Injustice Gods among us. Year four Year four /

In this prequel to the video game of the same name, after the Joker destroys Metropolis and tricks Superman into killing a pregnant Lois Lane, Superman murders the Joker and decides to bring peace to the world through force and fear, creating and leading a superpowered global police organization. Many heroes support him, but Batman rebels, pulling together an underground resistance. Here, with his forces nearly depleted, Batman joins with Ares, god of war, whose scheming has sent both the Gods of Olympus and Wonder Woman's Amazon people into battle against Superman-leaving Wonder Woman, who supports Superman, in a life-or-death dilemma. Despite the grim setup, this is no sharp postmodern deconstruction, rather a straightforward and crowd-pleasing tweaking of the DC universe, not without a sense of humor and fun (most often personified by the unpredictable Harley Quinn). The series' quality has dipped of late, yet overall it makes fine use of a wide variety of DC players and maintains drama and tension. VERDICT Very entertaining for DC fans, even those unaware of the video game.-SR © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.