Justice League: The Grid Review

Finished reading Justice League: The Grid, this continues writer Geoff Johns run on the series. The book opens up with the Justice League inviting a group of heroes up to the Watchtower in hoping to recruit some of them in to the League as they realised that they needed the extra numbers during the Throne of Atlantis story arc and want to be prepared if something similar was to happen. The next story begins with someone breaking into the Batcave to steal a Kryptonite ring which is given to Despero, who breaks into the Watchtower looking for a fight with Superman only to be disappointed as Firestorm, Element Woman and Atom are the only ones there while Batman is arguing with Superman and Wonder Woman for interfering in a hostage situation in Kahndaq as Americans are banned from the country. The story ends with the Watchtower crashing into Happy Harbour with an unconscious Despero inside holding the Kryptonite ring, leading to Batman to showing Superman his contingency plans for the Justice League if they were to ever turn evil or become possessed. The end of the book has the first and last parts of the Trinity War event with the first one bringing the Justice League and the Justice League of America in conflict with each other in Kahndaq as Shazam goes to burry Black Adam's ashes with both teams trying to prevent an international catastrophe. The final part has both leagues and the Justice League Dark fighting each other thanks to being influenced by Pandora's Box, once the fight ends its found out the Atom is a triple agent as she was used to infiltrate the Justice League and Justice League of America in order to retrieve the box as its a gateway to a world inhabited by an evil version of the Justice League. Overall this was a good book as it gave the spotlight to the new Justice League members with Atom's character being developed in such a small space of time bringing a big twist at the books end. While Batman's protocols are a nice reference to previous stories and showing how prepared he is for almost anything. The only thing that lets the book down is that it only contains two parts of the six main parts of Trinity War only giving a third of the story. 7.5/10.