This issue is OK, but I still don't quite understand how we've gotten here.
I get that Bruce is taking the adage to "keep your friends close and your enemies closer" to the extreme by forging a partnership between Lexcorp and Wayne Enterprises, but I'm not entirely sure what the partnership is supposed to be. Based on their speeches at the announcement ceremony, it sounds like it's mostly focused on charitable works, but such an agreement wouldn't require Lex to show Bruce his labs.
Regardless of the nature of the partnership, are we really supposed to believe that Bruce believes that Lex would show him everything? Johns seems to be going that way, but it just doesn't pass the laugh test. Would Lex have shown Bruce the Amazo virus or is that supposed to be the sign that he wasn't being totally forthcoming? Also, Bruce not only expects Luthor to reveal to him criminal activity, but he expects him to do so so quickly that the Justice League is assembled outside the building waiting. Isn't that a bit optimistic? (I'm not going to touch the fact that Neutron just happens to attack Luthor while the Justice League is assembled close enough to save him.)
I guess we'll see where we go from here.
** (two of five stars)
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