FRANK MILLER + JIM LEE\| 2.2 SHAME fo expose one of my | IF ISA FIGHT. 2 vod wae 10 BEINN TM READY Bad Dh gt POPES arvan fowrs TALK, EMERALD }| || FOR THAT. BUTT WONT) / ‘CRUSADER. SERVE ANY GOOD PURPOSE. Z THEY GAVE ME THIS ONE CHANCE TO TALK SOME SENSE INTO YOU. YOU COULD RUN EVERYTHING. FOR ALL OF US. amount to a VALET TIP. Hell 171 be worth TEN TIMES the rent ast fo gef a chance 10 knock the SNOT out of OREEN LANTERN. y “oy Beige ny SENDS re he’s re POWER RING that ‘can do ANYTHING he can (MAGINE- but that's S| ‘is whole PROBLEM. (1 y iy ry He's got the IMAGINATION of idamn POTATO. He makes zen FISHING POLES ‘and MOUSETRAPS when he Pit hat ng on MY finger and jst as 2 WARM-UP Te send a few TIDAL WAVES ig uot the right DIRECTIONS. Knock out a feu ENEMY FLEETS. Then get started on bringing some REAL toa ‘nosty CROUND WAR or vi Y Then maybe I spank SUPPRMAN'S ia P| ele iheks eheot a> G KRYPTON. Toot for LAUGHS. A \ _ : eZ | Thing i, old Hel Wel Torden ‘that’s his real name~ ‘moron can’t keep any secrets from MED, old Hel, he can't even moke himself a ANCELION with that RING off his if what he’s op against is YELLOW. \\ i BRD '\ IBRAN DON MONT OAREDAS VES Lo Die LLL Ti ia boy; uncer | | |2xizel Salva See i) lez TGS CO Ay Vig lea \, WwW Pepriraperamcrcnt ca zee ReeLDONT ALOT OF THINK YOU REALIZE V PEOPLE WANT YOU HOW SéRIOUS A BROUGHT DOWN SITUATION THIS IS. OR WORSE. YOU'RE HOW MUCH DANGER “UP AGANST SOME YOURE IN. UNSPEAKABLE POWER. I don't know about this YELLOW hang-up of hie. Gems to me the GUARDIANS OF THE UNIVERSE (X could've whipped up an ULTIMATE WEAPON that wes COLOR BLIND: In their SLEEP. (OW I FIND THAT POWER PLENTY SPEAKABLE, HAL. THERE'S PARENTS GROUPS, THERE'S THE MAFIA AND JUST ABOUT EVERY EAST COAST STREET GANG, THE COPS, THE MAYOR, AND, THIS BEING AN BLECTION YEAR, \GRESSMAN BLAGGARD AND GOVERNOR SPINDLE... he kid inpressed te hel out of me after I. ed him the PAINT CANS and ROLLE. Sure, he BELLYACHED every MIMUITE and QUIT being THE, BOY WONDER eight times, but he (XS FINGHED the ob with nearly an {THEN ‘THERE'S YOU AND TAT LITTLE Joy Lick CLUB YOURE PUTTING KS“ oeenttier FOUR OF YOU, BY MY COUNT: THE WICKED WITCH OF LESBOS ISLAND, THE. LAST CANDY-PANTS OF "A BLOWN-UP PLANET, ‘A SHAPE-CHANGER WHO'S NUTTIER THAN —-AND YOU, Masten OF THE GUNT GREEN BG0- es gs BEATER WHEN YOURE efit ion LAWS ABOUT THIS: A OLASS OF = SORT OF THING, THIS LEMONADE? | [ \ iS EXPLOITATION OF C Weed hance None Si S WEB LIKE Me To ic some FAT BUREAUCRAT. WERE NOT TRYING OX YOUR AGS, BIG 10 SHUT YOU DOWN. We Wet WANT YOU TO AMEND YOUR METHODS. YEAH, YEAH, THE PIPES. I HEARD YOU The FizsT TIME. YOUVE EVEN GOT ‘A FEW