Justice League Vol 2 1

"Justice League: Part One": Batman is pursuing one of Darkseid's Parademons across the rooftops of Gotham, while the Gotham police pursue and fire upon both of them from helicopters. Batman blinds the police in the helicopters with smoke bombs, then stops the Parademon

"Justice League: Part One"
Part of the "The New 52" event.
Vol 2 #1
November, 2011
Executive Editor	Eddie Berganza
Cover Artists	Jim Lee Scott Williams Alex Sinclair
Variant Cover Artists
Cover Variant #1	David Finch Richard Friend Peter Steigerwald
Cover Variant #2	Ivan Reis Joe Prado Rod Reis
Justice League: Part One
Writers	Geoff Johns
Pencilers	Jim Lee
Inkers	Scott Williams
Letterers	Pat Brosseau
Editors	Eddie Berganza Rex Ogle
Next Issue	Justice League Vol 2 # 2

The world's afraid of us. It's necessary.

— Batman

Justice League (Volume 2) #1 is an issue of the series [[{{{Title}}} Vol 2|{{{Title}}} (Volume 2)]] with a cover date of November, 2011.

Synopsis for "Justice League: Part One"

Batman is pursuing one of Darkseid's Parademons across the rooftops of Gotham, while the Gotham police pursue and fire upon both of them from helicopters. Batman blinds the police in the helicopters with smoke bombs, then stops the Parademon and is attempting to interrogate it when it lets out a burst of flame, forcing Batman to release it. As Batman and the Parademon face off again, Green Lantern interrupts the fight by slamming a fire-engine construct into the Parademon. The Gotham police continue firing on Batman, Green Lantern, and the Parademon, but their fire is blocked by Green Lantern's shield constructs. As Batman and Green Lantern talk, the Parademon recovers and destroys the police helicopters, but Green Lantern creates bat constructs which hold up the helicopters and prevent the heroes from getting injured. As they follow the Parademon into the streets of Gotham, Batman suggests that Green Lantern return to Coast City, since "Gotham's mine. Coast City is yours." Green Lantern responds by saying that the entire space sector is his and he was alerted to an "unauthorized extraterrestrial presence" in Gotham.

Batman and Green Lantern move underground in pursuit of the Parademon. Green Lantern asks Batman whether he has any powers. Batman replies "No.", to which Green Lantern replies, "Hold on a second, you're not just some guy in a bat costume, are you? Are you freaking kidding me?!". Batman then holds up Green Lantern's power ring and asks him how it works, upsetting Green Lantern who asks if Batman would really want to pick a fight with someone who can create anything he can think of. Batman says that he'd be worried if he thought Green Lantern could think.

Batman then points out the Parademon attaching a Father Box to a sewer wall. With a shout of "For Darkseid!", the Parademon blows itself up, attempting to kill Batman and Green Lantern in the blast, but Green Lantern creates a (literal) safe construct to save them. When Green Lantern attempts to scan the box, the ring can't identify it, which Green Lantern says is impossible since the Guardians know everything. Batman says the box looks like some kind of "alien computer", and the two agree to go to Metropolis to ask the known extra-terrestrial Superman about it.

Meanwhile, at a high school football game, wide receiver Vic Stone impresses several college recruits. After the game, the scouts all want to talk to Vic. In the meantime, a despondent Vic is on the phone telling his father (or his father's voicemail) that his coach won't let the scouts talk to him without his dad there, and that they won the game (not that his dad would ask). After he hangs up, Vic, along with most of the team, runs outside to excited shouts as Batman and Green Lantern fly overhead in a jet construct. One of his teammates asks Vic if his dad studies super-humans, and he says that while he does, he never talks to him about them.

After landing in Metropolis, Batman criticizes the jet construct as being too visible while he and Green Lantern look for Superman. Green Lantern's ring leads them right to him, at which point Green Lantern encases Batman in a cage construct and tells him that he can also handle it. A moment later, Superman, using super-speed, knocks Green Lantern through the cage construct and into a pair of parked cars, apparently knocking him unconscious. As Batman begins to rise up from the ground, Superman looks at him and says "I don't handle easy. So...what can you do?"

Appearing in "Justice League: Part One"

Featured Characters:

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Supporting Characters:

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Villains:

• Darkseid (Mentioned only)
• Parademons

Other Characters:

• Gotham City Police Department
• Guardians of the Universe (Mentioned only)
• Silas Stone (Mentioned only)
• Pandora (Cameo)

Locations:

• Ford High School
• Gotham City
• Metropolis

• LexCorp

Items:

• Father Box
• Green Lantern Ring

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "Justice League Sketchbook"

Jim Lee reveals some of his preliminary sketches for several character redesigns, explaining his changes and thought process and examining ideas that they felt did and didn't work.

Appearing in "Justice League Sketchbook"

Featured Characters:

• Justice League

• Aquaman
• Cyborg
• Green Lantern
• Superman
• Wonder Woman

Trivia

Pandora is creepin'.

• The mysterious Pandora can be briefly seen observing the events during Vic Stone's football game. She makes a cameo in every #1 issue of the New 52 relaunch. This immediately follows her appearance at the end of Flashpoint.

See Also

• [[:Category:{{{Title}}} Vol 2|Cover gallery for the Justice League series]]
• Images from Justice League Vol 2 1

Recommended Reading

• Justice League Recommended Reading
  • Justice League of America (Volume 1)
  • Justice League of America (Volume 2)
  • Justice League of America (Volume 3)
  • Justice League of America (Volume 4)
  • Justice League of America (Volume 5)
  • JLA (Volume 1)
  • Justice League (Volume 1)
  • Justice League (Volume 2)
  • Justice League (Volume 3)
  • Justice League (Volume 4)
  • Justice League International (Volume 1)
  • Justice League International (Volume 2)
  • Justice League International (Volume 3)
  • Justice League Europe (Volume 1)
  • Justice League America (Volume 1)
  • Justice League Task Force (Volume 1)
  • Justice League Quarterly (Volume 1)
  • Justice League Dark (Volume 1)
  • Justice League Dark (Volume 2)
  • Extreme Justice (Volume 1)
  • Justice League Elite (Volume 1)
  • Justice League Odyssey (Volume 1)

Links and References

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