Universe Bowl 2025

 Darkseid’s Horsemen of Apokolypse: Black Lantern Darkseid, Granny Goodness (Final Death), Bloody Mary (Final Death), Stompa (Final Death), Mad Harriet (Final Death) and Lashina, Orion, Kalibak, Dessad, he-Man (Final Death) w/ The Infinity Gauntlet including Power & Time Stones & a Green Lantern Ring, Battle-Cat, The Flash (Final Death), w/ Blue Lantern Ring, Megatron (Final Death), Decepticon’s #1-5, The Eradicator, Optimus Prime w/ The Matrix of Leadership, Roller, Combat Deck, Zombie Superboy (Final Death), Nekron, Black Lantern Supergirl, Black Lantern Agent Smith (Final Death), Vampire Juggernaut, Shazam, Mary Marvel, Pedro Pena, Eugene Choi, Captain Marvel jr., Darla Dudley, Red Hood, Arsenal, Starfire (Final Death), Vandal Savage, Mongul, Ganon, King Leonidas, Poseidon, Qwsp, King Sidon, Seaworm #1 (Final Death), The Technodrone w/ Ness, Paula, Jeff, Poo, Erasmus, Ra’s Al Ghul w/ 2 White Lightsabers, & Talia Al Ghul, Indiana Jones w/ Personal Holtzman Shield & Beatrix Kiddo in T-Rex (Diesel), Biggs Darklighter (Final Death) in B-Wing, Quark in Next Generation Enterprise Shuttle, Travel Bus w/ Owen, Grady, Katow Joe, Wicket, Snickers, Cozy, Snoopy & Woodstock, Diddy & Dixie Kong on a motorcycle, Chris’s Dodge Charger w/ Rick Dalton, Cliff Booth & his dog, Kamek & Earth Bender #2A in chinese spy balloon, Eric Cartman in a Hulk Buster Iron Man Suit, Kyle Brovloski w/ Crysknife, Stan marsh w/ Crysknife & Kenny McCormick w/ Jetpack

Cowboy Killers: Superman, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Parallax, 6 Sandworms, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Professor McGonagall, Bellatrix Lestrange, Galadriel, Boromir, Arathorn, Magneto w/ Red Lantern Ring, Master Mold, Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch), Black Bolt, Lockjaw, Triton, Medusa, Karnak, Maximus, Namorita, Dorma, Namor, Mephisto, King Ghidorah, Commander Ahsoka Tano (Final Death) in A-Wing, Darth Malgus, Lando in a TIE Defender, Cal Kestis & BD1, Homelander (Final Death), T-X, Splinter w/ Double blue lightsaber, Batman Beyond, Gorilla Grodd, Sabertooth, Storm, Thunderbird, Vulcan, Darwin, Hope Summers, & Surtur

What a Fantasy Fantasy League match we have here this afternoon! As we have the 2025 Universe Bowl between Darkseid’s Horsemen of Apokolypse & the Cowboy Killers.

This Universe Bowl will start in the Water.

Water

Darkseid’s Horsemen of Apokolypse: Poseidon, Qwsp, King Sidon, & Final Death Sea Worm

Cowboy Killers: Namorita, Dorma, & Namor

Though both teams didn’t play a lot of water characters. They both played some heavy hitters.

We start this battle with the Cowboy Killers swimming in the Ocean near Playoff Planet City about 100m off the coast. Namor is leading the pack searching for the water Horsemen while Namorita & Namor are covering their left and right respectively. While swimming the waters, the Killers are hit with a strong rip current and knocked off their balance. Then attacked from behind by Poseidon, Qwsp and King Sidon. Poseidon is almost immediately outnumbered as Namor kills King Sidon by stabbing the Zelda character through its chest with his Trident and Namorita & Dorma kill Qwsp by ripping his limbs from his small body. 

Poseidon, though outnumbered, is not worried as he still is a god in his prime habitat. Namor throws his trident at the god, Poseidon catches his Trident with ease to use as his own. Namorita and Dorma swim towards him to attack. Poseidon parries these attacks with ease and cuts the head of Namorita off. Dorma keeps attacking but can’t even come close to hitting Poseidon with a strike as the god’s speed is just too match to handle. Namor then swims to Poseidon and attacks with a fury as he is filled with rage from the death of his cousin. He is able to land some strikes on Poseidon but they don’t do much damage to the god. 

Their battle continues on for quite a while, Dorma and Namor have not done much damage to the god but he is becoming visibly tired by the duo. Poseidon is able to finally take out Dorma by slicing across her chest with Namor’s trident. Poseidon can now focus his attacks solely on Namor. Namor does hold his own for a while but his fate is inevitable. Just as it seems like Namor is going to lose the fight, a strong current can be felt in the water and just as soon as it seems like Poseidon is going to defeat the Sub-Mariner, they are both swallowed by a Sea Worm.

Namor is melted to death by the stomach acid of the Sea Worm while Poseidon, being a god, is not affected by the stomach acid of the beast and cuts himself out. Killing the Sea Worm.

The survivors of this battle will join their teammates in the Playoff Planet City.

Forest

Darkseid’s Horsemen of Apokolypse: Granny Goodness, Bloody Mary, Stompa, Mad Harriet, Lashina Vandal Savage, King Leonidas, and Indiana Jones w/ Personal Holtzman Shield & Beatrix Kiddo on T-Rex (Diesel)

Cowboy Killers: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Professor McGonagal, Beatrix Lestrange, Galadriel, Boromir, Arathorn, Cal Kestis & BD-1, Gorilla Grodd, Sabertooth, Thunderbird, Vulcan, Darwin, Hope Summers & Surtur

To set the scene, the Cowboy Killers are walking in the Playoff Planet forest to try and find the Horsemen. Galadriel instructs Sabertooth to use his enhanced senses and tracking skills to find the Horsemen. 

Sabertooth has picked up the scent of Granny Goodness and her gang and starts walking with intent to the north of the forest. After a few miles of walking, the Cowboy Killers find the Horsemen as they have set up camp with a fire and tents. 

Galadriel tells the Cowboy Killers to surround the Horsemen’s camp and attack once she gives the signal. They get in place and Galadriel gives the nod to Boromir, he blows his horn of Gondor and the Killers attack.

Vulcan shoots energy blasts from his hands & eyes to take out Indiana Jones, Beatrix Kiddo, and T-Rex (Diesel). 

Sabertooth jumps on King Leonidas from behind and uses his claws to swipe across his face and throat.

Though the Horsemen were caught off guard, Granny Goodness and her Gang got into battle mode quickly and began fighting the Wizards and Witches from the Harry Potterverse. Bloody Mary bites into the neck of Beatrix Lestrange and takes control of her will. 

Beatrix starts attacking her fellow Wizards and Witches. She shouts Expelliarmus and points her wand at Ron to disarm him. Stompa then punches her fist through Ron’s chest. Hermione, heart broken, starts launching spells at Stompa and the rest of the Granny Goodness gang. McGonagall and Harry Potter join Hermione, but unfortunately for the Cowboy Killers. These spells don’t work very well against these New Gods. They were able to take out Mad Harriet, Lashina and Beatrix Lestrange, but that was it. The rest of the Granny Goodness Gang took out Harry Potter, Hermione and McGonagall. 

While that was happening, Sabertooth had attacked Vandal Savage, who even when he is set up for camp, is always prepared for battle. Vandal is able to dodge a couple of strikes from Sabertooth and even parries the mutant and strikes him across the chest with his knife. Sabertooth immediately regenerates the slash through his chest and smiles back at Savage. Vandal quickly realizes what he’s fighting against as Sabertooth then attacks with another flurry of attacks. Vandal is able to defend himself but after a while, the mutant was just too much. Sabertooth slashed across Vandal’s neck and then ripped his head clean off.

Once the Granny Goodness Gang took out the wizards and witches, they switched their attention to the beings of Middle Earth. Galadriel tries to use her ring and powers of magic to protect Boromir and Arathorn from the New Gods but in the end was just too much. Granny Goodness takes out Boromir while Stompa takes out Arathorn. Then Granny, Stompa and Bloody Mary worked together to take out Galadriel. 

The Goodness Gang then moved on to Gorilla Grodd and Surtur as this gang put up an MVG (Most Valuable Gang) performance in this Universe Bowl. Though Gorilla Grodd and Surtur are formidable opponents, they meet the same fate as their other teammates who faced the gang.

Now all that’s left of the Cowboy Killers is Cal Kestis, Sabertooth, Thunderbird, Vulcan, Darwin & Hope Summers as they stand in front of what’s left of the Granny Goodness Gang. Hope Summers uses her powers of Mutant Mimicry to mimic the powers of Vulcan & Darwin and attacks Granny Goodness with Vulcan & Darwin. Stompa attacks Thunderbird while Bloody Mary attacks Sabertooth.

