Is this a Rotworld crossover?
Mr. 8, Terry Sloan, purports to be the smartest man in the world. His decision to feed Grundy more nuclear energy reveals that he's just an idiot with a great public relations campaign. If he actually was the smartest man on Earth 2, he'd come up with a plan other than "wipe out everything with a nuclear missile." That's the kind of answer that unimaginative, unthinking war mongers would come up with because they grew up believing that a fist to the face of your opponent was somehow a winning debate technique. Not that this is the time to debate Grundy! Although the Earth 2 Grundy does seem to have a better grasp on the English language than his Super Friends counterpart, so maybe it would work!
Now I sound like that idiot kid Noah in Action Comics #14 who eventually had his face melted off. Oops! Sorry for the spoiler! That isn't much of a spoiler anyway. And maybe Superman can still save all the people with their faces melted off. Maybe he can fly around Mars really, really fast and reverse time like in Superman the Movie. Or go back in time. Whatever he did so that Lois didn't choke on a mouthful of dirt.
As the time for nuclear annihilation ticks down, the "wonders" begin to fall. Without the Green's Guardian to combat The Grey's Guardian, the "wonders" simply fall one by one to Grundy's Hentai tentacles.
That's just the Green Guardian's body. His spirit is off diddling his dead fiance.
All The Grey did was try to trick Alan Scott with his former lover? Oh! So Alan Scott will have to trick Grundy with his former lover! Um. Ewww. I don't think I want to see that.
Oh man. I really, really don't think I want to see this!
Alan Scott also learns that he loses his powers the further he gets away from the Earth. The Earth is his Power Battery. But he doesn't need to recharge. He just needs to keep the cord plugged in. As long as he remains near Earth, he's all-powerful. And that's why when Hawkgirl and The Flash try to set up some sort of "society of justice" with him, he declines. Because their powers are stupid! But then this title isn't called The Justice Society, is it? It's simply Earth 2. At first I figured, "Oh, Scott will come around after a few more story arcs." But really, why should he? Simply because the fans are expecting The Justice Society? Maybe that can happen around issue #75. But for now, I like this set-up. Various members of the original Society are spread out doing their own things across Earth. Atom and Sandman are military men. Hawkgirl is on the run with The Flash. Green Lantern is the protector of the Earth. Wildcat is still boxing. And Mister Terrific is still tied up in Terry Sloan's attic somewhere. Where? Find out next issue!
Earth 2 Rating: +2 Ranking. I'm giving it a bump of two ranks simply because it's a far better comic book than a ranking of 29 would suggest. Although that might be a good thing. A quick glance at the ranks and moving this up two forces down other comics seemingly ranked too low as well. And looking up the ranks, I don't see much I'd really change. Which means at least 29 of The New 52 seem to be worth reading. Possibly more but even 29 is far more than I would have guessed, especially since G.I. Combat is next up. Get ready for the martial arts shenanigans of The Haunted Tank!
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