This story-arc has been graced by some very nice Walt Simonson covers. Such as the one on the right. Again, this story is being brought to you by Justin Gray and Rick Leonardi. With Sean Phillips finishing his art. And again, with this issue, we go back to the beginnings of the JLA. Not the very beginning, but the beginning of the Grant Morrison / Howard Porter JLA. The best one. Well . . . the best one until the current Brad Meltzer / Ed Benes series began. Anyways, I digress. J'onn is having a crisis of conscious. Literally! He's fighting with the instilled memory of his brother Ma'alefa'ak. Last issue he asked J'onn why he wasn't able to access the memories of his wife and children. This issue, he suggests that it was Jonn's telepathic powers that summoned Starro to Earth. He suggests that Jonn was lonely after the disbanding of the Detroit League. And subconsciously he attracted Starro so there would be a world-threat that they would have to band together to beat. But then as he relives a memory of a conversation with Wally, he realizes that he never had that memory. And that the Watchtower was built after Starro's attack. Ma'alefa'ak then sends a memory of every League member to attack him psionically. But as they're attacking he can hear the voice of his wife, M'yri'ah. It pulls him out of his battle, but leaves him standing face to face with Aquaman. I like what this story is trying to do . . . dig in to J'onn true past. The parts that we, or the rest of the League don't know about. It's a very nice story arc.
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