In the wake of ABSOLUTE POWER (2024), the Justice League have reformed and expanded their ranks. Surely no threat can stand against a League this big. A new group called Inferno intend getting their hands on the world’s Iridium reserves to control the world’s global electronics industry. Or are they intent on something far worse?
Related Events: The All-In Special begins the ‘All-In’ era, but the full effect of that story until the launch of ‘Justice League Unlimited’, which also spins out to
Must-Reads: Issues in bold in the Core List or marked with a ✔ in the Full Reading Order are must-read stories from this event; in the Fallout section, issues marked with a ✔ are the stories that are most heavily impacted by this event.
Spoilers: The issue descriptions and fallout section contain spoilers, so be warned!
Previous events that directly impact this story:
- ABSOLUTE POWER (2024-2025) – Many meta-humans’ powers are lost or scrambled
Want to keep it simple? Here’s the chronological reading order without story descriptions, or spoilers:
- DC All-In Special #1 [1/2]
- Justice League Unlimited #1 [1/2]
- Justice League Unlimited #2
- Justice League: The Atom Project #1-2 (tie-in)
- Justice League Unlimited #3-4
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | DC All-In Special #1 [1/2] 52 days after the fall of Amanda Waller (during ABSOLUTE POWER, 2024), the Justice League are back in action as Justice League Unlimited! And they’ve built a new, larger Watchtower in Earth’s orbit. Membership is thrown open, wider than before. Superman invites Booster Gold personally. Reality aboard the new Watchtower shifts as the League sense Darkseid – now bonded with the Spectre – materialising aboard the space station. Zatanna empowers Superman to break Darkseid’s bond with the Spectre, only for the ruler of Apokolips to implode, thanking them as he dies and leaves a rip in time and space. Orion warns that, with Darkseid gone, the universe will create a new threat to take his place. The blank JLU membership card in the mission room becomes an Anti-Life-empowered doorway to the Elseworld (first hinted at during DARK KNIGHTS: DEATH METAL, 2021) that excudes chaos. Only time-travellers can go there, so Booster Gold volunteers. Mister Terrific sets a timer in his robotic companion Skeets that’ll bring Booster back in 10 minutes. Skeets goes missing when Booster makes the jump. Now he finds himself trapped on an Earth ruled by Darkseid and his own sinister Legion of Super-Heroes! Also see ALL IN. 1st appearance: Legion of Super-Heroes/Legion of Darkseid/Omega Legion (Brainiac 5/Querl Dox, Chameleon Boy/Reep Daggle, Colossal Boy/Gim Allon, Cosmic Boy/Rokk Krinn, Element Lad/Jan Arrah, Ferro Lad/Andrew Nolan Lightning Lad/Garth Ranzz, Kid Quantum/Jazmin Cullen, Phantom Girl/Tinya Wazzo, Saturn Girl/Imra Ardeen, Shadow Lass/Tasmia Mallor, Shrinking Violet/Salu Digby, Star Boy/Thom Kallor, Timber Wolf/Brin Londo, Triplicate Girl/Luorno Durgo, Ultra Boy/Jo Nah (all unnamed)), Absolute Universe/Elseworld (full appearance) New identity: Justice League as Justice League Unlimited (Prime Earth) |
| ✔ | Justice League Unlimited #1 [1/2] Much later, Superman and Wonder Woman lead Black Lightning, Firestorm, Kid Flash and Star Sapphire to a mission in Balhauzer, South Africa, when colossal robotic War Wheel drones sent by the mysterious cabal called Inferno who threaten the Iridium reserves. From the Watchtower, young hero Air Wave helps Star Sapphire save a man’s life. From a black box, Inferno warn Superman that the League already belongs to them. The Justice League accept Air Wave as their newest recruit, unaware he’s here to kill them! In Monteverde, Costa Rica, Batman and Blue Beetle discover glowing eggs?! Also see ALL IN. 1st appearance: Boruka (unnamed), Inferno (mention), Balhauzer |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Justice League Unlimited #2 Parademons have been hatching and stealing kids in Monteverde. Before Darkseid’s death, he sent the first self-aware Parademon to watch over a nest on Earth. But the Parademon has, instead, been trying to win his ticket back to Apokolips by kidnapping human children. While searching for the Parademon, Martian Manhunter reveals to Doctor Occult that he’s lost his ocular and mental abilities (during ABSOLUTE POWER, 2024). Manhunter unleashes on the self-aware Parademon and has to be restrained. He leaves in shame. In Singapore, the original Atom (Ray Palmer) and the new Atom (Ryan Choi) restore Atom Smasher’s powers, but realise they need help to continue their work. Also see ALL IN. 1st appearance: Mystic Symbol of the Seven |