Stompa and Bloody Mary were both successful in their attacks as Stompa took out Thunderbird and then teamed up with Bloody Mary to take out Sabertooth.

Granny Goodness is defending herself against Hope Summers, Vulcan & Darwin but is not able to get any offense out. Once Stompa and Bloody Mary finish their fights, they join Granny Goodness and the Horsemen go on the offensive. This offensive begins to become too much for the Cowboy Killers. The mutants were becoming visibly tired and weaker as time went on. Just as it seemed like the Goodness Gang were going to be too much, Granny Goodness is sliced down the middle from top to bottom with a blue lightsaber as Cal Kestis was sitting up in the trees waiting for the perfect opportunity. Stompa immediately retaliates and takes out Cal but too little was done too late as the rest of the mutants were able to take out the rest of the Granny Goodness Gang.

The survivors from the Cowboy Killers in the Forest will join their teammates in the Playoff Planet City.

Desert

Darkseid’s Horsemen of Apokolypse: Megatron, Decepticons#1-5, Optimus Prime w/ the Matrix of Leadership, Roller, Combat Deck, Mongul w/ Yellow Lantern Ring, Ganon, Technodrome containing Ness, Paula, Jeff & Poo, Ra’s Al Guhl w/ 2 White Lightsabers & Talia Al Guhl, Eric Cartman in the Hulk Buster Suit, Kyle Broflowski w/ Crysknife, Stan Marsh w/ Crysknife, & Kenny McCormick w/ Jet Pack

Cowboy Killers: 6 Sandworms & Darth Malgus

In the desert of the Playoff Planet we have what appears to be a one sided battle between the Horsemen and the Cowboy Killers.

Optimus Prime and the Horsemen standing in one large group standing about 100m from Darth Malgus. Megatron chuckles and says “This is all the Horsemen have sent? One force sensitive being with a lightsaber to fight all of us?! They must be throwing in the towel.” Optimus Prime whispers to his enemy turned teammate “Mind your haste Megatron”, he then yells to the Sith “Surrender Malgus, there’s no point in this battle. Surrender and we will keep you as a prisoner.” Before Malgus can respond Cartman says to his South Park buddies “Man it's hot as balls in this suit.” Kyle responds “maybe if you weren’t so fat, you wouldn’t be so hot”. Cartman yells “Hey, don’t call me fat. I’m not fat, I’m big boned you fucking...” just as Cartman is about to call Kyle a slur, Sandworms swallow many of the Horsemen from below. The Sandworms all of a sudden make this a battle where the Cowboy Killers have the advantage.

After all the dust has settled, it is found that the Sandworms took out the South Park boys, everyone in the Technodrome, Ganon & Mongul. 

Optimus Prime yells to his team “Move in unrecognizable patterns, if you feel the sand getting soft below you, move quickly. Attack Malgus.” The Transformers attack Malgus. Malgus, knowing he’s outnumbered, attacks the weaker Transformers first. He uses his Lightsaber and his darkside powers of the force in a quick & deadly manner that hasn’t been seen by me since Mace Windu against all those battle droids in the original non canon Clone Wars Cartoon. Malgus uses his lightning as a way to temporarily faze the Decepticons and then finishes them off with his lightsaber. He then moves on and does the same to Roller and Combat Deck. 

At this point Optimus & Megatron had seen enough and took out Malgus by grabbing him by his limbs and then ripping him in half.  

The sand beneath the remaining Transformers gets soft and Optimus yells “SANDWORM!!” Megatron & Optimus jump and dodge out of the way. As the Sandworm jumps out of the sand, Optimus slashes the worm's body with his sword and takes the worm out. Optimus yells to Megatron “Bait the worms out of the sand, once they jump out of the sand, slash them with their sword. It takes a while but eventually Megatron and Optimus take out all of the Sandworms.

The Horsemen have one the desert but not yet the war. Megatron & Optimus will join their teammates in the Playoff Planet City.

City 

Darkseid’s Horsemen of Apokolypse: Black Lantern Darkseid, Orion, Kalibak, Dessad, he-Man (Final Death) w/ The Infinity Gauntlet including Power & Time Stones & Green Lantern Ring, Battle-Cat, The Flash (Final Death), Megatron (Final Death), The Eradicator, Optimus Prime w/ The Matrix of Leadership, Zombie Superboy (Final Death), Nekron, Black Lantern Supergirl, Black Lantern Agent Smith (Final Death), Vampire Juggernaut, Shazam, Mary Marvel, Pedro Pena, Eugene Choi, Captain Marvel jr., Darla Dudley, Red Hood, Arsenal, Starfire (Final Death), Poseidon, Biggs Darklighter (Final Death) in B-Wing, Quark in Next Generation Enterprise Shuttle, Travel Bus w/ Owen, Grady, Katow Joe, Wicket, Snickers, Cozy, Snoopy & Woodstock, Diddy & Dixie Kong on a motorcycle, Chris’s Dodge Charger w/ Rick Dalton, Cliff Booth & his dog, and Kamek & Earth Bender #2A in chinese spy balloon 

Cowboy Killers: Superman, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Parallax, Magneto w/ Red Lantern Ring, Master Mold, Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch), Black Bolt, Lockjaw, Triton, Medusa, Karnak, Maximus, Mephisto, King Ghidorah, Commander Ahsoka Tano (Final Death) in A-Wing, Lando in a TIE Defender, Homelander (Final Death), T-X, Splinter w/ Double blue lightsaber, Batman Beyond, Storm, Vulcan, Darwin, & Hope Summers

All that’s left is the battle in the Playoff Planet, whoever wins this is the winner of the 2025 Universe Bowl. The Horsemen won the battles in the Water & the Desert while the Cowboy Killers won the battle in the Forest.

We’ll start this battle in the sky above the skyscrapers.

Biggs in his B-Wing and Quark in his Next Gen Enterprise Shuttle in a dog fight with Ahsoka Tano in an A-Wing & Lando in a TIE Defender. 

Ahsoka and Lando focus on the Enterprise shuttle and take it out with ease because Star Wars>Star Trek. 

Though Ahsoka and Lando were able to take out Quark and his Enterprise Shuttle with ease, Biggs is a challenge for them. Biggs is a legend among rebel ranks as his flying skills are known to be among the best, almost rivaling Luke Skywalkers. 

Biggs, knowing he’s outnumbered, flies his B-Wing low to the ground among the sky scrapers to make it a more fair fight. Lando isn’t able to keep up and clips his wing on a sky scraper and crashes into a nearby building. Ahsoka is still able to keep up to Biggs at this point, but eventually Biggs is able to make a tight turn at the last second to lose her. Ahsoka calls into her team to ask if anyone has seen the rebel pilot. Just as she finishes her sentence her ship is blown up. Biggs was able to get behind her while she was searching for him. Biggs is victorious in the dog fight but the feeling of victory is fleeting as his B-Wing is hit by a laser beam from Homelander’s eyes.

As that was happening, Optimus had started an attack on the mutants, Splinter & Batman Beyond of the Cowboy Killers. Optimus was able to defend himself but was not able to do anything offensively as the battle was beginning to become a bit of a mute point. When all of a sudden a sky scraper falls on top of the Cowboy Killers. Megatron had been destroying all the supports on the sky scraper while Optimus was distracting the mutants. 

When the dust settled, Magneto was the only one left alive as he was able to shield himself at the very last second using his Red Lantern Ring. But the rest of the Mutants (Storm, Vulcan, Darwin & Hope Summers) had perished. Magneto sees this and loses his temper. “You’ve killed my brethren!!" Magneto says with an alarming level of anger. 

Magneto then uses his mutant powers to dismantle Optimus into a million pieces. While Magneto is doing this, Megatron tries to stop Magneto and attack him but Magneto is using his Red Lantern Ring to shield himself. Magneto uses the pieces of Optimus as a weapon to kill other Horsemen members. He stabs Nekron through the chest with Optimus’s sword, he hits Orion, Kalibak & Dessad with so many shards of metal that they are left as merely a mush of flesh and blood on the street, & then used the rest of the remaining bits of Optimus to take out Arsenal & Red Hood. 

Magneto then focuses his will onto Megatron where he does the same to him as what was done to Optimus. Magneto tears apart Megatron piece by piece to use as weapons against the rest of the Horsemen. Magneto takes out Battle Cat with a metal rod through the eye. This action gets the attention of He-Man. He-Man uses the Power Stone on his Infinity Gauntlet to shoot an energy blast at Magneto. Magneto uses his Red Lantern Ring to shield himself and then sends the millions of shards of Megatron through the back of He-Man, instantly killing him. Magneto takes out one more Horsemen, Juggernaut, before the rest of the Horsemen have seen enough. Starfire and Agent Smith flew through Magneto’s Red Lantern Shield and snapped his neck.

