Justice League (Film)

***Justice League*** is one of the DCRU Phase 1 titles, being the first installment of the Justice League Movies.

## Synopsis

A self-proclaimed intergalactic messiah named Vril Dox arrives on Earth. Now, the Justice League must come together in order to save the planet from this megalomaniacal alien. However, Superman discovers that Dox is much more connected to his home planet of Krypton than he originally seemed.

## Plot

In Central City, forensic chemist Barry Allen is alone in his crime lab at CCPD Headquarters in the middle of the night. Allen is analyzing some sort of Technological Boomerang he found broken in a crime scene. The lights flicker, and Batman appears in front of him saying he's a friend of Silas and knows Barry is the vigilante known as "Flash", and proceeds to tell him he needs help. Barry asks him with what he could help, and Batman throws a Brainiac Sentry head towards the forensic chemist. The Dark Knight says he is assembling a team of heroes to stop a planetary invasion.

The next morning, in Amnesty Bay, Canada; Arthur Curry is in the harbor with his father, talking about his newfound love. The two are surprised by Vulko, who arrives from under the water telling them that something strange had arrived in Atlantis. Arthur says goodbye to his father and goes with Vulko to his Laboratory, where he finds a dismembered Brainiac Sentry being analyzed by scientists, and beside it, the body of a dead Atlantean Soldier . Arthur and Vulko start discussing, and Arthur tells him that a man from the surface named Bruce Wayne warned him that there was a great danger coming to Earth, but he didn't believe him. Vulko then advises Arthur to go find this man, as this danger could cause more deaths on Atlantis and the surface world.

Meanwhile, Barry and Batman arrive at the Central City S.T.A.R. Labs Facility with the Batplane while batman talks to Alfred through the vehicle's Communicator. There, they find scientist Silas Stone, who is studying the Brainiac Sentry head that Batman had brought in, while Barry talks to Batman explaining about his connection to the Speed Force. Silas asks if the robot had said anything about its purpose, and Bruce sarcastically replies that he didn't have time to ask. The Sentry's head then turns on, scaring Barry and Silas, as a robotic voice comes out of it repeating the phrase "Humans; relinquish the Kryptonian, and the Earth will be spared". Right after, we see Brainiac himself inside his Ship. He notices that one of his Sentries is sending a Signal. The Coluan sees the heroes through the Sentry's camera. He deduces that the Kryptonian must be being protected by them, and sets off towards Central City sending a squadron of Sentries to arrive earlier and reconnoiter the area before he arrives.

On the same day in Smallville, we see Clark playing with his young son on his family's farm. Lois calls the two of them into Clark's parents' house, and the entire family gathers for lunch. Jonathan asks his son if Jon had ever shown any Kryptonian signs, saying that Clark started lifting the cows from the farm when he was Jon's age. The family lunch is interrupted when Clark receives a call from Bruce Wayne, on the communicator he got from him. Bruce tells Clark that he has discovered what those robots that are appearing across the continent want; Superman. Clark puts on his New Suit (that he found stored at in his Fortress) on, and tells Lois to go home.

**Arthur**: "*A pleasure to meet y'all, I'm Arthur C—*"
**Barry**: "*Oh my God, you're the Aquaman!*"
— Barry and Arthur at S.T.A.R. Labs

Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Batman says that now there is only one Metahuman left to contact. Silas' son, Victor Stone, appears on the Lab, and corrects the Caped Crusader, saying that she is not a Metahuman, she is an Amazon. Batman then asks how they can contact her, and Victor replies that his father told him about a place on the island of Crete called the "Shrine of the Amazons" that can be used to signal a call for help to Paradise Island, and proceeds to explain how the signal works. In the middle of the conversation, however, eight Brainiac Sentries invade the laboratory. The head was sending a signal to its Mothership without the heroes noticing. The heroes face the robots, but they're outnumbered. They are then saved by Arthur Curry, the Aquaman, who followed the Sentries and was looking for the Dark Knight. Batman and Flash, now with Aquaman's help, manage to defeat the robots. Arthur introduces himself to Barry, Silas and Victor. Superman then arrives in the Lab and says that he will get the robot's head to his Base, because since robots have a Kryptonian connection, he already knows how to get information about it.

