The Elongated Mans wife Sue Dibny is murdered. The DC superhero rally to find out who committed the crime. Edit
Chapter One:Coffin
The story opens with Elongated Man and Firehawk who are on a steakout while waiting for the criminals to show up Firehawk asks Elongated Man how he met his wife in which Elongated man then tells the tale.Ralph then mentions how for each of his upcoming birthdays Sue would throw him a surprise mystery in which Ralph would have to solve but in truth was always able to solve every mystery but pretended he couldn't to make his wife Sue happy.Meanwhile Sue is wrapping Ralph's birthday present which turns out to be pregnancy test that shows she's positive,all of a sudden she hears a noise and thinking its Ollie goes to inspect it.Back at the Ralph and Firehawk steakout,the villain Bolt appears and a shoot out occurs between him and the sellers.Before Ralph and Firehawk can intervene Ralph receives an emergency call from Sue and rushes home.Unfortunately he is to late and finds Sue's burnt corpse in the rain.An hour later, Green Arrow and his son Connor Hawk are having a sparring match while being coached by Justice Society
member Wildcat. Connor is able to land a punch on Ollie that was so fast Ollie could barely see it making him proud of his son but the moment is interrupted by Conner's com link spreading the news of Sue's death.At the same time,Tim Drake returns from a mission as Robin and is greeted by his father who tells Tim he was worried but the two then overhear the news that Sue Dibny has been murdered. Four hours later,Green Arrow arrives at the crime scene and discovers that Batman had already checked but found nothing. Ollie brings in other heroes to help investigate the area such as Mr.Miracle,Animal Man,The Atom and the metal men.48 hours later,the superheroes gather at Sue Dibny's funeral.Ralph attempts to make a speech but cannot bring him self to do it and literally falls apart.The next speaker is Diana and after shes done all the heroes each leave to find somebody on a suspect list.After all the heroes have left Green Arrow, Zatanna, Black Canary, Hawkman and The Atom meet with Ralph where Ralph tells tells them "Help me find Dr.Light!!".
Chapter Two:House of Lies
Nine minutes before the present time,Ray Palmer meets with his ex wife Jean Loring,Ray gives Jean a crossbow that once belonged to Hawkman in order for her to protect herself after Sue Dibny having recently been murdered. Following where the heroes left of at the previous chapter,Ralph Dibny aka Elongated man is getting ready with the others to capture Dr. Light who is suspected for the murder of Sue Dibny. Before they can leave,Hawkman finds out that are Kyle Rayner and Wally West were secretly listening to their conversation and the two heroes confront the others for their secrecy on Dr.Light. The heroes are reluctant to say anything until Wally threatens to bring in Batman and Superman,with this Ralph tells Wally and Kyle as the heroes go on pursuit of Dr.Light that one time the villain Dr.Light had teleported into their Watchtower on the moon while the Justice League was out fighting Hector Hammond. Instead of finding the League,Light finds Sue Dibny and blinds her eyes with his powers and begins to rape her. The Justice League arrive and Barry is the first to attack Light,the other heroes attack soon after and Light is taken down by Elongated Man who hits him with Hawkman's mace after seeing what he did to his wife. Upon hearing this story,Wally is shocked as Dr.Light was always a moron when they fought during Wally's time as a Teen Titan. Green Arrow then reveals that,there is a reason for that. Meanwhile Merlin the assassin arrives at a meeting point for the super villains to meet,all of a sudden a frightened Dr.Light teleports in and begs to hire somebody.Elsewhere,Green Arrow revealed that the team took a vote to mind wipe Dr.Light.Green Arrow,Hal Jordan and Black Canary had voted against and Zatanna,Hawkman and Atom voted for it. The vote came down to Barry Allen who voted for it as it was less than six months after Iris died. The story is interrupted by Dr.Light who teleports into the building. Ralph is the first to confront him,but is caught in an explosion caused by Dr.Lights hired Assassin Deathstroke the terminator. Elsewhere,Dr Midnight is finish with the autopsy of Sue Dibny's death and concludes that its not Dr. Light
Chapter Three:Serial Killer
The heroes plan to capture Dr.Light have become more difficult as Light has Hired Deeathstroke to protect him. Flash is the first to attack Deathstroke but Deathstroke hits a trigger which activates bombs planted around him forcing flash to attack him from behind. Deathstroke sees this coming and stabs Flash and twist the blade so Flash is to wounded to get up. Deathstroke then attacks Zatanna by hitting her below her rib cage causing her to continuously vomit and prevent her from casting any spells. Hawkman is next to attack Deathstroke but has his the straps on his wings cut off instead as Deathstroke just back flips over him,Hawkman falls to the ground hard. Green Arrow shoots at Deathstroke but he deflects it with his sword and cuts the tips of ollies arrows off as Ollie attempts to dodge. Black Canary attempts to use her sonic scream but Deathstroke flips over her and wraps a bad over her head so that she cannot open her mouth or breath. Ollie attempts to help her while Deathstroke uses a laser pointer to defeat The Atom. Kyle Rayner is the last one standing but before he can attack Deathstroke breaks his fingers and attempts to use the ring for him self. Ollie who doesn't want to take the chance jumps behind Deathstroke and stabs in his eye. Deathstroke looses his temper and punches Ollie only to be jumped by the rest of the league as well. Dr.Light who sees this event,triggers a sub conscious memory that reminded him of the mind wipe. Light in a fit of rage at what he remembered creates a big flash and gets away along with Deathstroke. After the battle is over Superman arrives and asks what happens in which they lie and tell him that Ralph just wanted the first shot at Light. Meanwhile,Captain Boomerang talks to the calculator to find him a job but no one will hire him anymore,at the same time Tim Drake returns to his home and his father sees the bruise on his face and goes to get some ice leaving Tim to feel guilty over the worry he puts his father through.Meanwhile,Jean Loring is attacked by an unknown assailant who ties a rope around her neck to hang her.