During Magneto’s deadly run King Ghidorah had bit into the Playoff Planet’s power plant and absorbed the entire city's energy. It then flew towards the battle and used its wings to momentarily cause hurricane force winds towards the Chinese Spy Balloon, the balloon crashed into a skyscraper and exploded. It then shot Gravity Beams at the Horsemen’s Travel Bus, Diddy & Dixie Kong on a motorcycle & Chris’s Dodge Charger, burning them to a crisp. Then the King of Titans shot a lighting blast from its wings at Poseidon and killed the Greek god.

The Horsemen heavy hitters then work together to take out King Ghidorah. Darkseid, Superboy, Supergirl, Agent Smith & Starfire all attack the King of the Titans by removing each head from the monster one by one until it no longer stands. Though the Horsemen were successful, Starfire was lost during the battle.

Next in the battle of the Playoff Planet City, there was a fight between the two superhero groups Shazam and his family from the Horsemen faced off against the Inhumans from the Cowboy Killers. Though the battle was close, Shazam was the last one standing from the fight, though visibly injured.

Once Ghidorah was taken down, Darkseid, Agent Smith, Superboy, & Supergirl worked together to take care of some of the weaker members of the Cowboy Killers before focusing on their elite warriors. Darkseid kills Black Canary & Green Arrow with his Omega Beams, Supergirl & Superboy use their laser beam eyes to light Martian Manhunter on fire, Agent Smith picks up Maximus, flies 100m in the air and then drops him to his death. Supergirl & Superboy hit T-X with their freeze breath and then Supergirl punched the Terminator with all of her might.

Ghost Rider appears on his motorcycle, embroidered in flame and calls out Darkseid “I am summoned when innocent blood is shed and you have shed far too much in your time.” Ghost Rider then shoots flames from his eyes into Darkseid’s eyes and says “Feel the pain of a billion extinguished souls. Experience the pain of eternal guilt.” Darkseid screams out as he feels the guilt of all the innocent lives he’s ended and falls to his knees before eventually losing consciousness. 

Supergirl & Superboy immediately retaliate as they bring Ghost Rider to his death in the same method they did to T-X. 

Superman and his tv show rip off (Homelander), and Mephisto work together to take out Superman’s family members and Agent Smith. Homelander & Superman take out Agent Smith with ease by both hitting him with his Heat Vision and melting him to a pile of flesh and blood. Supergirl & Superboy put their focus on Homelander and beat him by just being physically stronger and faster than Homelander. They hit him with a flurry punches and throws and then are eventually able to snap Homelanders neck. Supergirl & Superboy then put that same level of focus onto Mephisto and kill him in basically the same fashion. They then attack Superman with all their might but in the end, Superman is the superior Kryptonian. Superman punches Supergirl through 4 skyscrapers and then works on Superboy. He hits him with a combo akin to one seen in a Mortal Kombat game. Heat vision to the face, right hook to the gut, kick to the knee, upper cut to the chin, grabs him, throws him through a building, and finally rips his head off. Once Supergirl recovers from her punch to the chest she flies back to Superman and hits him with a punch to the chin. Superman immediately counters with heat vision to her chest to create space, punches her chin, flies into her, grabs her and flies them both down to the street while punching her on the way. Once they crash into the street, Superman gets behind Supergirl and snaps her neck.

While those battles between the Kryptonians were happening The Flash and The Eradicator worked together and took out Parallax and Master Mold. The Flash is able to use his speed to generate an electrical charge and hit Master Mold with it. It temporarily dazes the robot and allows the Eradicator to kill Master Mold. The Flash and The Eradicator then went to work on Parallax, but they do struggle as Parallax uses his Fear manipulation to scare the Flash and incapacitate him. He scares The Flash by making him think that his dad dies in prison and then hits the Flash with his Energy beam and kills him. Before Parallax can do the same to The Eradicator, the Kryptonian weapon attacks Parallax punches Yellow Lantern Sentient being until it dies.

Now all that’s left standing is The Eradicator for the Horsemen and Superman for the Cowboy Killers. 

Yet again, Superman is just the superior Kryptonian. They have a close fight and Superman even does get beaten up a little bit but in the end Superman wins the fight and snaps The Eradicators neck, General Zod in Man of Steel style. Superman, exhausted and hurt, takes a breathe thinking he just won the Universe Bowl. He gets up and just as he’s about to fly away in victory, he is shot in the back by Darkseid’s Omega Beams and falls to his death.

Darkseid had just woken up from Ghost Riders Penance Stare and took advantage of the opportunity presented to him.

ALCS Game 7: The Horsemen vs. TEAM

 Team: Thanos w/Soul Stone & Mind Stone (9 Deaths), Maw (9 Deaths),  Legion of Superheroes: (Mon-El (9 Deaths), Triplicate Girl (9 Deaths), Phantom Girl (9 Deaths), Invisible Kid (9 Deaths), Star Boy (9 Deaths), & Lightning Lad (9 Deaths)), Phybian #2-10 (9 Deaths), Unicron, Set, God Emperor Leto, Primus, Ego,Mace Windu, Thor, Thunderstrike, Beta Ray Bill, DC Thor, Tom Bombadill, Achilles w/ Myrmidons #1-5, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Appa, Momo, Godzilla, Jack Lalane, Soundwave, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, Lazerbeak, Buzzsaw, Ratbat, Overkilll, Slugfest, Squawktalk, Beastbox, Garboil, Glit, Enemy, Howlback, Decepticon Cassette #1-5, Transformer Cassette #1-5, Alex Houslander (w/ Super Scope 6), Alex Houslander: Indigo Lantern, Maria Ianni, Kyle's Homeboy Frank's Dad, Prince of the Cosmos, Norm Mcdonald, Yakub, Dapper Man in Lamborghini, Kefka, Vah Ruta, Vah Medoh, Vah Rudania, Vah Naboris, Next Generation Enterprise w/ (Jean Luc Picard, Enterprise Pilot, Enterprise Co-Pilot, Enterprise Gunner, & Enterprise Crew Member #1-5), Space Ghost, Jan, Jace, & Blip in Phantom Cruiser, Walker: Texas Ranger, Dragon #1 & 2, Titan Cymek #1 & 2

The Horsemen: Nekron, Black Lantern Darkseid, Granny Goodness and The Female Furies: Bloody Mary, Stompa, Mad Harriet, Lashina, Orion, Kalibak, Desaad, Black Lantern Supergirl, Black Lantern Agent Smith, Black Lantern Apocolypse, Vampire Juggernaut, Zombie Superboy, Ultron w/ The Infinity Gauntlet including Power and Time Stones (FINAL DEATH), Optimus Prime w/ The Matrix of Leadership, Combat Deck, and Roller, Megatron and Decepticons #1-5, The Flash w/Blue Lantern Ring, SHAZAM!, The Shazam Family: Mary Marvel, Pedro Pena, Eugene Choi, Captain Marvel Jr, and Darla Dudley, The Eradicator, He-Man and Battle-Cat, Gannondorf, Wedge Antilles (FINAL DEATH) in a A-Wing, Biggs Darklighter in a B-Wing, Grand Admiral Thrawn w/ a Green Lantern Ring (FINAL DEATH) in the TIE Echelon, Ness, Paula, Jeff, and Poo in The Technodrone, Poseidon, Qwsp

The desert had no name.

Its sands, once scorched by time, now bore witness to something far older than history, a battle beyond fate itself. This wasn’t a war for land or justice. It was existence vs. extinction, purpose vs. chaos.

Leto watched the opposing force with a sadness only someone 3,000 years old could understand. He had traded his humanity to become a hybrid.  He didn’t fear death. 

Two versions of Alex stood together. One wielded raw ingenuity, the Super Scope 6 modified into a multiversal device. The other, his Lantern self, radiated pure compassion, wrapped in indigo flame.  But they both knew they’d have to survive.

When the first blow came, it was a silent nod from Leto and the world split open.

Megatron opened fire, cannon blasting and sending shrapnel into the sky. Appa bellowed, spiraling around the firestorm. Momo clung to his fur, tossing pebbles at chat.

Katara moved like a dance. Her water formed icy blades, arcing through the air. She froze Superboy’s leg, only to watch it shatter and regenerate.

Thor had faced gods. He had faced death. But here, standing across from a Vampire Juggernaut, even the Son of Odin hesitated.

Juggernaut smiled, blood drying on his lips.

Mjolnir collided with fists, every punch was a thunderstorm and every swing was a prayer.

Sokka was just a guy. No bending just hands. As Kalibak swung his Beta Club, Sokka slid under it and jammed an explosive cactus dart into Kalibak’s thigh.

Kalibak roared in pain 

Zombie Superboy caught Katara mid-leap and threw her through stone. She didn’t rise.

Appa shrieked, diving in rage, biting into Megatron's shoulder plating before being knocked out of the sky.

