Justice League Odyssey #2 Review

Writer: Joshua Williamson / Artist: Stjepan Sejic / DC Comics After a first issue that set things up while providing a plethora of questions, Justice League Odyssey is back and things are starting to fall into place. For a brief recap from last issue: Cyborg, Starfire, Azrael, and Green Lantern Jessica Cruz were all drawn to the Ghost Sector, where all the shrunken planets from Colu now reside. It was revealed that Darkseid called them there, and if they don’t do what he says, the entire fate of the multiverse is at stake. It’s mad stakes out here. This issue really expands on the conflict while giving us some disturbing answers to the questions raised in issue one. We learn that these freshly freed planets worship Starfire, Cyborg, and Azrael. Like worship worship. They’ve got statues and everything. Which doesn’t quite add up, but it definitely strenghtens the mystery. There’s definitely some timey-wimey stuff going on as they reveal that when these planets were shrunk, time didn’t pass for them, which allowed them to be generations older and the same age at the same damn time. The character’s roles are starting to shape up as well. One of the things that I gravitated toward when they announced this title was the make-up of the squad. It doesn’t feel as commercial as a book like this normally would. You’ve got Starfire whose burdened, Azrael whose curious, Jessica Cruz whose driven, Cyborg whose guilt-ridden, and Darkseid whose manipulative. They’re supposed to be a team, b…