse for a few months, but they decide their mission is more important and they couldn't make things work out.
  • Boxing Lessons for Superman: Learned strong boxing fundamentals from his adoptive parents. Presumably, this was before his powers started to kick in.
  • Celibate Hero: Calvin can tell when women are attracted to him, and is attracted to people. However, he just doesn't have the time for relationships with all he has on his plate.
  • Clark Kenting: Slightly different from regular Superman, what with his different day job. He uses lifelike robots while alternately claiming he's taking power naps when he has to dash off to his other job.
  • A Day in the Limelight: Action Comics (New 52) gives him a two-part story focusing on him fighting the other-dimensional menace of Superdoom.
  • Early Installment Character-Design Difference: His debut at the end of Final Crisis is nearly identical to the standard Superman except for his ethnicity and the colors of his chest insignia being inverted. By issue nine of Action Comics (New 52), in addition to following the standard Superman's lack of Underwear of Power, he is made more distinguishable by omitting the spit curl and his costume overall having a more distinct look (particularly his cape and boots).
  • Intergenerational Friendship: He's the first one to get to know Flashpoint Thomas Wayne, who besides coming from a different universe is also several years older than him.
  • The Leader: A threefold! He leads the free world as President in addition to the Justice League of his world and the multiverse champions of Justice Incarnate.
  • No Celebrities Were Harmed: Was given a solo issue during Barack Obama's first term as president and was explicitly meant to echo him.
  • Palette Swap: His suit is slightly different from regular Superman, with the shield's colors inverted - yellow "S" on a red background. As stated above under Early Installment Character-Design Difference, he initially looked almost exactly like the regular Superman except for his ethnicity and his chest insignia having inverted colors.
  • President Superhero: His alter ego is President of the United States. Some of his fellow heroes find this a bit suspect, arguing that it might not be completely ethical for him to continue doling out international vigilante justice in disguise when he's supposed to be respecting the borders of other nations as America's president, to say nothing of the fact that being an alien means that he's violating the law that only natural-born United States citizens can serve as President.
  • Race Lift: This Superman is still a Kryptonian, but appears black, and this was part of the point of his character — since he's explicitly based on Barack Obama.
    The Thunderer (Earth 7) 

AKA: Unknown

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The Thor of the Not Ultimate Marvel Universe.
  • Captain Ersatz: Of the Ultimate Thor, being a thunder-focused demigod.
  • Sole Survivor: He’s the only one to survive his Earth’s destruction by the Gentry.

Later Additions

    The Flash II (Earth 0) 

AKA: Bartholomew Henry Allen

The second Flash of the prime DC Universe, Earth 0.

After the defeat of the Darkest Knight and the restoration of the Omniverse, Barry Allen was offered membership within Justice Incarnate. After making sure Earth 0 was in the safe hands of his successor, Wally West, Barry took Justice Incarnate up on their offer and returned to his roots as a scientist. Eager to explore the multiverse, Barry soon found himself caught in yet another cosmic crisis.

Barry is the second superhero known as the Flash, and a founding member of the Justice League of America.

For tropes applying to Barry outside of the team, see The Flash: Barry Allen.
  • Put on a Bus: Not soon after joining the team, Barry is sent to Earth-Flash.1 by Pariah, requiring that Justice Incarnate recruit Avery to rescue him. In Justice League Incarnate, Avery and the titular team do find Barry, but he (almost violently) insists on not going anywhere.
  • Replacement Goldfish: He takes the place of Red Racer as the team's token speedster.
    Batman (Flashpoint) 

AKA: Doctor Thomas Wayne

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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."
The Batman of a dark 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.

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.

