History ComicBook / JusticeLeagueCryForJustice

* CoversAlwaysLie: See ComicBook/LexLuthor, SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, Sinestro, Poison Ivy, and Grodd on the cover image up top? None of them show up. At all.

* TakeThat: The run, likely by coincidence, has a few unseemly remarks on characters written by GailSimone. One notable example being an implication that Hal Jordan had a drunken threesome with Huntress and Lady Blackhawk of the ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey''. Gail later shot down the implication in issue #6 of the new Birds ongoing, with the revelation that [[spoiler:Hal just got drunk and passed out]].

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Captain Marvel's lightning usually just changes him from his civilian form to superhero, and can be used offensively against people with a vulnerability to magic, e.g. Supergirl, and then suddenly he can use it to make a shield, protecting people (including Supergirl) from an explosion. Justified since [[spoiler: he's Prometheus and it's not the same magic.]]

'''''Justice League: Cry for Justice''''' (2009-2010) is a seven-issue limited series written by James Robinson with one purpose in mind: to make a team that actively seeks justice [[VillainsActHeroesReact rather than merely responding to the need for it]]. However, this only creates a thin line between [[ForGreatJustice Justice]] and {{Revenge}}.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: See SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor, SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, Sinestro, Poison Ivy, and Grodd on the cover image up top? None of them show up. At all.

* CoversAlwaysLie: See SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor, SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, SelfDemonstrating/{{Sinestro}}, Poison Ivy, and Grodd on the cover image up top? None of them show up. At all.

* IdiotBall: Once the heroes have captured Prometheus, they tie him up... and put his helmet, the source of all his powers, back on his head.

* HollywoodLaw: Apparently, if you have a criminal record a costumed vigilante doesn't need to catch you committing a crime or have any evidence that you have done or were planning to do so to be well within his rights to beat you senseless and arrest you. Any sane judge would overturn virtually every "arrest" Hal and Ollie make in this series, if it got to court at all.
** To be fair, most- probably all- of these villains must surely be fugitives from [[IncrediblyLamePun justice]], since no sane judge would have realised multiple superpowered mass-murderers from prison in the first place. It actually ''is'' okay for the heroes to go after them- though torturing them for information and other stuff is something else (though it wouldn't get the villains off; it would just get the "heroes" ''arrested as well''). The real problem is the heroes make a big deal out of hunting villains down when that's what they do ''all the damn time''. The only difference with this story is that the "good guys" are much more vindictive than usual.

--> '''Prometheus:''' But for Star City that destruction [[{{Watchmen}} began five minutes ago.]]

* PantyShot: Miss Martian's black panties are briefly visible on a panel while she is fighting Brick. Criticized by [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]].

* FanNickname: "Gay For Justice", due to how the typeface makes "cry" look like "gay".

The story takes place after ''FinalCrisis'', where Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan begins to lose belief in what the team is fighting for, particularly justice. He and GreenArrow quit the Justice League and begin to hunt down villains and ensure that people like Libra would never take flight again.

The series was originally planned to be an ongoing series and reinterpretation of the ''JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' series and team, [[ExecutiveMeddling but DC executives eventually shortened it to seven issues]], with the various characters and plot lines followed up in other series.

* ActuallyADoombot: Prometheus's galloping VillainDecay since GrantMorrison created him is explained as some other guy wearing the costume.

* CListFodder: Prometheus stated that ([[OffScreenVillainy off panel, by the way]]) he killed several members of the GlobalGuardians.

* PoorCommunicationKills: {{Supergirl}} began to suspect that [[spoiler:[[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] was actually Prometheus]] after they survived the bombing, but refrained from mentioning her suspicions to any of the other characters for three issues.

* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Sometimes Prometheus can curb stomp the entire JLA in a few panels, including WonderWoman, later he's beaten to a pulp by Donna Troy, who has Wonder Woman's exact power set and power level, and later he can barely hold his own against BadassNormal Roy Harper.

The story takes place after ''FinalCrisis'', where Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan begins to lose belief in what the team is fighting for, particularly justice. He and the GreenArrow quit the Justice League and begin to hunt down villains and ensure that people like Libra would never take flight again.

* TheUnTwist: Apparently an unintended one. [[spoiler: Green Arrow killing Prometheus is supposed to be shocking, but Ollie's killed before.]]

* HollywoodLaw: Apparently, if you have a criminal record a costumed vigilante doesn't need to catch you comitting a crime or have any evidence that you have done or were planning to do so to be well within his rights to beat you senseless and arrest you. Any sane judge woul overturn virtually every "arrest" Hal and Ollie make in this series, if it got to court at all.

* InfantImmortality: Averted. [[spoiler:Poor Lian....]]

*** Magic is a fairly standard established weakness for Kryptonians on Earth. Because of the general lack of Kryptonite around the planet, it's pretty much regarded as one of the few things that can give Superman real trouble, and is part of the classic Superman/Captain Marvel rivalry. However, this is usually portrayed as Kryptonians being as vunerable to magic as a human would be, not adversely affected by magical energy in and of itself. But that's how she figures out [[spoiler: "CM3" isn't using real magic lightning]].

** A strange case of Supergirl getting a new weakness. Apparentrly, her being close to magic pretty much has the same effect as Kryptonite, if not worse. This is never brought up again.
*** Magic is a fairly standard established weakness for Kryptonians on Earth. Because of the general lack of Kryptonite around the planet, it's pretty much regarded as one of the few things that can give Superman real trouble, and is part of the classic Superman/Captain Marvel rivalry.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Deaths occur without buildup, meaning or any real plot relevance.