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7. Yeah, I’m not gonna come up with a cute pun as a title for this entry
So things are gonna get uncomfortable for a minute here, and I am going to make significantly fewer jokes about the content of the story.
After Sue’s funeral, Ralph gathers a squad of ‘80s Justice Leaguers to go after Doctor Light. Flash (Wally West) and Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) are caught eavesdropping and Ralph explains to them a tragic story of the League’s past.
It turns out, back in the 80’s Doctor Light broke into the JLA satellite when only Sue Dibny was there. He attacked Sue and sexually assaulted her before the league returned to save her.
This scene is… needlessly shocking and dark. It’s unnecessary and ugly, especially in the context of the story. Personally, I’m against just about all depictions of sexual assault in comics, as it’s really really hard to not come off as exploitative. Alias dealt with the theme well, but here it seems gratuitous and badly handled.
