Justice League Odyssey #5 Review

Writer: Joshua Williamson / Artist: Carmine Di Giandomenico / DC Comics Issue #5 of Justice League Odyssey gives us a hell of a lot of action, and some much-needed answers as our heroes grapple with the morality of leading their worshippers on while trying to find out what Darkseid has up his sleeve. This was an Azrael centric issue. We really get a look into his internal struggles, and learned why he can kind of be a dick. At his core, he’s a dude that just doesn’t know his place. He thought it was with the Batfam in Gotham, but that proved to be a lost cause, so he placed all his faith in this wild goose chase with Cyborg and company into the unknown corners of the universe. And so far, this ain’t been it either, chief. Conflict and confusion got in the way, and now everybody’s fighting a bunch of wannabe Cyborgs while Vic is nowhere to be found. But Cyborg’s location winds up having huge ramifications for the series. He just found out what Darkseid’s plans are, and it ain’t nice. He’s essentially building a bigger and badder Apokolips. But what makes it super spooky is that he’ll be able to steer it across the multiverse, conquering countless lives along the way.

Something I enjoyed about this was how it really shows just how much all of these Justice League titles are connected, and how they all are serving each other and the grander story trying to be told. This revelation that Cyborg has goes all the way back to No Justice, the event that kicked off Snyder’s helm of th…