History ComicBook / InjusticeGodsAmongUs

* LetsYouAndHimFight: During the Olympian gods arc, Batman maneuvers WonderWoman into fighting Superman during TrialByCombat buy naming her as champion of the gods. She is honor-bound to uphold this and almost kills him before Sinestro returns and shoots her in the back, nullifying the challenge and triggering war with the Olympians.

* HappilyMarried: Kate and Renee are married in this continuity and from all indications it's been a success. Though they admittedly have bigger problems on hand than any marriage difficulties that might be present.

** In Year Four #4, Harley [[Literature/TheHungerGames volunteered as tribute]], and gave herself the name "Harnis Everquinn" (a spoof of the protagonist's name Katniss Everdeen).

In an {{alternate continuity}}, ComicBook/TheJoker orchestrates an event that claims millions of lives and drives ComicBook/{{Superman}} to his breaking point. Hoping to eliminate all crime and violence everywhere and prevent further such tragedies, the Man of Steel forms a worldwide [[Characters/InjusticeOneEarthRegime Regime]] with the aid of several other superheroes[[note]] Cyborg, the Flash, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Hawkgirl, Raven, Robin (Damian Wayne), Shazam, and Wonder Woman[[/note]] and declares himself leader. Batman, however, sees this as a gross abuse of power and forms his own group, the Insurgency[[note]]main members include Batwoman (Kate Kane), Black Canary, Black Lightning, Catwoman, Harvey Bullock, Captain Atom, Barbara Gordon (as both Oracle and Batgirl), Jim Gordon, Green Arrow, Huntress (Helena Bertinelli), Martian Manhunter, Nightwing (Dick Grayson), and Renee Montoya [[/note]], to dismantle the Regime. Many people, costumed and civilian alike, die in the process.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The end of Year Four. [[spoiler:Izaya managed to convince the Olympian gods to leave Earth forever, Superman captured ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}} and gives him to Darkseid as a prisoner, and a clone of Superman escaped...]]

** [[spoiler:ComicBook/LoisLane, her unborn child, ComicBook/JimmyOlsen, and the entire population of Metropolis]] are killed off to justify Superman's fall.

** In Year One #2, [[spoiler:Jimmy Olsen]] is murdered by ComicBook/TheJoker.
** In Year One #3, The Joker tricks Superman, using Kryptonite-laced fear gas, into [[spoiler:murdering ComicBook/LoisLane and their unborn child. Then, The Joker reveals that when Lois' heart stops, a nuclear bomb is set to go off... in Metropolis. The Justice League fails to stop Metropolis being reduced to wreckage and all of its citizens dying.]]

* PapaWolf: The entire third season was [[spoiler:John Constantine's XanatosGambit to protect Eose. He didn't care one whit about Superman's Regime or Batman's Resistance. He just wanted to kill Trigon so his daughter would be safe from him.]]

** In Year One [[spoiler:Jimmy Olsen, Scarecrow, Lois Lane, Joker, Dick Grayson, Kalibak, Captain Atom, Green Arrow, and a majority of Metropolis's citizens]] are all killed. An unnamed female speedster (heavily implied to be [[spoiler:Jesse Chambers]]) is incinerated during the destruction of Metropolis.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of several tropes at play in the DCU that get a soft pass in more idealistic comics.

* OffModel: The Year One series uses several different artists with different styles and varying quality. This can be a bit jarring in some of the lower quality art.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite creating a horrific tyrant out of the world's greatest superhero, Joker still does not like Nazi, as shown in Year Zero.

** In Year Zero, Joker expresses his distaste towards Nazi in a similar manner with the [[ComicBook/BatmanAndCaptainAmerica one time he said that to Marvel's Nazi villain.]]

** In Year Four #4, Harley [[Literature/TheHungerGames volunteered herself as tribute]], and gave herself the name "Harnis Everquinn" (a spoof of the protagonist's name Katniss Everdeen).