Underworld Unleashed

Underworld Unleashed
Cover of Underworld Unleashed #1 (November 1995) featuring (top) Neron, (bottom, left to right) Doctor Polaris I, Lex Luthor, the Joker, Circe I and Abra Kadabra, art by Howard Porter
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Format	Miniseries
Genre	Superhero Crossover
Publication date	November 1995 – late December 1995
No. of issues	3, plus several tie-in issues and four one-shot issues
Main character(s)	Justice League America Neron the Trickster I
Creative team as of November 1995
Created by	Mark Waid Howard Porter
Written by	Mark Waid
Artist(s)	Howard Porter Dan Green Chris Eliopoulos Dennis Janke John Nyberg Rick Taylor Heroic Age (a.k.a. Pat Garrahy)
Penciller(s)	Howard Porter
Inker(s)	Dan Green (issues #1-2) Dennis Janke (issue #3) John Nyberg (issue #3)
Letterer(s)	Chris Eliopoulos
Colorist(s)	Rick Taylor (colorist) Heroic Age (a.k.a. Pat Garrahy; color separator)
Editor(s)	Brian Augustyn (editor) Stephen Wacker (assistant editor)

Underworld Unleashed was a multi-title American comic book crossover event released by DC Comics in 1995. As well as the core storyline of the three-issue Underworld Unleashed miniseries (November 1995-late December 1995), most of the issues of the DC Comics titles that were published in November and December 1995 (including two in July 1995, two in August 1995, six in September 1995, nine in October 1995, three in January 1996 and two in February 1996) and four one-shot issues that were published at the same time were also part of, or at least connected to, the event.

The main theme of Underworld Unleashed involved the then-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 which they would be given their greatest desires in exchange for their souls or for completing a task for him - and the consequences of those deals.

Underworld Unleashed was one of the very few major DC Comics crossover events to not directly involve Superman; at the time of the event he was off-world and in outer space as part of a crossover storyline in the various Superman titles called "The Trial of Superman!" (November 1995-January 1996). This was important to the Underworld Unleashed crossover event, since the superheroes involved were driven by the belief that Superman was the key to Neron's plans.

Plot

Five members of the Flash's Rogues Gallery - Captain Boomerang I, Captain Cold, Heat Wave, the Mirror Master III and the Weather Wizard - are approached with an offer by fellow Rogues Gallery member Abra Kadabra, who had become an agent of the demon Neron in exchange for true magical powers to replace his technology-based magical powers. Abra Kadabra persuades them to cause havoc by destroying five separate targets (an arms depot by Captain Boomerang I, a nuclear reactor by Captain Cold, a dormant volcano by Heat Wave, an oil field by the Mirror Master III and a chemical dump by the Weather Wizard) simultaneously, with the promise of "respect" and "a guarantee that they would be remembered forever, not as has-beens but as the most infamous villains of their age". But Neron's deals are demonic, twisted and unfair and they were not told that their actions would cost all of them their lives and unleash Neron upon Earth. All five are killed in the ensuing explosions (which consume them in green fire), the flames of which form the points of a pentagram that creates a gateway which releases Neron.

Soon after this, Neron kills the Chaplain of Belle Reve Penitentiary and then, having taken the form of the Chaplain, accompanies Father Richard Craemer, a priest who administers to the prisoners of Belle Reve (as well as being an adviser to the Suicide Squad and a friend and counselor to the Spectre), on his rounds at the prison. He next makes a deal with Lou Krupke, one of the inmates (who is bent on revenge for the theft of a treasured calendar that he believes to have been stolen by a Belle Reve guard named Finney (full name unknown)), in exchange for a gun that he had bought earlier before entering Belle Reve. Neron himself had already stolen the calendar in question without Krupke's knowledge in order to engineer the whole situation and he also makes deals with a number of key Belle Reve personnel or persuades/manipulates them in other ways to be absent that evening. Krupke tracks down Finney and kills him with the gun and, at the same time, damages the electrical turbines that give Belle Reve its power. The resulting chaos allows 142 supervillains to escape from Belle Reve. When it is all over, Neron claims Krupke's soul.

A few weeks later, another member of the Rogues Gallery, the Trickster I, reads of the deaths of his fellow Rogues Gallery members in the newspaper and determines not to waste any more time on petty crimes, but to finally make a major supervillain of himself. One week after the Trickster I's decision, yet another member of the Rogues Gallery, the Rainbow Raider III, shows him a carved black candle that he and other recently escaped supervillains had received, with instructions to light it at 12:00 midnight on a certain day to "open the door to fame, power and glory". The Trickster I steals the candle, secretly replaces it with a rubber chicken and, upon lighting it, is instantly transported to Hell, joining over 60 other supervillains who had done the same thing. Neron appears to the gathered supervillains and offers them all their greatest desires in exchange for their souls, then introduces his "Inner Council" - Lex Luthor, the Joker, Circe I, Doctor Polaris I and Abra Kadabra. The Fiddler II figures out immediately that Neron is actually the devil himself and the Trickster I overhears him; then over 20 of the supervillains accept Neron's offer, while the rest who rejected it are returned to Earth by him unharmed (with the exception of one - Mongul I - whom Neron kills with his bare hands and takes his soul after the alien tyrant refuses to make a deal and attacks him because he believes that Neron has insulted him by calling all of the assembled supervillains - including him - failures before Neron came into their lives). As each supervillain accepts the offer, their souls (which look like green vapor) are collected in a large clear container called the Soul Jar. Neron then sends the newly-empowered supervillains who accepted his offer (with the exception of his Inner Council and the Trickster I) back to Earth to fulfill their sides of their deals by seeking revenge on the superheroes and wreaking havoc. At the end of all this, Justice League America member Blue Devil, a friend of the Trickster I who had worked out that the locations of the deaths of the five Rogues Gallery members formed the points of a pentagram, appears. He is offered fame and fortune in exchange for performing a simple task: the destruction of an unmanned electrical power station.

While the supervillains empowered by Neron proceed to run amok with their new powers, Neron then turns his attention to Earth's superheroes. In addition to trying to gain the souls of the Batman I, the Flash III and an unknown number of other superheroes, Neron offers to resurrect Alexandra "Alex" deWitt from the dead in exchange for Green Lantern V's soul. Green Lantern V refuses and after Neron defeats him in battle he spares his life, giving Green Lantern V the message that what he covets most of all is "a far more noble soul" who Green Lantern V knows and that when he has it, Earth will be his. Green Lantern V assumes that this means Superman (who is off-world because of his trial in outer space, although no one knows about this) and carries the message to the Refuge, Justice League America's space station headquarters.

