Warning: spoilers ahead for Justice League: Last Ride #4!
In Justice League: Last Ride #4, it's revealed the Justice League destroyed Apokolips in their final battle with Darkseid. The series finds the Justice League in disarray after the death of their teammate, the Martian Manhunter. The team split up and went their separate ways following the mission on Apokolips, but not on good terms. Specifically, Superman carries an enormous grudge against Batman for letting Martian Manhunter sacrifice himself.
Now, the Justice League have reunited for one final mission. That mission is to protect Lobo so that he can go on trial for murder. But it's not as simple as holding him in a prison cell, as hordes of dark forces are after the bounty hunter so he can't incriminate them over past jobs. The Justice League must think of a way to hide him without a trace, but they are all so incredibly powerful that their unique energy signatures can be easily tracked, as most of them are one of a kind. Naturally, they have to find a place so polluted that any trace of the Justice League can't be found. That hiding spot is Apokolips, the former home of Darkseid.
In Justice League: Last Ride #4 by Chip Zdarsky and Miguel Mendonca, Lobo reveals that the Justice League nuked Apokolips! This happens as Wally West returns from a perimeter check to find that Lobo has been expressing his personal take on the situation, which Superman deems "perverse." But what follows actually makes sense. Lobo talks about how it's ironic that the Justice League see themselves as "God's gift" when they destroyed an entire planet and exiled its people. It's true; the Justice League nuking a whole world is way past anyone's moral line, let alone the so-called heroes of the Justice League.
While the Justice League did what they had to in order to destroy Darkseid, Lobo accuses them of valuing the lives and homes of Apokolips' natives less because they're non-human. There's certainly some truth to the accusation, as the League would try anything to avoid nuking Earth, even if they knew the population could be rehomed. Of course, it's even more shocking that Superman is involved, given his own planet was destroyed, taking most of Kryptonian knowledge and culture with it. During Lobo and Flash's talk, Superman is disturbingly quiet given his usual moral standards. But when he does eventually talk, calling Lobo "murderous trash," it's clear part of his anger comes from being able to see how wrong it is that the ultimate heroes killed an entire world.
Being moral leaders and "heroes" means there's more than one way to lose, and while Darkseid was stopped by the League's efforts and Martian Manhunter's sacrifice, there's no way to spin rendering an entire planet uninhabitable that doesn't beg serious questions about whether Superman, Flash, and Earth's other heroes have gone too far in their self-appointed roles. Justice League: Last Ride initially made it seem that the team's split was down to the disagreement between Batman and Superman, but this issue makes it clear that Darkseid also pushed the team past their usual moral limits, creating deep-seated questions they're still not able to acknowledge, let alone answer.
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