Another tale of international espionage and intrigue by Howard Chaykin. Is there any other way he does it? Add in the artwork of Kilian Plunkett, and we have a very nice book, and story arc, here. We're dealing with the countries of Santa Bertriz and Del Canto. Two third world nations, somewhere in South America I presume. They are both developing super human progams, and are using those powers to maintain their dominance over their citizens. There is also a patch of land, between the 2 nations, ala the Gaza strip, that both countries are fighting over. It's really a wastland, but for either to gain control of it would mean that they would be that much closer to their border making it easier to lauch an attack. Enter the Justice League. They've gone on an undercover mission into the 2 countries, to find out just how bad the injustices are. But, they've been banned from doing so by the U.N.. So, not only do they have to do this discreetly, but they also have to make the rest of the world believe that they are elsewhere fighting other world problems. Problems that would leave them to busy to pay attention to these 2 poor destitute nations. So Bruce, Clark, Diana, Wally, Kyle and Faith really have their hands full. Then, somehow in the skirmish of the whole thing, Diana and Kyle have dissapeared. Also, Jonn has let them know that Arthur has gone AWOL. Personally, I think he got tired of the charade they were all performing, and has gone to take a more active role in the whole debacle. Very cool story. Very ala JLA:Elite. Which is a series that I really miss. I know it was only 12 issues, but it could've been expanded into so much more. As we're seeing with this story arc. Maybe there's hope yet?
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