Justice League #30 Review: The Justice/Doom War is Here

Writers: Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV / Artists: Jorge Jimenez / DC Comics Everything has been building toward this. That’s what Scott Snyder has continually said on Twitter and Instagram about this run. And it couldn’t be more true about this issue. Justice League #30 is the beginning of the Justice/Doom War, the outcome of which will decide the fate of the DC Multiverse. It’s justice vs. doom, two opposite ideologies vying for dominance. Our heroes are against the ropes as the villains, led by a Martian/Human hybrid “Apex” version of himself, hold Doom in the palm of their hands as they plan to reshape everything in Perpetua’s image.  It’s looking bleak, fam.  As they’ve managed to do so many times over this run, Snyder & Co. have placed these heroes in an impossible situation. And I can’t figure out what they’d need to do to get out of it. That’s how they keep things exciting. 

This issue opens up on a vision of the future that Starman shows the team where the Legion of Doom murks the hell out of the Justice League. Like, it’s not even funny how much they mop the floor with them. Superman gets stabbed through the heart, Green Lantern pukes up his organs, and Flash gets turned into a baby. Yep, this is the darkest timeline. It’s the worst possible scenario, a scene that reaffirms the stakes for the audience and really conveys the powerhouse that the League is facing. And above all, Starman reassures that it’s not a possible future– it is the future. But the League…