DOZEN YELLOW ROACHES SKITTERING AROUND This PALACE OF ‘YOURS, THANKS TO MY SURE TM SCARING PEOPLE,WHY THE HELL DO YOU THINK 1 DRESS UP LIKE A GODDAMN BATP I WANT TO SCARE THE CRAP. OUT OF PEOPLE. THEY'VE GOT ‘ALL OF YOU BROMIDES OUT THERE TO REASSURE THEM THAT THE WORLD'S A NICE, SAFE PLACE. SO 1 LEAVE IT TO. YOU AND YOUR POSSE TO MIX IT UP WITH ALL THOSE BUG- EYED MONSTERS. ME, TLL HUNT DOWN THE STREET-LEVEL VERMIN: RAPISTS, MURDERERS, THIEVES, LIKE THAT. THEM, YOU HAVE GET OFF YouR HIGH HORSE, WILL you? we'Ré ALL HERE TO HELP PEOPLE. OKAY, 50 YOU GO AFTER THE BAD GUYS YOU (GO AFTER. FINE. IT'S YOUR METHODS We FIND REPUGNANT. HAVE YOU TAKEN A LOOK AT (GOTHAW'S CRIME RATE \) LATELY, HAL? NEVER. MIND THE CORPORATE ‘STUFF, PM NOT TAKING THEM ON, JUST YET— BUT THE STREETS ARE ‘SAFER. EVEN FROM I] Hem, vicrims-—wwno OPW THE HOSPITAL THAN THE JAIL. EVERY TIME T TURN AROUND, YOU REALLY SHOULD B Ly Stk F Z fee! a CHICKLE that forts in OHA HOTDAY GUT, oll BLACK and HARD and LIKE THIS, IT'S A ‘28 an industrial WAMOND. CODSEND, The CHUCKLE. It cuts its way up ‘through the sh of my THROAT and comes out a3 a LAUGH that scares even ME. J keep my voice STEADY. OF COURSE We'RE CRIMINALS. WE'VE ‘ALWAYS BEEN DAMN CRIMINALS. YOU AND YOUR LEMONADE! THEY'LL. BRING US ALL DOWN BECAUSE OF YOU! THEY'LL THINK WE'RE ALL AS CRAZY AS YOU ARE! Youve ALREADY GOT HALF OF THEM CALLING US CRIMINALS!GUESS THE MAN WANTS A FIGHT AFTER ALL, HUH, BOSS? HERE'S SOME MORE FRESH- SQUEEZED, LEMONADE! FOR A FIGHT. HE'S WWST EXPRESSING HIMSELF. LET HIM VENT. HELL FEEL BETTER, YOU KIDNAP & TWELVE-YEAR-OLD BOY IN FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF THE LAW ‘AND DRESS HIM UP AS: A TEEN SIDEKICK! ‘YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MINDL THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I TELLING YOU. THIS 15 NOT DICK GRAYSON. L DONT. KNOW WHAT GAME YOURE PLAYING HERE, MISTER, BUT YOU RID- NAPPED DICK GRAYSON. TT WAS ALL’ OVER THe PAPERS. youre NOT TRYING TO) TELL ME THAT BOY INT DICK GRAYSONP. GRAYSON FROM A PACK OF CORRUPT (COPS. DOMITTED HIM TO A TRAUMA CLINIC. THEY KEPT HIS IDENTITY ‘A SECRET TO AVOID UNDUE ATTENTION. FIGURED THe BOY HAD BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH. — 4 FIRST PUBLIC STATEMENT YESTERDAY.iy ie gi vale Nearly Killed ing Phore — pean —THERE. MAYBE HE'S RIGHT. _— _ filmer asiy) / ‘NOW WHAT THAT PANT, yi ARE YOU TWO Ons FACE. lj TALKING He > clLAY ON YOU. IT SPANNED~~] GREEN LANTERN starts BREATHING. It’¢ GURGLY, but it’s BREATHING.art en T spray ‘Out DINNER all over ‘the BUSHES. Vii Tm Ci nd GULP rhe TA little SNOT he ‘SAID T was. ly TONGUES all 51 P and my THROAT