Justice League: Doom Page #5

You hurt me, Jordan.

You broke my heart,

and I'll never stop trying to hurt you back.

That's new.

You didn't think it'd be that easy,

did you?

Didn't I bury you alive?

That's where you made your mistake.

I won't repeat it.

You're good, but lately,

I've had a lot of practice fighting you.

Where's the flipping

countdown command?

Missile launch aborted.

You never asked me

how my wrist was healing.

Fine, how's your--? Unh!

Surprisingly fast.

Manual launch sequence engaged.

Ah!

Welcome to the dawn of a new world.

I've got work to do.

I do keep hurting you, don't I?

Savage launched the weapon.

- Superman's already in pursuit.

- On it.

Superman, where are you?

I'm approaching the missile.

I should easily be able to intercept it

before it detonates.

- Superman?

- Can't talk now.

No.

The solar flare is coming.

How do we stop it?

I don't know, but we've got less than

eight minutes to figure something out.

Maybe longer.

- Not much blood.

- Not much back.

- You think he'll stop it?

- He'll stop it.

Not this time. Flare's on its way. We've got

seven minutes to come up with something.

Seven minutes?

Hal's gonna try to buy us more,

but that's all we can count on.

Maybe I could move

the Earth out of the way?

If we had a week, I couldn't list

all the reasons that won't work.

- You have a plan?

- No, but Savage does.

This place is going to be sun side

by the time the flare gets here.

The Legion wasn't worried either.

There must be some mechanism

to protect them from the flare.

Start talking.

I don't have time for niceties.

You don't have time

to break an immortal either.

Don't have to.

I know how they intended to survive.

The intangibility tech

he gave the Royal Flush Gang.

It must've been a test run.

Sure, just let the flare

pass right through this place.

But where's the apparatus?

It would have to be huge.

That's the beauty part.

The Hall of Doom is the apparatus.

I already downloaded the specs

when I interfaced with the control panel.

Can this building generate a signal strong

enough to make the whole Earth intangible?

If we had enough power.

Also, it would help if it were higher up.

- How high?

- Low orbit.

I can help you out with that.

Everybody knows their jobs. Go.

Ah!

J'onn?

It's Green Lantern.

His shield just failed.

The solar flare is on its way.

What about it?

Is the displacement field ready?

- I think so, I'd like to test--

- This is the test.

I'm calling this official meeting to order.

First, some news

for those of you who haven't heard.

The world court

has just found Vandal Savage guilty...

...of crimes against humanity.

Tell them what the immortal got.

Life in prison,

without possibility of parole.

A little new business.

I want to officially welcome...

...the newest member of the Justice League

by unanimous consent, Cyborg.

Nice. Way to go.

- Good job.

- Congratulations, Victor.

Thanks, everybody.

And now, the main reason

I called this session.

In light of the breach of trust revealed to us

during the Vandal Savage matter...

...we have to decide whether Batman

should be allowed to remain in the league.

- All those in favor of--

- Wait.

Before we vote, the accused should be

allowed a few words in his defense.

Seconded.

Okay. Batman?

My actions don't require any defense.

In the same situation, I'd do it again.

Oh, come on.

As individuals,

and even more so as a group...

...the Justice League is too dangerous

to lack a fail-safe...

...against any possible misuse

of our power.

We use our power to protect the world.

We always have.

And what if we ever used it

for some other purpose?

If you people can't see the potential danger

of an out-of-control Justice League...

...I don't need to wait for a vote.

I don't belong here.

Got a minute?

What do you want?

You made contingency plans

to stop everybody in the League...

...just in case any of us ever went bad.

My contingencies

were intended to immobilize, not kill.

But Savage came up with the plan

to bury you.

I assume so. It wasn't one of mine.

Was that it?

With all that talk

about unchecked power...

...you're still so arrogant you didn't bother

to come up with a plan to stop yourself?

I do have a plan.

It's called the Justice League.

Just wanted to be sure.

What is it?

If the league ever did go over

to the wrong side...

...I want there to be somebody I can trust

to keep the planet safe.

Even from me.

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