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.
  • Abusive Dad: 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.
  • The Ace: 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.
  • The Alcoholic: He's implied to drink a lot and we see him drunk before his "final mission" with Barry to undo the Flashpoint.
  • Arch-Enemy: 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.
  • Arch Nemesis Dad: 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.
  • The Atoner: 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.
  • Breakout Character: He was created for the 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 Earth 2 created an Expy of him in the form of their second Batman, who was also a Darker and Edgier take on Thomas Wayne, and had a costume heavily inspired by Flashpoint Batman's. Then, during 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 "The Button" 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 Flashpoint Beyond miniseries.
  • Cosmic Plaything: Thomas' world is brought back by Dr. Manhattan — essentially a god figure at the time — purely to mess with Barry and Bruce and encourage Bruce to stop being Batman.
  • Darker and Edgier: 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.
  • Depending on the Writer: 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.
  • Deus Angst Machina: 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.
  • The Dragon: 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 The Chessmaster.
  • Dragon Ascendant: 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.
  • Evil Counterpart: 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.
  • Face–Heel Turn: 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.
  • For Want of a Nail: 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.
  • Heel Realisation: 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.
  • Insane Troll Logic: He is motivated by his Papa Wolf tendencies to prevent his son from experiencing the immeasurable pain that comes with being Batman. This leads him to have Alfred murdered, thereby causing Bruce immeasurable pain.
  • Intergenerational Friendship: 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.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: 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.
  • The Last of His Kind: He's the only survivor of his timeline, which was restored by and then destroyed by Doctor Manhattan to manipulate Bruce and Barry.
  • Love Makes You Evil: 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.
  • Love Redeems: Once he realizes that Bruce Wayne will always be Batman and happier for it, he decides to protect the multiverse.
  • The Matchmaker: 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.
  • Old Superhero: 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 superhero for a while before returning to the role, albeit still being as grouchy as ever.
  • Outliving One's Offspring: In his timeline, Bruce Wayne was killed and he lived another 30+ years, becoming an embittered and violent vigilante.
  • Tragic Keepsake: The gun he uses is the gun Joe Chill used to kill his son.
  • Uncertain Doom: At the end of Tom King's run, it's not quite clear what happens to him after Bane breaks his spine — does it kill him or just cripple him? Infinite Frontier, by a different writer, reveals he recovered and avoided dying during A-Day.
  • Unexplained Recovery: Between the ending of Flashpoint and the start of The Button, 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.
  • Ungrateful Bastard: 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.
  • You're Not My Father: 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.
    The Flash V (Earth 0) 

AKA: Avery Ho

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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.

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.

For tropes applying to Avery outside of Justice Incarnate, see The Flash – The Flashes.
  • Jumped at the Call: 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.
  • Legacy Character: 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.
  • Nice Guy: 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.
    Doctor Multiverse (Earth 8) 

AKA: Doctor Maya Chamara

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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.
  • 0% Approval Rating: She's not liked on her Earth, with even her own former teammates the Retaliators all but sneering at her.
  • Better as Friends: She dates President Superman for a few months, but they decide their mission is more important and they couldn't make things work out.
  • Captain Ersatz: The name and white starfield costume seems to make her one to Marvel's Captain Universe.
  • Entertainingly Wrong: She believes that the Great Darkness has been acting as the Greater-Scope Villain of the DC Universe ever since Crisis on Infinite Earths, 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. 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 Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths. Meaning all of the other villains mentioned were always acting on their own, and Doctor Multiverse just spouted a bunch of assumptions.

Allies

    Superjudge 

AKA: Nix Uotan

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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.

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.

For more, see The Multiversity.
    Superdemon (Earth 13) 

AKA: Etrigan

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"Quit! Quit now, the form of man! Rise, Super-Demon! Etrigan!"
An Etrigan/Superman hybrid from an occult universe.

Rocketed to Earth from the dying planet Kamelot, Etrigan became the superhero Superdemon. He is the leader of the main superhero team of his universe, the League of Shadows.
  • By the Power of Grayskull!: A slightly different version from the usual couplet that summons regular Etrigan.
  • Composite Character: He's a merging of Etrigan and Superman.
  • The Dreaded: Fate and his crew crap their pants when Superdemon shows up to take them up on the fight they wanted to give Calvin.
  • Good Is Not Soft: When Calvin is being harassed by Fate and his friends at the Tavern of Mystery, he grabs Fate, gets up in his face as fire erupts from his nose. He's not one of the nice Supermen.
  • Last of His Kind: The last survivor of the doomed planet Kamelot.
  • Rhymes on a Dime: It is a version of Etrigan, after all.

Injustice Incarnate

Formed in response to the restoration of the omniverse, Injustice Incarnate is the Injustice League to Justice Incarnate's Justice League.

The team is formed from various individuals from the multiverse who seek to keep the worlds of the multiverse apart. To this end, they serve Darkseid, with the understanding that he will protect their Earths from the chaos of the multiverse.
  • The Dragon: 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.
  • Evil Counterpart: To Justice Incarnate, naturally, being the multiverse' Injustice League and all. Individually, many members effectively "counter" members of Justice Incarnate — however, only Sivana hails from the same universe as the Leaguer he's a counter to.
  • Unwitting Pawn: According to Fate, many of the team were siding with Machinehead and his goals of keeping the Earths apart. However, they were not aware that Darkseid was the man behind the team.
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: Generally speaking, they want to keep the Earths from interacting because their worlds have been damaged by the nature of the multiverse.

