Justice League #5
"Jarro's Tale: A Justice / Doom War Prelude" delivers a bold, time-spanning mystery in Justice League #5 (2020), weaving together past, present, and future as Flash and Green Lantern uncover forgotten ties to the JSA in a pivotal moment before Pearl Harbor. With Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV at the helm and Jorge Jiménez bringing the action to life through dynamic art and bold inks, the story unfolds across eras—where heroes hunt a Totality fragment, face a Brainiac-ruled future, and race to the edge of existence to summon the Anti-Monitor. Francis Manapul’s striking cover captures the scale of the conflict, setting the stage for a war that echoes through time.
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Having traveled through hypertime into the past, Flash and Green Lantern are surprised to encounter the JSA, of whom Barry and John have no memory. They team with the JSA to retrieve a Totality fragment from Pearl Harbor on the dawn of the infamous attack before the Legion of Doom can claim it. In the future after the Great Disaster, Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman search for a Totality fragment in a world controlled by Brainiac. In the present, Starman, Hawkgirl, Mera, Shayne, the Monitor, and the World Forger race to the end of the Universe to recruit the Anti-Monitor to defeat Luthor.
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