Steppenwolf, uncle of the tyrannical ruler of Apokolips Darkseid, launches an invasion of earth to retrieve 3 mother boxes, but he is stopped and killed by the Justice League. As the league sees Darkseid through Cyborg's boom tube, they decide to take the war to his planet, Apokolips, before he could attack earth again. Superman is hesitant as Lois Lane is pregnant, but upon knowing the nightmare that Batman had, the league goes to Apokolips. After an intense battle, the league gets overwhelmed by the forces of Apokolips. Darkseid manages to capture Superman and discovers a way to manipulate free will, the Anti-life equation. As the portal to return to earth is destroyed, Batman tries to launch an attack on the planet but it fails and Darkseid manages to subdue earth, now renamed New Apokolips. Superman manages to escape from Apokolips, but when arrives to earth he sees the dead bodies of his mother, Martha Kent and Lois Lane. Full of rage, Superman kills Darkseid and puts himself as the supreme ruler of earth.
