Monday, October 4, 2010

Justice #5 (June, 2006)



Comatose, Ray Palmer survived his wound and was transported to the hospital. While he lay unmoving in his bed, breathing through a respirator, Jean Loring watched over her him. "Come back to me, Ray. Please. I don't know what I'll do if you're not in my life. I love you so much. I know I said I didn't want you to be the Atom anymore. But if that's the only way I can have you, it's okay. I just want you back. Please." Tears streamed down her face as Jean held Ray's arm. She had uncovered his waist, revealing a size-altering belt underneath...

Midway City Museum burned, its faux-Egyptian pillars crumbled. From within a sheltering sarcophagus, Carter and Shiera Hall finally emerged. They could both hear J'Onn J'Onzz contacting them telepathically. "It was Toyman, J'Onn. Toyman did this. But why?"

"It wasn't just him, Hawkgirl. It was all of them."

Continue the story through these character-specific posts:
"Chapter Five" was plotted and painted by Alex Ross. The script was provided by Jim Krueger, and the penciled layouts by Doug Braithwaite.

3 comments:

LissBirds said...

Is this a non-crazy version of Jean, or was she just having a good day?

Diabolu Frank said...

Jean's insanity is like herpes-- just because you can't outwardly see it doesn't mean it isn't always there, lying in wait.

LissBirds said...

Bahaha!!! You sure you don't want to give that comedian career a second go?