Since the title was announced for Justice League Dark: Apokalips War, the biggest question in some fans’ minds was “hang on, who now?” Justice League Dark, the team of magical heroes that includes Constantine, Zatanna, Swamp Thing and a rotating cast of lesser-known mystics, has always had a very specific lane and focus: the supernatural. Not typically included in that mystical lane are Darkseid, Desaad, Apokalips, or the rest of the Fourth World heroes or villains. But the new trailer for the upcoming DC Animated feature sheds some new light on that puzzling “why:” because they’re all that’s left. 1h 30min | Animation | Video 5 May 2020Directors: Matt Peters (co-director), Christina Sotta (co-director)Writers: Ernie Altbacker (screenplay), Mairghread Scott (story)Stars: Rosario Dawson, Rebecca Romijn, Rainn Wilson From the looks of it, Apokalips War takes place some time after the post-credits scene in Reign of the Supermen. That movie revealed Cyborg Superman to be an Apokaliptian plant, working to destroy Earth on Darkseid’s behalf. In fact, an all-out invasion was only averted when Hank Henshaw’s ego overrode Darkseid’s programming, and he tried to take down Superman himself and closed the boom tube he had opened for Apokalips. In the post-credits scene, Luthor (voiced terrifically by Rainn Wilson) joined the League to take the fight to Apokalips. Here…yeah they’re all captured. Bad call. So that leaves the rest of the world this shared continuity has built. As a reminder, that includes Damian’s Teen Titans (as seen in Justice League vs. Teen Titans and The Judas Contract); the Suicide Squad (from the terrific Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay); and the assorted Bat-friends like Batwoman (from Batman: Bad Blood) and Bat-foes like Lady Shiva (from Batman: Hush). And, of course, it includes the members of Justice League Dark.

Since the title was announced for Justice League Dark: Apokalips War, the biggest question in some fans’ minds was “hang on, who now?” Justice League Dark, the team of magical heroes that includes Constantine, Zatanna, Swamp Thing and a rotating cast of lesser-known mystics, has always had a very specific lane and focus: the supernatural. Not typically included in that mystical lane are Darkseid, Desaad, Apokalips, or the rest of the Fourth World heroes or villains. But the new trailer for the upcoming DC Animated feature sheds some new light on that puzzling “why:” because they’re all that’s left.

1h 30min | Animation | Video 5 May 2020

Directors: Matt Peters (co-director), Christina Sotta (co-director)
Writers: Ernie Altbacker (screenplay), Mairghread Scott (story)
Stars: Rosario Dawson, Rebecca Romijn, Rainn Wilson 

From the looks of it, Apokalips War takes place some time after the post-credits scene in Reign of the Supermen. That movie revealed Cyborg Superman to be an Apokaliptian plant, working to destroy Earth on Darkseid’s behalf. In fact, an all-out invasion was only averted when Hank Henshaw’s ego overrode Darkseid’s programming, and he tried to take down Superman himself and closed the boom tube he had opened for Apokalips. In the post-credits scene, Luthor (voiced terrifically by Rainn Wilson) joined the League to take the fight to Apokalips. Here…yeah they’re all captured. Bad call.

So that leaves the rest of the world this shared continuity has built. As a reminder, that includes Damian’s Teen Titans (as seen in Justice League vs. Teen Titans and The Judas Contract); the Suicide Squad (from the terrific Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay); and the assorted Bat-friends like Batwoman (from Batman: Bad Blood) and Bat-foes like Lady Shiva (from Batman: Hush). And, of course, it includes the members of Justice League Dark.