Chapter Four:Who Benefits
Jean Loring is being hung from her door,as she screams for help her ex husband Ray Palmer aka The Atom arrives just in time to save her by riding through the phone lines and breaking the rope at microscopic size. As Jean lays unconscious,Ray who is a scientist and not a religious man prays for the first time in along time for Jean to be safe. Jean wakes up and opens her eyes to him saying "Just like the old days". Green Arrow,Mr.Miracle and Superman arrive at the apartment to investigate and Superman finds that the rope was tied in bowline knot. Oracle checks out previous villains with that M.O and finds a villain named Slipknot who is currently in prison. Soon after,Wonder Woman and Green Arrow go to see Slipknot in prison who is now part of the Kobra Organization. Wonder Woman uses her magic lasso on him and the two find out that he doesn't know anything. Green Arrow and Black Canary call Superman who is at the farm at Smallville. Superman and Ollie get into an argument due to Superman wanting to follow a lead but Ollie thinks its just a waste of time. Elsewhere,a bunch of villains meet up to play Risk. The villains including Deadshot and Merlin tell the rest hot the Murder of Sue Dibny will seriously effect them and the way they do things. Meanwhile,Digger Harkness aka Captain Boomerang gets the Calculator to find a son he had never met before. As Digger waits outside,his son who had just come hoe from work sees him. Captain Boomerangs son Owen Mercer meets his father for the first time,Owen tells him that theres not alot to do with a boomerang in which his father says "theres a lot,you just need the right teacher". At the Batcave,Alfred brings Batman tea and tells him that the other's are going after the Suicide Squad in which Batman disagrees saying the real answer is to "who benefits". Meanwhile,Green Arrow goes to the grave yard to meet Hal Jordan who is now the Spectre. Hal reveals that he knows who's behind this but cant tell Ollie due to the high power. Hal then makes Ollie promise that hell find who's responsible and make them pay,Hal also reveals that hes working on coming back. At the Daily Bugle,Lois Lane arrives at her desk to find a letter saying "I know who your husband is,you're next!".
Chapter Five:Fathers Day
Green Arrow runs through the halls of an abandon building with his bow and arrows ready. He breaks down the door to find Deadshot,Merlin and Monocle already ready for him but before they can attack they are ambushed by the other members of the League who bust in surprising them. Hawkman is the first to attack smacking Monocle in the eye with his mace defeating him,Merlin is defeated by The Flash who grabs all his arrows away. Kyle Rayner traps Deadshot in a cube but Deadshot shoots againts it causing the bullet to ricochet and shoot right through his neck. Kyle panic's and lets his guard down allowing Deadshot the chance to shoot him and run away only to run into Superman. Green Arrow then interigotes Merlin on what he knows about Sue Dibny murder and the same thing is happening everywhere with all the other heroes. Unfortunately,one team's attempt to capture Shadow Thief ends up in failure as Shadow Thief was able to use Sir Justin's sword and stab Firestorm causing him to sacrifice him self by blowing up high in the sky. Ray Palmer visits his ex-wife Jean Loring who had previously been attacked. Jean reveals that she heared Ray pray and the two reconcile their relationship. Meanwhile,Captain boomerang and his son Owen are practicing with Boomerang's and Owen is revealed to have super speed. Later that night,Tim Drake suits up to get ready to go out as Robin but his father tries to convince him to stay. Tim tells his dad that he can help people out there but hell stay if his father wants him too. Jack Drake lets his son go and as Tim leaps out the window Jack tells him "I'm proud of you son".Jack walks into the kitchen to find a note with a gun that says protect your self,Jack who is scared calls Oracle through a number Tim gave him for emergencies. Oracle connects Tim to his father just as Tim arrives at the batmobile. Batman tries to get a hold of Wally but cant and drives as fast as he can towards Tim's house. Jack tells Tim over the intercom that the assassin is in the house and coming closer. Tim begs Batman to save his father with tears in his eyes. As the door slowly opens,Jack tells Tim that if he doesn't get hear in time its not his fault,he then tells Bruce to take care of him and that everything he does as Robin is worth it. The door slams open and the assassin is revealed to be Captain Boomerang. Jack quickly shoots Boomer but not enough to stop him from throwing a razor boomerang that ends up stabbing Jack Drake in the heart. Both men then lie dead on the floor covered in blood.
