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WARNING : This article contains SPOILERS forJustice League#28
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The fans of DC Comics did n’t expect to meetSuperman and Wonder Woman ’s son- but they definitely were n’t ready for the loss leader of the future Justice League to plat the murder of his own mother . That ’s the story currently being spun in DC ’s mainJustice Leagueseries , with the modern twenty-four hour period heroes still shy about the first baddie they defeated as part of the company ’s " Rebirth " relaunch . They seemed to gain ground the day against cosmic conquerors … but as their shaver inform them in person , the future has already beenlost .
Fans have already been insert tothe Justice League ’s future children(the brainchildren of Bryan Hitch , Fernando Pasarin , Oclair Albert , and Brad Anderson ) , but as exciting as the offspring of Green Lantern and Flash , or Cyborg ’s next - gen son may be … it ’s Hunter Prince who has stolen the spot . First , by being the biological Logos of Wonder Woman . Second , bybeingraisedby Superman . But give those heroic connections , few would have thought him a manslayer .
Hunter Prince, Wonder Woman’s (& Superman’s) Son
Those curious to do it how theJustice League ’s superpowered childrenwere introduced to DC ’s Universe should mark off out our fictional character breakdowns , but for Hunter Prince , his origin story is one work up in secret and sadness . He may have the most visible family links in his costume , wearing Diana ’s Amazonian bracers , her tiara strapped around his immense bicep , and her eagle insignia pin Superman ’s cape about his shoulder . But for reasons neither he nor readers will understand … Wonder Woman desolate Hunter not long after he was born .
Thankfully , a child in penury of love is the variety of thing to captivate Clark Kent ’s eye . Just like his parents before him , Clark hold Hunter in as his own son , and raised him as Jonathan ’s untested brother . While it give Hunter a well-chosen puerility and former life - as he confirms inJustice League#28 - the darkness into which the world was soon plunge bring in it all to a halt . Superman fly in the fight just as his boy , Jonathan did … and only the children hidden aside on Themyscira survived the desolation of the villain namedSovereign .
It ’s that future from which the minor have returned , and the one which they ’re working to keep from taking seat . Unfortunately , Sovereign may have its root in the modern day League .
Is The Future Broken By… Wonder Woman?
The exact nature of Sovereign is a bit complicated to explain ( and the villain ’s truthful identicalness may already be infer from DC ’s teases ) , and the same go for the Kindred , the cosmic being who visited Earth and arrange the ball rolling , and the " darkness " which ultimately taint the world . The bottom line is that reader who assumed something was being misconstrue , kept mystic , or purposefully pretermit were right to do so - and Wonder Woman shared the same doubtfulness .
The only job is that detecting the ' truth ' of something is kind of her thing - and when the portal opened to deposit the fry from their time to the League ’s … Diana felt her connection to the future tense still to be organise . That same connection was matte up to the darkness itself when the League fought it back . All the evidence and nagging voices in Diana ’s head add up to her have a role to play in the futurity that destroys the creation . A warfare that wipes out Earth ’s hoagy . And leaves a boy she somehow never wanted without a mother .
Diana is too much of a champion to disregard those neural impulse , which leads her to a shocking decision : shemay be the one who kill the world .
Save Billions By Killing One
As we mentioned before , Cube , the son of Cyborg is even more ripe than his father ever was , shape by Apokoliptian DNA to engage with every data transmission on the planet . unluckily for Diana , that also include the surveillance networks on the Justice League Watchtower . So when she weigh the grounds and determines that she may be the reason the world collapsed … Cube witnesses it along with her . And deliberate that the children have come from the future to forestall that flop through whatever intend necessary , the solution is simple for Hunter Prince .
For obvious reasons , we have our doubts that the children will achieve their finish of vote out Wonder Woman . But hitch has lay the groundwork for a intestine - wrenching , gismo - free tragedy nevertheless . From his point of view , Hunter is uncoerced to kill G if it means saving the one thousand million he and his fellow Justice Leaguers watched killed in their future . So if the answer is merely to pour down ONE person - and that person is the fair sex who abandon him , as he perceives it - all the good .
The questions remain : is Wonder Woman responsible ? Why would she leave Hunter to Superman ? Will the happier children oppose their leader when he moves to murder ? And what fate rest ahead for Hunter Prince ? For that , we ’ll necessitate to keep record .
Justice League#28is available now .
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