This was the final arc written by Grant Morrison and provided explanation for hints dropped over his tenure about the importance of the JLA as "forerunners" in defending the Earth from an impending menace.

Lex Luthor, failing to defeat the JLA, forms a new Injustice Gang consisting of Prometheus, Queen Bee, and General Wade Eiling.

The title World War III was also used in 2007 for a four-issue mini-series written by Keith Champagne (#1-2)[1] and John Ostrander (#3-4), and drawn by Pat Olliffe and Tom Derenick, with covers by Ethan Van Sciver.

[2] Five weeks before the main events of the series, Martian Manhunter tries to telepathically fight Adam following his near obliteration of Bialya, first disguising himself as a young girl, but is overwhelmed by his darkest memory and flees into space, from where he will observe the upcoming battle, which is narrated through his point of view.

During Week 50, Adam rampages around the world, killing countless civilians and damaging the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Great Pyramids.

Meanwhile, Sub Diego's residents lose their ability to survive underwater, forcing Aquaman to transport the city to the surface using dark magic.

Kate Spencer's cover as Manhunter is almost blown; still her pursuing of the greater good convinced J'onn to enact another step in his maturation: he goes to his former police district as John Jones, revealing himself to his former friends, and burning his former detective agency to the ground to prevent himself from ever assuming a disguise again.