Quick Peek At Justice League #30

The current Justice League title has been a rather interesting, almost 'over the top' book where every issue so far has been a world/universe/multiverse crisis in the making. Writer Scott Snyder and sometime co-writer James Tynion IV have really been keeping the gas pedal pressed to the floor with cosmic threats from beyond, artifacts of incredible power, and mind-blowing concepts about the origins of the DCU.

It has been somewhat hard to follow at times. A lot of the ideas are presented with a sort of 'roll with it' laissez-faire attitude. You either let the plots wash over you and buy into it or you get irritated at the lack of cohesive sense and story-telling.

For me, and I might say for once, I am in the former category, not the latter. I don't think I could elegantly tell you who Perpetua is, why a doorknob in a Legionnaire's hall is the most powerful known item in the DCU, what weapons the Legion of Doom has, or what is happening.

All I know is the heroes seem nervous that they might not win this time. And that alone has me invested in the ride.

One page in this week's Justice League #30 stood out though, for a couple of reasons.

With the universe and perhaps the multiverse in jeopardy, the League gathers all the super-heroes they can find and deputize them.

That's right. Everyone is now officially a member of the Justice League. Because when it hits the fan, the heroes will need every strong right arm they can get.

I love these sorts of pages. I love when Superman is looked on as this inspirational leader, able to muster up an army with his words alone. Snyder has really let Superman shine in this book and that makes me happy. That alone might make me showcase this page.

But there were a couple of details worth highlighting.

As a huge Jorge Jimenez fan, since his work on the Smallville comic, I have sensed that he would draw an incredible Supergirl.

No surprise, he does.

I also love that she is front and center in the gathered group. It gives her an air of importance in the DCU. It shows her love and loyalty to Superman. And it shows she is ready to fight this threat.

I wouldn't mind Jimenez on the Supergirl series!

On a completely different topic, we got to see Ted Kord in the crowd.

Now my main Leviathan Theory for Event Leviathan is that Leviathan himself is Ted Kord, surrounded by the Charlton heroes.

My guess is that DC would want Kord to be not seen anywhere were he to be Leviathan. You don't want to have your villain be acting the hero in another book out the same month. So does this brief, one panel shot of Kord derail my guess?

It is hard to know where in a timeline this Justice League book exists. While Luthor is prancing through all these Year of the Villain crossovers, it isn't like the mega-events of JL are discussed anywhere in the Superman titles. So does this exist just outside the main DC timeline? Earlier? In the future? Doesn't matter?

I still hold on to my theory.

But this did rattle me for a second.

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