First Responder
After the apparent murder of Tina Greer at the hands of Jeff Palmer (AKA the
Phantom) the Legion of Doom declared war on the group known as Earth First, a
xenophobic group of metahumans who opposed the interference of aliens in what
they considered to be "Earth matters". Under the leadership of Jason
Dante (AKA Hellfire) the Legion became united for the first time in years.
Earth First was outnumbered. As the battle raged on, casualties mounted--not only
among metahumans but among humans as well who became caught in the conflict.
The Justice League stationed teams of officers in afflicted cities, including
Explosions rang out from a building in Park Row in the East End of Gotham,
where members of Earth First were rumored to be hiding. It was a Luthorcorp
strike team, sent to turn the building into rubble.
Another team of Justice League officers rushed to intercept the strike team,
but when they got there they were surprised to find that the Luthorcorp team
had already been incapacitated. They searched the building, expecting to find
members of Earth First, but they found no survivors except for one man wearing
a mask and a dark cloak. Upon hearing his voice, Justice League officer Victor
Sage (AKA The Question II) immediately recognized the
man as Arkham, a former member of the League of Shadows who had provided the
Justice League with details of the Legion of Doom's attack plan.
The Justice League officers informed Arkham that the building was unstable, but
he refused to leave. Justice League council members J'onn J'onzz (AKA the
Martian Manhunter),
Victor informed the council members that his team had taken four members of a
Luthorcorp strike team into custody. Superman, the Justice League's current
leader, congratulated him. Victor informed him that the strike team had already
been incapacitated when they arrived, by Arkham.
"Arkham's devices seem very similar to Blue Beetle's, sir", Victor
replied. "When we found the strike team they were entangled with cables.
At the end of the cables we found one of these."
Victor handed
"What the hell?",
"They're everywhere, sir", Victor continued, "hooks, boomerangs,
throwing stars. He has several guns, and a belt with concealed pouches,
sir."
"I see",
"He's refusing to leave the building, sir", Victor replied.
"Really",
(Note: The photo in the middle is Jeffrey Combs from the animated series
Justice League Unlimited as "Victor Sage/The
Question II")