PLOT:
For years Hal Jordan has subsisted within the shadows of his more famous counterparts in the Justice League of America. Cast as the breezy fly-boy in the minds
of many of his colleagues, the intergalactic lawman of Space Sector 2814 has been content with pursuing the same course of action every time a new threat presents itself.
When evil bears its head and commits a heinous act, the League strikes. But over the years, this reactive approach to crime fighting has meant that time and time again he's had to
watch as his friends and loved ones have been snuffed out before his very eyes. And after each time this happens the League bands together ready to regroup and re-build and the cycle just
starts over again.
But no more.
With the entire Justice League present, Hal Jordan makes his stand. Leagues and Societies are nice. But where's the Justice??? Libra and his Secret Society caused the deaths of
both Bruce Wayne and J'onn J'onzz and they're all still at large. Jordan wants them brought to Justice. He proposes the radical idea that the heroes hunt down every single last one of those responsible and
stop them from ever being able to commit such atrocities again. Naturally this clashes with the ideals of most of his teammates - all except for his old friend Oliver Queen. Years ago it was Hal Jordan who
stood by Ollie when he lost his fortune and needed to find himself. It's only fitting, Arrow suggests, that he stand by his friend now. And so, with the rest of the team seemingly unwilling to back them, Hal and Ollie
leave the Satellite in search for others to join their cause. "You want a league. I want justice."
More than 22,000 miles below them two generations of Atoms are searching for the same thing. Someone stole Time Pool technology from Ray Palmer's friend Professor Hyatt and tortured his old
assistant to death looking for information. Ray and the newest Atom, Ryan Choi have tracked Killer Moth and the other goons responsible for the murder back to his hangout in Albuquerque, New Mexico. But Ray is smart enough to know
that a low-level thug like Moth couldn't pull together an operation like this and proves that he's willing to stop at nothing before Moth finally rats out Prometheus as the man who hired him. Choi offers to accompany
Ray on his search for Prometheus but Ray refuses - Ivy Town needs someone to look after it. And besides which, Ray Palmer is done being a hero. He's not Atom anymore - Choi is. Palmer is just another man
looking for justice.
In Opal City a similar tragedy has taken place. A group of villains attacked the S.T.A.R labs facilities in New York, killing and
injuring several civilians. Amongst
the collateral damage was a friend of Mikaal Tomas. Though at one time he may have been called Starman, he considers himself but a footnote in the name's storied history. He too is no hero.
And after saying goodbye to his friend he steps outside into the calm night air unleashing a primal scream of outrage in his alien tongue before setting out to find his friend's killers.
A slaughter of a completely different kind has taken place halfway across the globe in the Congo. Having switched consciousness with the legendary giant golden gorilla known as Congorilla, Congo Bill
stands amongst the corpses of his slain clan. Everyone he's known and loved lies dead before him including his human form. Now, trapped within the body of the giant ape he bids farewell to his loved ones and
sets out on a new quest. His heart beats faster. His blood calls for blood. His soul years for justice.
|
Home