Ganondorf laughed, raising his Triforce

He didn’t see Toph until the moment she raised a dome of molten glass around him, sealing him in his own pride. “You talk too much,” she said.

Barry was crumbling. His ring flickered. Every death weighed him down. 

A blue vortex surrounded the desert. Flash moved so fast that he tore through time trying to warn the others.

Indigo-Alex stood over Juggernaut’s twitching form. The vampire was still regenerating. Scope-Alex leveled his weapon and started blastin.

With Megatron escaping, Ganondorf sealed, and Juggernaut neutralized, only Kalibak and Zombie Superboy remained.

Leto moved forward. He locked eyes with Superboy 

Superboy howled and vanished.

Kalibak struck Toph down.

And rose his club to finish her — when Sokka, broken arm dangling, leapt on his back, jamming an energy core from a fallen Decepticon into Kalibak’s armor.

Boom.

The desert was quiet but this war is not over.

Forest: 

The moss-covered ground trembled beneath their feet. Birds had fallen silent. Even the wind held its breath.  Without a word, the forest erupted.

Mon-El soared forward, meeting Zombie Superboy midair in a brutal clash of strength and speed. Superboy, though slowed by death, fought with undead tenacity. Mon-El managed to pummel him into the dirt—only for Superboy to rise, grinning, jaw half-detached, and flung Mon-El through several trees.

Below, Toph raised a wall of jagged earth, trying to divide the battlefield. But Stompa roared, leapt high, and crushed it flat with one foot. Lashina darted forward, whips snapping, Toph dodged, redirecting rocks, but Lashina was relentless. One crack caught Toph across the shoulder. She growled and dropped into the earth, disappearing.

Phantom Girl phased through Granny Goodness, trying to flank her, but Granny grabbed her mid-phase somehow, and slammed her into the ground. “I trained gods, girl,” Granny spat. “You’re a ghost with manners.”

Meanwhile, the Shazam Family spread out in coordinated bolts of lightning. Lightning Lad tried to counter their raw voltage, but against Pedro and Eugene's combined might, he was quickly overwhelmed and knocked unconscious.

Triplicate Girl split into three, trying to surround Mad Harriet, but each clone was torn into chaos by Harriet’s savage claws. Blood and fabric flew. Captain Marvel Jr. zoomed in, punching Harriet away before she could do real damage.

In the trees, Invisible Kid watched, waiting to strike. He leapt toward Mary Marvel—but stopped mid-air as Bloody Mary stared directly into him, sensing his presence. Her gaze pierced his soul. She sank her fangs into him. One down.

Tom Bombadil wandered into a clearing, singing, untouched by the violence. Even SHAZAM! paused for a moment. "Who is that guy?"

Suddenly, Star Boy dropped gravity on SHAZAM!, pinning him. But it didn’t last. With a shout of “SHAZAM!”, a bolt of lightning shattered the pressure, and SHAZAM! launched forward, punching Star Boy into orbit.

Back in the trees, Sokka fought clever, boomerang flying, setting traps. Darla Dudley, cheerful and fast, dodged them all, eventually tackling Sokka with enough force to knock the wind out of him. Momo tried to help—biting Darla’s ear—but was swatted away gently.

Then, like thunder on horseback, Walker emerged. He landed a roundhouse kick on Stompa that actually made her stagger. But it was short-lived. She grinned, cracked her neck, and picked up a tree, hurling it toward him. He dodged—barely—but was swarmed by Lashina and Mad Harriet next. Even Texas has limits.

With most of TEAM wounded or unconscious, only Tom Bombadil, still singing, and a battered Mon-El remained.

SHAZAM! and Zombie Superboy flanked them.

Bombadil merely smiled and said, “This song’s not for battle, child.” He stepped back… and vanished into the trees, humming.

Mon-El roared, punching SHAZAM!—but the magical champion caught his fist.

"You fought well," SHAZAM! said. "But this isn't your day."

A final uppercut sent Mon-El crashing into the dirt, unconscious.

The clearing quieted. The Shazam Family regrouped. Granny Goodness surveyed the fallen enemies, nodding with satisfaction. The Female Furies grinned, licking wounds and blood alike.

SHAZAM! looked toward the forest, where Bombadil had vanished. "We’ll never understand that guy."

Granny cackled. “Let him wander”

Space:

The battle began in silence—sound was a luxury of planets, and this was war in the raw vacuum.

Unicron and Ego struck first, unleashing planet-sized beams of death. Thrawn responded, his TIE Echelon enhanced by the will of the Green Lantern ring, carving spirals of emerald through Ego’s atmosphere. Darkseid blinked through space, his omega beams fracturing time around Picard’s Enterprise.

Optimus Prime rallied, unleashing the Matrix. Its light even pierced Set, giving Ultron the window he needed to trap the god in a recursive time loop using the Time Stone.

On the other flank, Thor faced Orion in a duel that cracked moons. Every hammer blow shook the core of reality, but Orion, fueled by hatred and prophecy, met him blow for blow, until both were swallowed by Unicron’s shadow.

Inside the husk of a shattered moon, Megatron and Soundwave fought among the debris. Cassettes tore through Female Furies, Rumble crushed Stompa beneath seismic shockwaves; Lazerbeak vaporized Mad Harriet. But Bloody Mary detonated her own blood to blind Ravage, allowing Lashina to crush Overkill into stardust.

Space Ghost and Blip strafed Thrawn’s position, but Thrawn predicted their every move. With a flick of his Lantern ring, he split their cruiser in two, only for Space Ghost to phase out with Jan and Jace. They appeared inside the Enterprise… only to find it overrun.

Ebony Maw had infiltrated the ship. Crew Members 1-5 were already puppets. Jean-Luc Picard resisted—but not enough. Maw forced the crew to fire a quantum torpedo that took out both Roller and the Phantom Cruiser. Blip, last seen floating in space, was never recovered.

Ultron used the Power Stone to fracture Primus’ mind, turning the god against Unicron. Brother fought brother in a clash of mechanical gods. Optimus tried to save Primus—but Megatron betrayed him. With a grin, Megatron fired into Optimus’ exposed chest, yelling, “Till all are gone.”

The Matrix dimmed. Hope faded.

Thanos and Darkseid faced each other at last, stones burning, eyes locked.

“You court death,” Thanos growled.

“I married it,” Darkseid replied.

They fought across dimensions, each blow echoing across the multiverse. Thanos used the Mind Stone to crush Darkseid’s will, but the Black Lantern fought with death itself. It wasn’t enough. The Soul Stone flared—and Darkseid fell.

Granny Goodness wept. Her tears became blades, slaughtering Frenzy and Slugfest before Jan incinerated her with a photon burst. She fell whispering, “My girls...”

Only a few remained: Thanos, wounded and exhausted; Jack LaLanne, somehow untouched, still punching holes in cassettes and flexing like a god; Ultron, now absorbing what remained of Primus; Space Ghost, bleeding and broken, dragging Picard from the wreck of the Enterprise; and Thrawn, ring cracked but eyes calculating.

In the end, only Ultron and Thanos remained, floating above the crater of a collapsed moon, their stones flickering.

Ultron looked at Thanos. “This universe is a failed equation.”

Thanos responded, “And yet... it was beautiful.”

They lunged.

The explosion that followed consumed three galaxies. Only leaving Ultron to live.

Ego drifts, now silent.

Jack LaLanne was found millennia later, still lifting meteors and grinning.

City:

It began with a pulse.

A single thrum of energy, emanating from the seabed beneath. Reality shifted. The gods stirred. Across dimensions and galaxies, the greatest champions and devourers alike felt the call. This wasn’t a mission. It was destiny. 

Nekron floated above the city. Black Lantern versions of Supergirl, Agent Smith, and Apocalypse radiated deathless hunger. Ultron, embedded with the Power and Time Stones, floated beside The Flash. SHAZAM! stood at the city's edge with the Shazam Family, lighting bolts casting shadows over fallen skyscrapers. Poseidon himself emerged from the Endless Deep, commanding the waves.

In orbit, Wedge Antilles in an A-Wing and Biggs Darklighter in a B-Wing strafed the airspace, shielding the incoming Technodrome, now upgraded with Ness, Paula, Jeff, and Poo inside—each wielding PSI powers beyond comprehension. From a rip in the sky, He-Man and Battle-Cat charged in alongside The Eradicator, carving a path through the multiverse.

Qwsp, reality-bender and chaos-sprite, giggled invisibly as he rewrote physics with a glance.

God Emperor Leto sat at the center of the city, Mace Windu stood beside him, saber drawn, flanked by Beta Ray Bill and Thunderstrike, hammers vibrating with cosmic might. Tom Bombadil hummed a tune that defied all entropy. Achilles led the Myrmidons, shielded with divine ichor, while Godzilla rose from the sea with a roar that cracked windows across the city.

