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In a not-so-futuristic setting (meet
Mrs. President Dole), husband and wife Peter Ross and Lana Lang-Ross
lead a terrorist group which has called itself the Supermen. Fifteen
long years after the disappearance and presumed death of Superman,
their attacks aim at denouncing what the land of freedom has become:
a land where freedom itself has become a commodity only accessible
to those who can afford it.
Meanwhile, teenager Jon Kent, son of the late Clark Kent and of playwright Lois Lane, works up the nerve to ask cute Karen out on a date. The straight-A student pretends that he failed a bio-chem test, and that his mother now wants to get him a tutor, but perhaps she could?? The strategy backfires, yet Jon still manages to land the date.
Still high from the prospect of going out with Karen, Jon is about to get much higher. The biggest solar activity in 50 years sends radiations to Earth that have a much more significant impact on Jon’s life than disrupted phone lines. All of a sudden, and as a first ‘step‘, he can leap over the city’s tallest buildings, and land right in his mother’s living room (yes, there’ll be a roof to fix).
Explanations are in order, and yes, dad was Superman. He stood for truth, justice, and the American Way, and he was a bit of a geek himself, which is what got him killed. What shall Jon do with his super powers? Having a good time seems like a nice option, although mom doesn’t see it that way.
President Dole has pledged to give
carte blanche to the Justice League, to put an end to the Supermen’s
reign of terror. The Justice League’s line-up includes Wonder
Woman, a white-haired Batman, the Flash, Aquaman, the Green Lantern,
and Martian Manhunter. The time of the colourful spandex has gone,
and they’re all dressed in streamlined and mostly black uniforms,
which doesn’t prevent Wonder Woman from showing an impressive
amount a cleavage, a fact which is not lost on a TV station’s
cameraman. Her costume is basically an all-black jumpsuit, with a
small white circle in front, to the left, where her logo is
displayed, and from which starts a white stripe that goes until the
end of her left sleeve. Boots are light grey.
Circumstances, not choice (he was on his date!) get Jon involved in the conflict between the Supermen and the Justice League. At his young age, he struggles telling right from wrong, but he does appear to have a pretty good instinct for it, just like his dad of course. Although the Supermen appear to be the bad guys, they do lead him to a place where he finds a man who’s been spending the last fifteen years in some sort of induced coma - guess who.
The man is rescued and immediately rejoins his former colleagues, who have a homecoming present for him: a new uniform, that matches theirs. "I got used to the red and blue model" he laments. "Funny", replies Wonder Woman, "I had no problem ditching the stars and stripes besides, basic black is slimming." Still, pink is even more flattering to her, which Batman finds out in a private encounter with her, where we learn that the Justice League may have lost its ideals somewhere along the way. One thing for sure, Diana hasn’t lost her curves.
Certainly, Superman can’t be comfortable with this ‘Justice’ League. But what will he do about it? Follow his conscience of course. It’s never failed him.
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