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Underworld Unleashed was a multi-title American comic book crossover event released by DC Comics in 1995. The main theme of Underworld Unleashed involved the new ruler of Hell , a demon-lord named Neron , offering first many of the DC Universe supervillains and then a number of the DC Universe superheroes various deals in exchange for their souls.
Underworld Unleashed: 1995: Neron, a demon-lord from Hell, offers the DC universe villains "upgrades" in exchange for their souls. [u] Batman: Troika: 1995 A 4-comic Batman crossover in February 1995: Batman #515, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #35, Detective Comics #682 and Robin (vol. 2) #14 The Death of Clark Kent: 1995
Neron is one of the major demon-lords of Hell, a "Wishweaver", [4] the "King of Hate" [5] and the "Lord of Lies". [6] It is not known how old he is, but he has claimed "I brought the very first couple together" [7] and he has told Wonder Woman "I am among the first that walked abroad in this universe, and my influence has been known since humanity's first fall from grace". [8]
In the Underworld Unleashed crossover, he makes a deal with Neron, trading his soul to gain increased power. Hellgrammite is presumed dead during the Our Worlds at War event, but it is later revealed that a similar villain, Larvanaut, died instead. Hellgrammite appears alive in the "One Year Later" event as an assassin for Intergang.
In Underworld Unleashed, Neron gives enhanced powers to numerous supervillains. Darkseid is also associated with the Devil in the forms of Lucifer, Hades, the Greek God of the underworld, and the Hindu goddess Kali. In some Marvel Comics publications, a "Lucifer" has been mentioned as being a Hell-lord with the same "fallen from Heaven" backstory.
During the crossover Underworld Unleashed, the demon-lord Neron offers Luthor full health and vitality in exchange for services and his soul. Not believing in the existence of souls, Lex agrees and is restored, regaining the physical fitness of his Lex II body but again lacking head and facial hair, and is physically approximately in his true ...
The Final Night is a 1996 comic book crossover storyline published by DC Comics that ran through a weekly self-titled limited series and a score of tie-in issues spanning most of DC's ongoing titles in the month of September 1996 (cover-dated November).
In 2013, Vertigo announced, for the first time ever, to publish the entire title in one collected edition. [2] Following delays, the collection would eventually be released in 2015 as Free Country: A Tale of the Children's Crusade including the two issue mini-series, as well as a "brand-new middle chapter written by DEAD BOY DETECTIVES writer Toby Litt and drawn by artist Peter Gross" in place ...