Justice Lords
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Justice Lords' model sheets
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Justice League, episode A Better World |
| Created by | Stan Berkowitz |
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| Base(s) | The Watchtower |
The Justice Lords are a fictional team of supervillains who first appeared in the televised two-part Justice League episode "A Better World" which was broadcast on November 1, 2003.
The Justice Lords were brought into DC comics' canonical Multiverse with The Multiversity Guidebook #1 by Grant Morrison in 2015. Their world is situated on Earth-50 of DC's Multiverse.
The Justice Lords are an alternate Justice League from a parallel Earth whose roster resembles the original DC animated universe Justice League—an alternate Batman, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Martian Manhunter, Superman, and Wonder Woman—with the exception of The Flash, because the Flash from their universe is dead.
Their world diverges from that of the Justice League; their Lex Luthor is elected President of the United States and kills the alternate Flash, and establishes policies resulting in the country's "being on the brink of a war that could destroy the whole planet" according to Superman. The alternate Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman try to stop the war, storming the White House and confronting Luthor (who threatens nuclear war). When he tells the alternate Superman that no matter how many times Superman sends him to prison, Luthor would find a way back to power, Superman kills Luthor with heat vision and decides that he likes this new form of "justice". The other Lords also lose faith in humanity.
The Justice Lords seize the world's governments, ruling with an iron fist. Using their satellite base for surveillance, they suppress free speech, outlaw elections, impose curfews and eliminate crime by lobotomizing criminals and supervillains. Lord Superman has also imposed severe restrictions on his girlfriend Lois Lane's way of life, forbidding her from making phone calls, having unauthorized guests, or leaving her home. Although they justify their behavior as "temporary" and for the good of the people, it is tyranny to the Justice League.
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