Justice League #26 - Forever Numb

why are there so many deleted messages. Also what if the hooded man is Constantine and the creature they fear is blight, evidence does support this.

just throwing this out there but it would be interesting if this superwoman was actually Donna Troy and the hooded man was Wally West, if did right this has the potential to be the most interesting shocker ever. Aside from that I really think its lex and I wanna say they are running from Braniac, but he would be good in their universe so it must be darkside.

Ray Palmer hint!

All of the flashbacks were being framed by Grid. All of the data on Superwoman has been deleted. Thus our framing device does not know, therefore we do not know. All will be revealed as we progress through the event though. Most likely, her history is going to be the most important of all.

I really liked this issue, I enjoyed the back stories for each character.

As for the cover, that annoyed me too. I think the cover should have been a backshot of grid looking a screen with each CS member covered in this issue.

Bingo.

aside from the useless Tie-in JL has been as far as Forever Evil is concerned...

i was wondering which is the better comic?

JLA or JL?

Something is up with the hooded man and superwoman. He smiles when she said "soon" to him

the hooded man looks like the original red hood: a fix for the jocker face.

i feel like they are delaying this arc too much

@batsymyplaything: I think it's Earth-3 Lex

Okay so hooded man theories:

First off I think it's Earth 3 Lex, makes total sense especially when our Lex is the main character of Forever Evil. Also Johns has stated that this will change the dcu and that lex is the one to watch, never mentioned which Lex though.

As far as whose helping him, The obvious choice to me is Deathstorm, since he was hired by an enemy of the CS, which regardless of identity is likely the hooded man, and he was the only other than grid and outsider at their HQ at the time. The other possibilities would be owlman wanting to take down the CS, superwoman or the outsider with their own plan, or even ultraman who didn't want him to die.

idk about superwomans agenda, maybe she told ultraman about owlmans plan as part of his plan? idk.

Also I think the alien being that attacked Earth 3 is Darkseid, makes sense he lives outside the multiverse and destroys worlds. He was a big deal at the beginning of JL and we have yet to see him return. Ultraman then wouldn't want to kill hooded man/ lex because he being the smartest man alive would be the only hope in coming up with a way to keep darkseid away.

Lastly, Where on earth is the new gl chick we were promised from this event? there was even an add with her silhouette. and now nothing no mention of any kind or sort. Whats with that?

@captain13: Actually, a lot of people give a f about these characters. They're awesome and different from your super hero monster of the week get-up. It really is a blessing how Dc rebooted itself. HERdeherher!

I think that Superwoman is playing both Ultraman and Owlman. She's the key to the story with the hoodman.

@johnnygat: @comicbookfan93: Forever 2 has the answer to both questions. Owlman wants to kill him, but Ultraman wants to throw him whatever their running from(B'wana Beast)

@xescapetheliesx: Yeah because that makes sense because I dislike this event and feel it was poorly done compared to Marvel's most recent one then I must just hate DC.

If you had bothered to read my first post I clearly say that DC has owned Marvel in the event department for years but I felt this one has been very weak it still has time to come together it which is what I am hoping.

I mean if I was to take your comment at face value its that to be a DC fan you must love everything they do and not have an opinion?

@br_havoc: I'm basically just sensing marvel fanboyism. You obviously aren't a DC fan because if you were then you would be enjoying forever evil and JL like everyone else

Atomica's origin story was probably my favorite. That one scene when she falls into the STAR LABS room and you see "BEWARE: RAY PALMER! DO NOT RELEASE!" ...well, something like that. That was just awesome though. Ate that up. I love these new origin stories and feel they're very much needed to further enjoy Forever Evil.

was a good issue but i was hoping for this issue to focus on superwoman as we have already gotten the tales of the other members of the evil trinity but of course not its all about grid (who cares) and the other members dont get individual issues but have their tales all told in one, no respect or too much fan service to the wrong fans. no equality at dc.

still waiting for that superwoman centric issue......

