WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Justice League #48 by Si Spurrier, Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan, David Baron and Tom Napolitano, on sale now.
Justice League #48 initially comes off as a typical story with the superheroes venturing out into space to answer a distress call and save lives. They stumble across some refugee kids who need to be taken back to the Trotha, but when they get there they find a society torn asunder by an empress who rules by dividing her empire in two.
What ensues is a battle within the team when it comes to principles and their moral compass. There's a verbal civil war between Wonder Woman and the rest of the League as they're embroiled in a conflict that's very political, yet recognizable when compared to regime changes in the real world.
As the League ushers the kids home, Batman sends word they'll be dropping off the rescued children ASAP. However, this communique lets the planet know the kids were rounded up and thrown into the recesses of space as the empress wanted to teach political agitators a lesson. It was basically a pre-emptive strike, with dissidents then thrown in jail. As the heroes approach, their message has sparked uprising with both factions -- the Way of the Cell and the Way of the Spark -- no longer being slaves.
The revolution broadcast shows both groups ready to behead the leader, until Superman intervenes and takes the murder weapon away. At this point, he tells them they shouldn't be judge, jury and executioner, but while Flash and Green Lantern agree, Diana of Themyscira doesn't like them dictating the pace of the people.
Superman says he doesn't believe in non-intervention, but Wonder Woman holds a different view because, as someone who wouldn't want anyone interfering in her cultural practices back on Paradise Island, she thinks the League is overstepping boundaries.
While Wonder Woman argues about the difficulty of picking and choosing when and where to intervene, Superman chooses to instead ignore those grey areas, explaining they need to help everyone, not just a select few. At the same time, Diana does have a point on diplomacy. She wonders if this makes them any different from a legion that goes about conquering planets or at least affecting their politics. To her, it's a slippery slope, which gets even more dangerous when both factions unite and want the League to lead them.
They want Superman to take the throne and while he wants to contemplate a way forward, maybe helping to install a temporary government with people who worked with the empress prior, Diana says this is problematic. "Freeing" societies, then leaving them to their own devices -- or worse yet, rulers with sinister agendas -- is something she's not comfortable with.
It's symptomatic of concerns people had with cases like Iraq being "liberated" in 2003, with many suggesting it was a play for world leaders to get their hands on oil. While the League doesn't have ulterior motives, Diana isn't agreeing on them being this kind of army who goes about the cosmos unchecked.
That said, they'll have to get their ducks in a row because the Vermidiim has sensed the discord and is invading a planet desperate for the right kind of leaders.
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