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TheJustice Leagueis one of the orotund and most knock-down teams in funny book of account . When it come to defending the Earth , they ’re often the first line of defense . The Justice League has been through tons of battles over the age , but they ’ve also been in legitimatewarswith the fate of the full universe on the blood .
There are plenty of villain in the DC Universe who require nothing more than either thoroughgoing subjugation or unadulterated obliteration of all life story . This has lead to the Justice League involve to bolster their roll , so they always have enough citizenry to fight these villains off . Sometimes these baddie are absurdly knock-down in their own rightfield , sometimes they come with armies . No matter the place , the Justice League is always there to fight them and this has led to the League being involved in several full - scale wars . These are the top 10 biggest battles the League has been involved with so far .
10Prometheus vs. The Justice League
JLA#17 (1998)
The first time the Justice League almost ache a tangible defeat at the hands of one man takes place in the pages ofJLA#17 by Grant Morrison , Arnie Jorgensen , David Meikis , Mark Pennington , Ken Lopez , and Pat Garrahy . This story sees the brand - newvillain Prometheus pass through the Justice Leagueand very nearly put down them . Using his advanced equipment , Prometheus is able to systemically take down every member of the Justice League he comes across . Even Batman is outdo and overcome . The only hurdles for Prometheus are Superman and the unexpected appearance of Catwoman . While Prometheus is n’t able to win this encounter , he is one of the first to take on the entire Justice League on his own and nearly beat them .
9Starro The Conqueror
The Brave and the Bold#28 (1960)
The first villain the Justice Leagueever fight in the comics is Starro . This jumbo alien sea star look on Earth and begins lash out the planet , forcing Wonder Woman , Martian Manhunter , Green Lantern , and the Flash to all endeavor fighting it severally . When that fails , they team up to make for the beast down , as discover inThe Brave and the sheer # 28by Gardner Fox , Mike Sekowsky , Bernie Sachs , Joe Giella , Murphy Anderson , and Gaspar Saladino . Other toilsome hitters , like Batman and Superman , are aware of the invasion going on but are preoccupy with Superman in blank space and Batman fighting crime in Gotham . Starro has been a major resort enemy ever since , and his bequest has presently led to the major DC event ofBeast Worldplaguing the Earth right now .
8The Justice League vs. Darkseid
Justice League#6 (2012)
One of the biggest battles the Justice League ever face is inJustice League#6 by Geoff Johns , Jim Lee , Scott Williams , Sandra Hope , Batt , Mark Irwin , Alex Sinclair , Tony Avina , Hi - Fi , and Patrick Brosseau . This comic point the first prison term in theNew 52canon that Darkseid invades Earth . This involve several heroes all over the major planet doing their best to repel the Parademon US Army , but finally , they gain they have to stomach together to have any promise of beating Darkseid . This is the first clip theJustice League forms to fight Darkseid . Even with the combined might of the Justice League , Darkseid still closely wins and conquers Earth . With the knowledge that such powerful threats like Darkseid exist in the galaxy , the Justice League decide they have to stay together for when he finally returns .
7The Joker’s Endgame War
Batman#35-40 (2014-15)
One of the chic thing the Joker ever does is take out the Justice League before launching a full - scale rape on Gotham City . The Joker manages to taint every fellow member of the Justice League with his Joker Venom , leaving them bedfast and altogether unable to function . The villain then found an assault on Gotham City , spread out his toxicant throughout the town and turning most civilians into basically Jokerfied zombies . This forces Batman to resort to rely on his rogues ' verandah of villains to combat the Joker . The Bat - Family and the varlet team up to fight Joker ’s army of zombified civilians as Batman face off against the Joker himself . While the Justice League is n’t capable to make an appearance in this state of war , that is entirely due to the Joker ’s design .
Joker ’s warfare was seen inBatman : Endgameby Scott Snyder , Greg Capullo , Danny Miki , FCO Plascencia , Dezi Sienty , and Taylor Esposito .
6Green Lantern Corps vs. Superman’s Regime
Injustice: Gods Among Us - Year Two(2014)
One of the biggest state of war in DC ’s history takes place in the substitute universe ofInjustice . When Superman takes over Earth , the Green Lanterns step in to stop him . This precede to a full - scale leaf war between Superman ’s government and the Green Lantern Corps , as seen inInjustice : graven image Among Us - Year Twoby Tom Taylor , Mike S. Miller , Rex Lokus , and Wes Abbott . The Green Lanterns obviously can not bear by while an alien takes over a planet in their jurisdiction , and Superman is n’t going to submit to someone else and give up his government after everything he ’s done . Because of this conflict , Superman ends up with a yellow lantern ringand slaughter the intact Green Lantern Corps , including press Ganthet and Mogo into the sun , killing both of them .
