Justice League #48 Review

Writer: Simon Spurrier / Artist: Aaron Lopresti / DC Comics New writer, same Justice League. Simon Spurrier is taking over scripting duties for the next three issues dubbed “The Rule of War.” In the set-up of the first issue of the arc, the Justice League answers a distress signal from out in the middle of space. They fight a giant alien beast and then free a bunch of small, yellow, alien children. You know, a day in the life of a Leaguer.  But once they return the children to their planet, things start to get complicated, and morality is blurred. Spurrier is setting up a cautionary tale that puts our heroes at odds with each other when it comes down to doing the right thing. Sometimes right and wrong is as simple as black and white. But most of the time, there’s a lot more gray involved.  In this arc, Wonder Woman seems to be the most logical. She’s got Star Trek’s Prime Directive in mind. She thinks that when discovering a new species, you should do very little to influence them, so you can avoid setting them down a destructive path because of your actions. Farmboy Superman on the other hand, wants to hold these new aliens’ hands and teach them the ways of Earth.

Diana and Clark represent opposite extremes, but when these new aliens start to treat the Justice League like Gods, they’re both going to have to compromise their beliefs to fix the moral enigma that they find themselves in.  Aaron Lopresti is on art duties for this issue and I think he really tack…