I am sure the cover is supposed to have us believing that Mr. Miracle is dead. I even imagine that maybe the JLA thinks he is dead. However, I don't see Barda in the crowd that is walking away on the front cover!
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We pick up right where the last issue left off. Despero (love the UN flag cape, by the way) is still on the verge of killing Beetle. J'onn once again arrives in the knick of time, maybe. He is telling Despero not to kill beetle, and we see Despero squeeze (out of panel) and blood dripping. Is the end for Beetle, as well? Wait! I suspect that the Martian Manhunter has planted these thoughts in Despero's mind. Despero thinks he is killing the League, but is not really!
(Drat, another Capri Sun ad. I hate comic ads in comics. They take me out of the story, thinking I should be reading them. But this is an ongoing one. From issue to issue... This was part III.)
Indeed, Fire has died, and I suspect even more that J'onn has planted these thoughts/images in Despero's mind. Despero thinks a little about his homeworld and his mother. I need to find an origin story for this. It sounds interesting. Finally, Despero destroys earth and himself. And, no, it was a dream. J'onn employed the Martian technique of Mayavana, which may only be used once in a Martian's life. Thank you, deus ex machina.
Scott's funeral. Hey, Barda is there. Booster shows up, but just to recruit Gypsy. Maybe not. Beetle hits him. Everyone is depressed. Guy is trying to comfort Ice, and is very nice about it. Could this be the beginning of Ice and Guy as a couple? And then some stranger shows up at Scott's grave...his brother?
And there is a JLA recruitment on!