The rise of comics

"The Rise of American Comics"

When Bruce Wayne returned to consciousness, he found that he seemed to be lying in a cold and slightly hot room.

There was no light in this room, and there seemed to be no windows, so there was no light source shining into the room. In the dim environment, only a wrist watch in his hand was emitting a faint orange light.

Propping up his body, Bruce rubbed his pupils twice and narrowed his upper and lower eyelids slightly, as if trying to see the dim room clearly.

At this time, when he accidentally put his hand on the ground, he touched a piece of tough leather that had a skin-like texture.

He understood in an instant what he was groping for.

Because this feeling is so familiar, as if it is a part of his own body. Over the past few years, this has been his external incarnation, a symbol of darkness that hides his true self and brings fear to criminals. .

That's his Batsuit.Or maybe a bat suit.

"You have one minute to put it on if you don't want to completely reveal your identity to everyone."

In the empty and dark room, a female voice with a bit of electricity came from all directions.

That's Amanda Waller.

Bruce remained silent, not asking her where she got his Batsuit, or whether his Batcave had been controlled by someone. Silently, he quickly put on his suit. .

"Very well, Batman, you are now a member of Task Force X. I have an important task for you to complete."

"us?"

After finishing dressing, Bruce stood up straight.

"What makes you think that I will obey your instructions?"

His voice suddenly became low and hoarse after putting on the Bat suit.

"Just a gadget installed here?"

He touched the back of his neck.

"I know you are not afraid of death, and you will not even have the thought of obeying me, but trust me, you will, soon."

There seemed to be a touch of sarcasm in Waller's voice, which made Bruce suddenly feel uneasy for no reason.

"what?"

As the words fell, suddenly, a large dazzling light suddenly lit up in the whole room. The incandescent lights came down from the ceiling. Bruce's eyes briefly wandered, but after only a second, he quickly After reacting, he turned around and looked warily - only then did he realize that he was in a hall like a combat conference room. He was facing a huge operating console and a large central control screen. The unit was started at the same time as the room lights were turned on. Soon, the large screen, which was about a hundred inches in size, lit up with blue light with some pixels.

"Look at what this is?"

On the big screen, the equipment projection of a small and old-looking room appeared. There was nothing in the whole small room, except for a wooden round table. On that table, a lonely reading glasses was just like this. Place it casually on top.

"!"

Bruce's palms clenched instantly.

He recognized it in an instant, what it was, or whose glasses they were.

"—Waller!"

He roared in a low voice, his voice no longer sounded weird and hoarse without emotion, a huge anger almost overflowed from these two short syllables.

"Where is Alfred!"

Just the night before his accident, Alfred said he was going to take a flight to London to meet an old friend and never came back.While he was tired of searching for this, police and reporters surrounded Wayne Manor the next night.

It turns out that all of this was planned, and the hand behind it was Amanda Waller.

"If you obey my orders, your butler will still be alive."

A pleasant sneer appeared on the corner of Amanda Waller's mouth, as if Batman's gaffe made her feel very satisfied and comfortable.

"I don't want to hear such stupid words that the Justice League will not let me go. Bruce, obey my command honestly and complete this mission. This is the only thing you have to do now."

"The Justice League will get to you, Waller."

Bruce stared at Amanda Waller's figure on the big screen.

"And until then, I've got my wish."

The words paused for two seconds, Waller said.

"Your teammates are coming, enjoy the rest of our time together."

"Pfft-"

As Waller finished speaking, there was a slight rumble behind him, as if the air pressure was contracting and the door was being bounced open.

""

Turning back again, Bruce's eyes suddenly reflected several figures walking in from the door of the room.

"Batman?!"

And all the visitors obviously saw him standing in the center of the room without any concealment.

"Why is Batman here?"

"Die to me bat!"

If anyone has the most dealings with Batman, then besides Harley Quinn and Deadshot, only Captain Boomerang dislikes Batman the most.

He was even sent to Arkham Asylum. Although he quickly escaped with the Joker's escape, the experience in that place was something he would never forget. It can be said that it was no better than staying here. This is a place where being ordered around like a dog by Waller is so powerful.

Therefore, he was just stunned for two seconds, and soon the murderous intent was revealed. Although he didn't understand why Batman suddenly appeared here, the constant confrontation between mortal enemies made him pull out the gun from his waist without any hesitation. The assembled boomerang bomb wanted to greet Bruce.

"stop."

But as soon as he raised his arm, before he could fully complete the throwing motion, Death Shooter beside him, who seemed to have been prepared for it, suddenly yanked his arm and stopped his behavior.

"Batman is a member of our team on this mission. Do you want your brain to go crazy by attacking your teammates?"

"what?"

As soon as these words came out, not only Captain Boomerang's entire body movements froze in place, but even the others looked dazed.

"It seems like it really is Little Bat~ Little Bat, Little Bat, Little Bat~"

Harley Quinn took three steps and two steps at a time, and rushed directly in front of Bruce. She muttered in her mouth, as if humming a tune, looked at Batman, who was standing there, with a body as tall as steel, and circled back and forth twice. Circle, the light in those big eyes is like seeing a new world.

She even reached out to touch Bruce's chest, but before she could touch the bat symbol, Bruce raised his hand and grabbed his white and slender wrist.

"Looks like you're doing well here, Harley Quinn."

After trying hard to calm down the anger in his heart, Bruce gradually returned to a calm state. He looked down at Harley Quinn, who was only as tall as his neck. A low-pitched voice that was almost hoarse reached Harley Quinn's ears, and she immediately screamed. With a rising 'um' voice, he turned back to look at the others with excitement on his face, and said decisively.

"it's him."

