A new team of heroes will rise to protect Earth-3 in the penultimate issue of DC's Crime Syndicate miniseries: the Legion of Justice, led by none other than Lex Luthor.
According to solicits from DC, the issue will see the heroes of Earth-3 -- Savanna, Venus, Power Tower, Red Hood, Lonar and Thaal Sinestro -- join forces under the leadership of Luthor to stop the Crime Syndicate's plan for world conquest. A backup story will also tell the story of how Syndicate mainstay Johnny Quick got his powers.
Debuting back in 1964, the Crime Syndicate of Amerika are the evil counterparts to the Justice League. Hailing from the parallel universe designated Earth-3, villains like Ultraman, Owlman, Superwoman, Power Ring, Johnny Quick and Atomica use their fantastical abilities to subjugate their world, often opposed by heroic counterparts of characters like Lex Luthor, the Joker and Deathstroke. The team has had their stories changed and rewritten over the decades as DC shuffled around the nature of its multiverse, with the most recent series actually telling the origin story of both the individual members and the team itself.
Crime Syndicate #5
- written by: ANDY SCHMIDT
- pencils by: KIERAN McKEOWN and BRYAN HITCH
- inks by: DEXTER VINES and BRYAN HITCH
- cover by: HOWARD PORTER
- ON SALE : 7/6/21
- $3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC
- variant cover by : FRANCIS MANAPUL
- US $4.99 (card stock)
- The Crime Syndicate crosses the line for the last time…and Alexander Luthor demands justice! Earth-3's Luthor, Savanna, Venus, Power Tower, Red Hood, Lonar, and Thaal Sinestro band together to form the Legion of Justice and defend their world at all costs. Will the looming threat of the Legion stand in the way of Owlman, Superwoman, and Ultraman's quest for global takeover? It all builds to a cliffhanger that will leave you on the edge of your seat!
- Question of the month: Who is Luthor's secret weapon?
- Also, in this issue's backup, witness the origin story of Johnny Quick, illustrated by Bryan Hitch!
Crime Syndicate #5, written by Andy Schmidt and drawn by Kieran McKeown and Bryan Hitch, will be available to purchase from comic stores and digital platforms on July 6.