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Alejandro Sanchez, Batman, Black Lightning, Captain Atom, Catwoman, Cyborg, David Lopez, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Huntress, Injustice Captain Atom, Lex Luthor, Mico Suayan, Neil Googe, Robin, Santi Casas of Ikari Studio, Shazam, Superman, Tom Taylor, Wes Abbott, Wonder Woman
>>>>>>>>>>SPOILERS<<<<<<<<<
(You’ve been warned)
“Chapter Twenty-One”
- Writer: Tom Taylor
- Artist: Neil Googe
- Colors: Alejandro Sanchez
- Letters: Wes Abbott
- Cover Artist: Mico Suayan, David Lopez, and Santi Casas of Ikari Studio
Captain Atom’s role in this amounts to a cameo.
The story opens with Hawkgirl in a foreign country capturing a dictator while he is riding in a convertible. She swoops down and snatches him right out of his seat. A short distance away, Batman and Catwoman are watching. Via headset mic, Batman orders Captain Atom into action. Cap swoops in and snatches the dictator out of Hawkgirl’s hands.
Hawkgirl is then shot out of the sky by Black Lightning and knocked out cold by Huntress.
In Mogadishu, Wonder Woman takes out a despotic general, killing him. When one of the women witnessing this tells her another man will replace him and it will never stop, Wonder Woman forces the soldiers to drop their weapons and the women to pick them up. She vows to return, telling them she will not leave them to this life, and that what happens now is up to them. As she flies away, the women open fire on the now-unarmed soldiers.
She rejoins Flash, Green Lantern, Robin, Superman, Cyborg, Green Lantern, Shazam, and Lex Luthor up in the Watchtower (Luthor was recovered from the wreckage of Metropolis in Injustice: Gods Among Us #20. He had been secreted to a secret bunker by a female speedster who was killed with the rest of the city.). When Flash tells her Captain Atom took Hawkgirl, Wonder Woman suspects the U.S. Military. Luthor says it was Batman, and he knows so because Batman wasn’t spotted at the scene. He warns Superman that he needs more people and he knows how to get them.
In the Batcave, Batman tells Catwoman he only needs Hawkgirl for one week (Hawkgirl is in a holding cell in the cave). When Catwoman warns that the Justice League will come looking for her, he assures her they won’t. Back up in the Watchtower, just as Flash is barking at Luthor that they have to find her, Hawkgirl appears in the Watchtower. Batman tells Catwoman her team-mates won’t even be looking for her.
I’m still majorly digging this story and jonesing to play this game. No new video games are in my budget for now, sadly. While I prefer Jeremy Raapack’s art over Neil Googe, Googe is good. But Tom Taylor has me on the edge of my seat! Injustice: Gods Among Us #21 is an A.
Splitting Atoms 