Quote: Disco Steve said: So now suddenly people are taking my Superman theory into consideration. I came up with this in one of the previous threads... in issue 3, Superman is listening in on the old JLAers, and he looks annoyed. They're on to his secret!
I wouldn't say that couldn't happen. And I wouldn't entirely discredit the "423" clue because Meltzers already used pre-Crisis/satelite era stories (namely JLA #'s 122 & 154) as a reference for previous "mind wipes" performed by the satelite JLA,* and he said, "that the clues are there if you look for them".
But I still don't think one of the satelite crew is the killer. I just think that Meltzer's goin' to use certain pre-Crisis/satelite era stories as reasons for why the JLA would have to "mind-wipe" one of its own.
This way Meltzer gives each one of them a motive (being pissed at being brain-raped) and can throw readers off of who the real killer is. I also think he's going to use this to change the relationships between certain characters, so the DCU isn't so "friendly", and that every hero won't inherently trust one another.
Keeping secrets always tends to bite you on the ass sooner or later.
I also think this will change the way heroes will look at themselves in the future. Once each member discovers that they've "crossed the line" at some point in their past, I think they'll try and work harder to make sure that never happens again.
*In JLA #122 Dr. Light uses an invention of his to discover the secret identities of the JLA, and is "mind-wiped" by Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) & in #154 Dr. Destiny learns the identities of the JLA and is "mind-wiped" (as mentioned by Green Arrow in IC #3)
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