Founding Members

    Doctor Sivana (Earth 5) 

AKA: Doctor Thaddeus Bodog Sivana, Sr.

The Doctor Sivana of a universe where he the Marvel Family are the only superheroes.

Sivana previously joined forces with other Sivanas to rule the multiverse. This plan was foiled by the heroes of the multiverse and especially the Marvel Family.
  • Abusive Dad: He thinks his children are worthless, feeds into their insecurities, and uses them as guinea pigs to test out his makeshift Shazam transformations.
  • Card-Carrying Villain: Since the universe he's from is simpler, he openly cackles like a villain and talks about how evil he is.
  • Evil Counterpart: He's Injustice Incarnate's answer to Mary Marvel.
  • Lighter and Softer: He's an old-fashioned comic book villain, not like modern depictions of Sivana which tend to really lean into some darker stuff with his mad scientist side.
  • One-Winged Angel: He managed to steal some of the magic from the Rock of Eternity to empower himself as "Black Sivana" for a while.
    Fate (Earth 13) 

AKA: Jared Stevens

An anti-hero Doctor Fate from an arcane universe.

Fate's world was attacked by the vampires of Earth 43, but he was luckily saved by Superdemon of Earth 13. He's a member of the League of Shadows (his world's Justice League)
  • Face–Heel Turn: He worked alongside other heroes in the multiverse against the Sivanas, but come Infinite Frontier, he wants the universes kept apart.
    Jokero (Earth 32) 

AKA: Unknown

The Joker of a universe where everyone is a merging of two characters.

This is the Joker if he was also Sinestro.
  • Composite Character: Of Joker and Sinestro, obviously. He's seemingly mostly Joker, just with Sinestro's powers.
  • Evil Counterpart:
    • He's Injustice Incarnate's yellow lantern to mirror Abin Sur being Justice Incarnate's Green Lantern.
    • On his own Earth, he's this to his Batman, Bat Lantern — in his universe, Bruce Wayne became a bat-themed Green Lantern,
  • Slasher Smile: He sports the Joker's trademark grin.
    Lady Quark (Earth 48) 

AKA: Tashana

A superheroine from a space opera universe.

The original Lady Quark was a survivor from the original Crisis, who went on the join L.E.G.I.O.N.. When the multiverse was altered after Flashpoint, her Earth went from Earth-Six to Earth 48. She is ruler of a monarchy as well as a superhero.
  • Defrosting Ice Queen: During her time on L.E.G.I.O.N., she was incredibly cold or angry most of the time. She would eventually mellow out.
  • Sole Survivor: After the first Crisis, she was the sole survivor of her universe.
  • Unexplained Recovery: She was seemingly killed late in L.E.G.I.O.N.'s run, but randomly returned around Infinite Crisis without explanation.
    Machinehead (Earth 8) 

AKA: Unknown

"Every time something bad happens in the multiverse, it happens because of Earth-0."
The former Justice Incarnate member, who agreed to work with Darkseid to protect his Earth, unbeknownst to Justice Incarnate. See above for tropes relating to him.
    Magog (Earth 22) 

AKA: Unknown

"Outsiders are no longer welcome on our world."
Not Cable from a universe where the '90s anti-heroes duked it out with the Silver Age heroes.

For tropes applying to Magog in general, see Kingdom Come.
  • Captain Ersatz: He's Cable, complete with eye scar, random metal arm and 90s anti-hero attitude.
  • Evil Counterpart: In a meta sense, him being an anti-hero makes him one to Thunderer, who hails from an Ultimate Marvel-esque universe, where everyone is an anti-hero.
  • Ignored Epiphany: In Kingdom Come, he learned that the ends don't always justify the means and that anti-heroic antics don't always work. Guess what he's doing now?
    Superdoom (Earth 45) 

AKA: Superman

A Superman from a world where Superman was a thought projection hero created by and copyrighted to Overcorp, who used him to dominate Earth 45.

