TITLE:
Chapter 3: New Moon Rising
WRITER:
Dwayne McDuffie
PENCILER(s):
Josè Luis
INKER(s):
JP Mayer
COLORS:
Pete Pantazis
LETTERS:
Rob Leigh
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Superman (Clark Kent); Wonder Woman (Diana Prince); Hawkman (Carter Hall); Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance); Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce); Dr. Light (Dr. Kimiyo Hoshi); Green Lantern (John Stewart); Red Arrow (Roy Harper); Flash (Wally West); Vixen (Mari Jiwe McCabe); Firestorm (Jason Rusch); Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders); Twilight; Donner; Blitzen; Iota; Icon (Augustus Freeman IV); Hardware (Curtis Metcalf); Payback; Gloria Mundi; Iron Butterfly; Starlight; Shadow Thief (Carl Sands); Dharma
PLOT:
After helping the team defeat the Shadow Cabinet, Hawkman finally has a chance to warn them all of the threat brought him to the JLA Satellite in the first
place. Carl Sands, the Shadow Thief has somehow tapped into a new substantial powerforce, amping up his abilities. He now possesses the capability to
manipulate any shadow he comes into contact with to teleport through them similar to the Cabinet's Shadowslide technology. Unbeknownst to Hawkman however,
Shadow Thief had already hitched a ride onto the Watchtower using Hawkman's own shadow.
Sands summons an army of Shadow Form Warriors from the shadows of the League and the Cabinet. As veritable evil twins the Shadow Warriors consist of the
hidden dark natures of all those present and nearly succeed in defeating the heroes. Even the return of Superman and Icon is not enough to thwart the vicious doubles.
Fortunately, Batman and the rest of the JLA arrive via teleporter from Metropolis. Having been convinced of the Cabinet's good intentions, they bring with
them the other Shadow Cabinet members and a newly re-charged Dr. Kimiyo Hoshi. Now outfitted in nanoantenna solar collectors by the Cabinet, Hardware hands
Kimiyo the power that the deceased Arthur Light once stole from her. These things combined renew Kimiyo's powers and allow her to eradicate all of the
Shadow Warriors and defeat Shadow Thief.
Even though his shadow armor evaporated in Dr. Light's blast of energy, Shadow Thief tells the heroes that his sacrificial objectives were still fulfilled.
Curious as to what exactly that means, Superman uses his X-Ray vision and sees that Shadow Thief had somehow created a Shadow-form of the moon matching it's
immense weight and mass and headed towards Earth. With not a moment to lose, Superman darts off into space and plunges headlong into the Shadow Moon,
blasting into a million pieces and saving the planet.
Knocked unconscious by the blast, Superman awakens back at the Watchtower just in time to see the Shadow Cabinet prepare to leave. Still refusing to explain
their actions, Hardware reveals that part of Shadow Thief's new shadow-armor was stolen from the Cabinet's own Shadowslide technology. With the technology
returned and the Shadowslide back online, the team leaves the League behind wondering what the Cabinet's true motivations are.
Somewhere in the Himalayas, Icon returns to the Shadowspire for his de-briefing with Dharma. Although his psychic foresight told him of Icon's cooperation
with Superman, in the end all things have gone according to his plan. The Shadowslide is functioning again and he believes that the Cabinet's assistance in
returning Dr. Light's powers to her will be of some use in the future. Gazing into the future and seeing the Final Crisis that looms before the JLA, Dharma
knows that they will not have the time to seek retribution against the Cabinet for their dishonest ways. But Dharma also realizes the greater threat facing
them all and warns Icon that his dishonesty is only the beginning of what he may be asked to do in the troubled future ahead.
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TITLE:
Origins & Omens
WRITER:
Len Wein
PENCILER(s):
Marco Rudy
INKER(s):
Federico Dallocchio
COLORS:
Pete Pantazis
LETTERS:
Rob Leigh
CHARACTERS:
Scar the Guardian; Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders); Red Arrow (Roy Harper); Fadeaway Man (Anton Lamont); Hawkman (Carter Hall)
PLOT:
The turbulent romance between Hawkgirl and Red Arrow hits a skid while they track down Fadeaway Man at the Stonechat Museum in St. Roch. Roy is already sensitive to the fact that the woman he is in love with is destined by fate to spend eternity with another man. So when Kendra makes an off-handed comparison between his attack and the manner in which Hawkman would have dispatched Fadeaway Man, Roy is driven over the edge. He ends the relationship and storms off only for Hawkman to come from the shadows to comfort Hawkgirl.
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