Warning: Spoilers for Black Lightning #3
THE Justice League promised to unite all superheroes of their present period, however one hero's sudden betrayal affected that concept, dividing them. Black Lightning attacked Trinity after a heated disagreement, destroying the group from inside. His actions may very well be planting the seeds for DC's Civil Battle, and the Justice League might by no means be the identical as its members start to activate one another.
In Black Lightning #3 by Brandon Thomas, Fico Ossio, Ulises Arreola and Lucas Gattoni, Jefferson Pierce lastly breaks up together with his daughter, Thunder, whose violent powers have turned her right into a harmful metahuman. He begins to calm Anissa down, just for the Justice League to intervene and teleport her to the Watchtower to allow them to comprise her.
Black Lightning is livid over the Justice League's controversial act, and he invades their base to offer them some peace of thoughts. This confrontation between heroes culminates in his betrayal of the Justice League, laying the groundwork for a warfare to interrupt out inside DC's essential group.
Black Bolt turns in opposition to the Justice League to avenge his daughter
The Justice League's questionable acts push Black Lightning to his restrict
When Black Bolt arrives with a bone to select with the Justice League, the Trinity - Superman, Batman and Marvel Girl - attempt to calm him down earlier than the scenario escalates. Jefferson argues that he might have managed Anissa's powers, whereas Batman insists that she would have precipitated nice injury with out her management band. The Justice League's protection of their intervention is that they consider the general public would have harmed Anissa and, by extension, the remainder of Black Lightning's household. Nonetheless suspicious of her intentions, Black Bolt begins to settle down and asks if he can speak to her, and that's when issues go unsuitable.
The Justice League refuses to let Black Bolt see his daughter, inflicting his anger in direction of them to skyrocket. When he asks why they're in his method, Batman merely says: "As a result of she's harmful, Jefferson. Similar to you." This remark pushes Black Lightning over the sting, and he assaults, charging his powers to assault the Trinity. Superman as soon as known as Jefferson the group's most vital hero, so his betrayal is a large blow to their unity. The Justice League has taken a darkish flip these days, and Black Bolt has lastly had sufficient, sparking a bigger battle.
The controversial Justice League reboot is already destroying every little thing
Black Lightning is one in all many DC heroes who oppose the group's strategies
Black Lightning is the primary hero to take motion in opposition to the Justice League, however he's not the one one to precise considerations in regards to the group's new operation. In Titans #19 by John Layman and Serg Acuña, for instance, Killer Frost criticizes the mistreatment of former Watchtower villains. Likewise, the Titans' chief criticized the Justice League's use of the Phantom Zone as an unfair type of incarceration. With increasingly heroes changing into resentful of the Justice LeagueIt's solely a matter of time earlier than a full-blown Civil Battle breaks out now that Black Lightning lit the fuse.
Black Lightning #3 is now out there from DC Comics.