Meanwhile, Neron causes further disruption on an Earth now seething with violence and war as a result of his demonic influence on people and the chaos caused by the supervillains who are now in his debt. He also spreads chaos on New Apokolips just for the sake of doing so, giving all those who desire the missing-and-presumed-dead Darkseid's throne information on each other's plans, thus causing New Apokolips to wage war with itself.Meanwhile, back in Hell, Luthor and the Joker force the Trickster I to reveal that Neron's power is contained within his Soul Jar and succeed in rupturing the Jar using Circe I, Polaris I and Kadabra's magical and scientific resources together. As the Jar is breached, a swirl of the green vapor within the Jar reaches outward, then picks up Circe I, Polaris I and Kadabra and pulls them right into the Jar, after which the Jar reseals, which is what Luthor and the Joker had actually planned all along. However, Neron had preempted them by fooling the Trickster I into giving them false information, thus removing his Inner Council completely before they could become a threat to his power. He shrinks Luthor and the Joker in size and traps them in a snow globe-although they both believe that they are in a snowstorm in Metropolis until they reach the glass walls of the globe.

As Earth collapses into violence, war, anarchy and chaos, Justice League America calls most of its members together to stand against Neron. Like Green Lantern V, all of them assume that because he is missing, it is Superman that Neron referred to as the pure soul that he wanted and that he had already been captured. The elite of Justice League America decide to take the fight to Neron and Blue Devil, who had been fooled by Neron's Faustian deal into indirectly causing the death of his friend, filmmaker Marla Bloom, takes them to Hell. Now alone in Hell after the fall of the Inner Council, the Trickster I, who had not yet been offered a deal for his soul, realizes that he had been taken for a fool, that no deal was forthcoming for him at all and that Neron had deeper plans that he had not revealed to him. He begins to scheme against him.

On Earth, Doctor Fate I's (Kent Nelson) home, the Tower of Nabu, has become a portal to Hell that the demoness Blaze is trying to secure so that Neron can send Hell's demonic forces to Earth. Sentinel and Fate IV (Jared Stevens) fight to close the portal, Sentinel destroying the tower to do so. While Fate IV battles back from being flung into far dimensions, Sentinel is drawn away from his wife Molly Catherine Mayne-Scott, a.k.a. the Harlequin I, who opens a box containing one of Neron's candles and accepts a deal to become young again and to have the power to create nightmares, losing her soul in the process. Sentinel contacts the Phantom Stranger, Zatanna Zatara and James Brendan "Jim" Corrigan I (a.k.a. the Spectre, but without his full powers, as the Spectre-Force within Corrigan I had made a deal with Neron for a separate existence from its then-current host) for help. Together with Deadman, they enter Hell to get Molly's soul back from Neron. The Spectre tries to help, but discovers that his deal keeps him from opposing Neron and, as a result, he is Neron's slave and is also destined to become his successor. Realizing that he is not prevented from fighting other demons, however, he joins the others in the battle and Sentinel frees Molly's soul in exchange for his own. Blaze is forced to flee from Neron for failing to stop the magical superheroes and while they escape, Sentinel is captured by Neron and imprisoned inside a jewel worn around Neron's neck.

Using what is left of Blue Devil's candle, Justice League America pierces the barrier to Hell and confronts Neron's demonic army, battling through the realms of Hell to find Superman. The Ray II, Firestorm the Nuclear Man II (Ronald Roy "Ronnie" Raymond), Captain Atom II and Maxima are all killed in the battle, while the other superheroes (except for Captain Marvel) begin to be corrupted by the influence of their hellish surroundings. Meanwhile, the demon Satanus bargains with Neron in the throne room of Hell for the return of his soul after failing in his task to stop the Leymen of Primal Force publicly, offering up the whereabouts of his sister Blaze in exchange; but once his soul is returned to him and Blaze is imprisoned by Neron, he reveals to her that Neron can be beaten by a single word that if spoken, even in Hell, would give even Neron pause. Neron kills Satanus for this betrayal, though not before his comment is overheard by the Trickster I. At that moment Blue Devil, seeking revenge for the death of Marla, finally reaches Neron ahead of Justice League America and is killed by him; after which the superheroes (again, except for Captain Marvel) become completely evil upon entering Hell's throne room and Neron reveals that it was Captain Marvel's soul that he wanted all along, just as the Trickster I realizes the truth.

Neron has kept Blaze alive because her demonic powers dampen Captain Marvel's powers. She reverses this by augmenting his powers instead, saving him from death; while Blue Devil, who cannot die while he is in Hell, attacks Neron in a new demonic body. Taking advantage of the diversion, the Trickster I tells Captain Marvel about the word and Captain Marvel deduces that the word is "Shazam". When he uses it, the resulting lightning bolt in Hell stuns Neron and releases Justice League America from their spell, allowing them to attack him again. Sentinel is also released from his captivity in the jewel and he joins the other superheroes in the fight. The Trickster I then uses the time provided to persuade Captain Marvel that he has a plan to defeat Neron and quickly tells him what to do. Then Captain Marvel suddenly offers Neron his soul, in exchange for "the release of my friends...the release of Earth". When Neron asks him "And...?" he says "No "and", nothing else. Nothing". Neron accepts the offer and tries to take Captain Marvel's soul (which looks like pure white vapor), but because the deal was purely altruistic and self-sacrificing, the first time that someone had ever asked for something without personal gain involved, because he cannot collect on a deal without there being something in it for the one he is dealing with and because Captain Marvel's soul is so pure that even a demon like himself cannot touch it without being actually, physically burned, he cannot do it - then he suddenly realizes that he still has to honor his side of the deal. Taunted by the Trickster I, he disappears in an explosion of green fire (though not before briefly changing into a monstrous-looking demonic creature (presumably his true form)), the Soul Jar is shattered (thus releasing its contents - the souls of everyone involved, whether superhero, supervillain or otherwise - and returning them to their rightful bodies (with the exception of the five Rogues Gallery members, Mongul I and four other dead supervillains who had previously made deals with Neron named Purgatory, the Iceman the Spellbinder I (Delbert Billings) and the Buggmeister)), the four superheroes who had been killed previously are resurrected from the dead and everyone is returned to Earth, including Luthor and the Joker, who are freed from the shattered snow globe and returned to normal size as well.

