DC Reveals Familiar Looking Cover for JUSTICE LEAGUE #24

@g_man: Why is Evil Aquaman flaming?

@betatesthighlander1: er that not evil aquman that evil firestorm evil aquman on the other is dead lol

@baberaham_lincoln: no Firestorm would fight Deathstorm, if anything Aquaman will by default fight Atomica and if were lucky well get a cool virtual reality fight between Cyborg and Grid

Love it, even if it is kinda obvious :)

he had that pre 52 as well. i think his name was power ring

Well, is a clever touch to change the water character with the fire character if we are talking about reversed/opposites roles.

The alternate green lantern seems to be very nervous and unsure, which is a polar opposite of what hal is like, so thats pretty cool. Im wondering about that butterfly myself.. haha

Owlman's costume changes almost all the time. One of the most consistent things about the Crime Syndicate every time they reappear is that Owlman's costume is different, Power Ring is a different person (usually a mirror image of the current Green Lantern), Ultraman's symbol is different, and that the core team of 5 is always intact with maybe a few others sometimes.

@herokiller12344 said:

Finally, someone in the comments with some perspective....

And the idea of fighting "dark reflections" is interesting and all, if it hadn't been done a million times. How many times do we have to watch Superman fight evil-Superman with nigh-identical powers? This obsession with "dark versions" of the heroes is about as gripping as the Justice League posing in front of their bathroom mirror making faces.

This is just another example of why I am enjoying REIS on Justice League far more then Jim Lee's run

Agreed, Ivan Reis is doing a great job on the book, but if the are going to pay homage to Jim Lee's
#1 cover, they should have had him do it. I mean, it's not like Jim Lee is so busy that he can't draw one extra cover.

agreed

Love the cover think it looks great.

It is a sad day when Cyborg and Firestorm get a Earth 3 counterpart before the Martian Manhunter.

The Crime Syndicate though, while the same, are at the same time different. Ultraman may have Superman's powers, but he isn't Kal-El. Owlman isn't Bruce Wayne either, he's Thomas Wayne Jr. Etc. The Crime Syndicate comes from a world that's the same but different from "ours." Different events happened which, by coincidence, formed an evil version of the Justice League.

That definitely appeals to me. I've always have been fascinated by things that are the same but different, so I especially soak up stories of alternate realities.

I've also noticed that villains that are similar to the hero tend to be popular with people: Venom, Zoom, Sabretooth, Sinestro, etc.

@jstndmnd: Is this the one you are talking about,

Green Lantern Justice League action figure with green variant, right?

Love it all the way through...what a nice twisted homage.

@thor_ul: Never thought of it like that, brilliant logic there!

If that wasn't DC's plan, where is the evil version of aquaman anyway?

@maccyd: Dead. As dead as any character can be in comics.

@thor_ul: Was that from pre-flashpoint or only happened in new 52?

@maccyd: Only in New52. I think bedore there was an evil alternate of Aquaman in his own series but anything related to the Justice League titles, there was Barracuda, however he was only mentioned but never seen.