Counterpart Superman

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
Determined to end the threat of Darkseid once and for all, Superman gathered the Justice League to mount a direct assault on the planet of Apokolips. Despite Lex Luthor, John Constantine, and Flash voicing their dismay that the plan was extremely risky, Superman believed that sooner rather than later Darkseid would come for Earth again so Superman insisted that they strike now. However, unbeknownst to the League, Darkseid was listening in on their plan through Cyborg's Apokolyptian technology. After the meeting, he talks with Lois Lane and tells her to be safe, also telling her he loves her. The Justice League depart for Apokolips, while the Teen Titans temain on Earth as a home-guard but upon arriving, they are immediately attacked by a massive army of Paradooms, genetic hybrids of Parademons and Doomsday. Despite the League's best efforts, they were utterly decimated, and the members were either killed or captured. Superman was among those captured, and Darkseid injects his body with liquid Kryptonite that forms the Superman symbol on his chest, leaving him in a depowered state but sparing his life, wanting Superman to live knowing that his failed plan cost everything. Some time after the invasion of Earth and the deaths of the Teen Titans, Superman appears at Titans Tower and prevents Raven from committing suicide, and the two console each other.

Two years later, Earth is taken over by Darkseid's forces and is left a wasteland. Superman and Raven confront John Constantine in a London pub, drinking his sorrows away, wanting to recruit him for their mission. Constantine initially refused, blaming Superman for things going completely wrong, but agreed to join them due to his guilt over the death of Zatanna. They ask Constantine to use his magic to locate Damian Wayne, and upon locking on his location, the group head to a League of Assassins outpost. Damian meets with the group, but expresses a cold resentment towards Superman, knowing from the start that his plan would fail, and blames Superman for costing him his father and his teammates. Superman and Raven wish to ask Damian to help Batman break free from Darkseid's programming, and Damian reluctantly agrees. With Damian on board, the group head to Metropolis to meet with Lois Lane, who has gained the support of the Suicide Squad for their operation.

After going over their plan to destroy Apokolips, the resistance force head to LexCorp, the location of the boom tube; their only means of traveling to Apokolips. Due to his depowered state, Superman leaves most of the fighting to the others. When they are confronted by Lex Luthor, Raven momentarily loses control of Trigon after seeing Luthor hurt Damian, but Superman manages to talk her back into control before she kills Luthor. When Luthor joins the resistance force's side, he gives them anti-Kryptonian weapons for their battle against the Paradooms, and lends Superman his anti-Kryptonian battle suit (which was ironically created to kill Superman). From here, the force splits into two teams: Superman, Constantine, Raven, Damian and Etrigan head to Apokolips while Luthor, Lois, and the Suicide Squad stay behind to defend the boom tube from the Paradooms.

Soon after infiltrating Apokolips, the group is confronted by Darkseid's Furies; Wonder Woman, Mera, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman and Starfire were brainwashed to become Darkseid's servants while their torn bodies were cybernetically restored. Superman blames himself for what happened to them and he apologizes. After Constantine uses his magic to break Wonder Woman's mind control, she fights off the other Furies while the group continue with the mission. After saving Flash from his role of the planet's power generator, they come across Cyborg, who is fused with Apokolips itself, and Constantine freeing him of his programming causes the planet's technology to be shut down, saving the other Furies from their mind control. When Darkseid arrives, Superman angrily attacks him, but is easily brushed aside without his powers.

When Damian Wayne is seemingly killed by Darkseid, an enraged Raven loses control of Trigon, who emerges, chooses Superman as his host and kills Constantine. Trigon removes the liquid Kryptonite depowering Superman as he fights and gains the upper hand against Darkseid. While fighting, Lois tries contacting Superman, who manages to reach him to give him her last message as she is about to be blown up on LexCorp. Lois tells him she loves him as she dies in an explosion, which drives Superman to kick Trigon out of his body and regain control of it, as well as restoring his powers.

Completely restored, Superman engages in battle with Darkseid, enraged at the conqueror for taking everything from him, and manages to force him on the defensive. The other heroes with Cyborg hatch a plan to escape to Earth as well as trap Darkseid and his forces in a black void, but Batman refuses to leave Superman behind despite Darkseid needing to be distracted. Constantine and Raven use their magic to grant Trigon a physical form, and Trigon takes over the battle, ordering Superman to leave unless he wants to "get through to him to get to Darkseid." As Darkseid is overwhelmed by Trigon, Cyborg goes through with his plan to send the heroes to Earth, the Paradooms to Apokolips, and sending Apokolips to a black void along with Darkseid, Trigon, and himself, as he is unable to separate himself from his subjugation of Apokolips. Cyborg's plan goes through, and the heroes are safely transported to Earth.

The Justice League is victorious but lament over their failures and losses. Batman announces that while the Reapers have been destroyed, the damage has been done, and Earth was doomed. Superman remains optimistic and tries to inspire the League to work on saving the planet. Constantine convinces Flash to reset the timeline and create a second Flashpoint, explaining that any changes would be better than their current situation. The League watches as the universe is erased in front of them.