At the same time, all of the supervillains who had accepted Neron's offer, in addition to regaining their souls, are allowed to have their greatest desires still fulfilled and are no longer in debt to him, although one of them - Major Disaster - while silently gloating about this fact, soon finds out by looking at his reflection in a window that he has the number 666 carved into his forehead (and that only he can see it), thus implying that the rest of them do, too.

Offers of Neron

Superheroes who accepted Neron's offer

• Blue Devil - He was offered fame and fortune in exchange for destroying an unmanned electrical power station, indirectly causing the death of his friend, filmmaker Marla Bloom, who had been scouting the area for a future film. The fame and fortune resulted all because he was free to pursue other film opportunities without her.
• The Harlequin I (Molly Catherine Mayne-Scott) - She had her youth restored and was given the power to create nightmares, but her soul was won back and the deal undone by her husband Sentinel (see below) at the cost of his own soul.
• Hawkman III (Katar Hol) - One of his "hawk-avatar" spirits within him sold its soul in order to gain ascendance over the other avatars also resident in his body, but it failed to do so.
• Lobo - He had Neron rid him of a radio that had been implanted inside his head 20 years ago by wishing it to be implanted inside Neron's head after Neron refused to accept Lobo's first offer - Neron's own soul - as Neron did not have one.
• Madame Xanadu - She was given the power to command and control three demons named Bathopet, Maw and Atopeh in exchange for her soul when she died. Accepted the offer only in order to trick Neron because she was immortal and, therefore, could not die.
• The Ray II (Raymond C. "Ray" Terrill) - He thought Neron was a beautiful woman, Kathy Noren, who worked in his office. Neron makes a deal with Vandal Savage not to go after the Ray II's soul in exchange for Savage guiding Neron to the Atomic Skull II instead. The Ray II then approaches Kathy/Neron, who avoids the conditions of his deal with Savage by letting the Ray II accept an offer to take flowers to a hospital and give them to Eleanor Hart, the dying serial film actress who had portrayed "Zelda Wentworth" (the woman whom the Atomic Skull II loved (at least in his own mind)), in exchange for Death Masque no longer having existed - and thus the Ray II's father, Langford "Happy" Terrill (originally known as the Ray I), would not die. Did not fulfill the terms of his deal and so did not lose his soul nor benefit from the deal. Later killed on the way to Hell during the superheroes' battle with Neron there, but resurrected from the dead after Neron is defeated.
• Sentinel (Alan Ladd Wellington Scott (originally known as Green Lantern I)) - He offered his soul to Neron in order to free the soul of his wife, the Harlequin I (see above), who had sold it to Neron previously; this resulted in Sentinel being taken captive and imprisoned in a jewel worn around Neron's neck. He was later freed from his prison and joined the other superheroes in the final battle against Neron.
• The Spectre (James Brendan "Jim" Corrigan I) - The Spectre-Force (not its then-current host, Jim Corrigan I) agreed not to oppose Neron in order to be free of Corrigan I. As a result, the Spectre became Neron's slave and potential successor in Hell. However, the deal did not include not fighting other demons, so the Spectre joined the magical superheroes' attack on Hell.
• Vril Dox II (a.k.a. Brainiac 2) - He sold the soul of a future descendant of his own family for information on how to regain control of L.E.G.I.O.N. and, using that information, lobotomized his son Lyrl Dox (a.k.a. Brainiac 3), thus removing Lyrl's 12th-level intelligence and reducing his mind to that of a normal 1-year-old child of Earth. Also had the Iceman killed (actually, he asked for him "to no longer be a problem" , but was happy with the final result).
• The Warrior (Guy Darrin Gardner (originally known as Green Lantern III)) - He was offered the resurrection of his loved ones and the return of Coast City and its inhabitants in exchange for killing Green Lantern IV (John Stewart). He originally accepted the offer because Neron had lied to him, telling him that Stewart should already be dead, but that a rift in time had prevented it and that this had caused the Warrior's tragic history to occur. The Warrior then changed his mind and reneged on the deal, thus saving his soul.

Superheroes who rejected Neron's offer

The following is an almost complete list of the superheroes who are known to have rejected Neron's offer. A number of others may be very briefly being shown dealing with Neron in Underworld Unleashed #2.

• The Batman I (Bruce Wayne) - He was offered the resurrection of Robin II (Jason Peter Todd) from the dead.
• Captain Atom II (Nathaniel Christopher Adam) - Unknown offer. Later killed on the way to Hell during the superheroes' battle with Neron there, but resurrected from the dead after Neron is defeated.
• Damage - Unknown offer.
• The Flash III (Wallace Rudolph "Wally" West) - He was offered the resurrection of the Flash II (Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen) from the dead.
• Green Lantern V (Kyle Rayner) - He was offered the resurrection of Alexandra "Alex" deWitt from the dead.
• Max Mercury - Unknown offer.
• Mystek - Unknown offer.
• The Oracle (Barbara Joan "Babs" Gordon (originally known as Batgirl I)) - She was offered the use of her legs again, plus invulnerability and superpowers to rival even Superman's if she would become Neron's librarian, while her soul was hers to keep. She rejected the offer, knowing that she would lose her soul anyway, no matter what Neron had promised her.
• The Silver Swan II (Valerie Beaudry) - Unknown offer.
• Superboy (Kon-El a.k.a. Conner Kent) - He was offered the chance to become Superman.
• Triumph - He was offered his lost 10 years back and thus the opportunity to both become a major superhero and lead Justice League America if he simply opened a box containing one of Neron's candles.

Supervillains who accepted Neron's offer

The following is an incomplete list of the supervillains who are known to have accepted Neron's offer. Others who accepted may have been briefly shown dealing with Neron in Underworld Unleashed #1, but were not followed elsewhere in the miniseries. Only a small percentage of these fulfilled desires, however, were carried over into future stories.

