Justice League Odyssey #13 Review

Writer: Dan Abnett / Artist: Will Conrad / DC Comics Justice League Odyssey #13 starts a new arc in a fresh location with new characters aligning themselves with the same goals as the previous team. After Cyborg, Starfire, and Azrael got turned into Darkseid’s New New Gods, and Jessica Cruz got turned into Lantern dust, we’re dropped across the galaxy to a space station near the Source Wall with Okkult, Red Lantern Dex-Starr, and a scientist from Zamaron.  No one saw this coming. But it’s a welcomed change.  Let’s first talk about Jessica Cruz. She got murked last issue. M-U-R-K-E-D. Darkseid did the damn thing and blasted her with all that newly obtained Omega energy bestowed upon him by Sepulkore. My girl was dust. And I was lowkey mad. Did they just off one of the more intriguing albeit underused characters DC has to offer? And not even in a flagship title!? They couldn’t send Jessica out like that. They just couldn’t. Well, I’m pleased to tell you that’s not what happened, though you probably could’ve guessed. This is comics, dude. Nobody stays dead. You see, those Omega beams from Darkseid both killed her and healed her, and now she’s teeming with the stuff. She’s leveled up, maybe even reached her final form. Who needs willpower when you’ve got literal god-level energy running through your veins? In addition to Jessica’s Jesus level rise from the dead, this was a pretty solid issue. And a refreshing one at that. This new group is surprising. A far cry from the Justice L…