"*Warning: a large-scale object appears to have breached the Sector. Multiple Life forms have been detected inside it.*"
— John's Ring warning the Lantern about Brainiac's Ship

In Metropolis, we see Ronald Troupe sitting on a bench in Metropolis Park, feeding birds. He starts to have severe headaches, as he hears a voice calling him by his original name; J'onn. He then asks if it was really who he thought it was calling him, but gets no answers. He then decides to go to Lois and Clark's apartment, to try to talk to them. Meanwhile in space, John Stewart is monitoring his Sector, when he is warned by his Ring that something unknown has just invaded the Sector. The Lantern then quickly flies to Earth to alert the others.

Now, Clark, having brought the Sentry's head to the Fortress of Solitude, contacts his parents' AIs, asking if they know anything about it. Jor-El and Lara are horrified to see robot's head, and say that that was the reason Kal-El was on Earth. Superman's biological parents use the robot Kelex to show him a holographic recording made by Jor-El just before the destruction of their home planet. There, Superman's parents are in Jor-El's Laboratory saying goodbye to their son, when the Brainiac Sentries invade the place, and they need to send Kal-El's Pod in haste.

At Lois' home, Troupe rings the doorbell and the journalist answers, surprised by the visit. Ronald asks if Clark is home, since he needs help, and Lois replies that she can help him. Troupe then explains that he knows Kent's Superman identity, and that he isn't from Earth either. Lois asks if he is also Kryptonian, and Ron corrects her by showing her his Martian form. Jon arrives in the living room, startled by J'onn's true form, not recognizing him. But J'onzz explains that he's still his Uncle Ron. Lois tells the Martian that Clark went to Central City, but he's now in his Fortress. J'onn then uses his telepathic powers to contact Superman, telling him to go back to Central City.

Back in Central City, John Stewart arrives at S.T.A.R. Labs to warn the heroes that Brainiac had arrived in the Sector. Bruce then tells John and Barry to go to the Island of Crete to use the Amazon Temple signal to ask Wonder Woman for help. In Themyscira, Diana is practicing dueling with her aunt Antiope. Antiope wins, and says that Diana has not been focusing on her training. The Amazon general asks how Diana will protect her sisters when real danger occurs. An Amazon messenger, Iphinoe, interrupts the training to warn that the signal from the Shrine has been activated. Diana immediately recognizes that it can only have been Silas who activated it. Antiope orders her niece not to go, saying that it is forbidden to interfere with human affairs, even more so without the Queen's permission. Even though she knew there would be consequences, Diana says she needs to help her friends, for they know that they could only use the signal if it was an emergency. Diana then runs to the Stable, where her Pegasus, Discordia, is. She mounts the animal and heads toward Crete.

Meanwhile, in Central City, Superman arrives at S.T.A.R. Labs, saying he has received a telepathic message from someone. Bruce, Silas and Victor are in the room confused, until J'onn J'onzz appears phasing through the wall, saying it was him. The martian shows his real form to them, saying he needs help finding someone. Kal-El says that they are preparing for an invasion, and that if he helps them, they can help J'onn as well. At this point, J'onn has another severe headache, falling to the ground. He is able to make contact with whoever was calling him before, asking who it was. The voice replies that it is M'gann M'orzz, and that her physical body is trapped in cryogenic state. J'onn loses contact with M'gann again, and agrees to help them. At the Shrine of the Amazons, Diana arrives with her pegasus and sees John and Barry. She asks where Silas is, and the two reply that he sent them from Central City because an alien invasion is taking place there at that very moment.