"Impossible! Are you kidding? Why did Batman become our teammate? Do you want to say that he is also a member of Task Force A Suicide Squad? Where’s Superman? Where’s The Flash? And that sexy Amazon chick.”

Captain Boomerang seemed to finally come to his senses. He shook Floyd's hand away and laughed mockingly.

"Shut your mouth, George. From now on, Deadshot will be the captain of this mission, and if anything unexpected happens to Deadshot, all actions will be under Bat's command."

On the big screen of the main console, Amanda Waller raised her eyebrows, and cold shouts came from all directions in the war room.

"If your curiosity is strong. Then I can ask Caitlin to help you calm down."

After the words fell, the silver-haired woman in a long dress who had been standing silently behind everyone came forward. A pair of blue eyes as pure as gems stared at the face of Captain Boomerang, which made his expression suddenly freeze, and he did not say anything. Make noise.

'Caitlin Snow.Why is she here too? '

On the other side, Bruce also noticed this beautiful woman who exuded a cold aura. His eyes suddenly shrank unconsciously. In Killer Frost's eyes, he didn't seem to see any emotion. Just an emptiness like nothingness.

Although Caitlin Snow has been twisted by the frost power's infinite desire for life energy, in the past confrontations, although Killer Frost was ruthless, he was not like a puppet and seemed to have completely lost his will. .

'Puppet?'

Bruce seemed to understand something in his heart.

Amanda Waller has been doing these unknown things behind the back of the Justice League, and due to the intervention and control of the Z government, the Justice League has never been able to intervene in the final whereabouts of these super criminals after they are captured, except for limited Those guys who were sent to Arkham by him personally, not even those 'old friends' might have been secretly sneaked out by Amanda Waller long ago, and they might even be locked up here. And whether all this was just Amanda Waller's private behavior, or whether it was the government's tacit approval, Bruce also didn't know.

Although he knew about the existence of Task Force But judging from the current situation, Amanda Waller has obviously lost control. She is no longer satisfied with leading these criminals, and has reached out to the Justice League, not only to make him bear the charge of horrific murders Here, Alfred was even captured as a hostage to threaten himself. This is the best proof.

And what exactly does she want?According to the unabashed words she said to herself before, I am afraid that her ultimate goal is to threaten the existence of the entire Justice League.

"Waller, there is no one else, can you tell us what the mission is now?"

Deadshot looked at the big screen at this time.

"of course."

Waller glanced at the six people in front of him on the screen and responded coldly.

"For this mission, I need you to find an item. A sacred object."

"Holy object? What is that?"

Deadshot glanced at Bruce who was silent and continued to ask.

"A lamp. To be precise, a magic lamp."

"Magic lamp? Like Aladdin's lamp?"

Mark, the weather wizard, smiled.It's just that he is smiling, obviously he thinks that Waller calling a lamp a 'magic lamp' is really suitable for her identity as a crazy woman.

"That's right. You can think so."

But unexpectedly, Waller did not have any angry reaction to Mark's covert sarcasm. Instead, he sneered and agreed.

"What? You want us to find Aladdin's lamp? You are really crazy."

Mark was stunned for a moment, and then before he could laugh, he saw Caitlin's mechanically empty eyes looking at him, and he immediately closed his mouth in fear.

"I didn't ask you to find Aladdin's magic lamp. What I want you to find is its prototype, the magic lamp 'Isoudar Shah Nun.'"

Amanda Waller said lightly.

"what is that?"

Bruce finally spoke, and he frowned slightly, although no one noticed this subtle change in his expression under the thick leather mask.But he has never heard that there is actually a lamp named 'Isodar Shah Nun' in this world. 'The magic lamp.

He also did not doubt whether Amanda Waller had lost her mind and said such a thing that seemed like a fantasy.He understands Waller. She is a scary woman who is similar to him and has supreme rationality. Before she is sure, she will not easily use her majesty and persuasiveness to make such a joke. She said that there is such a person in the world. A magic lamp, the truth is probably [-]% to [-]% that such an item really exists.

"As you know, just like a fairy tale, 'Isodar Shah Nun' is a legendary magic lamp from another world. The legend is that it is the ultimate mystery of this world. And its power can achieve anything. There is a perfect desire to have it.”

Amanda Waller crossed her hands for support, placed them on her chin, and said these words calmly.

"How can there really be a magic lamp in this world? Can it still fulfill people's wishes?"

Mark, the weather wizard, whispered behind the crowd.

"Can any wish really come true?"

Harley Quinn raised her arm, stretched out an index finger and touched her two plump lips, her big eyes rolled around, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Is there really such a thing in the world? Waller, you want us to find the magic lamp. Aren't you afraid that after we get it, we can get rid of you?"

Deadshot narrowed his eyes slightly.

"So I think Batman would never allow this to happen."

Waller's expression didn't change at all, he just glanced sideways in Bruce's direction.

"am I right."

""

Bruce did not respond, but he could see from Waller's eyes that her threat was not concealed at all, not only because she consciously controlled his life, but also because she used Alfred as a hostage to threaten him. At the same time, Waller also understands that if such a magical lamp is really found, then as long as there is a person like him in the team who is dedicated to fighting criminals and evil, he will never sit back and let such a thing fall into in the hands of any criminal.

'It seems that Waller has planned it very comprehensively and she has already laid out everything. '

Although Bruce had calmed down again, he still felt a little solemn in his heart.

"So where is this magic lamp?"

Deadshot asked.

Waller's words made everyone's eyes wander around Bruce. Everyone had their own thoughts for a while, but they did not express it immediately.

"If you want to find this magic lamp, you have to find someone first."

There was an unknown meaning in Waller's eyes.