Superdoom has fought Earth 23's Superman and Earth 0's Superman in the past.
  • Corporate-Sponsored Superhero: Described as a “killer franchise”, Superdoom was sadly taken to the trope’s most darkest degree to the point that even Earth 23’s Lex Luthor can’t stand him.
  • Evil Counterpart: To Superman, obviously. Specifically for Justice Incarnate, he's the opposite to President Superman and Captain Carrot.
    Superwoman (Earth 3) 

AKA: Lois Lane

The Wonder Woman from a universe where everyone's morality is flipped.

An Amazon who ventured into Man's World and killed a reporter named Lois Lane and took her identity. She is also a member of the Crime Syndicate.

For tropes applying to Superwoman in general, see Justice League of America: Crime Syndicate
  • Evil Counterpart: On the team, she serves as one for Justice Incarnate's Supermen.

Other Enemies

    The Gentry 
An evil force that corrupts the multiverse, in part with memetic implants of ideas through comic books. After they were fought off, Justice League Incarnate formed as a result.

For more, see The Multiversity.
    The Empty Hand 
The puppet master behind the Gentry. The Empty Hand casually dismissed the assembled heroes of the multiverse when they fought the Gentry, preferring instead to continue its plans on its own terms.

For more, see The Multiversity.
    Prophecy 
A villain who sought to collect Supermen and Superwomen from the multiverse, in order to save his world from oncoming destruction.

Prophecy was defeated by the Superman of Earth 0, alongside the Supermen and Superwomen of other universes, with the aid of Justice Incarnate.
  • Crippling Overspecialization: For some reason, all of his godlike powers were in his hands. So the Supermen just... made him hit himself.
  • Vagueness Is Coming: His purpose is to espouse this. He wants to protect his universe from a coming threat, and for some reason needs Supermen and Superwomen to do it. The last time we see him is even this, with Mr. Oz ominously mocking him.
  • The Worf Effect: His entire existence is basically so he can be stopped by the Supermen and then easily teleported away and imprisoned by Mr. Oz to build up Oz as a threat.
    X-Tract (Earth-Two) 

AKA: Cameron Chase

The Cameron Chase of the original Earth-Two that was destroyed during Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Cameron was erased along with her reality during the first Crisis. However, with the restoration of the omniverse, Cameron found herself restored — albeit not on her world. She sought out Director Bones of the DEO and worked alongside Darkseid. Her job was to hunt down those that had lingering "multiversal energy" that he could exploit.
  • Death by Origin Story: Her universe being destroyed is what caused Cameron to slip down the slope to supervillainy, not that the regular Cameron is an angel or anything.
  • Evil Counterpart: She's the villainous version of the anti-heroic Cameron Chase.
  • Good Scars, Evil Scars: Aside from her older age and shorter hair, X-Tract has a scar on the left side of her face to distinguish her from the more anti-heroic Earth 0 Cameron.
  • Mysterious Past: Her identity is hidden and kept a secret from Earth 0's Cameron until she reveals herself to her, and explains her past.
  • Remember the New Guy?: She's meant to have existed on the original Earth-Two, and seems to have had a history with Earth-Two's Director Bones. However, the DEO, Bones and Chase did not exist during the Golden Age, which is why they were never mentioned before now, even by characters who remembered Earth-Two.
    Darkseid (Earth Omega) 
New God and ruler of Apokolips. After the restoration of the "omniverse", the various fragments of Darkseid reconstituted into a single Darkseid, who seeks to control the omniverse.

For tropes applying to Darkseid in general, see New Gods – Darkseid
  • Big Bad: Of Infinite Frontier and Justice League Incarnate, being the most apparent threat to the new omniverse.
  • Physical God: He doesn't break a sweat fighting off Justice Incarnate, which, let it be reminded, is a team where over half the members are super strong and durable.
    The Batwoman Who Laughs (Earth 11) 

AKA: Kathy Kane

Formerly the Batwoman of Earth 11, Kathy Kane was corrupted by the Great Darkness. This forced her to follow a path similar to the Batman Who Laughs, and she was transported through the multiverse, and began seeking the crack in the multiverse as well.
  • Distaff Counterpart: She started as a female Batman and turned into a female Batman Who Laughs.
  • Evil Former Friend: Kathy was previously friends with Aquawoman, who she now takes glee in fighting.
  • Fallen Hero: Previously one of the upstanding heroes of Earth 11, she was corrupted by the Great Darkness.
  • Wild Card: She's seemingly not part of Darkseid's plans at all, and was sent to just ensure Justice Incarnate didn't free Barry Allen.

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