• Abra Kadabra - Neron's lieutenant; he was given real magical powers that replaced his technology-based magical powers. Became part of Neron's Inner Council, but was betrayed by fellow Inner Council members Lex Luthor and the Joker. It is not known whether he sold his soul prior to Underworld Unleashed #1.
• The Atomic Skull II (Joseph "Joe" Martin) - His sanity was restored and he was given enhanced power, which he used to attempt to gain the love of "Zelda Wentworth" (who, at least in his own mind, was the woman he loved).
• Azrael VI (real name unknown) - One of the potential successors to the mantle of Azrael who seemingly fell to his death after battling Azrael V (Jean-Paul Valley) was actually saved during his fall by Abra Kadabra (who was acting on behalf of Neron at the time) and offered his life. As a result of his taking the deal he survived the fall, then was given the techno-Azrael/Batman costume (which he used for illegal underground fights) and was also given the chance to kill the Batman I in order to distract him and to keep him from discovering Neron's plans.
• Black Manta I (David Hyde) - He was transformed into a human-manta ray hybrid creature with superhuman powers. Chronologically the first story of Underworld Unleashed, taking place before the crossover event even got started.
• Blackguard - He was given enhanced strength, intelligence and equipment.
• Blaze (has used the aliases Angelica Blaze and the Night Eagle) - She initially became one of Neron's lieutenants and was assigned to keep the DC Universe's magical superheroes occupied. Sold to Neron by her brother Satanus when she failed to do so in exchange for his soul being returned to him.
• The Blockbuster II (Roland Desmond) - He asked to be smart again (and, indeed, was given the mind of a genius), but later realized that he should have asked to be human again as well.
• Bolt - He was given a chance to carry out his dream assassination...the murder of a well-protected computer expert.
• Brimstone I (no real name; has appeared both several times before and several times since this crossover event, each time with no explanation as to how it was re-created) - The Apokoliptian techno-seed and the Brimstone personality both possessed a S.T.A.R. Labs scientist who made a deal with Neron for power and was then killed. Referred to in Underworld Unleashed: Patterns of Fear #1.
• The Buggmeister - An alien criminal on the run from Lobo named Doc Bugg who sold his soul in exchange for insect powers and an insectoid body. Eaten alive by a giant stag beetle.
• Captain Boomerang I (George "Digger" Harkness) - He was given new cybernetic hands (after having been shot through the hands by Deadshot while both of them were on a mission for the Suicide Squad) and was promised that he would be one of the greatest supervillains that ever lived in exchange for destroying an arms depot. Killed carrying out his task.
• Captain Cold - He was promised that he would be one of the greatest supervillains that ever lived in exchange for destroying a nuclear reactor. Killed carrying out his task.
• The Cheetah III (Barbara Ann Minerva; has used the aliases Priscilla Rich, Deborah Domaine and Sabrina Ballesteros) - Initially, it seemed that the Cheetah III had been transformed into a more cheetah-like form than she had before, with the mind of a wild animal to match, and could grow more savage the angrier she became. Later, it was explained that she had sold her soul to resurrect a friend from the dead, resulting in the aforementioned reversion to a more bestial state.
• Chiller - He was given a chance to carry out his dream assassination...the murder of a well-protected rock and roll star.
• Chronos I (David Langhorn Clinton) - In exchange for killing the Atom II (Raymond "Ray" Palmer), he was given time travel powers, time manipulation powers and phasing powers, but these all caused him to age rapidly. He then devised a special glove that allowed him to age others instead when he held them with it, thus partially undoing the deal.
• Circe I (has used the aliases Cassandra Colchis and Donna Milton) - She was given greater magical powers in order to avenge her many defeats by and to kill Wonder Woman. Became part of Neron's Inner Council prior to Underworld Unleashed #1, but was betrayed by fellow Inner Council members Lex Luthor and the Joker.
• The Copperhead I ("John Doe" (real name unknown)) - He was transformed into a human-snake hybrid creature with enhanced reflexes and agility, venomous fangs, claws, a forked tongue and a prehensile tail, but was now susceptible to cold temperatures. Sold his soul in exchange for no longer being considered a joke.
• Deadline - He was given the chance to carry out his dream assassination...the murder of a Texas district attorney.
• Deadshot - He was given the chance to carry out his dream assassination...the murder of an entire kindergarten class.
• Doctor Phosphorus - He was given greater burning power and personal temperature control, which allowed him to wear clothes without having them burn off of him.
• Doctor Polaris I (Neal Emerson; has used the aliases Baxter Timmons and Repulse) - He was given greater power and the chance to be rid of his benevolent personality of Neal Emerson. Became part of Neron's Inner Council prior to Underworld Unleashed #1, but was betrayed by fellow Inner Council members Lex Luthor and the Joker.
• The Earthworm - He was given enhanced powers, including a humanoid worm-like physiology, stretching powers, a vibrational drilling power and the power to psionically control all sewer-dwelling vermin.
• The Enforcer III ("Joe Gardner", a Draalian clone of Guy Darrin Gardner) - He was given enhanced equipment (including a power glove similar to Sinestro's (full name: Thaal Sinestro) power ring), enhanced superhuman strength, enhanced durability and flight powers.
• Evil Star II (real name unknown) - He was given the power to create dozens of his Starling spawn, although they were no longer indestructible as his original five Starlings had been.
• Gorilla Grodd - He was given back his intelligence, his speech and his psionic powers (after having lost all three of them in a battle in which he and Hector Hammond had teamed up to fight Green Lantern II (Harold "Hal" Jordan) and the Flash III). Told the whereabouts of the Talisman of Arok in order to legitimize his reign over Gorilla City, but the Catwoman keeps it from him.
• Heat Wave - He was promised that he would be one of the greatest supervillains that ever lived in exchange for destroying a dormant volcano. Killed carrying out his task.
• The Hellgrammite (Roderick Rose; has used the alias Robert Dobson) - He was given enhanced physical power and his drone offspring could no longer be changed back into human form by exposure to X-rays.
• The Iceman - He was given a completely new set of non-cold based powers and enhanced strength. Killed by Neron as part of a later deal with Vril Dox II.
• The Joker - He sold his soul for a box of Cuban cigars and seemed to have made the deal just for the sheer fun of it. Became part of Neron's Inner Council prior to Underworld Unleashed #1 but, along with Lex Luthor, double-crossed him and betrayed the other three Inner Council members.
• Killer Frost II (Louise Lincoln) - She was given greater cold power.
• Killer Moth I (Drury Walker; has used the alias Cameron van Cleer) - He was transformed into a carnivorous human-moth hybrid creature and changed his name to Charaxes (the name was based on an actual butterfly genus). Sold his soul in exchange for being feared instead of being considered a joke.
• Kryppen (full name unknown) - An inmate at Arkham Asylum who made a deal with Neron to bring him the Batman I's soul by poisoning everyone in the asylum and then forcing the Batman I to kill someone in it in order to get the antidote from him. The plan was thwarted when the Batman I poisoned Kryppen instead in order to make him give up the antidote's location.
• Lex Luthor (full name: Alexander Joseph Luthor) - He was restored to full health and vitality after his cloned body fell victim to a "clone plague" that ultimately paralyzed him and made him a prisoner in his own body, unable to move or even blink, in exchange for his soul and giving "consultancy" to Neron. Became part of Neron's Inner Council prior to Underworld Unleashed #1 but, along with the Joker, double-crossed him and betrayed the other three Inner Council members.
