Tuesday 3 September 2013

Trinity War Re-Speculation

Trinity War came to an end last week in the pages of Justice League #23 and, on the whole, I happen to think it was pretty good. The big reveal of the Crime Syndicate at the end was done well, although I had to chuckle at Madame Xanadu's line "...it was the number... the true number of evil. Three. Earth-Three!" You have to wonder how, in the New 52 when clearly no-one's met the Crime Syndicate before that she knows Earth-Three is the home of evil - heck, they could be from Earth-Two for all she knows.

Silly things like that aside, it was enjoyable as I said.

It did also make me revisit my post from last year when I speculated about Trinity War following the reveal of the Free Comic Book Day teaser. There were something things I had wrong (thinking it was Black Adam, not Shazam; thinking Simon Baz was John Stewart in a new costume) though I was pleased that I included the line
"we may be looking at a new Earth 3 which, at a push, could link up with the trinity aspect."
and then in the comments
"My gut's saying an Earth 3/Crime Syndicate story and they'll time it for JLoA #21/#22 to hark back to the first JLA/JSA crossover."
Not too far off the mark, then?

Going back to last week's Justice League #23, we're left with one more mystery: the identity of Superwoman's prisoner.


I'm going to go for the obvious and suggest that it's Earth-Three's Alexander Luthor or possibly his son Alexander Luthor, Jr seeing as Geoff Johns killed the latter at the end of Infinite Crisis; it wouldn't be too far of a stretch for him to want to redeem the character he besmirched. Plus, that would possibly tie in to Forever Evil where Luthor is seen fighting this Earth's bad guys; could the Earth-Three Luthor get free, take his duplicate's place and then fight for the good guys?

I guess we wait and see.

4 comments:

  1. Unless Johns really pulls something original out his ass, I fully expect that to be some form or version of the Earth 3 Luthor. It wouldn't make sense for it to be anyone else at this point.

    I shit, and will continue to shit on the reboot, but....I love me some CSA, no matter what incarnation:)

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    1. Something just jumped into my head as I read your comment: Nightwing's in for a rough time from the CSA - could the prisoner be the Earth-3 Dick Grayson? Maybe, I suppose, but I think the safe money's on Earth-3 Luthor.

      And yeah, you gotta love the Crime Syndicate, haven't you?

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  2. Of course I do:)

    It could be the Earth-3 Dick Grayson. maybe they'll do a switch out who knows. I do know that our Dick Grayson is in for a hell of a time, and that he'll be made an example of to whatever hero's left on that the current earth that the CSA's the new "law" in town.

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    1. Yeah, pity Nightwing right now - but the prisoner being Earth-3's Dick Grayson? Hmmm, possible...

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