Justice League Page #4

there should be stairs.

Okay.

Go!

He's after the change engine.

His Mother Box.

- You have to keep him from it.

- Help people get to safety.

- Promise me.

- Go!

Finish her!

Sorry guys,

I didn't bring a sword.

Jesus. He is tall.

So...

You have the blood

of the Old Gods in you.

The Old Gods died.

No!

Heads up!

Thanks, Alfred. But

I'll take it from here.

Do I know you?

Primitive beings.

What are we under right now?

Gotham Harbor.

You all need to move.

- You get him out...

- Diana, there's no time.

Also among my fears is drowning.

You are a distraction.

Mother is calling.

Diana, come on!

Come on.

The change engine.

Did he just bail?

Millions in structural damage.

You haven't lost your touch.

But it's good to see you

playing well with others.

Dressed like

a bat? I dig it.

It may be temporary.

So...

What made you change your mind?

Steppenwolf.

He took the Mother

Box from Atlantis.

All he needs now is

the last box of man.

If he doesn't already have it.

He doesn't have it.

We need to get away.

No. We are

safer here.

What happens when

we run out of food?

Someone will come.

Who will come for us?

Wow. It's

like a cave.

Like a Batcave.

Barry!

My father called it

the change engine.

It was found by the British

during World War I.

They studied it...

but they couldn't

even date it. It's so old.

It was shelved, until the

night Superman died.

Then she lit up like Christmas.

They brought it to STAR Labs...

where my father recognized it...

as a perpetual energy matrix.

That sounds cool.

I thought it was

like a nuclear bomb.

A Mother Box destroys

as it creates.

It's a cycle of life, but

a million times faster.

My father thought it was the

key to unlimited energy.

New formulas,

cellular regeneration...

But it's too

volatile to control.

He used it on you.

I was in an accident.

I should've died.

My father thought that he

could use the Mother Box to

rebuild the broken parts of me with

a few cybernetic enhancements.

Instead, he built

a living machine.

I may be stronger than its host.

Too much.

Too much life.

What's on your weird mind?

Muscles. Coordination.

Basic cellular integrity.

A human being can

only absorb so much.

The Mother Box was

designed to reshape a planet.

So?

So...

What if you were

stronger than a planet?

Your cells lying dormant,

but incapable of decay.

If you were in a

conductive field...

A boost from the Mother Box...

...could bring "him"

back to life.

The Kryptonian ship has

an amniotic chamber...

- Which would be a perfect...

- No.

- Diana.

- Bruce, no!

You have no idea what kind

of power you're dealing with.

Even if there was a

fraction of a chance...

That what? That we

could raise a monster?

Like Luthor did?

We have tech Luthor's

never even seen...

Superman is dead.

We all wish he weren't.

We don't know

what state he's in.

We know we can't bring him back.

But this is science

beyond our limits.

And that's what science is for.

To do what's never been done.

- To make life better.

- Or to end it.

Technology is like

any other power...

Without reason, without

heart... It destroys us.

You're risking lives.

Theirs and maybe countless more.

We don't have time

for a control group.

Is it a risk? Yes.

But it's necessary.

Why? Because

of your guilt?

Bruce, I was there.

You didn't kill Superman.

At some point, even you...

have to learn to move on.

Did Steve Trevor tell you that?

Superman, was a

beacon to the world.

Why aren't you?

You're an inspiration, Diana.

You don't just save people.

You make them see

their better selves.

And yet, I never heard of you...

Until Luthor lured you out

by stealing a picture of

your dead boyfriend.

You shut yourself

down for a century.

So let's not talk

about me moving on.

You know...

That if she kills you,

we'll cover for her.

We are not enough.

Each of us in our own

way has held back.

And I promise you, Steppenwolf is

not out there talking about ethics.

He's trying to burn

down the world.

The way we're gonna stop him...

...is by using

his power.

This power,

against him.

I agree.

I don't like the idea of reintegrating

with the Mother Box...

But I was running the numbers

while you're being an a**hole,

and there's a high probability

that we can bring him back.

Right, but we mean

bring him back, in like a...

"Yay! He's back!"

way. Not in like a...

Like a Pet Sematary

scenario?

You lose something when

you die. Even Superman.

Maybe not his mind.

Maybe his soul.

I'll have a contingency

plan for that.

If he wakes up and you're

the first thing he sees...

You'll need one.

Well that was fun

while it didn't last.

She could've stopped me.

I practically dared her to.

I don't see why

you're pushing her.

We'll have to boost the signal.

Put it through the

Batmobile's speakers.

Now you're changing the subject.

I have a contingency.

Diana was right about the risk.

If the plan goes south, we're

gonna bring in the big guns.

But that's not...

Those are very big guns.

You got a team here.

Superman could bring this team

together better than I ever could.

- His strength...

- It doesn't matter how strong you are.

Or what abilities

you might have.

He was more human than I am.

He lived in this world.

Fell in love, had a job.

In spite of all that power.

The world needs Superman.

And the team needs Clark.

And what does Clark need?

Maybe he's at peace.

He'll get over it.

You know, I can do

this a lot faster. I just...

Is it weird that it

feels disrespectful?

Yep.

Do you feel a

sense of confidence

that we're not doing something

horribly wrong

and macabre here?

Not really.

- Okay then why are...

- Because I saw Steppenwolf up close.

The stories Diana told us?

And I believe them.

But we're gonna stop him.

That's the plan.

That's the plan!

Okay, we're not ready

for... Racially charged...

You got struck

by lightning, huh?

Yeah... That's the

abridged version.

- And you...?

- Explosion.

Woke up in a lab.

We're, we're the accidents.

Yeah, that's us.

Hey!

We're approaching

the Kryptonian ship.

ETA, 30 seconds.

I'm here for him.

- I swear, I would never...

- Save it.

- Okay.

- Okay!

Okay.

This is amazing.

This is crazy.

What, now it's crazy?

You lunatics better

know what you're doing.

Lex Luthor fried the circuits

bringing his creature to life.

There's not enough charge

to wake the Box.

I might be able to do it.

I might be able to

jumpstart it, I...

If I can get enough distance...

I can conduct a significant

electrical current.

I might be able to wake the Box,

if that's still what we want?

We have to try.

This must be the

end of the line, so...

I'm in position.

The Mother Box is ready.

You have to charge it the

moment it touches the fluid.

- Five.

- Five...

Diana's right. This

is a bad idea.

Four.

Three.

Three...

Two.

Two.

One.

Give us an ETA on

all additional units...

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