Source: comicvine.gamespot.com
9. Three Laws Safe: Part One of the Demon Triptych
Writer: Bill Willingham
Artist: Tom Derenick
New Arc!!! The Demon Triptych introduces…well, The Demon. It seems that Etrigan has been promoted, which demons view as bad. He’s no longer of the rhyming class, so someone else has filled that slot.
But whoooooo could it beeeeeeee? Could it be Blue Devil? He rhymed once in the last issue, after which everyone else spent a full page talking about how weird that was. I mean, maybe, but what are the chances?
Anyway, Demon shows up and attacks Shadowpact. In the battle, he takes Blue Devil's trident and stabs Nightmaster through the chest with his own sword. Considering the only thing that Nightmaster has really done so far in this book is to verbally abuse a guy with a physical disability, I kinda hope he dies.
Also, Shadowpact unveils their three laws of superheroics. And they’re kinda dumb. Here’s the gist:
- Make sure civilians live.
- Make sure your fellow heroes live, as long as it doesn't conflict with Rule One.
- Make sure the villains live, as long as it doesn't conflict with Rule One and/or Rule Two.
Now, as much as these are nice in theory, it’s weird that they need to be verbalized and written down. Superheroes are SUPPOSED to do all three of those things. It's like if you go into a doctor's office for surgery, and he shows you a plaque on the wall that says Rule Number One: Do not purposely murder patients with the saw. I'd think, I'm glad that's your rule, but the fact that you have to write it down worries me greatly.
