Monday, October 24, 2022

The JLA has to have a class or seminar on alien courtroom etiquette.

"...you're inevitably going to end up facing an alien court scenario. Try and at least look like you respect their backwards-ass legal precepts..." That's pretty standard for the JLA, but today they're judged more in the court of public opinion. From 2020, Justice League #50, "The Rule, finale" Written by Si Spurrier, pencils by Aaron Lopresti, inks by Matt Ryan.
It's the League in space, as they have been asked to help the planet Trotha, first by overthrowing their tyrannical Empress Siddinix, then defending the planet against the invading Vermidiim. The Trothans were not a unified front, either: the planet had a number of rival factions, which Siddinix had played against each other for years. And the Vermidiim invaders apparently have little-to-no concept of 'past' or 'future,' they were pissed at the Trothans now, that was all that mattered to them. The League also seemed less than united, as Batman seemed to have had enough alien crap and was itching to get back to Gotham, even if that meant using a little mind-control for the Trothans' own good.
Diana had been trying to research the Trothans' political history, which the help of two little aliens, who used to be friends: one had joined the Cyborg-like "Way of the Spark," and meatbags and sparkheads obviously couldn't get along, right? Diana has to set them straight, since there were bigger issues and a bigger bad involved; but it has a nice wrap-up.
Posted by googum at 5:00 AM
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1 comment:

Mr. Morbid's House Of Fun said...

That line "The Empress's ancestors invented the dreadful culture just to keep everyone divided" hits too close to home doesn't it? Too on the nose for a lot of social media platforms these days. Very insightful commentary there by Si.

5:25 AM

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