• Major Disaster - He was given the magical ability to perceive probability and to locate weak points in people and objects, but was now only able to see the worst in life, in exchange for killing Aquaman. Mistakenly kills Thanatos I instead (who physically resembled Aquaman and had usurped the throne of Atlantis in his absence), believing that he was Aquaman. Sold his soul in exchange for no longer being considered a joke.
• Malcolm Merlyn the Dark Archer (Arthur King) - He was given the chance to carry out his dream assassination...the murder of the Batman I.
• Metallo III (John Wayne Corben) - He was given the ability to morph into any mechanical shape he could imagine, to project his consciousness into any technological or metallic device and to absorb any machinery that he came into contact with in order to further enhance his body.
• The Mirror Master III (Evan McCulloch) - He was promised that he would be one of the greatest supervillains that ever lived in exchange for destroying an oil field. Killed carrying out his task.
• The Mist I (Kyle Nimbus Senior; has used the aliases Nimbus, Johnathon Smythe and Andy "Murph" Murphy) - His sanity was restored and he was cured of his senile dementia in exchange for destroying Opal City and harming the Shade I as a result.Was one of two supervillains whose deal with Neron was made away from the other supervillains assembled in Hell and in secret (the other one was the Rag Doll I; see below).
• Mister Freeze - He was given natural cryokinetic powers (such as the ability to shoot out ice blasts from his hands, thus no longer needing his freeze gun) and personal temperature control, which enabled his body to stay cold at all times and enabled him to survive in hotter temperatures without needing to wear his cryogenic suit. Later, however, he was changed back into his original subzero biology (how this happened is never explained, seen or shown) and built a new cryogenic suit and freeze gun as a result. He also briefly changed his name to Freeze before changing it back to Mister Freeze.
• The New Gods of Apokolips - Doctor Bedlam accepted an unknown offer designed to cause maximum death and chaos on New Apokolips and Granny Goodness and Virman Vundabar were given information about each other's plans (so as to perpetuate their ongoing civil war with each other); although Targa, a Hunger Dog who sought revenge for the murder of his father, absolutely refused to make a deal, even when Neron told him that he was destined to rule New Apokolips (it is possible, however, that he may have been lying, as usual) and, as a result, was actually surprised to find one righteous being on a world that was so steeped in evil that it was drowning. In exchange for all of this, Neron caused war and chaos on New Apokolips just for the sake of doing so, which was only ended by the seeming appearance of Darkseid, which was also enough to stop the fighting, after which the Lord of New Apokolips instantly killed Targa and all of his followers. "Darkseid", however, was actually a transformed DeSaad, who had accepted an unknown offer for his own ends and assumed Darkseid's form in order to temporarily rule New Apokolips (with Darkseid's oldest son Kalibak as acting regent) unbeknownst to anyone else and thus keep things relatively under control until Darkseid returned (as DeSaad figured that he actually would one day). Neron was all too happy to privately mock DeSaad with the fact that he had actually caused strife among even the New Gods themselves before he left New Apokolips to return to Earth.
• The Ocean Master - He was given a trident that granted him great mystical power, but it also caused him excruciating pain and horribly scarred his face whenever he was not actually holding it.
• The Psycho-Pirate II (Roger Hayden) - His sanity was restored and he was given enhanced power by being merged with his Medusa Mask (which was reduced to an eyepatch over his right eye, with the metal of the mask largely replacing one-half of his brain), becoming a psychic vampire as a result who stayed sane by draining the life and the sanity out of others after his mask had fed on their emotions.
• Purgatory - A man named Paul Christian who lost his legs and was given temporary legs by Green Lantern V. He was given permanent legs and a Green Lantern-type green flame power in exchange for killing Green Lantern V. Taken to Hell by Neron when he failed to do so after two attempts and while he was still alive.
• The Rag Doll I (Peter Merkel Senior) - His youth and health were restored and he was given enhanced flexibility in exchange for destroying Opal City and harming the Shade I as a result. Was one of two supervillains whose deal with Neron was made away from the other supervillains assembled in Hell and in secret (the other one was the Mist I; see above).
• The Rainbow Raider III (Roy G. Bivolo) - He apparently was going to accept the offer, but his chance to do so was taken away from him by the Trickster I, who secretly stole his candle and replaced it with a rubber chicken. Later, Neron told the Trickster I in Hell that he considered the Rainbow Raider III to be so pathetic as a supervillain that he never would have even offered him a deal to begin with; indeed, even calling him a "paramecium" to the Trickster I's face.
• Satanus (has used the alias Collin Thornton) - He became one of Neron's lieutenants and was assigned to kill the Leymen of Primal Force publicly. When he failed to do so, he traded information on the whereabouts of his sister Blaze in exchange for him getting his soul back, but was killed by Neron after he betrayed him once his soul had been returned to him.
• The Shadow Thief I (Carl Sands) - He was given a more powerful shadow suit that possessed the ability to bring shadows to life and to change other people and objects into evil shadows that were under his control.
• Shrapnel - He was given enhanced power.
• Sledge - He was given enhanced strength.
• Louis "Louie" Snipe - The dead criminal informer who, when he was alive, helped kill Jim Corrigan I before he became the Spectre. His spirit was briefly freed from Hell in exchange for becoming a host for the Spectre-Force instead of Corrigan I. The deal was never completed, however, and Snipe's spirit was trapped in a clay doll due to Corrigan I's intervention.
• The Spellbinder III (Fay Moffit) a.k.a. Lady Spellbinder - She was given visually-based illusion powers that only worked if her eyes were not covered. The deal was made after she killed her boyfriend, the Spellbinder I (Delbert Billings), who rejected the offer. Neron then told her after the Spellbinder I's death that, when he made the deal, he was not actually offering it to the Spellbinder I at all (and, in fact, most likely would never have even offered it to him to begin with, since he obviously considered the Spellbinder I to be beneath him).
• Star Sapphire II (Caroline "Carol" Ferris) - Carol Ferris was offered a normal life without Star Sapphire II's spirit or her child (which was actually the child of Star Sapphire II and the Predator (both of whom were aspects (female and male, respectively) of her own personality). She was separated from both Star Sapphire II and the Predator, after which both of them were killed by Neron, who then took the child away in his arms.
• The Trickster I (Giovanni Giuseppe a.k.a. James Montgomery Jesse) - He was not actually offered a deal, but Neron used him to watch his Inner Council, telling him that there would be time for a deal later. However, when he realized that no deal was going to be done for him after all and that Neron, a master player, had used him as a pawn, he became a key figure in the demon's defeat. Afterwards, realizing that he had just pulled off the biggest sting of his career - and that no one but himself had even witnessed it - he decided to reform, because he definitely did not want to go to Hell where Neron could get a hold of him when he died.
• Tezcatlipoca II (Chama Sierra) - He was transformed into a human-jaguar hybrid creature.
• The Weather Wizard - He was promised that he would be one of the greatest supervillains that ever lived in exchange for destroying a chemical dump. Killed carrying out his task.