A possibility is that the Hooded Man could be a person that could have followed the Syndicate on his own and that it was a better option to keep him sedated under their supervision as they can only trust themselves in regards to the prisoner, the better question would be why they don't just kill him if he's such a threat while he's sedated. More likely it would be plot related why he's being kept alive but the exact reason is the question.

This cover confused me, read FE #4 expecting this to be a continuation because of the cover and it definitely wasn't... I wish they printed somewhere (on the cover / on the first page) anything about the reading order of this story, I can get by if stuff is released week after week but stuff released the same day is a bit tricky

So much win in this issue, I just want more. It would be cool to have a limited series based on the secret origins of the CS like they have FE: Arkham War and Rogues Rebellion.

If the hooded man is such a threat to the syndicate why did they bother bringing him over?

@saren: LOL I guess my opinion is not a very popular one around here. Honestly dude you are taking this a little overboard now. I get you did not like the tie ins to Infinity so they did not matter to you. Maybe I am seeing them threw rose colored glasses because I join Hickman and really enjoyed the event as a whole. Maybe the point of the Ex Nihili was to plant seeds for future storylines, I do not know and maybe you are right and it's a time waster guess we shall see when Hickman leaves the Avenger's universe.

Huh, I do see your point but you mistake my views for the JL tie ins. I feel they add nothing to the story that needs to be told in a full book. This is my issue these stories are filler that have no reason to live as a 21 page book. When the one little tidbit of information they give you to "add" to the story as you put it, Could of being told in a backup of the main story. So when you asked if I want to see pointless filler or plot development, it really comes down to entertainment. JL and JLA we get the worst of both worlds poor filler stories that give small bits of new information that could of been easily covered in the main storyline. When I read this tie in I think what is the point because they fail to be entertaining and they fail to give me any new plot development to make me dive into the FE world. To modify a quote from you, What we are getting are issues that pretended they matter, when they simply do not".

At the end of the day it's all a matter of opinion we have different ones and that is fine.

FOOLS! The hooded man is a threat so great the syndicate fears him. With that being said there is only logical choice for him to be b'wana beast.

the JL is gone for the moment the current JL books serve as backstory for the CS so they dont have to waste time telling it in the core issues.

@br_havoc: I disagree...The characters are interesting and of course it adds to the story...Having more fleshed out characters is always a good thing...nobody likes random villains with no personality...Justice League is my favorite forever evil tie-in...

I always think the crime syndicate origins are going to bore me but then I pic them up and I'm instantly drawn in. Forever Evil has been an amazing event so far and I have personally loved all of the tie ins.

I read justice league after forever evil 4.

I'm sick of waiting to know who the guy in the hood is!!

@saren:

I love when people say someones opinion was false. Many of the tie ins from The Avengers to the New Avengers heck even the Captain Marvel tie ins. Showed more of the story, I have no idea why you say they acted like they never happened. Maybe they wanted people that just read the core books to be about to follow along, So they did not reference the events in the Avengers or New Avengers as much but they still happened and it still expanded the event and the war. Where is with FE they expect you read everything all the tie ins and if you do not there is huge holes in the story.

Ex Nihili focused tie in but I believe the point of that issue was to show that he needed to be with his people and help them break away from the creators.

Once again there is no reason why these motivations and origins could not be told in the main story. Justice League has become a book that is telling small subplots to this event that are being dragged out to fill a full book. Right now I am in the mind frame that the Forever Evil mini series was unnecessary and could of easily of being told in the pages of the Justice League title with a backup that gives us the same information that we are getting from the title now.

The Hooded Man is The Hooded Man!

The hooded man is Detective Chimp.

It is so oblivious.

Ole ole ole ole.

@kazekaine1: Honestly how about stories that have something to do with the Justice League. A tie in should give you a bit of story or add to an events story but have enough to stand on its own. This book simply does not if you collected JL and chose not to get Forever Evil there is no point in reading them because this book cannot stand on its own away from the event.

Atomica & Johnny Quick = Bonnie & Clyde. Man, I hope those 2 somehow stick around.

This issue was pretty good.