By Mark Rodriguez
Batman formed a new group of Outsiders consisting of Katana, Orphan, and the Signal led by Black Lightning. Their mission was to rescue a young woman named Sofia with super powers who is being targeted by Rah's Al Ghul. After a battle against the latest member of the League of Assassins, Ishmael, the Outsiders and a friend of Batman named Kaliber were defeated and Sofia was captured. Sofia awakens in front of Rah's Al Ghul who offers to train her.
Lesser Gods Part 3 opens with Batman on a rooftop talking to his team. Their main concern is not failing, but rescuing Sofia. He says Black Lightning will lead them against an enemy that will test them. The enemy is Batman, he says he will meet them in the Waterways in 3 hours.
Sofia sees herself falling into the mouth of a red dragon as a giant sized Rah's Al Ghul watches on. Sofia tells that she hates him. Rah's tell her that he protected her and stopped Ishamel fro killing her. He said her father could have embraced his powers to protect her but failed. He summons Ishmael before her and tells her to kill him. Sofia is confused and Ishmael yells that she is nothing, right in her face.
The Outsiders are by the Waterways and plan to split up to find Batman. Batman liked to hunt, so Black Lightning will bait him. Suddenly blows the bridge they are on and Signal loses sight of the others. A smoke pellet lands by his feet and Duke tells Batman he can see through smoke. However, the young hero sees someone else.
Ishmael kneels, allowing Sofia to kill him, but she won't do it. Ishmael offers to tell her how he felt when he killed her father. He says he can see people's thoughts before they die and he sees her father wished he had killed her instead. Sofia angrily punches Ishmael across the face as Rah's smiles.
Karma appears before Signal and tells him he makes his team weaker. They fight and Karma throws him against a wall. He tells him Batman must be disappointed in him, which is why he left him to die alone.
Sofia beat the hell out of Ishmael and lays him out. Rah's gives her his sword so that she can now take everything from him. He tells her to not only kill him but to see it as a way of killing the link of her past and her guilt. He says he'll make sure harm never comes to her again.
Karma asks where the others are to save Signal. Just then Orphan and Katana arrive to attack him. Kaliber aims his gun at Karma's head and said they won. Black Lightning tells Signal that he needs to trust him. Karma was Bruce in disguise and he tells him that he's proud of him and know what he's feeling. Cassandra apologizes to Duke, since she was the one that told Batman that he was worried about Karma. Duke hugs Cass and tells her he needs help. Black Lightning says he has them.
As Sofia finally gives in to her anger and swings her sword down, Ishmael stops her and slams her into a wall. Rah's says she is a killer by nature, and he is the only one that will ever accept her. If she dedicates herself to him, death will bow to her, for he has seen the future.
Sometime earlier, a drone that looks like a miniature Legion of Doom headquarters, lands before Rah's Al Ghul. Rah's recognizes this as coming from Luthor. The drone casts an image of Lex Luthor telling him he offers and opportunity to shape the world before it ends. Rah's asks what he could possibly offer him.
My Opinions-
Pretty good story. I understand the importance of Batman having a little test to get his team in line, but Sofia's still in danger right? On one side, they waste more time if they work as a cohesive unit, but on the other side, is there really time for a training exercise?
The art was pretty good, I especially love that first panel with Batman standing before his team. I know Karma was a new bad guy in recent Batman comics and such, I haven't read those yet and was disappointed he basically looked like a Red Hood rip off. For a moment, I thought that was the Red Hood starting trouble for whatever reason. Either way, Duke got his moment, so let's see how he works alongside the team now.
I was surprised to see Kaliber still with them. I hope he sticks around and is actually part of the Outsiders.
I'm not sure why Lex Luthor looks the way he does now, I sort of dropped interest on the Justice League comics after the first Totality story. I was surprised to see him here, and kinda wished this comic stayed mostly within Batman's neck of the woods, but oh well.
I'm curious where this is gonna go since the story now added a larger reason for Rah's wanting Sofia on his side.
Batman formed a new group of Outsiders consisting of Katana, Orphan, and the Signal led by Black Lightning. Their mission was to rescue a young woman named Sofia with super powers who is being targeted by Rah's Al Ghul. After a battle against the latest member of the League of Assassins, Ishmael, the Outsiders and a friend of Batman named Kaliber were defeated and Sofia was captured. Sofia awakens in front of Rah's Al Ghul who offers to train her.
Lesser Gods Part 3 opens with Batman on a rooftop talking to his team. Their main concern is not failing, but rescuing Sofia. He says Black Lightning will lead them against an enemy that will test them. The enemy is Batman, he says he will meet them in the Waterways in 3 hours.
Sofia sees herself falling into the mouth of a red dragon as a giant sized Rah's Al Ghul watches on. Sofia tells that she hates him. Rah's tell her that he protected her and stopped Ishamel fro killing her. He said her father could have embraced his powers to protect her but failed. He summons Ishmael before her and tells her to kill him. Sofia is confused and Ishmael yells that she is nothing, right in her face.
The Outsiders are by the Waterways and plan to split up to find Batman. Batman liked to hunt, so Black Lightning will bait him. Suddenly blows the bridge they are on and Signal loses sight of the others. A smoke pellet lands by his feet and Duke tells Batman he can see through smoke. However, the young hero sees someone else.
Ishmael kneels, allowing Sofia to kill him, but she won't do it. Ishmael offers to tell her how he felt when he killed her father. He says he can see people's thoughts before they die and he sees her father wished he had killed her instead. Sofia angrily punches Ishmael across the face as Rah's smiles.
Karma appears before Signal and tells him he makes his team weaker. They fight and Karma throws him against a wall. He tells him Batman must be disappointed in him, which is why he left him to die alone.
Sofia beat the hell out of Ishmael and lays him out. Rah's gives her his sword so that she can now take everything from him. He tells her to not only kill him but to see it as a way of killing the link of her past and her guilt. He says he'll make sure harm never comes to her again.
Karma asks where the others are to save Signal. Just then Orphan and Katana arrive to attack him. Kaliber aims his gun at Karma's head and said they won. Black Lightning tells Signal that he needs to trust him. Karma was Bruce in disguise and he tells him that he's proud of him and know what he's feeling. Cassandra apologizes to Duke, since she was the one that told Batman that he was worried about Karma. Duke hugs Cass and tells her he needs help. Black Lightning says he has them.
Sometime earlier, a drone that looks like a miniature Legion of Doom headquarters, lands before Rah's Al Ghul. Rah's recognizes this as coming from Luthor. The drone casts an image of Lex Luthor telling him he offers and opportunity to shape the world before it ends. Rah's asks what he could possibly offer him.
Pretty good story. I understand the importance of Batman having a little test to get his team in line, but Sofia's still in danger right? On one side, they waste more time if they work as a cohesive unit, but on the other side, is there really time for a training exercise?
The art was pretty good, I especially love that first panel with Batman standing before his team. I know Karma was a new bad guy in recent Batman comics and such, I haven't read those yet and was disappointed he basically looked like a Red Hood rip off. For a moment, I thought that was the Red Hood starting trouble for whatever reason. Either way, Duke got his moment, so let's see how he works alongside the team now.
I was surprised to see Kaliber still with them. I hope he sticks around and is actually part of the Outsiders.
I'm not sure why Lex Luthor looks the way he does now, I sort of dropped interest on the Justice League comics after the first Totality story. I was surprised to see him here, and kinda wished this comic stayed mostly within Batman's neck of the woods, but oh well.
I'm curious where this is gonna go since the story now added a larger reason for Rah's wanting Sofia on his side.
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