At Central City, Alfred warns Bruce through his Communicator that WayneTech satellites had detected more of those invaders entering the atmosphere. The heroes then hear people screaming and explosions coming from outside the Lab. When the group goes outside, they see that Brainiac's Skull Ship has arrived on Earth as the night falls. The robots keep repeating the same sentence that the other Sentry head had said before. The heroes face the numerous Sentries as J'onn starts to sense M'gann's presence closer, and realizes that she is inside the ship. He manages to unite his psychic power with hers, helping M'gann to free herself from the cryogenic state. The young Martian manages to destroy part of the ship and fly out. J'onn finds and hugs her, telling her to flee from the battle, but M'gann decides to help the heroes as well. After that, Brainiac himself descends from his ship into the center of the city. He calls for Superman, who arrives near the Coluan preparing his heat vision, saying that he knows what Brainiac has done to Krypton. The coluan answers that leaving Kal-El alive was a mistake, which he needs to correct now.

**Brainiac**: "*An Amazon... I've heard about your kind. You'd be a fine addition to my collection.*"
**Diana**: "*I belong to no one, Outsider.*"
— Brainiac and Wonder Woman during the battle

Flash, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman join the battle to take on the robots and protect the people from the wreckage; while M'gann goes inside Brainiac's ship and J'onn and Batman (inside the Batplane) fight the Ship's Tentacles. Meanwhile, Superman is fighting Brainiac alone, but the Coluan is too strong. Wonder Woman then steps in to help Clark. Brainiac is impressed by the Amazon's strenght, mentioning that he would like to add her to his "collection". After facing Brainiac's security on the ship, J'onn and Bruce manage to disable the cryogenic pods that contained several females of different alien species.

In the middle of the battle, part of the S.T.A.R. Labs building falls, hitting Victor Stone. Silas calls for help, and the Flash goes to save the young man. Barry says it's likely Victor won't survive; but Silas doesn't give up, and takes his son into a high-security underground room in the Lab.ave the young man. In the meantime, Superman and Diana are facing Brainiac. The Coluan breaks the Amazon's sword, but the two manage to defeat the villain, who dies lying on the ground as he sees the Sun rising as Batman and the Martians are leaving his ship, while Green Lantern carries off all the females he was holding captive. As Brainiac dies, all of the Sentries are deactivated, and his ship starts falling from the sky. Diana and Clark fly to catch the Ship before it crashes, stopping it from causing any more casualties.

Superman recognizes that one of the females looks like a human, and asks where she is from. The young woman replies that she came from Krypton, and that her name is Kara Zor-El, daughter of Zor-El and Alura In-Ze. Kal-El falls into tears saying that Zor-El was his father's brother, and introduces himself as Jor-El's son. Kara remembers that she met him shortly after his birth, and hugs the hero. John says he will take the Skull Ship to The Guardians' Vault in Oa and help the females find new homes, but notices that one of them is a Bolovaxian woman. He then says that he has a friend she would like to meet. After the fight, reporter Cat Grant of the Daily Planet arrives at the scene and asks the heroes who they were; asking if they were the new Justice Society. Flash tries to answer no, but Batman interrupts him, stating that they were the Justice League.

## Post-Credits

### 1st Scene

In the Batcave, Alfred arrives to put tea for Bruce, who is designing the floor plan for some place. Alfred says he is happy that Bruce is able to work as a team again, and asks what that blueprint would be for, with Wayne repling that it will be the new base for the newly founded League: The Hall of Justice.

### 2nd Scene

In the room where Silas took his son, we see the scientist taking out some kind of Technological Box from a secret vault. He then talks to himself about this being Victor's only chance to survive his injuries.

## Appearances

Alfred PennyworthAlura In-Ze
(mentioned)AntiopeArthur CurryBarry AllenBruce WayneCatherine GrantClark KentDiana of ThemysciraDiscordiaGawildaIphinoeJ'onn J'onzzJohn StewartJon KentJonathan KentJor-El
(holographic AI)Kara Zor-ElKilowog
(indirectly mentioned)Lara Lor-Van
(holographic AI)Lois LaneM'gann M'orzzMartha KentMera Lammia
(indirectly mentioned)Nuidis VulkoSilas StoneThomas CurryVictor StoneVril DoxZor-El
(mentioned)

## Trivia

* The initial idea for the film had the Legion of Doom as the main antagonists. The group would be led by Lex Luthor, consisting of Black Manta, Captain Cold, Cheetah, Grodd, Metallo and Scarecrow.