From an arcade dimension, Alex Houslander emerged with his Super Scope 6—now upgraded with galactic code corruption. His Indigo Lantern variant hovered nearby, compassion wrapping like armor. Maria Ianni sang operatic chaos spells as Kefka danced beside her, leaving trails of broken laws of nature.

Four Divine Beasts—Vah Ruta, Medoh, Rudania, and Naboris—hovered above the city, ready to rain elemental judgment. Two Titan Cymeks strode into the bay, dwarfing skyscrapers. Dragons circled overhead, shadows blotting the sun. And in a sleek, utterly out-of-place Lamborghini, the Dapper Man lit a cigarette, sunglasses gleaming, death driving shotgun.

At the rear stood Norm Macdonald. Silent. Smirking. Waiting.

The battle began in the skies. Wedge and Biggs dodged elemental blasts from the Divine Beasts, sending proton torpedoes spiraling into their hulls. Vah Medoh clipped a wing from Biggs’ B-Wing, and he plummeted into the harbor, his last words echoing in the Force.

Ultron ascended, twin Stones flaring. He froze time mid-air, sending Beta Ray Bill into space where gravity shattered his bones. But before he could finish the job, Mace Windu hurled his saber, cleaving through Ultron’s chest—shattering the Power Stone. Ultron rebooted... barely.

Black Lantern Supergirl and Agent Smith infected the streets with necrotic energy. The Myrmidons fought valiantly, but their mortal frames fell, only to rise again, Black Lanterns themselves. Achilles, now battling his own brothers, let out a war cry and charged Poseidon himself.

But Poseidon was no mortal foe. His trident split the streets open, drowning battalions under a wave summoned from the Deep. Godzilla countered with a nuclear pulse that evaporated city blocks, but not before being impaled by The Eradicator through the eye.

Flash, infused with Blue Lantern hope, raced through space and time, undoing futures in which TEAM fell. But Alex Houslander, Indigo-powered, caught him with a paradox loop, locking him in a stasis moment of infinite compassion, paralyzing him forever.

The Technodrome landed in the city’s heart. Ness and Poo launched psychic barrages, shielding Paula as she rewrote enemy intentions mid-battle. Jeff was torn from the Technodrome, disintegrated mid-air.

Kefka laughed until Norm Macdonald quietly shot him in the back of the head with a borrowed Star Wars blaster.

“No punchline,” Norm muttered. “Just tired.”

SHAZAM! clashed with Thunderstrike mid-lightning storm. The Shazam Family took on Dragons and Divine Beasts, Darla riding on Vah Ruta, punching circuits into stardust. He-Man and Leto wrestled amidst flaming ruins, Leto's prescience versus He-Man's raw willpower. Leto, seeing his own death approaching, chose to split his body into sand and reform elsewhere... but The Eradicator caught the grains with energy vision, incinerating the last of his essence.

The Dapper Man plowed his Lamborghini into Ness at Mach 4.

Qwsp giggled and turned Titan Cymek #2 into sentient toast. Titan Cymek #1 screamed in agony and self-destructed, taking Paula with it.

Only a handful remained.

Nekron, SHAZAM!, Darla, Ultron (weakened), He-Man (wounded), Poseidon, and Qwsp.

Mace Windu, Tom Bombadil, Achilles, Alex Houslander (Indigo), Godzilla (crippled), Norm, and Prince of the Cosmos.

Tom Bombadil stood untouched. Immortal. Unshaken. He walked through battlefields singing joy into every death. But Nekron approached, his scythe humming. The two met eyes, one eternal joy, one eternal end.

A clash not of powers, but philosophies.

And Tom Bombadil blinked out of existence, smiling.

“Not my song anymore,” he said.

Ultron collapsed next, Norm simply walked by and uninstalled his core.

In the shattered center of City, surrounded by broken gods, divine wreckage, and silence, only one figure remained standing: Darla Dudley.

She limped forward, clothes scorched, fists trembling, eyes locked ahead. Every member of her team had fallen. Yet hope endured.

Across from her, Alex Houslander (Indigo) staggered upright.

He raised a glowing hand. She raised her own.

He hesitated

She didn’t.

A lightning bolt from the sky split him in two.

The sea calmed. The skies quieted.

Darla, now alone, looked out over the city. The cost had been unimaginable. Legends extinguished. Empires fallen.

And yet... a spark remained.

She whispered “SHAZAM.”

The lightning came again

NLCS 2025: Cowboy Killers vs Washington Redskins

The Cowboy Killers are Superman, Martian Manhunter, Man of Miracles, Green Arrow and Black Canary, Paralax, Starro, Gorilla Grodd, Ajax, Beowulf, Hecate, Sandworms #1-10, Pinhead, Magneto w/ Red Lantern RIng, Master Mold, Hope Summers, Namorita, Azazel, Triton, Namor, Mephisto, Surtur, Homelander, Sky Lynx, General Kenobi (Final Death), Commander Ahsoka Tano in a Stealth X-Wing, Legends Leia Organa in a TIE Defender, Darth Malgus, Dunadan Ranger Kyle Houslander w/ The Omnitrix, Heimdall, Freya, Ancient SIth Lords #1-5, and Sand Bender #1-4.

The Washington Redskins are Sinestro w/ The White Lantern Ring, Sodam Yat, Carol Ferris, Skeletor w/ The Orange Lantern Ring, Romat-Ru, Dex-Tar, Saint Walker (Final Death), Nemesis Enforcer w/ Iroque’s Indigo Lantern Ring and The Sword of Darkness, Cobra Commander w/ Munk’s Indigo Lantern Ring on the Air Charriot, The following in The Mirage: Frank Metivier: Jedi Knight, Jedi Youngling Grayson Houslander, Orco, and Chian w/ Green Lantern Ring, Cade Skywalker in a TIE Dagger, Star Wolf (final death) in a F-18, Yaddle w/ Dwarf Ring #7 in Yoda’s Wookie Escape Pod, Roy Houslander w/ The Houslander Family Katana and The Darksaber on a Jet Ski, Aspen, Abe Sapien, Squirtle, Atlantean #9, Sharkticon #6-10, Allicon #1-3 and #5 (#’s 1, 3 and 5 on their Final Death), Scar, Black Lantern Omega Supreme (Final Death), Black Lantern Asajj Ventress, Black Lantern Wolverine, X-23 (Final Death), Thundercracker (Final Death) and Buster, Skywarp, Zuko’s Dragon, Dobby w/ Blaster, Black Lantern Earth Bender, Zombie Star Sapphire, Bat-Mite w/ Dwarf Ring #6, Ch’p, OA Guardian #1 (Final Death), Quasar, Polaris, Havoc, X-Force: Cable, Shatterstar, Cannonball, and Domino, Storm Shadow, Pythona, Chuck Norris, Usagi Yojinbo (Final Death) and Jotaro, Even Piel, Aayla Secura, Thufir Hawat w/Blaster, Kup, Mother Talzin, Liu Kang, and Cybertronian Guardians #4-5. 

In their third Playoff Planet meeting in three years, The Cowboy Killers could not be more ready to get over the hump that is The Washington Redskins, and The Redskins could not be more ready to not let them happen. Although the Redskins are coming into this battle without Yoda, Powergirl, Iroque and Munk, this is a team that Sinestro knows they can beat and is fully qualified to take the helm as leader of the defending National League Champions for another trip to the UB. On the other hand, Kal-El has been searching for redemption for the beating he took last year and is as confident as he ever will be with the facilities the Killers are flexing going into this skirmish. 

“First things first, we’re not going to allow our lantern rings to be The Redskins advantage once again” says Kal-El. 

Everyone nods in agreement as they saw the clinic that the recently perished Iroque put on in April of last year. 

“Although it’s not that simple, if we get rid of our rings, then we have no way to put down their black lanterns, if we keep them, Sinestro is going to make a fool out of us,” Kal-El continues. “Parallax and Magneto’s rings need to work together in some way, shape, or form, and I think I know how”. 

“Starro, eat Magneto and Paralax”. 

“WHAT?!” the two say in unison. “Wouldn’t you just need our rin-“ Starro proceeds to grab them both and suck both the life force and every ounce of power from their bodies and rings. Starro is GLOWING with energy leaking out of its tentacles, blinding everyone in the pregame locker room. Then, a man of very few words, Starro speaks telepathically to his teammates, saying, “This is what we will call the Black Lantern Slaughterer 2000”. A sword fit for a Goliath appears in his right arm tentacle with menacing yellow/red spikes sticking out, acting as a claymore/ball and chain hybrid. 

“I think the assignment is understood, let’s go kick some ass”.

The rings that have been passed down to the redskins are heightened by the epic battles that they have been present for, the full spectrum working in unison better than they ever have before and although the rings are held by lesser redskins, it’s as if the spirits of the former bearers live within the rings themselves. 

