Justice League #17

Written by Bryan Hitch
Penciled by Fernando Pasarin
Cover by Fernando Pasarin
Published Mar 15, 2017

   Superman flies out to face Tempus, the Timeless Mind and demands to know where his family is. The massive being can't figure out Superman's existence, as there are other timeline he sees but the conversation between them quickly turns tense. Tempus filters the solar radiation and forces Superman to cooperate. Meanwhile in Ancient Greece, Zeus feels the supernatural power dwarfing Olympus and Wonder Woman explains to them that's what she came here to stop. They agree to help her get inside it in return for her helping their family escape. In Central City, Flash runs towards the Timeless machine to engage it while in Ancient Atlantis, Aquaman holds the citizens back while the gigantic Timeless ship tries to connect to the Earth Stone.
   In 26th century DC, the Lanterns feel the gigantic battery pulling their rings towards it, building power. While in 30th century Metropolis, Cyborg questions the young boy who found him when he arrived in the future. The child senses a cross temporal vortex fueled by speed, green energy, and mythological magic. He hands Cyborg a special bracelet that allows him to fly up towards it. That brings us back to Superman, who tells the timeless mind that all he wanted was a normal existence. He asks about Lois and Jon again and Tempus tells him they're safe in their original timeline. He seeks to move the earth however, to keep a dangerous force from spilling out and destroying the universe. Superman explains to him that Molly, the timekeeper, sent the Justice League through time to destroy each of the power sources. Tempus moves to stop each one of them, but they all still make their ways towards the power sources... Cyborg, the Lanterns, Aquaman by way of Atlantean magic, and Wonder Woman with the help of the Olympians. 
   Made to choose between his family and the future, Superman tells the Tempus that he and his friends will defeat this attempt to change the present, that they always do. Batman sees his queue, and by gathering the hands in the Infinity Corporation to battle, the final page reveals Alexis Luthor's Warsuit which once belonged to her father. Battle will ensue but it will have to wait, as we're left to be continued.
   I know what I'm getting into every time I sit down with this book: An absurd amount of dialogue and about 15 different things going on that Hitch literally spends one page (and in some instances, 2 or 3 panels) updating. It's tough to keep up with and even tougher to write a review of. Still, it's not like it's any surprise. It would be nice to get a little downtime with our favorite super friends but duty across the universe calls - and takes as many words as necessary to relay that fact.

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