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It ’s a murder mystery special inDC Comics’Black LabelmaxiseriesThe Human Targetby Tom King and Greg Smallwood , and the suspects are every member ofthe Justice League International . The Human Target , Christopher Chance , is a private investigator who poses as targets for assassination so as to break reprehensible conspiracy . His life is turned upside down when he takes poisonous substance meant forLex Luthor , lead him down a path of noir - esque detective work in a race against his own failing health to find the perpetrator . His only clues are that LexCorp was developing multidimensional communication theory , and the culprit or perpetrator are among Earth ’s bully defenders .
King is read his inspiration in this serial from the now classic late ‘ eighty - early ‘ 90s take to the woods ofJustice League Internationalby Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis , be intimate for its bonkers , off - the - rampart approach to narrative while still observe a dramatic and hard - hit tone when needed . The roster of King ’s JLI resembles that of the 1989 - 1991 run . In an effort to uncover the perpetrator , here ’s the list of potential perps , rank in order of suspicion from least to most .
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10. Rocket Red
Let ’s get the clearly innocent out of the way first : Rocket Red , also bang as Dimitri Pushkin , conjoin the JLI as a token of trades union from the USSR , following the original Rocket Red being revealed to be an alien robotic spy . While it would be interesting to see King echo the original storyline , the novelty would likely come prostrate . Ultimately , Rocket Red ’s possible motivation of international espionage , while tantalizing , would almost certainly prove too obvious for this kind of miniseries .
9. Guy Gardner
Guy Gardner was a sexist , scurrilous monster while a appendage of the JLI , and started more fight than he won among its members . He was so amoral and belligerent , in fact , that he was actuallybooted out of the Green Lantern Corpsduring his sentence with the JLI . But regardless of whether or not he detest Luthor , Gardner would n’t resort to poison , and it likely was n’t him .
8. Blue Beetle
Ted Kord is a conscientious gentleman’s gentleman who makes friends easy and is n’t afraid to put his aliveness on the personal line of credit , but that ’s exactly the sort of image a sociopathic killer might image ! It ’s possible this whole execution plot of ground springs from some morsel of unknown information pinch via corporate espionage by Kord Industries upon their rival LexCorp . This however seems unlikely .
7. Batman & Martian Manhunter
The old mainstays should be above suspiciousness here . While theBatmanofJustice League Internationalwas a prickly sort , known for his stubbornness and superciliousness towards the newer members , it is extremely unconvincing Batman would resort to murder . This is especially clear give the then - concurrentdeath of the 2d Robin , Jason Todd , and the guilt Batman was under during this time . Likewise , Martian Manhunter has often been count the essence of the Justice League , and his trademark empathy would suggest he is incapable of cold - blooded execution . Likewise , his telepathy would tip him off to the Human Target ’s impersonation . That order , perhaps Batman ’s grief has catch the better of him , and J’onn merely ca n’t handle any more of Luthor ’s wicked ways . Or an alternate rendering of J’onn has reached out through the Multiverse and possessed him to commit this vile scheme .
6. Mister Miracle
Billie Jean Moffitt King returns to Scott Free after his critically hail 2017 - 2019 run on the character , and perhaps this might be the best time to flip the well - be intimate , squeaky - clean , do - gooder on his head teacher and deform him into a murderer of love . Dealing with the hurt of having been put up under the yoke ofDarkseid ’s totalitarian rule on Apokolipsmight have get the heroic New God to break and attempt to kill Luthor out of a general hate for his megalomania , megalomania which could only cue him of his former captors . That said , Mister Miracle is a light - hearted character despite his past , and beyond that a dedicated family man , and , as such , he probably would n’t commit such an act .
5. Fire & Ice
Relative newcomers to the JLI , Fire and Ice , otherwise known as Beatriz Bonilla da Costa and Tora Olafsdotter , are two fantastically power superheroines from the rival superteam the Global Guardians , mostly remembered for how amazingly cute they wait together . Ice in particular is portray as frank and personable , but both are know for their honesty and dedication to defeating iniquity . Their motivation might stem from having to find such an exploitative criminal like Luthor turn tail accountability for his crime time and fourth dimension again , and poison is just outside their modus operandi enough to deflect suspicion .
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4. Captain Atom
Nathanial Christopher Adam is a military veteran and Air Force intelligence information police officer whose sexual love of commonwealth and duty surpasses even his own framing for murder andsubsequent disintegration and transpositionforward in clock time 18 years . If Captain Atom encounter an order from someone gamey enough , perhaps the President , to toss off Lex Luthor , he would likely not hesitate to commit such an turn , and poison is quiet enough to do the line of work without implicating the armed forces . Could Luthor ’s plan to broadcast through the Multiverse have caused the U.S. government to plot his death ? It ’s not so far - fetched compared to other suppositions .
3. Black Canary
give the short cognition we have of the future event of this serial , one concrete game - point alluded to in Chance ’s jumbled death - layer flashback is the front of Dinah Laurel Lance , also fuck asthe 2d Black Canary , adapted as a classical femme fatale character in King ’s tale . Dinah ’s personation among the JLI was that of a winsome , yet tough , headstrong warrior who was among the more stable and competent of the penis . It is this very enactment that lends credence to the possibility that , far from being an innocent bystander in Chance ’s investigation , she might be behind the whole operation .
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2. G’nort
The first enquiry one should be ask when looking at G’nort is , “ What form of brutal god would produce such a horrible matter ? ” G’nort is an anthropomorphized dog with a Green Lantern ring he always talks to in a manner he believes is folksy and cute , but is in reality incredibly grating . Where did he come from , a reader might next ask ? The answer is thatG’nort was encountered by the teamrandomly on an exotic planet in a comparatively benignant exchange inJustice League International#10 and sort of just bear on showing up randomly until they unofficially allowed him to join the squad . well experience for his inane chattering and constant attempts to seem “ cool . ”
Imagine what it would be like experientially to be some form of antic dog - man . Would a fair person employ a tool like this to treat site demand complex moral discernment like those a superhero might find regularly ? No , of course not . His animalistic inherent aptitude make him functionally impossible to trust with anything more than the most menial of project . He probably tried to kill Luthor because he ’s a sly , deranged addict . And , for the sake of contention , the musical theme that hemustbe competent because hehas a Green Lantern ringand the ring only prefer one vestal of heart is countered by the fact that Guy Gardner also has a GL band .
1. Booster Gold
Most superheroes do what they do because they feel they have a moral obligation to their fellow gentleman’s gentleman to help other people . NotBooster Gold . noted succeeding meter - traveler Booster , also known as Michael Jon Carter , claim he went back in time to the present day to become a famous , wealthy zep with the aid of futuristic technology . While Booster is seldom afforded the opportunity to in reality become notable and wealthy in the comic , instead mostly serving as an honest and reasonably dependable hero , the fact remains that a hero with cognition ofthe future could well stopsuch an endeavour on Luthor ’s life , but prefer not to . This immediately casts distrust upon him chief among the league . The most likely reason is obvious : that Booster Gold really choke back in time to stop a human race - ending tragedy by kill the man who cause it : Lex Luthor . After all , if Booster Gold were really here from the future to get deep , why are n’t there more like him ?
But whichJustice League Internationalmember really stress to killLex Luthor ? Find out in future installment ofThe Human Target , on sale now .
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