Earth 2: World's End #1 [Yanick Paquette Cover]

(December 2014)

Apokolips Now (Table of Contents: 1)

Earth 2 / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script

Daniel H. Wilson (plot and script); Marguerite Bennett (script); Mike Johnson (script)

Pencils

Scott McDaniel (breakdowns); Ardian Syaf; Eddy Barrows; Jorge Jiménez; Paulo Siqueira

Inks

Sandra Hope; Danny Miki; Eber Ferreira; Cam Smith; Jorge Jiménez

Colors

John Kalisz; Allen Passalaqua; Jason Wright

Letters

Dezi Sienty

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Terry Sloan; Mister Miracle; Mister Terrific [Michael Holt]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dick Grayson; Barbara Gordon Grayson; Johnny Grayson; Superman [Val-Zod]; Red Tornado [Lois Lane]; Hawkgirl [Kendra Munoz-Saunders]; Batman [Thomas Wayne]; Queen Marella [Aquawoman]; James Olsen; Commander Amir Khan; Power Girl [Karen Starr; also as Supergirl in flashback]; Huntress [Helena Wayne; also as Robin in flashback]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Doctor Fate [Khalid ben Hassin]; Bedlam; Fury; Barda; K'li (cameo); Sam Zhou (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent] (flashback); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback); Wonder Woman (flashback); Steppenwolf (flashback); General Sam Lane (flashback); Red Arrow [Connor Hawke] (flashback); Superman [Bizarro] (flashback); Martha Kent (cameo flashback); Selina Kyle (cameo flashback); Joan Williams (cameo flashback); Perry White (cameo flashback); General Stormy Foster (cameo flashback); Joker (cameo flashback); Atom [Al Pratt] (cameo flashback); Steel (cameo flashback); Beguiler (cameo flashback); Major Sonia Sato (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

Green Lantern reflects on the terrible events of the last several years since the first invasion from Apokolips. Power Girl and Huntress finally confront the strangers now accepted as Batman and Superman and learn some of the history behind them. The heroes are confronted with the newest menace from Apokolips.

Reprints

• in Earth 2 World's End (DC, 2015 series) #1 ([July] 2015)