Justice League #31

LEGACY, finale

Written by Bryan Hitch
Penciled by Fernando Pasarin
Cover by Bryan Hitch
Published Oct 18, 2017

   The Sovereign tries to reason with Wonder Woman, but the darkness has taken hold. Aquaman tells the children this is what happens in the future. The darkness takes the league and the kids are the only ones who save them. Hunter rejects the temptations and rallies his team, while at the same time intervening in the fight between Diana and Hippolyta.

He's still mad that Fernando drew his mom's face so weird.

   Meanwhile Aquaman battles Superman and the Lantern kids fight Jessica, with both fights seeing them on the losing end. The Justice-parents all reject the Justice-Kids in anger as the Darkness seizes control. Finally Batman shows up with a red solar flare to power down Clark while Mera stabs at Dory with a trident. Aquaman jumps between them and takes the blow, later being blasted by his future daughter. He tells Serenity that he kills Mera in the future to save her. He never hated her for the banishment she sentenced him to, but the conversation is cut short as Mera impales him from behind.

"So look, I just wanted to tell you... GNAAAAH! I did NOT SEE THAT COMING!"

   As the Green Lanterns battle, Baz lies near death while the kids fight Jess with all they have. They finally have an idea, hitting her with a yin-yang approach - black and white light. It tricks the darkness and the resurrect Simon. They fill him in while Cyborg and his son Cube battle.   
   Meanwhile Sovereign lies defeated, getting Hunter's attention before he strikes down his mother. She asks him if he ever wondered why she abandoned him.. Recently infected with the Darkness, she gave him up to save him. He was protected by the Clarks... with love. She tells him the only way to defeat this monster is to make their future parents find their true selves. Cube tells his father that he knows he loves him, showing him images of when he was a baby. Cyborg cries, and fights the hatred back.

All the feels.

   As the battle rages, the Darkness is weakened but still too strong. Finally the Green Lantern kids fly up and make some sort of weird love vacuum out of green light energy. It pulls up the black tendrils and they form it into a ball. Sovereign and Aquaman say their goodbyes, taking the ball into a boom tube to nowhere.
   The issue wraps with the Justice League and their kids celebrating a week long peaceful reunion. They all hug and talk about the future, but it's time for the Justice-Kids to go back to their timelines. They wave goodbye and disappear into the sea. With that, this story arc concludes and everybody lives happily ever after... except I guess Aquaman and Wonder Woman's mom, who are probably in some hell with the Darkness. Dang. Sad.

Everybody's happy. Can't you tell from those beefy faces?

   You know, if Bryan Hitch could just write the issues and maybe pencil the faces for Fernando, this book would be about perfect. And yeah, that's all I have to complain about to they must be doing something right. With this issue, the Justice League embarks on their Metal arc which everyone is excited about. This was a good issue... Wordy but good. Maybe that's why Brian Michael Bendis is headed to DC. Either way, I give this one a 10/10.

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