Throw
a King into the mix, via Aquaman certainly uppes the ante in anyone’s books and
thus leaves room for a little more focus on the remaining member of the group
who has yet to fully embrace his evolution and journey to become a new man.
That new man is Victor Stone whom we all know as Cyborg and who at the start of
this issue finds him deep in the Red Room at Star Labs undergoing a painful
transformation, or more aptly, the grafting and replacing of the metal
Prometheum with his damaged tissue from the previous issues.
And
just when the metallic winged hounds of Darkseid penetrates Star Labs does he
get first hand of his transformation as his hand automatically goes into
defense mode and blasts one creature away, blowing it to bits. But by the end
of the panel, we see that it is not only the monster that is blown away, but
also the traces of a bond between father and son as Dr. Stone can only call out
to his transformed cyborg of a son, Vic, as he breaks away in rage, and in
disappointment at what his father has done to him and at the monster that he
has become.
Back
at Metropolis, the newly acquainted heroes are having mixed reactions at having
met a new super being in their midst and with the revelation at that, that
these creatures set some kind of device and tore open a hole in the water that
eventually ushered more creatures out from it. He assumes that the land-based
heroes before him have gathered to fight them but does not see a leader in
their midst.
This
is where the lines get snappish and acerbic once more as each hero quips a line (or two)
that reveals further much of their persona; or like Hal Jordan who blurted out
that he thought Aquaman, was a sketch on Conan O Brien (insert LOL #1), gives
them ample smart-aleck highlights under the klieg lights of a building
catastrophe. Batman, for his part, has his line of asserting leadership as he
alludes that Aquaman was not looking at him when he was looking for a leader.
Aquaman assumes leadership status as he is the rightful heir to the throne of
Atlantis.
Of course, this doesn’t bode well with our Lantern, who apart from
having issues with taking orders, doesn’t appreciate Batman, another wananabe
super-hero giving out orders and bossing people around. With that said, he
goads the Sea King to prove his worth to which Aquaman does via his telepathic
connection with various aquatic lifeforms. Yes, it does shut Hal up. But I
don’t know about you but Hal is getting more cocky by the issue. Heck if he
keeps it up, he could give Guy Gardner a serious run for his money.
Vic
Stone, aka. Cyborg, unaware of the chaos around Chicago stumbles outside and
manages to help a woman who was being attacked by the winged creatures and
somehow assimilates information from them and showed him how Darkseid was
conquering one world after another by harvesting and processing organic
materials and turning them into the creatures that have just attacked Chicago,
Metropolis and other cities around the world. Lucky for him, and for us
readers, his self defending and pro-active armor traces the signal being
emanated by these creatures and transports him via a portal to Metropolis to
join our heroes in the fray against them; just in time to warn them of who is
behind the attacks and how he goes from world to world and is coming to Earth.
And on cue, the Big Bad of the issue makes a grand and disastrous entrance for
all the world to see.
All in all, I am loving
the elements of the storyline so far and how each and every piece of the puzzle
is being fitted to complete the big picture. But like in the past issues, there
were still some room for unwarranted but much welcomed humor to dispel the
seriousness of the storyline like Batman laughing after Hal inadvertently
admits that what he does is solely to impress people especially, Wonder
Woman. But Hal doesn’t really readily
say it just for honesty’s sake, his hand was just absentmindedly touching
Wondy’s golden lasso, which makes one tell the truth. (insert LOL #2)
Now to break off from the
funnies, one line that struck me in this issue was what Superman said to Flash
as he flew off to divert attacks being made by government choppers on them.
Supes said, “You seem to be someone who wants to do the right thing, but the same can’t always be said for everyone
in positions of authority.”
This observation about
people in power holds much truth for me as we all know that too much of it
corrupts even those with the best intentions. Of course, unless you have the
heart of Mother Teresa or you’re a strong willed leader who knows what he wants
to accomplish and sticks by the means to doing so, then at least that alone
grants the exemption to this notion. But unless people in government, without
the need to say about ours, do certainly acknowledge and know their
responsibility and accountability are to the people, then, there will always be
a cycle of repeat offenders. There will be be some who think that they can go
above the law, much less rewrite it. Good thing there are heroes in their
world. How about ours? How many heroes have we got?
And how many heroes will be left standing after Darkseid's arrival? Time to check out the next issue.
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