5The Living vs. The Dead
DCeased: War of the Undead Gods#6 (2023)
The dark universe that DC has ever explored is without a incertitude the universe of discourse ofDCeased . It ’s in this world that a zombie virus is accidentally loose and turns the bulk of hoi polloi into monster . This virus is able-bodied to regard anyone , including superpowered people . This nominate it signally grave , and the virus spreads instantly through either strong-arm wound or seeing infected screens , like from a phone . finally , the virus pass around out into the galaxy and infect the New Gods . This results in a cosmic regular army of the dead that the hold out Justice League has to fight down , as see inDCeased : War of the Undead Gods#6 by Tom Taylor , Trevor Hairsine , Andy Lanning , Rain Beredo , and Saida Temofonte .
4Survivors vs. Vampires
DC vs. Vampires#6 (2022)
Another twisted universe that takes a unlike approach shot thanDCeasedisDC vs. Vampires . Instead of animmediateapocalypse , this taradiddle observe a quiet apocalypse where the Justice League is slowly turn into vampire along with everyone else and the world is misplace before anyone even knows it . This finally culminate in the last survivors of humanity launch a full - scale blast againstNightwing , the King of Vampireswho orchestrates the fall of the globe . want to kill Nightwing once and for all , Batgirl leads a terminal ragtag variation of the Justice League against Nightwing ’s realm in the ruins of Gotham City . This last encounter was seen inDC vs. Vampires#6 by James Tynion IV , Matthew Rosenberg , Otto Schmidt , Francesco Mortarino , Pierluigi Casolino , and Tom Napolitano .
3The Atlantean Amazon War
Flashpoint#1 (2011)
When Barry Allen settle to prevent his female parent ’s murder , he end up run back in time to deepen her death . Doing this charge reverberations throughout the timeline and changes just about everything . One of the major change is Wonder Woman and Aquaman have an affair . When Mera , Aquaman ’s married woman , finds out , she tries to kill Wonder Woman , who then kill Mera in self - defense . Heart - separate over the death of his married woman , Aquaman declare war on the Amazons . This war salary across the Earth and causes the decease of zillion . It ’s one of the bloodiest war the Justice League has ever been involve in because it ’s one that on purpose includes the death of civilians at certain points . This state of war was first mention inFlashpoint#1 by Geoff Johns , Andy Kubert , Sandra Hope , Alex Sinclair , and Nick J. Napolitano .
2The DC Universe vs. Imperiex
Our Worlds At Warevent (2001)
There have been tons of cosmic villains over the age who have threatened reality , but one of the most grievous is Imperiex - Prime . Imperiex detects imperfections in the universe and settle to destroy it and redo it anew . Because of this , he lead to Earth , which he destine to make the staging footing for his assault on the rest of the macrocosm . Imperiex knows that if he can destroy Earth , he ’ll be able to destroy everything else outward from there . The terror of Imperiex is so great that Hero and scoundrel from across the DC Universe rallying together to struggle him . In a gonzo turn of events of fate , Darkseid ends up being Metropolis ' greatest hero . Eventually , Imperiex is get the better of , and he realizes that the imperfectness he smell out in the creation is himself . The great war against Imperiex can be register in theOur World ’s At Warevent .
1DC’s Entire Multiverse vs. The Batman Who Laughs
Dark Nights: Death Metal#6 (2021)
Dark Nights : Death Metalis one of the braggart events that DC has ever published and saw every Italian sandwich and villainfighting to hold launch the Multiversefrom the Batman Who Laughs . The Batman Who Laughs bring in the powers ofWatchmen ’s Dr. Manhattan and becomes seemingly unstoppable . He is fully capable of rewrite reality in his simulacrum , and he intends to ruin and remake the entire Multiverse for his perverted amusement . This result in just about every hero and villain who ’s ever existed team up to stop the Batman Who Laughs and his army of evil doppelgängers from the Dark Multiverse .
The last war for the Multiverse can be seen inDark night : Death Metal#6 by Scott Snyder , Greg Capullo , Jonathan Glapion , FCO Plascencia , and Tom Napolitano . This war is n’t just for the fate of one major planet , it was for the fate ofallplanets . Concluding with the elaboration of the DC Multiverse into an Omniverse and the launch of DC’sInfinite Frontierera , this is without a doubt theJustice League ’s greatest fight .
