DC Comics Universe & Justice League #27 Spoilers & Review: Crisis On Infinite Earths Rebirth As DC’s Year Of The Villain Begins With Apex Lex Luthor Making His First Offer To A Hero?!

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DC Comics Universe and Justice League #27 Spoilers and Review follows.

Crisis On Infinite Earths Rebirth…

…DC’s Year Of The Villain Begins With Apex Lex Luthor Making His First Offer To A Hero?!

The World Forger takes the Justice League to recruit his brother the Monitor and we get a retelling and Rebirth of the OG Crisis of Infinite Earths.

Barry Allen the Flash also is tied to the Monitor and the COIE as…

…Superman recruits the Monitor and the path to the third brother, the Anti-Monitor, leads to the Qward!

At the same time on Earth, it appears that Lionel Luthor may not be alive as…

…the Martian Manhunter’s captors are Professor Ivo and Amazo.

Hawkgirl comes to Martian Manhunter’s rescue by destroying Amazo…

…and Ivo also disintegrated?!

The book opens with a device, modeled on the Legion of Doom HQ, confronting Martian Manhunter and Hawkgirl with…

…Apex Lex Luthor revealing himself and making his first Offer to Martian Manhunter; he offers J’onn himself?

The Pulse:

A strong start to DC’s Year of the Villain with some cool cosmic elements to as the Justice League expands. Moody, dark art that may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but a compelling story nonetheless. 8 out of 10.

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