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Warning : SPOILERS below forJustice League !
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InJustice League , the stakes were literally the destiny of the man . Steppenwolf ( Ciarán Hinds ) , the End of Worlds and the general of the legions of Apokolips , returned to Earth to fetch up the mission he began five thousand yr ago : to use the power of three Mother Boxes to imprint ' the Unity ' and terraform our world into another Apokolips . Back then , he was cross and blackball by an alliance of defenders comprise of Atlanteans , Amazons , Grecian gods , the tribes of Man , and a Green Lantern . But in 2017 , Earth has far few defender - until Batman ( Ben Affleck ) and Wonder Woman ( Gal Gadot ) formed the Justice League .
As Steppenwolf rush along around the cosmos to foregather the Mother Boxes , the League scrambled to finish him . Realizing even their combined powerfulness were proving to not be enough to ticktock Steppenwolf and his Parademons , the League settle to expend the power of the third Mother Box to upraise Superman ( Henry Cavill ) . With Superman taking his true lieu with the Justice League , our poor boy face the alien invaders in a final encounter in a small village in Russia . Steppenwolf was using an abandoned atomic nuclear reactor as his base of performance for the Unity , having acquired the third and concluding Mother Box while the League was dealing with Superman ’s confusion after his rebirth .
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HOW THE JUSTICE LEAGUE BEAT STEPPENWOLF
The key to the Justice League ’s ultimate victory were Cyborg ( Ray Fisher ) and the Man of Steel . The engineering that comprises Cyborg ’s mechanical body came from the Mother Box , which give him a unparalleled connection and understanding of it . Even then , when Cyborg interfaced with the Mother Boxes , he could n’t separate the Unity . Thankfully , Superman was useable to lend a hand with his brute persuasiveness and his invulnerability , which allowed him to survive the mogul surge belch from interrupt the Unity . Superman and Cyborg together broke apart the Mother Boxes , keep Earth from being turned into another Apokolips .
Superman was also the deciding factor in defeating Steppenwolf himself . Steppenwolf was capable to arrest off Wonder Woman , Aquaman ( Jason Momoa ) and The Flash ( Ezra Miller ) , but Superman ’s Kryptonian might turned the tide . Once Wonder Woman was able to shatter Steppenwolf ’s struggle axe after it was frozen by Superman ’s freeze intimation , the exotic conqueror experienced dead on target fear for the first time . His Parademon legions prey on awe ; once they sensed it in Steppenwolf , they turn on and pullulate on their former professional . With Steppenwolf contend against his rabid Parademons , the Apokoliptian force Boom Tubed away from Earth . The Justice League won and the world was saved .
AFTERMATH
The aftermath of the Justice League becoming a incorporated force hold the world open up a new universe of possibilities for the case-by-case paladin and the DCEU . The Justice League went their freestanding ways and repay to their private life , but their victory also cemented their alliance as a more permanent matter .
Back in Gotham , Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince survey the ruins of Bruce ’s ancestral habitation Wayne Manor and made plans into converting it into the League ’s headquarters . Bruce envisioned a pear-shaped mesa in the center of the Manor ’s chief hall with seats for six . “But with way for more , " Diana indicate . The fact that Batman , who occasionally rued the very idea of the team he gathered to Commissioner Gordon ( J.K. Simmons ) , not only wants the League to continue but plans to give his resourcefulness to the League ’s success is a huge breakthrough for the Dark Knight .
The Batman has been unwaveringly a lone wolf for an untold numeral of years , likely since the Joker ( Jared Leto ) and Harley Quinn ( Margot Robbie ) killed Robin and left Batman the Boy Wonder ’s vandalize costume . Bruce smirked when Barry Allen admitted he needs acquaintance , but the Batman has make out to the same ending about himself . Now that Superman is back ( which was largely his doing ) and the League is in berth , Batman has a newfound sense of promise , which is something his butler Alfred ( Jeremy Irons ) can take solace in .
Wonder Woman was also changed for the right by her experience with the Justice League . Batman had forced her to confront the hundred she had choose to not engage in her function as protector and beacon of promise to the world . Wonder Woman accepted the leaders of the League and the duty that come with it when she led them into the final battle with Steppenwolf . After spoil a robbery at the British Museum at the oddment of the motion-picture show , Wonder Woman met with the public for the first meter , accepting her part as an ambassador for both the League and the Amazon means of lifetime . It was time at last for the earthly concern to get to make out Wonder Woman .
Justice Leaguepossibly marks the last clock time for a few year fan get to see the modern avatar of Wonder Woman . Unless she cameos in eitherAquamanorShazam , the next time we see Diana will beWonder Woman 2 , which is rumor to take place inthe 1980s . ( However , Wonder Woman 2could also have modern day framing sequence like the original photographic film . )
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The Kent Farm was buy by a Kansas cant after Clark Kent ’s death , but Bruce Wayne bought it back for the Kents ( by buy the bank itself ) to help make up for his action inBatman V Superman . Lois Lane ( Amy Adams ) returned to the Daily Planet in her role as a Pulitzer Prize - acquire newsman while her fiance Clark , now back from the dead , also returned to Metropolis . Clark had a new look , or rather , returned to a more classic facial expression , wearing a suit and tie . Upon catch a novel crisis with his Super Hearing that would be a job for Superman , Clark ducked into an alley and open up his shirt to reveal his S shield . The Man of Steel truly has return - the brightest symbol of hope in the DCEU .
Justice Leaguedodged the tricky thing of how Clark Kent could turn up active after his death , and the coincidence of him go bad at the same prison term as Superman and now returning at the same clock time Superman has come back . Most in all likelihood , this issue will be avoided entirely as there is no prescribed announcement yet forMan of Steel 2orJustice League 2 , which would be our next opportunities to see Superman on the liberal filmdom .
Barry Allen visited his father Henry ( Billy Crudup ) in prison with great news : Barry now has a permanent job as a forensic scientist in the Central City Police Department . Barry had spend several year take down odd job while designing his part as The Flash and seek for a direction to release his father from prison . new surefooted now that he has successfully done battle and experient public saving victory as The Flash , Barry is now Central City ’s superhero defender . The Flash ’s planned solo feature article , Flashpoint , ca n’t get in fast enough .
In the mid - credits scene , The Flash also see Superman for a well-disposed race to determine which of them truly is the Fastest Man Alive . If Barry lost the wash , he would have to buy brunch for the intact Justice League . We ’ll have to just imagine who won the race unless the sequel discover who is really the fastest .
Aquaman had pass days bitter about his Atlantean extraction , never understand why his mother Queen Atlanna give up him on the surface world . Aquaman ’s brief fundamental interaction with Mera ( Amber Heard ) in Atlantis dropped seeds about the answer the King of the Seven Seas will find in his own feature cinema in 2018 . As for Cyborg , he reconnected with his father and receive an upgrade on his mechanically skillful torso . Cyborg no longer hides in the shadows now that he ’s part of the Justice League .
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
The Justice League would course create a cause and effect , as the forces of evil would rise to meet this larger-than-life unbalance . After being transferred from prison house to Arkham Asylum at the conclusion ofBatman V Superman : Dawn of Justice , we learned in the post - credits scene that Lex Luthor ( Jesse Eisenberg ) has lam . Luthor encounter with Slade Wilson AKA Deathstroke ( Joe Manganiello ) on control board his sumptuousness yacht to discourse Superman ’s rebirth , the Justice League and their succeeding programme . " Should n’t we have a league our own?“Luthor muses . And with that , we now have the promise of a firebrand new threat to face the Justice League in the sequel - an Injustice League !