![]() ![]() ![]() Most of the Justice League, especially Wonder Woman, follow his lead and they go out to stop Middle East conflicts and the like. Superman’s loss and instance of taking a life doesn’t directly drive him to madness, but it does drive him towards the decision that he needs to stop war from going on. It made me excited for the possibility of an Arrow/Harley pairing down the line (especially since the game’s hype made it look like she was going full hero in this world), but that never manifested. Throughout the issue, Green Arrow is annoyed at Harley and how he has to protect her due to his morals, but starts to feel some level of sympathy for her and finds himself laughing at her antics despite himself. From issue 5, it goes from something to read out of morbid curiosity to a legitimately enjoyable short story about Green Arrow trying to protect Harley Quinn from Superman’s murderous anger. I’ll admit that the first four issues are pretty unfortunate and to be fair, Taylor was writing what he was mandated to write (he’s gone on record to say that he made Lois’ death as painless as possible). ![]() Injustice shows us what it would be like if there were no Cable knockoffs or elderly priests to intervene. While the idea that Superman might have killed Joker had Magog not beaten him to it is debatable, he was totally going to frag the entire United Nations in the end had it not been for the story’s protagonist showing up to talk him down. The differences come from the severity of what happens to Lois and the fact that plot devices aren’t there to keep Superman from taking lives. It’s really not so much different from the events of Kingdom Come, where Joker kills Lois, Superman loses his tether to humanity, becomes a fascist weirdo with good intentions and then everything goes wrong and he flips out. Truth be told, Superman doesn’t really go over the edge until issue #33. The game shows Superman kill Joker and then skips to him as the top dog and after the comic spent four issues depicting this Joker incident, nobody had any idea that the series was only one-ninth done. Now, it does make sense to see it like that. There was a lot of controversy over the Lois death and it didn’t sit right with many how this would make Superman go full-on rogue. Writer Tom Taylor takes those crumbs and makes a feast for the most part. We know that Superman’s dark side drove him to kill Green Arrow. We know that Superman revealed to the world that Batman is Bruce Wayne. We know that at some point, Damian Wayne killed Nightwing and took his mantle. We know that Superman killed Joker in a fit of rage. We know that the Joker used a batch of kryptonite-laced Scarecrow fear gas to trick Superman into killing a pregnant Lois prior to the complete destruction of Metropolis. In the game, there are a few major details given and the comic touches on them while filling in the blanks. Through 36 weekly digital issues collected into 12 physical issues, Injustice: Gods Among Us tells the story of Superman’s rise to world domination and gradual loss of sanity. You want this new continuity to stand on its own, letting it fix its own problems and tell its own story rather than have Regular Superman and Regular Batman come by to do the dirty work. I can see how that would feel like a copout. Once the game actually came out, many were annoyed that the story was more about the “real” versions of the DC heroes from an alternate universe entering this corrupt world to set it straight, basically making it a rewrite of “A Better World” from the Justice League cartoon. When the game was being hyped in advance, it was described as a world where Superman had taken over as a fascist dictator and Batman was leading the revolution against him. Injustice: Gods Among Us is based on the recent, best-selling fighting game of the same name from Netherrealm Studios. I was really having a great time with it during its nine month run. That was still coming out? Really?” As for myself, I’m kind of bummed that I have to wait until its relaunch in January. Many people out there hear this news and wonder, “Wait. ![]() Last Tuesday brought an end to “Year One” of the comic book prequel Injustice: Gods Among Us. ![]()
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