- "Your father sacrificed himself to mark that box. We have to get back to my lab and use the satellite to scan the earth for thermal anomalies."
"I'm already on it.
"I'm sorry, you have a satellite?"
"I have six."
"Right."
"Let's go find this son of a bitch." - ―Bruce Wayne, Victor Stone, and Barry Allen[src]
The Battle of Pozharnov[1] was the final conflict between the Justice League and Steppenwolf.
Background[]
Now with all three Mother Boxes in his possession, Steppenwolf decided that it was time to seal the Earth's fate via terraforming it like countless other planets under the orders of Darkseid's Elite.[2] Doing so would redeem Steppenwolf for his betrayal of Darkseid. Steppenwolf and his Parademons went to Pozharnov, Russia[1] and once there, they decided to used a decommissioned nuclear plant as their base of operations for the Unity.[2]
Battle[]
Combat in the Fields[]
- "I'm gonna take out that tower and knock down that shield dome. Whatever you see, stick to the plan. Its why I brought you together."
- ―Batman to the Justice League[src]
As the Justice League arrived to Pozharnov and gathered to face Steppenwolf and the Parademons, Batman informed the group that he would destroy the tower that had the force field around Pozharnov, where he would get them inside as soon as possible. Steppenwolf notably watched the Mother Boxes form the Unity as he notified the Parademons of the League to let them come and battle him.
Piloted the Flying Fox, with the Batmobile inside, Batman blasted missiles onto the force field to get inside and blasted more onto the tower that made the force field dome, so he successfully opened the whole shield.
Crash-landing to the ground, Batman quickly released the Batmobile to get enough time to drive onto the road, while the Flying Fox crash-landed. Batman then attempted to get the attention of the Parademons, which worked, and some of them chased the Batmobile. They then attacked the Batmobile, ripped off one of its guns before opening the car up before Wonder Woman and the rest of the League saved Batman. Aquaman jumped on the Batmobile before getting attacked by Parademons, leading Cyborg to save him and throw him to the other Parademons. The Batmobile got knocked over and destroyed, but Batman ejected from the vehicle, used his grapple to swing across, and took out some Parademons who were firing large, cannon-like weapons at the team.
Battle with Steppenwolf[]
- "Tell me, Amazon... Why did you abandon your own sisters, only to cast your lot with these creatures, clinging to their puny lives? You weren't there to protect them from me. And, sadly, you could have."
- ―Steppenwolf to Wonder Woman[src]
The trio of Aquaman, Wonder Woman, and Cyborg personally took on Steppenwolf, who fought fiercely. Cyborg then split off to work on separating the Mother Boxes while the Flash build up a charge to get him inside and weaken the Boxes from within.
Superman's Arrival[]
- "For Darkseid!"
"Not. Impressed." - ―Steppenwolf and Superman[src]
Superman about to use his heat vision on Steppenwolf
Eventually, Superman found the League at the nuclear facility in Pozharnov, Russia. Wearing his new black and silver suit, he encountered Steppenwolf and attacked him using both punches and heat vision, and in the process, froze and destroyed his axe, giving Cyborg and the Flash time to separate the Unity. He kept on him until Cyborg needed him to help him separate the Boxes.
Separating the Mother Boxes and Flash's Time Reversal[]
- "Okay... Just gotta go faster than the speed of light, far beyond the speed of light, you gotta break the rule, Barry, and you gotta do it now!"
- ―Flash[src]
Superman and Cyborg stand over the separated Mother Boxes
Though Steppenwolf was beaten by Superman, the Unity still synchronized and the world was left scorching, while a Boom Tube opened to Apokolips to give the world to Darkseid. Injured by a Parademon's blast, the Flash ran out of time to send Cyborg into the Unity. Remembering that he could go back to before the Unity occurred and prevent it if he ran faster than light, the Flash did so, even running as the world was rebuilding, and was able to then deliver the charge to Cyborg, who entered the Unity. The boxes took the form of his late parents Silas Stone and Elinore Stone, and himself, whole and with no cybernetic parts. They invited him to join them, and "make [him] whole again" and "not alone anymore". Cyborg saw through this veil and illusion the Boxes created to confuse him, and he destabilized the Boxes. He then called Superman over to help him separate the Boxes, and they did so.
Steppenwolf's Defeat[]
- "I told you... Steppenwolf would fail."
- ―DeSaad to Darkseid[src]
Enraged by the Justice League's separation of the Unity, Steppenwolf attempted to fight them, but was impaled by Aquaman, punched by Superman in the air back through the Boom Tube, and then decapitated by Wonder Woman. Steppenwolf's body and severed head both fell through the Boom Tube in Darkseid's throne, where the general's head was halted and stepped on by Darkseid before the Boom Tube closed.
Aftermath[]
The World's Greatest Heroes[]
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Superman opens his shirt, revealing a silver crest of the House of El
In the aftermath, the heroes all went their separate ways, but remained bonded under the newly-formed Justice League.[2]
Barry Allen got a job in a crime lab, Ryan Choi acquired the Kryptonian ship and becomes the Director of Nanotechnology, Bruce, Diana, and Alfred began work on renovating the former Wayne Manor into the Hall of Justice, while Bruce still returned to Gotham to fight crime, and Clark resumed his work as Superman.[2]
Bruce Wayne also helped Clark get Martha Kent her house back by buying the bank that she owed payments to.[2]
On a certain shore, Arthur bid farewell to Vulko and Mera, telling them that he was off to see his father before hitching a ride with a man.[2] At some point, Arthur Curry arrived at the Amnesty Bay lighthouse early before dawn to await his father. While there, he bragged to Topo about having helped save the world.[3]
Lex Luthor escaped Arkham Asylum, met with Deathstroke on his yacht, and ended up revealing to him that Bruce Wayne was Batman.[2]
One year after the Battle of Pozharnov, Mera tried to convince Arthur Curry to stop Orm Marius by reminding him that he also saved Atlantis by defeating Steppenwolf.[4]