Injustice: Alternate Endings

Injustice: Alternate Endings is a one-shot story set in the Injustice universe. Written by Tim Seely, with Jose Luis & Daniel HDR on pencils, Jonas Trindade & Daniel HDR on inks, and Tony Avina providing colors. This comic was not released traditionally in comic shops and was instead paired with 4 of the McFarlane Page Punchers action figures as part of the second wave of Injustice figures. I got this comic along with my Injustice Supergirl action figure but from what I can gather, the Batman, Green Arrow, and Doctor Fate figures also came with this same book. These 4 characters all appear on the cover and in the story but I would argue that the story’s main focus is on Green Arrow and Supergirl. I have not personally played either of the Injustice games so some of my facts may be inaccurate but I have done some research in regards to this story so I have done my best to avoid any errors. From what I can tell, this comic takes place after the events of Injustice 2 and features an Alternate Ending to how the game might have played out.

Before we get into alternate timelines, Green Arrow spends a page catching the reader up on the events of Injustice and Injustice 2 before we get thrust into this alternate story where Superman didn’t get banished to the Phantom Zone and convinced Supergirl to his side. We meet our 2 stars as we see Supergirl flying a handcuffed Green Arrow back to the home base where she hands off the archer to be taken into custody. Supergirl then reports this to a Superman who is wired into a computer monitoring system and Supergirl realizes that her cousin is beginning to act much more like Brainiac. Leaving Kal with the words “I always do what needs to be done”, Kara then grabs Green Arrow and escapes the Fortress after fighting through many of Superman’s goons.

Kara tells Oliver that Superman hasn’t seemed fully up to snuff recently and Oliver suggests that he’s perhaps under the influence of magic and recommends the go to Doctor Fate to help sort this out and get the universe set back to rights. At the Tower of Fate, the pair are met with a very off looking Tower and a brainwashed Batman who has been sent by Superman to take them out. Green Arrow and Batman work out some of their feelings in a fistfight/argument while Supergirl tracks down Doctor Fate.

Supergirl finds the Doctor but realizes he’s blue now and apparently under the control of Superman (seems to be a theme on this universe). Superman tries to take Supergirl on one-on-one but due to his weakened state Supergirl is able to get the upper hand. She then “undoes the knots in the threads of destiny” as Doctor Fate puts it, but basically she’s just brute forcing a bunch of magic lightning and eventually sets the universe right again.

Ollie of course wakes up to his wife uttering another woman’s name before we get a couple pages of the universe being set back to right and we close out on a really nice hero shot of the new Justice League. To close out this book there’s a couple pages of ads, first of the Injustice series of comics, then other collected editions from DC, mostly Justice League and Crisis stories, a Dwayne Johnson Black Adam jump-scare, and finally an advertisement for the DC Universe Infinite app.

From what I can gather, the canon universe that Green Arrow is trying to set right is part of the Absolute Justice ending of Injustice 2 where Batman’s team has overtaken Superman and gotten him secured in the Phantom Zone. The universe that most the story takes place in seems to be similar to the Absolute Power ending where Superman’s team wins and Superman brain washes Batman to do his bidding. In the Absolute Power ending Supergirl is shown to not take up Superman’s side however so it is a bit different in that respect. When I got the figure initially I was just expecting a reprint of one of the Injustice 2 comics so a brand new exclusive story that centers around Supergirl was quite a treat. I think Green Arrow fans would be equally as excited by this story but if someone picked up the Batman or Doctor Fate figures that also got paired with this comic I imagine they would be a tad disappointed due to the relative lack of content featuring either of those characters. I feel like this story helps reinforce Supergirl as a force for good even in a universe where Superman has used his power to rule and from what I’ve read it seems like that goodness is also present in her portrayal in the game. While I wouldn’t say this is an overly fantastic story, it is well written and it’s 20 pages of new story set in a universe that I really enjoy exploring that I got for free along with a really nice looking Supergirl figure.