Supervillains who rejected Neron's offer

The following is an incomplete list of the supervillains who are known to have rejected Neron's offer. Others who were briefly shown dealing with Neron in Underworld Unleashed #1 may also have refused, but have not been directly identified as having done so. Those in the latter category are herein marked with an asterisk (*).

• Airstryke - Unknown offer.
• Black Bison I (John Ravenhair)* - Unknown offer.
• Black Hand* - Unknown offer.
• The Black Spider II (Johnny LaMonica)* - Unknown offer.
• Carapax the Indestructible Man (full name: Conrad Carapax)* - Unknown offer.
• The Catman I (Thomas Reese Blake)* - Unknown offer.
• The Cluemaster* - Unknown offer.
• Crazy Quilt I (Paul Dekker)* - Unknown offer.
• Doctor Alchemy I (Albert Desmond; originally known as Mister Element I)* - Unknown offer.
• Doctor Spectro* - Unknown offer.
• Dumas I (Stephen Forrest Lee; has used the alias Olivia Vancroft (Dumas was actually an alternate persona - one of four (the other three were the Privateer, the Star-Tsar and Leviathan) - of the Manhunter III (Mark David Fletcher (birth name) / Mark David Shaw (adopted name) and the only one that he assumed twice))* - Unknown offer.
• The Dummy* - Unknown offer.
• The Fiddler II (Isaac Bowin) - Unknown offer; he was the only person in the entire crossover event who recognized Neron as the devil himself right from the beginning.
• The Gentleman Ghost* - Unknown offer.
• The Ghost* - Unknown offer.
• The Golden Glider* - Unknown offer.
• Gunhawk* - Unknown offer.
• The Harlequin IV (real name unknown)* - Unknown offer.
• Hi-Tech* - Unknown offer, although Neron showed her a vision of a handful of diamonds that he was holding in his hand.
• The Hyena I (Summer Day)* - Unknown offer.
• Jewelee* - Unknown offer.
• Knockout - She was offered "power, prestige, anything you could dream of."
• The Magpie I (Margaret Pye)* - Unknown offer, although she was seen in a vision of Neron's making (which was shown to all of the supervillains assembled in Hell on a clear cliff wall) sitting on a huge pile of gold coins. Also shown in the same vision were the Atomic Skull II embracing Lois Joanne Lane in his arms (who, at least in his own mind, was "Zelda Wentworth" , the woman he loved) and Metallo III holding the cape of Superman.
• Mammoth* - Unknown offer.
• The Man-Bat* - Unknown offer; he appeared here in his human form of Robert Kirkland "Kirk" Langstrom.
• Mongul I - Unknown offer; Neron killed him with his bare hands and took his soul after Mongul I refused to make a deal and attacked him, all because he thought that Neron had insulted him when he said that all of the supervillains assembled in Hell - including Mongul I - were all failures before Neron came into their lives.
• The Parasite II (Rudolph "Rudy" Jones)* - Unknown offer.
• The Pied Piper II (Hartley Rathaway; has used the aliases Thomas Peterson and Henry Darrow) - A reformed supervillain by this time; he had received a candle and kept it, but ultimately chose not to light it after all.
• Poison Ivy - Unknown offer.
• The Prankster - Unknown offer.
• Punch I (Clyde Phillips)* - Unknown offer.
• The Ratcatcher* - Unknown offer.
• The Riddler - Unknown offer.
• The Scarecrow - Unknown offer; he claimed to have accepted Neron's offer while battling Hawkman III, but privately revealed that he was bluffing and that he had not taken the deal after all.
• The Shade I (Richard Swift) - He claimed to have reformed and that he was no longer a supervillain, even going so far as to tell Neron, in effect, to "Go peddle your wares elsewhere" , as he was already immortal, had great wealth that he had no need to increase and saw no way that his powers could be effectively enhanced. Neron, angered by the Shade I's rejection of the offer, swore that he would have revenge on him and ultimately got it later by secretly making deals with, and fulfilling the greatest desires of, the Mist I and the Rag Doll I in exchange for both of them - along with Doctor Phosphorus - destroying Opal City and harming the Shade I as a result.
• The Shark III (no real name; has used the aliases T. S. Smith and Karshon)* - Unknown offer.
• Solomon Grundy* - Unknown offer.
• Sonar III (Bito Wladon Junior)* - Unknown offer.
• The Spellbinder I (Delbert Billings; has used the alias Keith Sherwood) - When he rejected Neron's offer, he was killed by his girlfriend Fay Moffit who took the deal for herself and became the Spellbinder III as a result.
• Terra-Man II (Tobias "Toby" Manning)* - Unknown offer.
• Vandal Savage (Vandar Adg II of the Blood Tribe) - He offered his soul willingly, without Neron having to ask him if he even wanted to make a deal - and, indeed, was the only supervillain in the crossover event to do so - but this time Neron himself rejected Savage's offer, saying to him "Your soul - what's left of it - is black and tasteless." Because Savage's soul was exactly that - and was definitely not innocent - Neron did not want it at all under any circumstances.
• The Ventriloquist I (Arnold Wesker) and Scarface* - Unknown offer.
• The White Dragon I (Daniel William Ducannon)* - Unknown offer.

List of Underworld Unleashed stories

The following DC Comics comic book issues contain all of the stories that are part of, or at least connected to, Underworld Unleashed. They are listed here in a roughly chronological order, as the crossover event did not flow in a strictly linear manner (most of the titles fit loosely into a framework delineated by the three issues of the miniseries).

