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Chapter One: Coffin
Elongated Man (Ralph Dibney) and Firehawk were on a stakeout.
Below their perch, they watched a possible arms trade.
While waiting, he told her how he and his wife, Sue, met.
Bolt, with the help of the Calculator (who fancied himself
as the "Oracle" of the bad guys) moved in to
complete the deal. He teleported to the location. The
sellers began shooting at him. Firehawk went down to intervene,
but Ralph got a call from his wife. He demanded Firehawk
fly him home. As Bolt lay on the ground with gunshot wounds,
so did Sue Dibney. Her killer knew who he was killing.
Ralph found her body (with burns over 42%) and her birthday
present to him: a positive pregnancy test.
Clark Kent visited his parents when he received a call
on his JLA signal device. Nightwing was visiting his parents'
grave site when he got the call. The two Green Arrows
were sparring with Ted Kord when they heard. Tim Drake
- Robin again - heard it from TV, while watching with
his father. Oliver got word to Ray Palmer. Batman found
nothing at the scene: no forced entry, no alarms tripped.
The rest of the guys (Mister Miracle, Atom, the Ray, Animal
Man, etc.) began their investigation. After the funeral,
the different teams (Outsiders, Titans, JLI, etc.) split
up to check leads. Ralph believed Dr. Light was the killer.
Chapter two: House of Lies
Elongated Man's group - Zatanna, the Atom, Hawkman, Green
Arrow, and Black Canary - prepared. Wally (the Flash) and
Kyle (Green Lantern) were caught spying on them. They told
the youngsters why Dr. Light was their target: he'd raped
Sue years back on the Justice League satellite. They caught
him, but he threatened her and everyone else's loved ones.
Zatanna put a spell on him to affect his memory and brain
functionality.
Dr. Light, free again, purchased the protection of Slade
Wilson - Deathstroke the Terminator.
Dr. Mid-Night called Oracle. His autopsy showed Sue was
dead before she was burned. Dr. Light could not have been
the killer.
Chapter three: Serial Killer
Deathstroke took down the Flash as he attacked with a sword
to the torso. Zatanna was next. Then Hawkman, Green Arrow,
Black Canary, and the Atom were neutralized. As he was taking
on GL, the rest of the team regrouped. Dr. Light regained
his memories. Wally forced Oliver's hand and he told the
kid about some of the other people who they'd had to mind-wipe.
The Calculator, Captain Boomerang, and Merlyn talked. Robin
came home; his father noticed his black eye. The Atom's
ex-wife, Jean Loring was hanged in her home.
Chapter four: Who Benefits
The Atom got to Jean in time to save her. The League ran
their tests, and for the second time in four days, their
security systems had been defeated. Superman saw a uniqueness
about the noose and called Oracle. She pinned it down to
Slipknot (real name Christopher Weiss). Slipknot, who lost
an arm to the Suicide Squad, was in prison. Arrow and Wonder
Woman questioned him, but he knew nothing. Dr. Light and
Slipknot, the two apparent attackers, had only the Suicide
Squad in common.
The "bad guys" continued to watch the goings-on.
Captain Boomerang met the son he never knew he had. Batman
went over his notes with Alfred. He was trying to determine
who could be benefiting from the attacks. Tim (Robin) called
in sick to spend some time with his father. Green Arrow
went to Hal Jordan's grave so he could contact the Spectre.
He insisted his old friend punish the guilty. He couldn't
even tell Oliver who the killer was. He joked with Hal,
asking him when he was "coming back."
Lois Lane received a letter telling her she was next.
Chapter five: Father's Day
The League attacked the "bad guys." Hawkman took
down Monocle, Flash got Merlyn, and Deadshot was hit in
the neck with his own bullet when he fired on Green Lantern.
None of the teams were making any progress with the suspects
they captured. Firestorm was killed in combat. He exploded
after being stabbed through with a sword.
Captain Boomerang worked with his newly found son. When
one of the throws went awry, he learned his kid had speed.
Robin talked to his father before going out on patrol. Soon
afterwards, Jack Drake called Oracle. Someone sent him a
package containing a gun. She got word to Batman and Robin;
they headed that way. Captain Boomerang killed Drake, but
Drake got a shot off that killed Boomerang.
Chapter six: Husbands and
Wives
Robin got to his father too late, his father was dead at
age 43. Captain Boomerang's son was turned away from the
scene. The League kicked themselves for letting Boomerang
defeat them. Boomerang's son took over his father's name.
Flash tried to get some info from Green Arrow about Batman
and Dr. Light's mind wipe. Oliver told him they'd also taken
Bruce's memories from the incident. When he found out what
they were doing, Batman went berserk. They voted unanimously
to have Zatanna take that night from him.
Batman found what appeared to be Calculator's headquarters,
but he'd already split with all his equipment. The autopsy
came back on Dibney, she'd died from a blocked bloodstream
in her brain. Even before he heard that, Batman's evidence
began to point to the Atom.
Chapter seven: The Hero's
Life
Ray Palmer, who'd become closer to his ex-wife, caught her
in a lie - she asked him about the note and weapon that
was sent to Jack Drake. Ray knew it was never mentioned
and got her to confess - she found one of his old costumes
and somehow temporarily gained his powers. He said she only
wanted to hurt Sue in hopes of getting him to run to her
own aid. He had her committed to Arkham Asylum.
Wally, who was still having problems with Batman being mind
wiped, invited Oliver to dinner with him and Clark. Everyone
seemed to try a little harder to get along and to make time
for each other. |
