Justifiers
The Justifiers are soldiers that feature in DC Comics.
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History
Justifiers were warriors that served in the armies of Apokolips. (Forever People v1 #3)
Darkseid sent Glorious Godfrey to Earth to win over the populace. Godfrey gave a rally extolling the virtues of anti-life as a protection from the fears of life and as a justification of executing anyone who threatened you. The audience tapped into their own secret dark desires to live out revenge fantasies, and to follow a commanding force. Godfrey presented anti-life as a gift from Darkseid and made his newfound followers into Justifiers, thoughtless automaton soldiers loyal to Darkseid and infused with anti-life, making them into suicide bombers. Godfrey sent legions of Justifiers to track down and destroy the Forever People, to round up citizens they deemed scapegoats, to burn books, and to enforce martial law. Godfrey prepared for his next performance, crowing that his Justifiers were mindless zombies in his thrall, when a Justifier alerted him that the Forever People were approaching. Godfrey was miffed that his Justifiers had failed him, but gave them another chance to dispose of the heroes. The Forever People switched places with Infinity Man, who disrupted the rally and destroyed the organ Godfrey used to hypnotize new candidates, but Darkseid appeared and used his omega beams to send Infinity Man back to his home space, returning the Forever People. Darkseid’s henchman Desaad subdued the Forever People, and the Justifiers took them to Desaad’s Camp of the Damned, where he was searching for a human mind that possessed the Anti-Life Equation. Godfrey told Darkseid that although he believed in the concept of Anti-Life, he thought it could only be induced in others through his type of brainwashing. Darkseid called him a precious, but shallow child, and assured him that Anti-Life existed. (Forever People v1 #3)
Overview
In appearance, Justifiers came from a variety of forms as they consisted of recruits that firmly believed in the principles of Anti-Life. The main distinctive feature to identify them were their helmets. (Forever People v1 #3)
Those that fell under the sway of Anti-Life no longer thought for themselves and were little more than zombies under the control of their master. (Forever People v1 #3)
They could equip themselves with a variety of weapons as they looked to enforce their masters orders. (Forever People v1 #3)
Some could be wire to explode thus turning them into human bombs. They were perfectly willing to kill themselves in order to eliminate their quarry. The bombs were made of Apokoliptian technology and when detonated using the igniter could generate omega rays to disintegrate anything in the blast radius in an instant. (Forever People v1 #3)
Members
- Human Flame :
- Man-Bat :
- Killer Moth :
- Killer Croc :
- Black Lightning :
- Green Arrow :
Notes
- Justifiers were created by Jack Kirby where they made their first appearance in Forever People v1 #3 (June, 1971).
In other media
Video games
- In DC: Unchained, Justifiers appeared in the setting of the mobile video game where they were brainwashed humans serving Darkseid during the invasion of Earth.
Appearances
- Forever People v1: (1971)
- Final Crisis v1:
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