Several of the issues listed here are not specifically identified as Underworld Unleashed tie-in issues on the covers, but are still connected to the ones that are. These issues are herein marked with a dagger (†):

• Superboy (vol. 3) #20 (October 1995)†: "The Hunt" ;
• Azrael #10 (November 1995): "Arena" ;
• Steel (vol. 2) #21 (November 1995): "Stalker" ;
• Showcase '95 #12 (December 1995)†: "Incident in an Old Haunt" (story no. 2 of 3);
• Manhunter (vol. 2) #11 (October 1995)†: "Until the End of the World" ;
• The Power of Shazam! (vol. 2) #5 (July 1995)†: "Madame Libertine Strikes!" ;
• The Power of Shazam! (vol. 2) #6 (August 1995)†: "The Return of Captain Nazi!" ;
• The Power of Shazam! (vol. 2) #7 (September 1995)†: "The Balance of Power" ;
• The Power of Shazam! (vol. 2) #8 (October 1995)†: "After the Fall..." ;
• The Power of Shazam! (vol. 2) #9 (November 1995)†: "...The Power of Shazam!" ;
• Fate #11 (September 1995)†: "Synchronicities" ;
• Fate #12 (October 1995)†: "The Tower" ;
• Fate #13 (November 1995): "The World, the Flesh, & the Devil" ;
• The Power of Shazam! (vol. 2) #10 (December 1995)†: "In the Beginning..." ;
• The Ray (vol. 2) #14 (July 1995)†: "Ray Terrill is Mad as Hell - And He Isn't Going to Take It Anymore!" ;
• Justice League Task Force #27 (September 1995)†: "Clear and Present Danger" ;
• Justice League Task Force #28 (October 1995)†: "Innocent!!!" ;
• The Ray (vol. 2) #15 (August 1995)†: "Joe Haircut" ;
• The Ray (vol. 2) #16 (September 1995)†: "Ouch" ;
• The Ray (vol. 2) #17 (October 1995)†: "Monster" ;
• The Ray (vol. 2) #18 (November 1995): "Monsters" ;
• Justice League Task Force #29 (November 1995)†: "Pinched" ;
• Underworld Unleashed #1 (November 1995): "Underworld Unleashed" ;
• The Ray (vol. 2) #19 (December 1995): "Monster^3";
• Justice League Task Force #30 (December 1995): "Thunderworld" ;
• Legion of Super Heroes (vol. 4) #75 (December 1995): "2-Timer" ;
• Legionnaires #32 (December 1995): "Here and Now" ;
• Lobo (vol. 2) #22 (December 1995): "Soul2Soul" ;
• R.E.B.E.L.S. '95 #11 (September 1995)†: "Comet's Tail" ;
• R.E.B.E.L.S. '95 #12 (October 1995)†: "Fire and Ice" ;
• R.E.B.E.L.S. '95 #13 (November 1995): "Earthbound" ;
• R.E.B.E.L.S. '95 #14 (December 1995)†: "Howl" ;
• Manhunter (vol. 2) #12 (November 1995): "The World is a Wonderful Place" ;
• Starman (vol. 2) #12 (October 1995)†: "Sins of the Child Part I: Jack's Day (The First Half)" ;
• Starman (vol. 2) #13 (November 1995): "Sins of the Child Part II: Ted's Day" ;
• Starman (vol. 2) #14 (December 1995)†: "Sins of the Child Part III: The Opal's Day. The O'Dare's Day". ;
• Starman (vol. 2) #15 (January 1996)†: "Sins of the Child Part IV: Mikaal's Day" ;
• Starman (vol. 2) #16 (February 1996)†: "Sins of the Child Part V: Jack's Day (The Second Half)" ;
• Detective Comics #691 (November 1995): "Will It Go 'Round in Circles" ;
• Detective Comics #692 (December 1995): "Lying Eyes" ;
• Robin (vol. 4) #23 (December 1995): "Buggin' " ;
• Robin (vol. 4) #24 (January 1996): "Insects and Violence" ;
• Catwoman (vol. 2) #27 (December 1995): "Groddspell" ;
• Aquaman (vol. 5) #14 (November 1995): "Lamentations" ;
• Aquaman (vol. 5) #15 (December 1995)†: "Chronicles" ;
• Impulse #8 (November 1995): "Smart Men, Foolish Choices" ;
• Damage #18 (November 1995): "Going Down" ;
• The Flash (vol. 2) #107 (November 1995): "Fade to Black!" ;
• Green Arrow (vol. 2) #102 (November 1995): "Underworld Unleashed: Jaguar Moon" ;
• Green Arrow (vol. 2) #103 (December 1995): "Underworld Unleashed: Gods and Tourists" ;
• Superboy (vol. 3) #22: "Fire and Ice" ;
• Green Lantern (vol. 3) #66 (September 1995)†: "Fast Friends? Part One" ;
• Green Lantern (vol. 3) #67 (October 1995)†: "Fast Friends? Part Two" ;
• Green Lantern (vol. 3) #68 (November 1995): "Hellfire and Ice" ;
• Green Lantern (vol. 3) #69 (December 1995): "Bargains" ;
• Hawkman (vol. 3) #26 (November 1995): "Fear Visits" ;
• Hawkman (vol. 3) #27 (December 1995): "Hawkmad!" ;
• Guy Gardner, Warrior #36 (November 1995): "The Darker Side of Evil" ;
• Guy Gardner, Warrior #37 (December 1995): "Let's Make A Deal" ;
• Extreme Justice #10 (November 1995): "Sapphire Blues" ;
• Extreme Justice #11 (December 1995): "Creation for Two" ;
• Batman #525 (December 1995): "Frozen Assets" ;
• Justice League America #105 (November 1995): "The Killer Elite" ;
• Justice League America #106 (December 1995): "Up from the Underworld" ;
• Deathstroke #53 (November 1995)†: "The Borgia Plague Part One" ;
• Deathstroke #54 (December 1995)†: "The Borgia Plague Part Two" ;
• Underworld Unleashed: Patterns of Fear #1 (November 1995): "Patterns of Fear" ;
• Underworld Unleashed: Apokolips - Dark Uprising #1 (November 1995): "Apokolips: Dark Uprising" ;
• Underworld Unleashed: Batman - Devil's Asylum #1 (December 1995): "Arkham: Devil's Asylum" ;
• The Spectre (vol. 3) #35 (November 1995): "Evil Intent" ;
• The Spectre (vol. 3) #36 (December 1995): "Forces of Hell" ;
• Fate #14 (December 1995): "No Direction Home" ;
• Underworld Unleashed: Abyss - Hell's Sentinel #1 (December 1995): "Abyss: Hell's Sentinel" ;
• Underworld Unleashed #2 (early December 1995): "The Devil to Pay" ;
• Primal Force #13 (November 1995): "Severance" ;
• Primal Force #14 (December 1995)†: "The Course of All Things" ;
• Superman (vol. 2) #107 (December 1995)†: "Bottled Up!" ;
• The Adventures of Superman #530 (December 1995): "Different Demons" ;
• Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #3 (winter 1995): "Fighting Back" ;
• Underworld Unleashed #3 (late December 1995): "Seduction of the Innocent" ;
• The Power of Shazam! (vol. 2) #11 (January 1996)†: "The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man" ;
• The Power of Shazam! (vol. 2) #12 (February 1996)†: "End Game" .

