Justice League International #6

Why does Vixen always have to be down on all fours.

Everything wrapped up nicely with Peraxxus and the Giant Statues last issue, right? Well, maybe not since this issue is an epilogue to the last story line. Booster Gold is about to have a meeting with the United Nations about funding the team and Batman wanted to meet with Booster to make sure he doesn't screw it up. Batman pretends he has just called Booster over to help catch the guys that set fire to the Hall of Justice but Batman always has an ulterior motive. And making sure Booster doesn't fuck up the United Nations meeting is the real purpose here.

I understand Batman knowing about the super secret Blackhawks group but he drops the name as if Booster Gold should know who they are as well! Worst covert team ever.

I have no idea why Batman wants Justice League International to work out. Why he is investing so much time into helping Booster Gold? I'm beginning to think that Bruce Wayne has some cash tied up in the venture. Gotta protect those Wayne investments any way he knows how!

Don't worry about it, Booster. I didn't get it either. Just another dumb plot point that you can move past and pretend it never happened.

Batman finishes his pep talk with Booster after they catch the criminals and Batman lets Booster look like a hero. One of the home-brew terrorists detonates a bomb but Booster is able to erect his force field around it to stop the blast from hurting anyone. But if Booster hadn't been there, Batman never would have let the criminal detonate the bomb in the first place.

Batman tells Booster that Booster is a natural leader since he was once a quarterback from the future. And he tells Booster that Gardner can be controlled if Booster proves himself (or punches him in the nose). And then Batman swings off of the roof and tells Booster, "The Justice League will be watching." So no pressure?

Rocket Red, Guy Gardner, and Ice finish cleaning up the mess the JLI made fighting the big robot guys. Gardner bitches, Ice mends fences or bridges or something, and Rocket Red tries downloading some of the machines information into his suit but I think maybe it uploaded a virus or something unpleasant. So that'll probably go wrong soon.

Is it clobberin' time?

Why must Lady Godiva pay for her hot dog with her hair? Why doesn't she eat it with her hair as well? In Legion of Super-heroes, the heroes always seem to use their power instead of just using their hands or a coffee maker or some ice cubes. Does it stand to reason that the easiest way of doing something is by using your superpowers? Is the energy or action they provide free? I would think cooking up some tea would more relaxing if you sit it on a stove instead of expending energy yourself using your super power. Don't super heroes get exhausted using their power the same way they'd get tired using their muscles? It just bothers me that Cosmic Boy can't pour a cup of coffee with his hand. Instead he uses his magnetic powers. There's no way that expends less energy!

At the United Nations meeting, Booster Gold convinces the delegates to support the JLI. He has a little help from August General in Iron who helps convince the Chinese Delegate. And so they have a press conference where they're introduced as the Justice League the people can trust because they live their lives in public with no secret identities!

Whoops! Um, oh, no wait. This is probably a good thing!

Oh! There it is!

So Justice League International is blown to pieces the very second they're introduced to the public! I think only the Doom Patrol has ever been an official group for a shorter amount of time. Probably.

Epilogue: I was rereading the issue to see how much I really liked it when I realized maybe those guys had a point in trying to blow up the Hall of Justice. I suppose having a group of super heroes backed by the government really does just amount to another, stronger police force to be used against the common man. Fuck the Justice League International! And why does Batman want them operating so badly? That fascist billionaire! What a corporate weasel he's turning out to be! And when is Booster Gold going to get an endorsement so he has to change his name to Bic's Booster Gold? Or Duracell Booster Gold? That'd be cool.

This is a decent issue. It was better on a second read-through while I wasn't interrupting myself. My first guess at the end was that Guy or Booster would throw up a big bubble like they usually do. But the cover of Issue #7 shows Booster all alone with everyone else collapsed in the rubble. But we all know how covers seldom get the inside story right. Anyway, this was a decent issue. Not good nor bad enough to change its ranking though.