(The programming of most networks will find themselves pre-empted this morning at around 9:45 AM, as their various anchorwomen - the ones that handle the big news - will find themselves in front of their customary desks.  Each of them tends to provide variations on the same theme...)

We have preliminary reports coming in that the country of Cuba has ( Read more... )

Dozens of mind-controlled metahumans are converging on Britain's atomic weapon construction site, their controller intent on the missile warheads contained within.

One being stands in their way. His duplicate Green Lantern ring flares as he contemplates the assemblage before him -

- then he charges, at superspeed.

The Ray is flying, making good time on his patrol of the continental United States. (The scenery over Australia is a lot better, but hey, it's his week for North America ( Read more... )

The raven-haired boy sniffs disdainfully. "No, this doesn't amuse me at all, Teekl. We're just going to have to do better ( Read more... )

He hasn't removed his trenchcoat yet - I mean, come on, tradition demands he keep the facade up until the last possible moment, and this man is nothing if not a lover of tradition. It's one of the reasons he's here. The JSA are a great tradition. It'll be a privilege to smash their faces in, a privilege to traumatize them ( Read more... )

Jesse Quick has sent out the APB.But right now, Titans Tower is on fire in half a dozen places, and the torrential storm overhead isn't stopping the fires nearly enough. Lightning sizzles through the sky, and well over a dozen flying figures soar around the Tower, surveilling it and occasionally blasting it with something. Many more are on the ( Read more... )

Steel, Terrific and Brainiac 5 have done most of the work, and they are just about ready with the electron batteries and the generators. The Ray's standing by, ready to pump his energy into creating these portals ( Read more... )

Alexander Luthor sits a ways away from the others, cradling the body of his friend in his arms.

Kalipso dead, Batman captured - they got the equipment, of course, but Owlman found a way to profit from what should have been a total loss.

It cannot be allowed to stand.

I'm so sorry, Kalipso. Byomeh. I'm so sorry.

The flickering pinprick of light starts oscillating furiously, then pulsing, and finally it rips open, revealing - well, a warehouse that looks exactly the same as this one ( Read more... )

Dinah has brought in plates loaded with food for herself and Pieter, though those plates are now half-emptied. "If you want more of that green bean casserole, I think there's another pan of it left," she tells Pieter. "What about dessert? There's pumpkin pie. Is that vegetarian enough for you ( Read more... )