DC Comics Infinite Frontier No. 0 shows how DC Future State was more than a two month long event. It connects to the future of DC Comics as well.
The DC Comics Future State crossover is finished, but not it’s over… not entirely. The two-month long comic book event showcased one of the possible futures that may happen to DC’s characters.
Some of the things we’ve seen may come to pass, while others may not. For the most part though, everything is back to normal. Well, as normal as things can get in DC Comics. Now the new event Infinite Frontier has begun. In issue No. 0, we see that the events of Dark Nights: Death Metal and Future State have affected the universe.
Origins of the Magistrate in DC Infinite Frontier?
One of the biggest parts of DC Future State was the rise of the Magistrate. The organization was hired to keep masked heroes out of Gotham City, shooting them on sight if they crossed paths with them. This leads to the “death” of Bruce Wayne, a new Batman taking over, and some of the Bat-Family incarcerated. It looks like this could still happen.
Infinite Frontier opened with a deadly attack by The Joker. It appears that the Clown Prince of Crime has shown up and killed a bunch of people in Arkham Asylum (though this writer isn’t entirely convinced that it’s him). Among the victims is Bane – who was still in restraints, but with a giant grin on his face due to Joker Toxins.
Batman tried to help the last officer standing, but inadvertently caused the deaths of the remaining people in Arkham Asylum. When the Gotham PD arrived, they told Batman that he was under arrest, resulting in the Mayor in Gotham officially declaring no more masked vigilantes were to fight crime in Gotham. If we’re going by what happened in DC Future State, the Magistrate could be coming next.
Black Adam isn’t a villain?
Elsewhere, Superman appeared on-scene after a superpower fight. When he arrived, however, he was informed that they were saved by SHAZADAM. The Man of Steel assumed they meant Shazam but he was wrong. The survivors showed Superman their phones to reveal that it was actually Black Adam who saved them.
The Flash, Barry Allen, thinks this is a supervillain team-up gone bad but Superman believes otherwise. He believes that this may be who Black Adam wants to be now. Whether that’s true or not remains to be seen.
Black Adam isn’t always a supervillain. Even when he is, sometimes his motives are to protect Kahndaq. Maybe Superman’s need to believe in people is correct this time.
Dark days or Bright beginnings for Jonathan Kent?
While Wonder Woman and Spectre are looking over this new universe, they come across Jonathan Kent. Spectre looks at him and sees something bad waiting to happen. His time spent with a twisted version of his father, Superman, and thousands of years in the future may cause him to become nothing like his father. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman sees the courage and strength of his father. As she’s explaining, Jon displays that strength. Saving the day like his father would.
Will Jon become a hero or future villain? Just because his mother and father are good people, who knows what his future holds. We’ve seen the best heroes turn evil. If Black Adam can become a hero, who’s to say Jon can’t turn into the next major villain?
Alan Scott comes out
Comic book readers have know that Alan Scott was gay for some time now but what happened here was much more than the fans knowing. He came out to his kids.
This was a moment that wasn’t easy for him even though he knew that his children loved him unconditionally. His son knew, however, and was giving him words of encouragement as he tried to get the words out. Finally, Alan said, “I’m gay.” His daughter immediately hugged him. She was shocked that he’d kept it from her so long, but happy that he told them.
An emotional moment indeed, but perhaps the most striking part was his realization that he could go into his new job without any fear. He was free.
New Wonder Woman
With Wonder Woman’s disappearance, it was time for a new Amazonian to step up. A bunch of them were fighting for the right to be the next Wonder Woman. Diana’s mother Hippolyta stepped in and asked who would be prepared to face death for the honor. Then three of them volunteered – that was until they were told that they’d have to look Medusa in the eyes. Death is one thing, but a life of stone is another.
Only one was truly ready. Nubia was that woman. With Nubia in charge, Hippolyta set out on a mission to find an Amazonian named Yara in Brazil.
Arsenal is back
Arsenal was killed back in 2018 during Heroes in Crisis. Less than three years later and he’s back from the dead. The first person he calls is Oliver Queen, Green Arrow, but he hangs up before he can talk to him. He thinks on who to call next. Would it be Dick Grayson? Donna Troy? Jason Todd? He votes on no one. Instead, he’s embarking on a new journey. What that adventure is remains to be seen. We can almost guarantee that he’ll have a run in with all of them at some point. Maybe we’ll see Red Hood and Arsenal team-up again.
Darkseid and the Undoing
At the end of DC Comics Infinite Frontier No. 0, we see two major threats. First, there’s Darkseid – a being of almost unlimited strength who is so powerful that it often takes the entirety of the Justice League to defeat him (and even then, he never seems to stay down for too long). On top of that, it looks like he controls the Beings that destroyed most of the universe: The Undoing. If not for Wonder Woman defeating them (DC Future State: Immortal Wonder Woman No. 2) they would have ended everything.
It appears that the DC Comics Infinite Frontier crossover will be a fight against these combined forces so it will be very interesting to see how this plays out.
What are your thoughts? Was DC Comics Infinite Frontier No. 0 a good way to connect what happened in Future State? Are you excited for what comes next? Let us know in the comments below!