I'm not quite sure what I think about this issue. On one hand, I thought it was fast-paced and intriguing. On the other hand, I kept wondering why people were doing what they were doing.
For example, why would Amanda Waller insist on sending an untrained team against a secret society of super-villains? It seems completely ridiculous that she couldn't wait for Green Arrow to emerge from his coma and provide them with information that would undoubtedly help improve its chances for success. Does she want the team to fail? Is she secretly colluding with whoever the guy running the Secret Society is? It just makes no sense that she would want to jeopardize the team's chances of success by rushing it into the field before it's ready. If she really thinks that this team will help keep America safe, then why wouldn't she be doing everything she could to make sure that it succeeds?
I also don't understand what the guy running the Secret Society intended to do with Scarecrow. He seems intent on shooting him, but then it appears that he knew that Scarecrow would respond that he wasn't afraid of death when confronted with the gun, allowing him to launch into his soliloquy about Scarecrow's obsession with fear. Bizarre.
Also, I have no idea what happened in the back-up feature. Did Martian Manhunter make that guy go after the President? If not, how did that guy manage to get passed security?
But, for all those faults, we've still got some potential here. I'm intrigued by the Secret Society, though I have to say that it's a little pat that the first trial run for the JLA is Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Again, it's almost like Waller is colluding with the Secret-Society guy to make it happen. Most importantly, the team seems like it'll have more interesting dynamics than the Justice League itself. Catwoman and Steve? Hawkman vs. everyone? It could definitely be interesting, so I'm willing to give it a little more time. But, I think Johns has to rein in his take on Waller in particular, making her seem more like a focused warrior rather than an insane zealot.
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