Chapter Six:Husbands and Wives
Tim arrives at his house and removes his Robin costume as he runs up the stairs to find his father dead. Despite knowing what little it would do,Robin struggles to remove the boomerang from his fathers heart. Batman arrives not soon after and sees Tim struggling to remove the boomerang. With that,Batman hugs a grieving Tim Drake saying "its okay,I've got you". Moments later the police arrive followed by Owen Mercer,Captain Boomerangs son. Owen demands to see his father but the police do not give him permission to disturb the crime scene. Owen sees Batman investigating and picking up the note that Jack Drake found telling him "protect your self". Owen tells the police about this but they claim they don't see anyone. Later,upon discovering
the news of Jack Drakes death Green Arrow hugs his son Connor and reminisces about the lost the life of a hero brings. Superman goes home to be with his wife Lois and the Deadshot,Merlin and Monocle who were captured earlier have been released due to Deadshot's ties with Amanda Waller. Dr.Light sits on his chair brooding thinking about what was done to him. He later smiles as the remembering the mind wipe let him gained back his edge that he lost before restoring him as a deadly villain again. Elsewhere,Owen Mercer visits his fathers grave to show him that the murder put him on the front page. Owen later is approached by Captain Cold to offer him the mantle of Captain Boomerang which he accepts. Green Arrow is on patrol when he sees Deathstroke reflection but when he turns around finds a note telling him that there not finished. Wally arrives to talk to Ollie not soon after where Wally reveals that during the fight with Light and Deathstroke he saw lights visions that involved the presence of Batman as well when Batman wasn't mentioned before this. Green Arrow reveals that Batman caught their mindwipe of Dr.Light and was outraged by this. Having no choice the seven voted to mind wipe Batman as well. Wally upon hearing this is outraged and asks of Bruce knows this which Ollie responds that "Batman is a detective,he always has a clue". Meanwhile Batman tracks down the calculator as he suspects that the Calculator sent Jack Drake the note. The Calculator reveals to Merlin over the com that he did not send Captain Boomerang to his death but he doesn't know who did either and that he was played as well. Batman who discovers this then returns to the Batcave to piece it all together. He then solves it and tells the Martian Manhunter to find Ray Palmer's location. Elsewhere Dr.Midnight discovers the cause of Sue Dibnys death was tiny foot prints made in her brain by somebody who could shrink to subatomic size. At that moment,Ray is with his ex-wife Jean Loring who have rekindled their relationship. As Jean smiles at him,Ray turns of the lights.
Chapter Seven:The Hero's Life
Dr,Midnight leaves the examining room where he tells Wildcat that he thinks Ray Palmer killed Sue Dibny.Ray Palmer is with his wife Jean where the two are reliving their relationship. All of a sudden,Jean asks Ray if they found out who wrote that "Protect your self" note to Jack Drake. Ray tells her that he doesnt know whent he it occurs to him that the information about the note was never revealed. Ray begins to yell at Jean asking her how she knew about it in which she says she must have heared it on the news. Ray tells her he knows she lying because Batman removed the mote before anyone had even saw it. Ray then figures out what had happened. Jean used one of his old Atom costumes that he put away and use the power it contained to shrink down to subatomic size explaining why there was no sign of any entry or clues as the crime was done microscopic. With her crime busted,Jean revealed what really happened. Jean had originally planed to scare Sue in hopes that it would cause the other heroes to be worried about their loved ones and Ray would love her again. She goes on to say that she wasn't sure of how to use the suit and increased her size to much causing Sue to die. Jean was
scared and didn't want to go to jail so she burned Sue down with a flamethrower she had shrunk just in case. Jean later on used the suit to shrink down and hang her self to throw of suspicion which also led Ray to save her which she was hoping for. Jean later revealed that Killing Jack Drake was an accident. She hired a scrub assassin like boomerang thinking that he would easily fail. She then sent Jack the gun hoping that he would kill Boomerang and the crime would be solved. Jean continues to defend her actions saying it was out of love for Ray and her wanting it to be "like the old days". Seeing Jeans face Ray realizes she is crazy and thus brings her to Arkham Asylum. After admitting Jean,Ray shrinks down to disappear as he cannot deal with the fact that he indirectly played a part in the murder of Sue and Jack Drake. The next few weeks continue as the heroes attempt to move on. Nobody has still heard from Ray,Tim Drake has also disappeared as he is crying in bed over the lost of his father,Firehawk tells her father she has quit being a superhero and Ollie tells Ralph that it helps if he talks to Sue because she can hear him.
Ollie later meets with Wally,where wally tells him he is still disturbed about them mind wiping Batman. Despite this Wally tells Ollie that he would like to have dinner with him and Clark just like they used to do with Barry Allen in which Ollie agrees with a smile. The story then closes with Ralph who is about to go to bed. Ralph then turns of the lights and says "Goodnight Sue....I love you too."