Saint Walker, on his final death, steps up for the pregame speech.

“Redskins, we gather here today to do the impossible - again. The gods of the DC universe that we look up to are now nothing but pests who try to distract us from our ultimate goal. The power of the full spectrum and, most importantly the power of HOPE dwarfs anything on the opposing side of the battlefield today, and you can never forget that fact. Today we fight for our brethren who went to the graveyard last week, so we can all fight to see another week, and we shall honor them by doing the same.” Saint Walker says sternly.

“I will hope until my dying breath, and I hope all of you can do the same.”

Each and every Redskin from Skeletor to Allicon #2 have a gleaming blue overtaking their eyes, and the green lantern rings begin to duplicate. Each charged to 200%, Sodam Yat and Chian’s green ring duplicates race to the fingers of Usagi Yojimbo and Yaddle, uniting the room even further.

The sirens blare and the match begins…

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While the teams spread far and wide throughout each sector, Sinestro hangs back for the time being with his White Lantern Ring, conveying findings and details of everybody’s whereabouts as if it has a hundred sets of eyes planted at every crevice of the planet. 

“Martian Manhunter to the water”

“Gorilla Grodd to the forest.”

“Skeletor to the dunes”

“Caden Skywalker to space”

“We wait and we watch, for the battle will come to us” 

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In the Deep Dark Blue Sea…

The Cowboy Killers flex a menacing but small trio with Martian Manhunter, Namor, and Namorita facing off against The Redskins who counter with Aspen, Abe Sapien, Squirtle, Usagi Yojimbo with his newly acquired Green Lantern Ring, followed by Atlanteon #9, the Sharkticons, and the Allicons flanking their outnumbering group.

Usagi Yojimbo’s Green Lantern Ring and the water-navigating techniques he’s learned from the Ninja Turtles throughout the years are allowing him to bob and weave through the water like a veteran. He draws first blood by bolting towards Namorita and slicing her head clean off with his daisho. Putting salt to the wound, Usagi doesn’t end there; he cuts up the rest of Namorita’s limbs, clouding the Cowboy Killers in blood. The Samurai Rabbit then uses his supercharged green ring to remove himself from the area to avoid any immediate retaliation from the Martian and the Sub-Mariner. 

Namor, enraged, charges towards Yojimbo, covering hundreds of feet in just a matter of seconds. Just as Namor nearly reaches his grasp on Yojimbo, the Redskins commons come to his defense. The common Atlanteon bows down to the king of Atlantis and gives his life, while Namor does quick work with the sharkticons and allicons, dishing out one-punch knockouts to their stout metal builds. Squirtle then steps up to bat by hitting Namor with his water gun attack, temporarily flinging him backyards, giving the spacing advantage back to the Redskins. 

Martian Manhunter and Aspen are going tit for tat with attempted blows but are struggling to land anything as they’re both phasing in and out of the water, waiting for the right time to send everything they’ve got. Aspen is beginning to fail to keep up, Martian Manhunter is putting on a showcase of shape-shifting and telepathically altering what Aspen is truly seeing and what she isn’t. Aspen unphases from her pure water form and throws a punch at the Martian in which is caught by a flat hand and countered with a gut punch, shattering her abdomen and leaving her to sink to the bottom of the ocean. 

Namor is wasting zero time, chomping at the bit to get back at his wife’s killer, but once again, the Redskins come to the rabbit’s defense. Abe Sapien and Squirtle attack Namor, Squirtle uses his Bubble ability to flood his line of vision but its not enough as a vicious roundhouse kick from the Sub-Mariner dismantles his small figure. Finally in contact, Usagi and Namor are going at it, with Namor outclassing him in hand-to-hand combat. Just as Namor goes for the kill, Abe Sapien comes from behind and sends him into a brief state of unconsciousness, opening up the opportunity for Usagi to drive his Daisho with two hands through the thick chest of the Sub-Mariner, putting him down for good. 

This leaves the two teams with a 1 v 2, The Martian Manhunter vs Abe Sapien and a Blood Lusted Usagi Yojimbo. Abe Sapien attempts to take over the Martians’ brain the same way he did Namor but is immediately trumped by a far superior intellect. Martian Manhunter’s ability to take over Abe Sapien’s mind has him melting from the inside, begging for freedom from the grasp on his brain he has, until finally his brain combusts from the inside resulting in a truly miserable death for the Amphibian. 

Usagi Yojimbo’s ring is bursting with energy. The amount of willpower and courage displayed by The Samurai Rabbit to be the sole Redskin standing in this water skirmish results in yet another duplication of the already inherited green ring. Usagi’s duplicate ring joins his left hand with a second bright green diasho samurai sword, simultaneously appearing. The green lantern rings, overcharged to 200% create sharp, thin flames covering the outer parts of his swords in which are repulsive to the Martian. 

Martian Manhunter planned on getting the battle over with as soon as possible, but he can’t get closer than ten feet to the swords without feeling like his insides are being put through a shredder. Martian Manhunter is circling the Rabbit, brainstorming.

With a wince on his face, J’onn J’onzz telepathically speaks to Usagi Yojimbo…

“If this is where my contribution to the battle ends, then I’m taking you with me.”

He temporarily turns invisible, floats towards Usagi and appears right next to him. Martian Manhunter unphases and gives Yojimbo a back-breaking hug while being engulfed with green lantern protectant flames at the same time, sinking them both to join the rest of the participants at the ocean floor…

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To the dry nauseating desert…

Surtur, Mephisto, Starro, Ajax, Beowulf, Hecate, Freya, and Sandworms #1-10 await the opposing redskins of Black Lantern Omega Supreme, Black Lantern Asajj Ventress, Black Lantern Wolverine, Scar, Saint Walker, Carol Ferris and Thufir Hawat in this battle of goliathes and lantern maestros.

Wolverine has taken charge, rushing towards the Cowboy Killers on all fours until he stops in his tracks immediately at the sight of Starro’s weapon. All four Black Lantern Redskins are extremely cautious as the glow alone has them shaking in their boots.

“I don’t know what Starro’s got, but we must persevere,” Saint Walker says, switching positions with Wolverine from back to front of the pack. 

Carol Ferris partners with Skeletor, following Saint Walker, in an attempt to temporarily delay the fight and keep the Black Lanterns alive. 

First, the trio of lanterns takes the initiative against the two fire/devil giants in Surtur and Mephisto.

Surtur’s flaming blade is a menacing but easily dodgeable obstacle for Skeletor and his Orange Lantern Ring. Skeletor takes flight and is swerving through the fireballs that Surtur is launching while also narrowly missing his sword,  sending his fireballs right back at him with orange flames ignited by the avrice within him that is growing by the second with this 1 v 1 match against a much bigger target. Skeletor stops his approach towards his head and goes towards his sword. 

“Alllllll mine,” Skeletor says, grabbing the sword with all the strength he has, setting his mind on beating Surtur at his own game. 

The sword goes from a dark red flame to a glowing orange in a matter of seconds. Skeletor teleports back to the fire giant’s head and hits him with a skull-crushing down thrust, resulting in a waterfall of lava over the sand, burning Freya and Thufir Hawat’s bodies on the way down. 

Carol Ferris and Saint Walker don’t even view Mephisto as a challenge:

“The power of the full spectrum compared to the power of the devil might as well be a boot to an ant,” Carol Ferris exclaims.

Mephisto attempts to manipulate the energy within the two deputies’ rings, but it is of no use; the Devil’s lack of hope and love for the world would be the death of him. Mephisto disappeared into the gust of sand as if he were never there. 

Starro is telepathically explaining to the sandworms that this is not going to go their way, and they need to wreak havoc upon the dunes. All ten sandworms jolt around in a frenzy, making a sand hurricane that flings everybody out of place. This leaves Starro just enough time and distraction to make his move on the black lanterns. 

Starro extends his tentacle and has a reach the length of a football field, flailing around his sword with the chain extending even further. The first victim is Wolverine; the second, the sword touches him, he vanishes with nothing but a pale black lantern ring falling in his place. Starro then does the exact same to Ventress, and just as Scar tries to retreat, he too receives a crushing hit to the side, leaving him bloodied and lifeless. 

The Black Lantern Slaughterer is running out of energy. While the yellow and red rings are feeding off the death of the black lanterns, their holder doesn’t have the emotion to be the host. Fading in and out, Omega Supreme puts an end to its onslaught by shattering it with a shot of plasma, leaving it in a million tiny pieces. 

“You kill my friends, you are my enemy. I kill my enemies.”

Omega Supreme walks up to Starro and tears out his eye with his bare hands, tosses it up in the air, and shoots it with a laser beam, sending it to the moon and ending the starfish’s lethal run. 

