Justice League #24 Review

Writer: Scott Snyder / Artist: Jorge Jimenez / DC Comics Time is running out as the alternate future Legion of Doom tries to get the Justice League back home before Batman makes a decision that will change the course of the collective multiverse. A decision that means sacrificing the needs of the few for the greater good of the many. Sounds like Batman has been watching too much Star Trek in his free time. What little of it he has. If you ain’t remember, last issue, the World Forger revealed to Bruce that he’s the key to this bright and hopeful future. The only problem is that to get there he has to sacrifice his friends. Seems like a no brainer. Batman would never sacrifice the homies. There’s gotta be another way to stop the World Forger and make this future come true. I mean he’s Batman. He’ll will it all into existence somehow. Like MJ in a game 6. But that doesn’t seem to be the case. Bruce seems to really be thinking about this. And if he makes the decision to follow through, the Justice League are about to be the Utah Jazz from 1998. You won’t be able to stop him. It’s interesting. There’s so much of an abundance of Batman in our world that he can seem almost invincible even though he’s physically as normal as you or me. He is darkness come to life. He is a man so haunted by his past that his present is fueled by one moment from his childhood. That darkness drives him, keeps him focused on his goal. But an overlooked weakness of Batman’s is his ability to hope. You d…