It's fitting that on this Presidents' Day in the U.S., to explore what undoubtedly was the most badass president of all time: Slade Wilson!?! Of course, I'm referring to President Slade Wilson from the alternate Earth-3 universe portrayed in the animated film Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010), which was the seventh of the DC Universe Original Movies.
The film itself used an adapted screenplay from a canceled animated film titled Justice League: Worlds Collide, which was to act as a story transition between the just ended Justice League animated series and the then-upcoming Justice League Unlimited series. The script for Crisis on Two Earths was written by the late Dwayne McDuffie, who incorporated some elements, including a "good guy" Lex Luthor, from the Grant Morrison's original graphic novel, JLA: Earth 2 (2000).
The film itself used an adapted screenplay from a canceled animated film titled Justice League: Worlds Collide, which was to act as a story transition between the just ended Justice League animated series and the then-upcoming Justice League Unlimited series. The script for Crisis on Two Earths was written by the late Dwayne McDuffie, who incorporated some elements, including a "good guy" Lex Luthor, from the Grant Morrison's original graphic novel, JLA: Earth 2 (2000).
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| Earth-3's U.S. President Slade Wilson meets with his Lex Luthor and the Justice League. |
In Crisis on Two Earths, The evil Earth-3 doppelgangers of the Justice League, known as the Crime Syndicate, despite the existence of independent nations, for all intents and purposes control the entire world. The Justice League from the Prime Earth, who were brought to Earth-3 by its hero, Lex Luthor, clashes with the Crime Syndicate and manages to capture the evil version of Superman known as Ultraman. The League next meets with the U.S. President Slade Wilson to discuss what comes next.
Visually, President Wilson cuts the same imposing figure that his Prime Earth counterpart, Deathstroke, does and is also missing an eye, though it is the right eye as opposed to Deathstroke's left. President Wilson next does what the Justice League views as unthinkable and orders the unconditional release of Ultraman. Though the Leauge and Wilson's own daughter Rose see this as an act of cowardice, President Wilson justifies Ultraman's release in terms of the millions of American lives that will be saved by avoiding any unnecessary retaliation from the rest of the Crime Syndicate.
At the end of the story, the Justice League prevails over the Crime Syndicate. President Wilson arrives on the scene leading the U.S. Marines and assists in taking the Syndicate members into federal custody. After showing proper gratitude to The Justice League President Wilson orders the Marines to support all local authorities in their mission to capture all remaining members of the Crime Syndicate. So even after a rocky start, President Wilson proved to be a real American hero.
