The problem isn't really the crackdown as it is that a hero killing a villain is viewed by everyone as jumping off the slippery slope. Which I find kinda hypocritical since heroes are so willing to let villains live and commit more crimes killing more people as long as they have the "moral high-ground". Although to be perfectly fair the civilians of the DC universe do share some of the blame since after all the times the Joker has been brought in and they have not given him the death penalty why, I mean after a certain point you stop being an evil human and are just a monster that needs to be put down.
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Hal is in the New Order. Sinestro would be so proud of his student.
Mind you, it's a fighting game, so outside of the cinematics, there probably are no sides. It's interesting that in the cinematics, Harley Quinn appears to be working for the Bat.
Also, Batman and Catwoman appear to have super strength, in the trailers, though I'm not sure if that's a game engine artifact.
Mind you, it's a fighting game, so outside of the cinematics, there probably are no sides. It's interesting that in the cinematics, Harley Quinn appears to be working for the Bat.
Also, Batman and Catwoman appear to have super strength, in the trailers, though I'm not sure if that's a game engine artifact.
Eh, I dunno how to feel about that. On one hand; Hal is someone who isn't interested in control over others and is all about freedom from control.
On the other, he's embodied as an unbreakable man with noble goals, and provided it's handled that way, with Hal coming to a decision by himself without going crazy/brainwashed/mind-controlled/tricked/forced/stricken by grief to make these choices and going to great lengths to bring about change in the world, it wouldn't really be that contradictory for his character.
On the other, he's embodied as an unbreakable man with noble goals, and provided it's handled that way, with Hal coming to a decision by himself without going crazy/brainwashed/mind-controlled/tricked/forced/stricken by grief to make these choices and going to great lengths to bring about change in the world, it wouldn't really be that contradictory for his character.
And so the Illuminati rip away the guy that acted as their conscience.
This is going to end up horribly.
Even if Hickman ends up presenting no repercussions of this due to some bizarre reason there is no way some other writer isn't going to pick this up later down the line.
(Context for those that care about that: Big threat incoming. Infinity Gauntlet broke. The greatest minds of earth are deciding whether to build a universe destroying machine. Cap's against it. Big discussion happens. The above happens)
"How would that work?"
Captain America goes to Tony with the truth, not knowing that Tony is a member of the Illuminati. Tony, feeling regret, makes him a set of power armor. No holding back, balls out. Missile launchers, flame throwers, repulsors, needle darts, force fields, a built-in combat AI. Maybe pull some strings and scrounge up a few bits of Vibranium or Adamantium to make a blade of some sort, like a retractable wrist-mounted shortsword.
Captain America puts on the suit. One super soldier program wanted to make the best super soldier through augmented flesh, the other wanted to do it through technology. Now the Cap is both. Cue everybody getting their asses kicked.
Or alternately, if you want to keep Iron Man a dick, Cap just steals a suit from him. It's not like he doesn't have a dozen of them lying around.
Captain America goes to Tony with the truth, not knowing that Tony is a member of the Illuminati. Tony, feeling regret, makes him a set of power armor. No holding back, balls out. Missile launchers, flame throwers, repulsors, needle darts, force fields, a built-in combat AI. Maybe pull some strings and scrounge up a few bits of Vibranium or Adamantium to make a blade of some sort, like a retractable wrist-mounted shortsword.
Captain America puts on the suit. One super soldier program wanted to make the best super soldier through augmented flesh, the other wanted to do it through technology. Now the Cap is both. Cue everybody getting their asses kicked.
Or alternately, if you want to keep Iron Man a dick, Cap just steals a suit from him. It's not like he doesn't have a dozen of them lying around.