Justice League’s New Direction: A Prediction

With O.M.A.C. shuttered at the start of DC Comics’ second wave of New 52 titles, Maxwell Lord and Checkmate have been lacking a home for a while. Well, now it looks to us as though he’s likely to end up in Justice League.Don’t believe it? Take a look at these little odds and ends dropped during Justice League #12 and Justice League International Annual #1, both on sale today:Wonder Woman fires Steve TrevorAfter saving Steve Trevor’s life, and before locking lips with Superman, Wonder Woman visits her former lover in his hospital room, has a heated exchange with him, and then informs him that the League has asked for a new liaison. This has two effects: Not only does it give Trevor plenty of anger to work with while putting together a Justice League of America team that’s intended to take his mind off the fact that his dream girl dumped him for one of the half-dozen guys on the planet he can’t beat up, but it also vacates the position of “Justice League liaison,” a role that Maxwell Lord has historically felt pretty comfortable in.He’s right there, after all…!Plus, both Batman and Cyborg have been interacting directly with O.M.A.C. following his deactivation at the hands of Booster Gold and his “Skeets protocols.” We see Vic Stone’s father tending to Kevin Kho, followed by Batman telling him that he’ll try to get Cyborg’s opinion on how to keep Brother Eye out of the picture. This would sync up pretty nicely with that image seen in the back of Justice League #12, where Batman and Cyborg are in what looks like a room full of computer monitors, realizing that the League has a traitor.If O.M.A.C. has been defeated and taken into custody, it’s hard to imagine a scenario where Max Lord isn’t on premises somewhere.“Michael.”This may be stretching things a bit, but it seems pertinent.