| Justice League: The Atom Project #1 (tie-in) Three weeks ago, the Atoms brought Nathaniel Adam – the now-powerless Captain Atom – to the Watchtower and have been working to restore his powers. In the present, Ray Palmer and the U.S. Air Force try and fail to bring in the fugitive Captain Atom! Also see ALL IN. | |
| Justice League: The Atom Project #2 (tie-in) Just recently, Nathaniel Adam met Atom Smasher aboard the Watchtower, learning his restored powers caused him to mutate. He and the Atoms went to Northern Quebec where they discovered Captain Atom’s powers had bonded to a bear! Using their tech, they transferred the Captain Atom powers back to Nathan. Now, Captain Atom has access to numerous meta-human abilities. Having escaped the Atom, he locates the last living military doctor who originally forced his powers on him, hoping she’ll remove all of his powers. But General Wade Eiling plans on getting to the Captain first! Also see ALL IN. 1st appearance: Doctor Elsworth |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Justice League Unlimited #3 Twelve days after Air Wave joined the JLU, the Question confronts him over his secrecy, but thinks he’s just ashamed he has no home to go to on Earth. Inferno try to burn down the Amazon using ethereal fire! The JLU head to the Amazon, where Zatanna forces Inferno to reveal themselves through a rift. They tell of the doom they plan for the human race, then close the rift! But Doctor Occult jumps through before it shuts completely. Air Wave takes Aquaman to the Swamp Thing (Levi Kamei) in Louisiana, ony to watch him magically burn away before their eyes thank to Inferno. In Gateway City, Plastic Man and Phantom Girl have switched powers. The Atoms switch them back, only for Phantom Girl to vanish. Also see ALL IN. 1st appearance: Crispus (unnamed) |
| ✔ | Justice League Unlimited #4 Mister Terrific recruits Tefé Holland who, reluctantly, receives a magical boost from John Constantine and Zatanna. Doctor Occult is returned on fire, increasing the Amazon’s flames! Tefé takes Aquaman into the Green. Together they summon the Parliament of Trees to fend off the member of Inferno who knows Aquaman well, then free Swamp Thing so he can rapidly restore the Amazon. Tefé Holland rejects the JLU’s membership. Batman finds Martian Manhunter in Egypt. Inferno regroup, referring to Air Wave as their “man on the inside”. Also see ALL IN. |
See how this story fits into the wider DC Multiverse:
- ABSOLUTE UNIVERSE, 2024-Present – The Elseworld
| Must Reads | Issue & Fallout | Event / Crossover |
| Absolute Wonder Woman #1-5 (2024-2025) The Absolute Universe version of Wonder Woman is revealed. | ALL IN | |
| Absolute Batman #1 (2024) The Elseworld incarnation of Batman is introduced. | ALL IN | |
| Absolute Superman #1-3 (2025) Superman of the Elseworld makes his debut. | ALL IN | |
| Superman #23 (2025) The Omega Legion return, seeking out the new Time Trapper, who’s among the potential threats to Darkseid’s rebirth. | ALL IN RISE OF SUPERWOMAN | |
| ✔ | Summer of Superman Summer #1 (2025) Booster Gold is revealed to be a prisoner of Darkseid’s Omega Legion; Booster sends Validus back in time to alert Superman to his predicament. | ALL IN SUMMER OF SUPERMAN |
| ✔ | Justice League: The Atom Project #3-6 (2025) Justice League Unlimited #5-6 (2025) ‘Inferno’ are revealed to be the Legion of Doom, taken by Gorilla Grodd from the past to clash with the JLU in the present; the Atom Project oppose Inferno and help Captain Atom get back on track. | ALL IN WE ARE YESTERDAY |
| ✔ | Superman #28-30 (2025) Justice League Unlimited #10-11 (2025) Superman rescues Booster Gold from the Omega Legion, with an unexpected ally chosen by the Time Trapper; the Omega Legion assault Justice League Unlimited’s Watchtower. | ALL IN LEGION OF DARKSEID SUMMER OF SUPERMAN |
| ✔ | DC K.O. #1 (2025) Darkseid returns as King Omega; Booster Gold is revealed to still be under Darkseid’s control; Darkseid pits the Justice League against each other. | DC K.O. |
| Collected Edition Title | Collects… |
| Justice League Unlimited Vol. 1: Into the Inferno | Justice League Unlimited #1-6 |
| Justice League: The Atom Project | Justice League: The Atom Project #1-6 |
| Collected Edition Title | Includes… |
| All in Saga | DC All In Special #1 |
Reading Order © Omniverse Comics Guide 2026
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