Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths Page #2

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yourself to the Martian's crew.

You had the whole bunch this morning.

Made Men need to be associated

with one of the family heads...

...if you want some of them.

We can horse-trade

for manpower any time.

-What about the turf?

SUPERWOMAN:
I'm with Owlman.

We'll divide his action

between the five of us.

Who died and made you boss?

You wanna arm wrestle for it?

Knock it off.

We'll work out details later.

For now, Owlman can keep

J'edd J'arkus' guys.

From what I hear, sounds like

you could have used a few dozen more.

Luthor's new Justice League

is not be underestimated.

Neither are we. They'll fold.

Or we'll fold them.

Just like everybody else

who gets in our way.

Which brings us to the topic at hand.

Last meeting, five of six family heads

approved of Project Damocles.

Per our vote, I have begun construction

on this, the quantum eigenstate device.

Once completed, the QED will give us

life-and-death power over the entire planet.

We spent 37 billion on government bribes

last year.

No more of that.

We'll be the government.

I still don't see why they would give up

the little bit of power they got left.

Because if they don't, we'll do this.

The device's Heisenberg

uncertainty override...

...allows us to tap into a limitless pool

of destructive energy.

Which leaves the governments

of the world with two choices:

Bow down to us or die.

ROSE:

The thing to remember...

...is we don't have to be afraid

of the Crime Syndicate.

REPORTER:
If that's true,

why do you have bodyguards?

Come on, my father's the president.

I had guards before I started speaking out.

Isn't it irresponsible of you

to be out here making speeches...

...in direct contradiction

of your father's policies?

I love my father, but we disagree about this,

and I have the right to free speech.

If we leave the Syndicate be,

they'll Let us live our lives.

-We don't have the power to fight them.

-No.

Might doesn't make right.

It may seem that way,

but in the long run...

...it's the other way around.

We are always stronger

when we're doing the right thing.

LEX:

Lights.

I love what you've done with the place.

LEX:
It's not mine.

It used to belong to a friend.

I'm sorry, Harley.

The Jester's never coming back.

We should consider ourselves lucky

there's any place left to hide.

We're not here to hide, Luthor.

We're here to clean up your planet's mess.

Then by all means, let's get started.

And call me Lex.

These are the big guns,

the heads of the six.

I should say, five families.

Ultraman is the boss of bosses,

but they all front formidable organizations.

Where do all those

superpowered guys fit in?

LEX:

Each of the family heads...

...have thousands

of criminals working under them.

They reward their most trusted lieutenants

by giving them superpowers.

They're called Made Men.

Cute. How many?

LEX:

No more than seven or eight at a time.

Perhaps 50, total.

We'll conduct a series of attacks,

coordinated by me.

The six of us

will hit specific Syndicate operations...

...one after the other.

-That's a waste of time.

-I beg your pardon?

We're going to hit multiple targets

at the same time. Teams of two.

We'd be hopelessly outnumbered.

-When my Justice League fought them--

-All due respect, Lex.

We aren't your Justice League.

-What's the call?

-You and J'onn.

Diana and GL. He's with me.

That's insane.

-Don't worry, Lex. He's got your slack.

-Flash.

Well, you do.

You're supposed to call first.

What's the point of having your keys

if I can't drop in unexpectedly?

Still Looking for the quantum trigger?

Yes, but in the meantime, I've been working

on something equally interesting.

We can use it to travel

to any of the alternate Earths.

It's based on Luthor's design.

I've made some improvements.

Do you realize

what we could do with this?

The philosophical implications

are tremendous, of course.

Philosophy.

There's an infinite number of Earths

out there to conquer. You and me.

We wouldn't have to share our cut

with the Syndicate.

That's certainly one way to go.

Whoa!

-Right, then. Abandon ship if you can.

-Oh! Oh!

-I got her.

-No.

She's mine.

Ultraman, I know you can hear me.

Bring your arrogant ass out here

or we'll come in and get you.

Not Looking for the hired help, Olsen.

I want your boss.

He ain't here.

If you want an appointment,

you can call his secretary.

Clear our airspace.

Make me.

I can do that.

You take care of Ultraman's pal.

I got the big guy.

I'd rather not have to hurt you, Jimmy.

You sure you want to do this?

I can take him.

If it's going to mean anything

after you're gone, it has to be me.

Get your hands off my boy.

You've got problems of your own.

Getting cocky, Lex?

You think you can come

to my place of business and call me out?

Ooh!

Did you forget who I am?

How I got to be the boss of bosses?

I'm here

because I'm the baddest of the bad.

Anybody whoever stood in my way

is dead.

Everybody.

I brought you a present.

[WEAKLY]

Blue kryptonite.

The only thing that can hurt you.

But I--

Destroyed the last piece on Earth?

True. But I've been visiting other Earths.

You are so gonna regret this.

Got a message for you, big man.

Things are changing.

When you do wrong...

...there are more and more of us

who aren't afraid to set it right.

United States Secret Service.

The president would like a word with you.

WILSON:

This is unacceptable, Lex.

-What do you think you're doing?

LEX:
That should be obvious, Mr. President.

We're taking it to the bad guys, sir.

Well, you should be very proud.

Have you given the slightest thought

to the consequences of your actions?

Don't talk to me like a child.

I was fighting this battle long before

your administration...

...decided to roll over for the Syndicate.

We didn't roll over.

We've worked to achieve

a delicate balance with the Crime Syndicate.

It's the only way the American people

can live in relative safety.

Forgive me, Mr. President,

but that's a load of crap.

Be that as it may,

I've already ordered the release of Ultraman.

You did what?

You wanna watch your tone?

I'm sorry, Mr. President.

I Just don't understand

how you could Let them go free.

You clearly don't understand

much of anything.

Do you think anybody would testify

against the Crime Syndicate?

Do you think if anybody were willing,

we could keep them alive until trial?

-We can.

-Oh?

Are you going to protect

their families too?

Are you going to stay here

and watch over us forever?

Obviously not.

But we can stop them right now.

Put an end to their hold over you.

Kill them?

No. We don't do that.

WILSON:

Then I've got a better idea.

Why don't you go home

and end all crime on your own planet?

Why don't you grow a backbone.

Not now, Rose.

Then when, Dad? We've got a chance.

That's a fantasy.

We can't fight these guys

without risking the lives of millions.

ROSE:

My God, Dad.

You were a war hero.

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