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Summary
Superman and Batman are currently trap in the world ofKingdom Come , which is a dark prophylactic look into the potential future of the DC Universe . While the initial reason for this sorry worldly concern was the public acceptance and financial support of anti - heroes , that might not whole be the case any longer . DC has just disclose that while the boost of anti - heroes was sure enough a problem , they may have been helped along by the literal idol know as Gog .
As Superman tries to find his missed sidekick Boy Thunder in the world ofKingdom ComeinBatman / Superman : World ’s Finest#21 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora , thing have begun to speedily spiral out of ascendency . Boy Thunder is break to be an grownup now and harbor hatred for Superman for intellect unknown . In improver to that , it ’s revealed that every Hero of Alexandria on Earth now dish out the mysterious being known only as Gog .
This could go a retentive way to explain the drastic modification in Boy Thunder ’s posture towards Superman , as well as the fact the world ofKingdom Comeis completely unaware of the concept of the multiverse . All of these thing could be because of Gog ’s influence .
DC Comics is reveal the secret origination of one of its cracking villains as readers instruct the truth about how Magog from Kingdom Come came to be .
Gog Rules Over Kingdom Come
Originally create for the 1996Kingdom Comelimited series by Waid and Alex Ross , Gog is a graven image - like being who managed to escape the destruction of DC ’s Old Gods . He fell through the Bleed , fall across several realness before eventually landing on Earth . It ’s here that a cult began to idolise Gog and his influence grew . He eventually chose a champion that he named Magog . Waid now take back to that story inWorld ’s Finestthanks to the " new " theatrical role in the serial , Boy Thunder , who is fate to become Magog . That say , the original story ofKingdom Comedidn’t directly have Gog in it , mean that this visual aspect by the Old God is averydark sign of thing to add up .
Gog ’s front in this tale is a major trouble because , if he exist on Earth for long enough , he can hold fast to that land . If he ever leave that Earth , then it will exit without him . Since Gog has been onKingdom Come ’s Earth long enough , it ’s entirely possible there ’s no path to really get rid of him or spare the planet . Gog command the full Justice League , and evenKingdom Come ’s versions of Superman and Batman kneeling before him . This make him a massive terror and likely the reason why the existence is so twisted compared to the central DC Universe .
Gog Controls the Entire Justice League
Superman and Batman are facing dozens of problems on this strange new Earth they find themselves run aground on . They have to contend with Superman ’s former sidekick Boy smack turning into a villain , they have to fight back the versions of themselves from this Earth , and now they face a genuine immortal . Kingdom Comehas always been one of DC ’s darker universes , and now Superman and Batman know the reason why : this world completey worships the Old God Gog .
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BATMAN / SUPERMAN : WORLD ‘S FINEST # 21 ( 2022 )