Additional stories

Before Underworld Unleashed began

• Azrael #4 (May 1995) is a story that takes place several months before the crossover event even got started, which is then continued - and concluded - early on in the same event.

After Underworld Unleashed ended

• Aquaman (vol. 5) #18-20 (March-May 1996) is a story that reveals the details of the Ocean Master's deal with Neron a few months into the following year after the crossover event had ended, but the issues are not labeled as tie-in issues on the covers.
• Justice League Task Force #37 (August 1996)is a story that reveals that Triumph's previously rejected deal with Neron was accidentally (and unwittingly) accepted for him by Gypsy and the Ray II due to their misguided good intentions many months into the following year after the crossover event had ended, but it is not labeled as a tie-in issue on the cover.
• Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #115-119 (November 1996-March 1997) is a story that reveals the exact reason that the Cheetah III made her deal with Neron several months into the following year after the crossover event had ended, but the issues are not labeled as tie-in issues on the covers.
• The Flash (vol. 2) #125-129 (May-September 1997) is a story that reveals the resurrection from the dead of - and the restoration of their souls to - the five Rogues Gallery members who were previously killed by Neron's treachery two years after the crossover event had ended, but the issues are not labeled as tie-in issues on the covers.
• New Year's Evil: The Rogues #1 (February 1998), part of the DC Comics storyline "New Year's Evil", which was chronicled in eight one-shot issues,is a story that reveals the five Rogues Gallery members' final encounter with Neron, which ends with all five of them finally being freed from the demon-lord's revenge forever thanks to the Trickster I three years after the crossover event had ended, but it is not labeled as a tie-in issue on the cover.
• Starman (vol. 2) #61-73 (January 2000-January 2001) is a story that reveals that the Shade I's earlier rejection of Neron's offer before the crossover event even got started in Showcase '95 #12 led to Neron secretly making deals with, and fulfilling the greatest desires of, the Mist I and the Rag Doll I during - and away from - the gathering of the supervillains in Hell (unknown to said supervillains) and teaming up both of them with Doctor Phosphorus in order to use all three of them to get revenge on the Shade I by destroying his adopted home of Opal City and harming him as a result, but these deals were only seen in flashbacks within the story, which was published - and that occurred - several years after the crossover event had ended. Neron's revenge, unknown to him, was an important, albeit brief and off-panel, part of an elaborate scheme by Simon Culp, the Shade I's deadliest enemy, to get his own revenge on the Shade I as well.
• Teen Titans (vol. 3) #42 (February 2007) reveals Kid Devil's deal with Neron, which transformed him into Red Devil - and the consequences of the deal - in a story that was published - and that occurred - several years after the crossover event had ended.

Other information

• When the supervillains arrive in Hell, Neron's first words to them are "Please allow me to introduce myself" , the opening line of the Rolling Stones' song "Sympathy for the Devil". It is also the first thing he says to Paul Christian, who becomes Purgatory thanks to him.
• There are later repercussions from Neron's actions, mainly due to an unknown number of candles that still exist and have not been used. Among the superheroes, both Triumph and Kid Devil/Red Devil are most seriously affected, but these two events happen outside of the Underworld Unleashed crossover event.
• In 1996, DC Comics published Rogues Gallery, a one-shot art issue that contained different artists' interpretations of many of the supervillains that were in the crossover event. They are, in order of appearance:
  • the Joker;
  • Blaze;
  • Satanus;
  • Lex Luthor;
  • Circe I;
  • Abra Kadabra;
  • the Trickster I;
  • the Spellbinder III;
  • Two-Face;
  • the Riddler;
  • Clayface III (Preston Payne);
  • Mister Zsasz;
  • Poison Ivy;
  • Doctor Phosphorus;
  • the Scarecrow;
  • the Ventriloquist I and Scarface;
  • Malcolm Merlyn the Dark Archer;
  • Black Adam with Blaze;
  • the Hellgrammite;
  • the Dementor;
  • Mongul I;
  • Metallo III;
  • Deadshot and Bolt;
  • the Shadow Thief I;
  • Chronos I;
  • Darkseid,
  • DeSaad;
  • Granny Goodness;
  • the Female Furies: Artemiz, Bernadeth, Lashina, Mad Harriet and Stompa;
  • Killer Frost II;
  • the Cheetah III;
  • Neron.
• Underworld Unleashed #3's title, "Seduction of the Innocent" , is based on the infamous book of the same name that said comic books were a serious cause of juvenile delinquency.

Collected editions

• The three-issue miniseries Underworld Unleashed, together with the one-shot issue Underworld Unleashed: Abyss - Hell's Sentinel #1, was collected as a trade paperback called Underworld Unleashed (DC Comics, March 1998, 158 pages, ISBN 1-56389-447-5).

• In 2020 a new hardcover book, Underworld Unleashed: The 25th Anniversary Edition, was published, containing the three-issue miniseries plus the four one-shot issues Underworld Unleashed: Abyss - Hell's Sentinel #1, Underworld Unleashed: Apokolips - Dark Uprising #1, Underworld Unleashed: Batman - Devil's Asylum #1 and Underworld Unleashed: Patterns of Fear #1 (DC Comics, November 2020, 304 pp., ISBN 978-1779505781)).

In other media

Television

• Season 4 of the CW TV series Legends of Tomorrow adapted some plot elements of Underworld Unleashed.

External links

• Underworld Unleashed at the DC Database-http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Underworld_Unleashed (note: story synopsis for 'Underworld Unleashed' miniseries, but very incomplete list of associated titles)
• 'The Unofficial Underworld Unleashed Chronology'-http://dcuguide.com/enwiki/w/Underworld_Unleashed_Chronology (note: actually not in any chronological order)