Ajax and Beowulf outnumber Omega Supreme, circling him with their mechs, but they are way outmatched. Ajax and Beowulf are generating every form of weapon they can to throw at Omega Supreme, but he quickly overpowers them with his laser cannons and sheer strength, reigning victorious over the highly inferior metal beings. 

The ten sandworms are on empty stomaches and are ready to feast, Hecate being their only friend left in the desert. Saint Walker, Carol Ferris, Skeletor, and Omega Supreme stand on the other side, awaiting the unpredictable blitz from the sandworms. 

Sandworm #8 darts towards Omega Supreme quickly through the unsettled sand and goes right for the jugular. The ginormous sandworm leaps out of the sand but is caught by Omega Supreme, wrestling him down to the ground, attempting to keep his mouth closed. The sandworm lets out a whimper and a growl, being held against its will, finally reopening its mouth, just to catch a missile killing it from the inside. Sandowrm #3 is next, following his brother, it slams its body into Omega Supreme and takes a sizeable bite out of its abdomen. Sandworm #3 is grabbed by the neck and repeatedly beaten on by devastating jabs to the side by Omega Supreme, matching #8’s demise. Sandworms #4-5 finally take Omega Supreme off balance, knocking him on his back, #4 bites his whole right arm off while #5 does to same to his left leg. With the sandworms chowing down, the black lantern ring takes effect and regenerates his limbs, allowing him to regain control and toss the sandworms off of him. 

Bro’Dee “The Saint” Walker comes to the Transformers’ defense with several bright blue worm constructs of his own in retaliation. Saint Walker’s version of sandworms matches their energy, tearing apart sandworms 9 and 10 with their much smaller but equally sharp set of teeth. 

Sandworm #2 eats the blue lantern worms, then moves on to Carol Ferris alongside Skeletor, who have come to aid their teammates nearing the end of this battle. Skeletor, harnessing his orange ring, creates a catapult in which he places his newly acquired flame sword. Just as Sandworm #2 set his sights on Carol Ferris, Skeletor releases the sword directly in his mouth, traveling through the worm’s long body until it eventually makes its way out the other end, putting its intestines on display. 

Hecate comes down the pipe as if she’s a seasoned fremen upon Sandowrm #1, and this one finally gets a taste of human flesh. Just as Sandworm #2 leaves the field of vision of Carol Ferris, Sandworm #1 enters it. With one big gulp, #1 engulfs her body, leaving her with a thousand tiny cuts, killing her in the most miserable way she could imagine going out. 

Saint Walker and Skeletor have created an artillery of projectiles ahead of the remaining sandworms. Hundreds of heat-seeking missiles flood the scene, and the sandworms take cover, leaving Hecate alone open to several explosives to the dome while the remaining 5 sandworms are completely submerged underground. The three remaining Redskins feel the earthquake adjacent rumbling caused by the sandworms and are attempting to keep composure. While Walker and Skeletor stay afloat to avoid a surprise attack, Omega Supreme cannot recover in time to do the same. In classic sandworm fashion, #6 submerges from the sand below and swallows Omega Supreme. Failing to escape its grasp, Omega Supreme transforms into a rocket and heads for the stars, taking the sandworm to the graveyard with him; as no matter how unkillable his metaloid black lantern figure is, he’ll never escape the stomach of sandworm #6. 

Sandworms #1, 4, 5, and 7 remain and reappear above the sand but are no match for Skeletor and especially Saint Walker, who is willing to put everything he’s got on the field today. Saint Walker fabricates a sledgehammer big enough to squash buildings. The Sandown's approach and Saint Walker make a game of whack-a-mole out of them: 

“17 points!!!!- New Record,” Saint Walker says with a grin. 

“Couldn’t have done it without me” Skeletor insists.

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“Redskins successfully take the dunes, but Carol Ferris perishes.” The White Lantern Ring speaks to Sinestro.

“Alive or dead, her Star Sapphire makes our spectrum stronger.”

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The weirding, winding jungle…

The Cowboys Killers are represented by Gorilla Grodd, Green Arrow, and Black Canary, Heimdall, General Kenobi, Pinhead, Master Mold, Darth Malgus, Triton, Ancient Sith Lords #1-5, and Sand Bender #1-4 against the Redskins sporting Sodam Yat, Romat Ru, Dex-Tar, Quasar, Polaris, Havoc, Cable, Shatterstar, Cannonball, Domino, X-23, Aayla Secura, Nemesis Enforcer, and Cobra Commander.

“First King of the Jungle, then, KING OF THE PLAYOFF PLANET,” roars Gorilla Grodd.

The master of guerrilla warfare, Gorilla Grodd, has put the Cowboy Killers in a position to have a serious advantage through this wide but narrow forest of the playoff planet. Black Canary and Green Arrow have set up shop amongst the high branches of the thick trees, while Gorilla Grodd hangs from the biggest tree in the forest, not far from them. On the other hand, with his head peaking above the trees, Master Mold is grounded in experienced and skilled ground support, including Heimdall, Kenobi, Malgus, Triton, the Ancient Sith Lords, and the Sandbenders. Triton and the Sandbenders find themselves organized into the wrong sector, but they are willing to make the most of their environment. On the other hand, the Redskins are underprepared, but when you’re going against Grodd, it’s nearly impossible to have the upper hand strategically.

Master Mold’s mutant sensors are going through the roof with the X-Force and several other X-Men characters entering the forest. Heimdall and Cable get the battle started with their polar opposite fighting styles being put on display, with each heavy jab that Cable throws, Heimdall sees his move from a mile away and counters it with an exceedingly powerful jab. Heimdall rips off the cables arm and launches him backwards. Heimdall, being in possession of cables lengthy arm gets pinned to the ground by Polaris, who just used the cybernetic arm to disable the god, opening the gate for Romat Ru to bury Heimdall in the ground with an undodgable attack and a suffocating yellow lantern N95, making the ground his grave. Gorilla Grodd pounds his chest in a signal for Green Arrow and Black Canary to attack from above. Black Canary unleashes a screech, resulting in everybody on the ground below ducking in agony and making everyone an unmoving target for Green Arrow. Oliver Queen sends three arrows in a direct shot to the back of Domino and does the same to the dome of Cobra Commander. Cobra Commander’s manipulative plans with his Indigo Lantern Ring have come to a complete halt with his head being one with the ground through the arrows in his head; Domino aligns with that fate, as no luck was going to save her from those blindsided shots to the spine. Nemesis Enforcer moves to retaliate with his flight supercharged by his ring, but is once again crushed by a canary cry just as he spots the two hanging amongst the trees. At first flung backwards, Canary hits him once again at the wrist area, shattering his Indigo Lantern Ring and exhausting him back to the ground, concussing and killing the G.I. Joe villain. Havoc has had enough and jolts up while he has the chance, unleashing a ridiculously potent plasma blast, vaporizing the two Justice League members. Gorilla Grodd swings down from his branch and descends with a ground-shaking boom and a fist pointing forward in command to give them hell. 

“THIS IS GORILLA CITY NOW WE MAKE IT OURS!!!!- Master Mold, be gone with the puny mutants.”

On that command, Master Mold does what he does best and puts the rest of the X-Force crew out of commission. Pulverizing Cannonball and Shatterstar with heat beams and then crushing Havoc with a pounding downwards fist. Polaris gets up close and personal with the Sentinel god and starts ripping apart his outermost shell, giving her best Magneto-Apocalypse impression. Shrapnel from the ginormous figure that is the master mold is flinging all over the jungle, creating hazards for everyone concerned. Pinhead receives a decapitating plate of metal to the neck while Dex-Tar has his whiskers knocked off by a few deadly Master-Mold-Sized-Screws. Sodam Yat pulls up ready to deliver the killing blow, Polaris exploiting his weaknesses from deep within the thick layer of armor. Sodam Yat plants his feet and gets set to puncture the “heart” of the sentinel as soon as the opportunity arises, forming a 200% powered green lantern sphere at the tip of his head. Polaris finally reveals the red wire of the monster machine, and Sodam Yat acts as a Daxamite-sized bullet, slicing through his body like a slice of bread and putting him down for the count. In her final efforts, Polaris floats down exhausted and lies to rest onto Darth Malgus’s waiting ignited blade. The five Ancient Sith Lords, alongside Triton, cornered Aayla Secura, doing away with her, setting up the final countdown in the forest. 

