Justice League Page #2

- Does anybody know?

What?

At the lab... Does

anybody know I'm alive?

I...

I...

I didn't think you were

ready for them to...

For what?

For them to see the monster?

You are not a monster.

It's weird that you

thought I meant me.

What I did...

I lost your mother

in that accident.

I wasn't about to...

I couldn't bear to lose my son.

But you did.

I got a language in my

head that I don't speak.

It's not just

digital... It's alien.

Everyday, I wake

up, different...

Modified.

How do you...?

Couldn't do that last night.

Ever since we got

visitors from Krypton,

people have been waiting

for the next alien invasion.

Now I got to wonder if I'm it?

- Any changes today?

- No, my Queen.

The Mother Box has awoken...

Yet, nothing has happened.

It has slept for thousands

of years, since the first age.

Why did it wake at all?

Amazons, on your mark!

Steppenwolf.

Mother...

Millenia in exile...

Searching.

At last, you call me home.

You will not like your welcome.

Oh, I think I will.

- Gather the legions.

- Seal the cage!

Go!

Flank right!

Yes...

Run.

Seal the gates!

Keep it moving.

Got it! Go!

Noble Queen, why do you fight?

After the Unity, you

will join my Legion...

and you will know the

righteousness of power.

You will love me.

You all will.

We have to light the

ancient warning fire.

The fire has not burned

for 5,000 years.

Men won't know what it means.

Men won't...

But she will.

Listen to me, Diana.

What did you do

this weekend, Diana?

Me?

Nothing very interesting.

That's all you ever tell us.

Whay can I say?

I'm not that exciting.

...Shrine of the Amazons...

an enormous bonfire

burned right behind me...

baffling absolutely everyone...

from locals, to government

authorities alike.

- The fire could be seen for miles on end...

- Invasion.

On the local scene...

This janitor's wife

had some strong words...

for the aliens she says,

stole her man.

My Howard is a good

man. He's a provider.

And these aliens are gonna

(beep) probe him?

Come down to the Lakeview...

And I'll stick a (beep) probe

up your alien (beep) ass, you...

I found a little place.

By the diner.

Suits me just fine.

I wish you'd said something.

Oh, no. I got behind

in the payments.

And you know the banks. Jump

like a cougar if you miss by a dime.

Place was too big for me anyway.

Shuffling around

like an old ghost.

Well, I might have been

able to, talk to someone, or...

You had enough to deal with.

Don't need to add

mother-in-law to the list.

- Not that I was ever...

- Hey, Lane...

Who is your source? The

activist in that university...

Look, it's my source.

I got tapped for

the kidnapping story.

There were all those

student protests. Anyway...

I'm thinking it's political,

so... Who's your guy?

Well let's see if

she'll take your call.

So, it's a she.

It's not a she.

Sounds like you should

be working that story.

I'm... I'm

not ready yet.

I'm perfectly happy, doing fluff

pieces about kitten grooming.

For a while...

It was hard coming

back here at all.

Well. I can hardly read

the news anyway.

So much bitterness.

'Course, I think it's all

because he's gone.

But I suppose a mother does.

But it's not like there's any

less that needs reporting.

And Clark promised me, you were

gonna bring home another Pulitzer.

- Oh, did he?

- Oh, yes. He did.

He said you were the thirstiest

young woman he'd ever met.

- Hungriest.

- Hungry. Yeah.

He said you...

could smell a story. Further

away than he could hear.

Well stories, made sense.

It was more than just a puzzle.

It was about the truth.

It was about seeing the

engine of the world...

While it still ran.

Victor Stone...

Deceased.

That one...

Pretty sure that's what

made the alien go crazy.

I'll see about weaving

something to the suit.

Won't be quick.

Anything to give me an edge.

You know, I paid

millions of dollars...

for this building's security.

Yeah. It looked

expensive.

Hi.

A new toy?

Prototype troop carrier.

I once knew a man who

would've loved to fly it.

Yeah, well we're gonna

need more than a pilot.

I think there's

an attack coming.

Not coming, Bruce.

It's already here.

They called him Steppenwolf.

The End of Worlds.

He lived only to conquer.

Millions fell

before his blade...

And rose again as

his Parademons.

Nightmare creatures,

who feed on fear.

Yeah, I think I've met one.

We didn't hit it off.

Here in Gotham?

They're all over.

They're looking for

his... Boxes?

- The Mother Boxes.

- Mother Boxes?

I guess Steppenwolf

sent the winged people

that leaves two more.

- I'm impressed.

- Don't be.

I have no idea what's in them.

A weapon? Some

kind of power?

They don't contain power.

They are power.

Carried from planet to planet...

The Mother Boxes combined

to form the Unity.

An apocalyptic power that

not only destroys worlds...

...but transforms them into

the primordial hell's gate...

...of Steppenwolf's birthworld.

We should have died...

But we formed our own Unity.

Amazons, Atlanteans...

All the tribes of man

fought side by side.

Warriors of legend.

Allies from other worlds.

Even the gods themselves

all acted as one.

Laying down their lives to

drive Steppenwolf away.

Some say it drove him mad...

.. the disgrace of

his first retreat.

He swore our alliance

would crumble.

That darkness would

cover the Earth...

And that he would

return when it did.

Left behind...

The Mother Boxes

were too dangerous

to be kept together.

One was entrusted

to the Amazons.

One, to the Atlanteans.

Both sealed and guarded

in secure strongholds.

The Box of Man

was buried in secret.

So that no tribe would be tempted

to use its power over another.

Such harmony out of such horror.

It was truly an age of heroes.

Something tells me we're not

getting the band back together.

The Atlanteans were

a force under sea...

And the Amazons, to an

island they can never leave.

I wouldn't count on

the tribes of men.

We tend to act like the doomsday

clock has a snooze button.

- How long until we...

- Days.

At most.

Steppenwolf's mistake last

time was attacking us.

He wanted to make the Earth

kneel before he destroyed us.

This time he'll just

go after the Boxes.

I got a location for

one of our recruits.

- Barry Allen.

- What about the other one?

Victor Stone?

I was hoping you

would dig him up.

We're asking people we

don't know to risk their lives.

I know.

That's how this works.

Barry Allen.

Bruce Wayne.

You say that like it explains...

why there's a total

stranger in my place...

sitting in the dark, in

my second favorite chair.

Tell me about this.

This is a person who

looks exactly like me...

but who is definitely not me.

Very attractive Jewish boy.

Somebody who, I don't know,

stole your pocketwatch?

Or railroads?

I know you have abilities. I just

don't know what they are.

My special skills include...

Viola, web design,

fluent in sign language...

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