Villains Month
| "Forever Evil" | |||
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| Publisher | DC Comics | ||
| Publication date | September 2013 – May 2014 | ||
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| Writer(s) | Geoff Johns, Brian Buccellato, Sterling Gates, Peter Tomasi | ||
| Artist(s) | David Finch, Richard Friend, Scot Eaton, Neil Edwards, Manuel Garcia, Scott Hepburn, Mick Gray, Jay Leisten, Jaime Mendoza, Jason Paz, Javier Pina, Norm Rapmund, Philip Tan, Patrick Zircher | ||
| Forever Evil | |||
| Forever Evil: A.R.G.U.S. | |||
| Forever Evil: Arkham War | |||
| Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion | |||
| Justice League of America Volume 2: Survivors of Evil | |||
| "Villains Month" | |
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An example of the "Villains Month" 3D lenticular covers, with the cover of Batman #23.1 or Joker #1 (September 2013 DC Comics). Art by Jason Fabok.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Format | One-shots |
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| Publication date | September 2013 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Multiple |
| Artist(s) | Multiple |
| Collected editions | |
| DC Comics The New 52 Villains Omnibus | |
| Forever Evil | |||
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| CBR | IGN | Newsarama | |
| Issue | Rating | ||
| 1 |    |
8.0/10 | 7/10 |
| 2 | |
9.0/10 | 8/10 |
| 3 | |
8.3/10 | 8/10 |
| 4 | |
8.0/10 | 8/10 |
| 5 | |
8.8/10 | 5/10 |
| 6 | |
9.2/10 | 8/10 |
"Forever Evil" is a 2013–2014 crossover comic book storyline published by DC Comics that began in September 2013 and ended in May 2014, consisting of an eponymous, central miniseries written by Geoff Johns and art by David Finch. It is the first line wide crossover since The New 52 reboot of the DC Universe, and focuses on all the villains of the DC Universe. The miniseries spins out of the events in "Trinity War". Johns revealed in August 2013, that the Crime Syndicate, an evil version of the Justice League from Earth-3 in the Multiverse, are the true villains of the event and not the previously thought Secret Society. The event was originally scheduled to end in March with Forever Evil #7, yet ended in May 2014, after the final issue got delayed to April, and eventually again to May. The final issue's delay was due to Johns realizing he needed more pages to conclude the story than originally intended.
With the three Justice League teams—the Justice League, Justice League of America, and Justice League Dark—"dead," the Crime Syndicate come from Earth-3 to take over this world, where they recruit villains to their cause. Earth-0 villains that resist the Crime Syndicate follow Lex Luthor to form the Injustice League to take down the Crime Syndicate.
In the final issue of the "Trinity War" event, the leader of the Secret Society, revealed to be Alfred Pennyworth of Earth-3, uses Pandora's Box to open a gateway from Earth-0 to Earth-3, which allows Ultraman, Superwoman, Owlman, Johnny Quick, Power Ring, and Deathstorm to arrive, while their teammate Sea King does not survive the trip. In addition, Superwoman brings a hooded prisoner through the gateway with them. Atom is revealed to be the mole in the Leagues and is actually Atomica from Earth-3. A sentient computer virus named Grid separates Cyborg's prosthetics from Victor's body. The Crime Syndicate attack the three Justice Leagues and claim Earth-0 now belongs to them.
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