Gorilla Grodd, General Kenobi, Darth Malgus, Triton, and the commons face off against Sodam Yat, Romat Ru, Quasar, and X-23 in the burning, torn-up remains of the forest. Romat Ru, with no hesitation, picks off all 9 commons in the most malicious way he can to fuel his fear factor and need for murder, moving on to General Kenobi. Romat attacks with pure emotion while Kenobi is putting on a form 3 clinic, in which Romat Ru has no alternative. Each yellow energy construct is sharp and destructive, but is immediately deflected by a simple lightsaber swipe and a force push until Kenobi ends his life with a simple thrust of his saber to his collarbone. With the numbers shifting in the Killers’ favor, Quasar starts releasing flashes of light and quantum blasts towards The Darth and the General. While General Kenobi withstands the blast, Darth Malgus can not do the same. Fighting the beam with all of his strength upon the narrow shaft of his lightsabers, the quantum energy eventually slips through and burns a hole right through his body. General Kenobi somersaults towards X-23 and Quasar, shoving the small but vicious mutant out of the way with force and forcing a 1v1 fight with Quasar. X-23 rolls with the punches using her momentum to launch at Gorilla Grodd, who has remained untouched this entire skirmish. Gorilla Grodd is reaching all over his body to try and grab hold of X-23, but she is simply too small and too fast. X-23 climbs up the back of Grodd and plants her claws on her feet in his body forcing a groan to come out from the gorilla. With calculated precision, X-23 ejects her claws into the neck of Grodd, finally ending his strategic reign on the battlefield. 

Quasars’ quantum beams have been in contact with Kenobi’s lightsaber for so long that it starts to burn up in his hand, forcing Kenobi to drop it. Just as Quasar goes for the final blow, Kenobi grabs hold of his quantum bands and crushes them with the force, cutting off his wrists completely and snapping the bands in half. Without knowing what to think, Quasar falls to his knees, and Kenobi grabs his hot-to-touch lightsaber and ignites it. In a quantum energy overload, the kyber crystal blows up in the face of them both, killing Quasar and (finally, after 4 weeks of final death domination) sending General Kenobi to the graveyard. 

Sodam Yat and X-23 approach the waterless Triton and do quick work, concluding the forest chapter, but wait.

“It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a-oh fuck we’re cooked,” Sodam Yat says in fear. 

Superman comes barreling down like a meteor, flames tailing his descent. Kal-El commits some heinous Kryptonian on Daxamite crimes on Sodam Yat with a few knees to the head and several death-bringing blows. Sodam-Yat, who was once top of the totem pole of power in the forest, just got punked in 3 seconds, and X-23 starts to scurry away. Attempting to escape in desperation, Superman sends a wave of heat vision and makes sure to leave no room for a healing factor. 

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To the Urban area of the PP… (ha, pp)

In this penultimate battle, we have Roy Houslander, Thundercracker and Buster, Skywarp, Zuko’s Dragon, Dobby, Zombie Star Sapphire, Bat-Mite, Ch’p, OA Guardian #1 (Final Death), Pythona, Chuck Norris, Jotaro, Even Piel, Kup, Mother Talzin, Liu Kang, Cybertronian Guardians #4-5, and Storm Shadow for the Washington Redskins. On the other end, The Cowboy Killers send Hope Summers, Azazel, Homelander, Man of Miracles, Dunadan Ranger Kyle Houslander with The Omnitrix, and Sky Lynx. 

Each side is taking their places, just a one-way street dividing the two teams and their lust to report back to their remaining teammates with a victory. The Redskins are throwing every projectile they can towards The Cowboy Killers before they get into close quarters with a significantly stronger opposing sheer strength, while on that note, the Redskins have a significant numbers advantage. 

“…whimper-sob-cry…” A floating Bat-Mite from above drops 5th dimensional tears upon the battlefield. 

“Batman, my dear Batman, I’m lost without you”. 

Ever since Bat-Mite saw Bruce sent to the graveyard on National Television last week in the ALDS, he has been in shambles. In Bat-Mite’s eyes, a world without Batman is a world that shouldn’t exist at all. His mere existence is a facade without Batman, and he’s just about ready to end it all. Bat-Mite’s tears go from water to drops of lava, which creates a hectic playing surface below, forcing everybody to scurry for cover. The clouds are overcome by a terrifying gloom, the water of the planet turns to ice, the forest is engulfed in flames, and the desert to a wasteland of glass. The playoff planet has gone from the best shape it’s been in in years to what looks like a post-apocalyptic world. The remaining characters from the stars are looking down on what is quite a terrifying scene, watching the settings of the Playoff Planet crumble and transform before their eyes. 

“A life without Batman isn’t a life worth living, and I’m taking you guys with me.” Bat-Mite unleashes a black hole that immediately starts to suck the planet up like a vacuum. Each remaining character is running for their lives, but all for not. As the black hole swallows the planet, Sky Lynx and Homelander are doing everything they can to escape its grasp. Sky Lynx transforms into his space shuttle form alongside Homelander, who is using all the strength he has to fly towards the stars and live to see another day. In the most narrow fashion, Sky Lynx picks up a failing Homelander and finally regains freedom of flight as they join the final battle amongst the stars, leaving a Playoff Planet in which now ceases to exist alongside every living and dead body vanishing with it. 

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The final battle for it all…

The Washington Redskins are Sinestro w/ The White Lantern Ring, Skeletor w/ The Orange Lantern Ring, Saint Walker, The following in The Mirage: Frank Metivier: Jedi Knight, Jedi Youngling Grayson Houslander, Orco, and Chian w/ Green Lantern Ring, Cade Skywalker in a TIE Dagger, Star Wolf (final death) in a F-18, Yaddle w/ Dwarf Ring #7 in Yoda’s Wookie Escape Pod and the Cowboy Killers are Superman, Sky Lynx, Commander Ahsoka Tano in a Stealth X-Wing, Homelander, Legends Leia Organa in a TIE Defender

“Kal El, you’ve lacked the emotional prowess to overcome the spectrum, and where does that bring you? Back to me.” Sinestro says converting Star Wolf’s F-18 into a fully capable spaceship in preparation for this battle.

Superman responds with a burst of heat vision towards the white lantern bearer and is immediately ratio’d by a deflective shield towards Ahsoka, who just nearly evades it. In frustration, Superman mows down the fleet of ships, including The Mirage, The TIE Dagger, and The Wookie Escape Pod, while disintegrating every passenger in the process with Star Wolf maneuvering up and down away from the wide beam of blaze from the Kryptonian and miraculously being the only Redskin ship standing. 

The White Lantern Ring is an impossibly measurable entity at this point in the match. Star Wolf’s display of will power in evading Superman’s heat vision is enough for a green lantern ring to appear out of thin air and appear on the left paw of Star Wolf just seconds after avoiding death. Star Wolf takes this opportunity and runs with it. Wolf darts towards an unsettled Ahsoka and Kamikaze himself with a green lantern-infused grenade, leaving them both in undeniable death. Legends Leia Organa clocks the shrapnel coming from the explosion, deflecting it with the force and racing towards the three deputy lanterns. Sinestro makes a fly swatter fit for a giant and smacks Leia and her TIE defender back to Alderaan with authority, his White Lantern Ring growing with power in every passing second. 

Sinestro, Saint Walker, and Skeletor go 3 v 3 against Superman, Sky Lynx, and Homelander. 

Skeletor vs Homelander - A battle of Avarice 

Saint Walker vs Superman - A battle of Hope

Sinestro vs Sky Lynx - A matchup of miracles

Homelander merges with Skeletor and immediately connects a fist to the jaw of the Orange Lantern. Skeletor, who has been dominant throughout this match, just had his confidence of superiority stripped from him and is now struggling to grasp the power of the ring. Homelander sends jab after jab to the body of Skeletor and allows no room for recovery. In a moment of desperation, Sinestro strips the orange ring from Skeletor to heighten his own ring and leaves him completely vulnerable to a deadly blow. Sinestro looks up and down the massive transformer and laughs. With a wave of his hand and a bright white glow, Sinestro constructs two magnets and tears apart Sky Lynx like a piece of paper.

Saint Walker is going toe to toe with the Man of Steal. The Saint has put together a mech suit that is withstanding blows from Superman whilst immediately regenerating and allowing him to keep a cool distance. Saint Walker takes the offensive, detaching from his mech and hitting Superman with Blue Scimitar’s detonating with explosions parallel to nukes, launching the kryptonian hundreds of yards backwards into the sun of the playoff planet. Homelander approaches Sinestro and Saint Walker and is just punked; In a matter of seconds Sinestro punctures the head of Homelander with a Battle Axe thrown from a deep distance before Homelander could even think of making a move on the lantern gods, leaving Sinestro and Saint Walker alone in the deep cold space above where the playoff planet used to be. 

“We’ve proven once again that no matter the odds, the spectrum trumps everything,” Sinestro says in conclusion.

“We may have had our arguments, but you give me Hope that the Lantern Corps are still the most powerful entity in the universe,” Saint Walker responds.

Superman, sights set on the two remaining redskins grabs a hold of the ginormous and scorching sphere. With the sun in the palm of his hands, the last son of Krpton throws the sun over his head at Sinestro and Saint Walker, burning their bodies and ultra-charged rings to a crisp, sending the Cowboy Killers to the Universe Bowl.