History YMMV / JusticeLeagueCryForJustice

* MemeticMutation: An unfortunate font choice made the title look more like "''Gay for Justice''" at a passing glance. Naturally, this caught on fast.

* DontShootTheMessage: Working to actively prevent crime and super villains isn't a bad idea in itself. It's the way the heroes go about it that undermines their point. For example, in the part of the story where Ray Palmer is interrogating Killer Moth on the death of his friend Mike Dante, he threatens to make Moth talk by shrinking, entering Moth's brain and beginning to grow inside his head. Palmer actually begins following through on that threat, and nearly succeeds before Killer Moth tells him about Prometheus. This is a tactic more associated with villainy than anything else; case in point, during ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Palmer's ex murders a friend of theirs, leaving him so emotionally scarred that he went into exile. How does said ex murder Palmer's friend? By ''shrinking, entering her skull and growing from inside!'' You read that right, Ray Palmer is torturing Killer Moth [[HeWhoFightsMonsters using the same method that killed his friend!]]

* FanNickname: ''Gay for Justice'' due to the lettering of the cover page and the heroes constantly screaming for "justice".

** The offscreen fight between Green Lantern and Green Arrow with an army of supervillains. The comic acts like the villains were C-listers that they defeated easily - except the likes of Black Manta, the Scarecrow and Dr. Polaris are in the pile, three villains that can give the entire Justice League trouble on their own.

*** Keep in mind that when Creator/GrantMorrison wrote this version of Prometheus in their [[ComicBook/JLA1997 run on JLA]] he managed to successfully incapacitate Steel, Martian Manhunter, Huntress, and Batman, and through bravado and traps was able to force the Justice League into not attacking him, and the only thing that defeated him was Catwoman deciding that she wanted to rob the JLA that day and sneaking aboard. The difference between then and now is that Prometheus had to commit subterfuge and deception in order to even ''begin'' his plan in JLA, splitting them up so as to overpower them without reinfrcement, whereas here the Leaguers run at him in a ''straight line'', with Prometheus not even moving from his spot.

-->'''Linkara:''' ''Our villain,'' ladies and gentlemen!

** The offscreen fight between Green Lantern and Green Arrow with an army of supervillains. The comic acts like the villains were C-listers that they defeated easily - except the likes of Black Manta, the Scarecrow and Dr. Polaris are in the pile, three villains that can give the entire Justice League trouble on their own. To quote [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]:
---> "It doesn't make the heroes look like badasses! It makes the writer look lazy for not bothering the show us how they could've won!"

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] puts it simply: "My God... a giant, intelligent gorilla and an alien are about to fight robots on jet packs... WHY IS THIS STORY NOT ABOUT THEM!?"
** Also pointed out by a few is that the story never defines "justice", or calls the characters out on meaning "revenge" or "punishment" when talking about it.

* KarmicOverkill: At the end of the story, Oliver kills Prometheus, a villain who, among other things, maimed Roy Harper, killed Roy's daughter Lian, and bombed Star City. This, on it's own, wouldn't be that damning, as Oli ''has'' killed before, and Prometheus more than deserved it. After this however, Oliver hunts down and kills ''any'' villains who allied with Prometheus, even if they only did so because he was blackmailing them. For this, he is rebuked by his JLA teammates, his wife Dinah leaves him, and he is banished from Star City. The first is somewhat understandable, since his friends don't approve of his actions. The second is more debatable, since it can be argued for or against. The ''last'' one is considered overkill, outright exiling him from his home for, from most civilian perspectives, killing ''villains'' that helped bomb said city.

* KarmicOverkill: At the end of the story, Oliver kills Prometheus, a villain who, among other things, had maimed Oliver's son Roy Harper, killed Lian, Roy's daughter and bombed Star City. This, on it's own, wouldn't be that damning, as Oli ''has'' killed before, and Prometheus more than deserved it. After this however, Oliver hunts down and kills ''any'' villains who allied with Prometheus, even if they only did so because he was blackmailing them. For this, he is rebuked by his JLA teammates, his wife Dinah leaves him, and he is banished from Star City. The first is somewhat understandable, since his friends don't approve of his actions. The second is more debatable, since it can be argued for or against. The ''last'' one is considered overkill, outright exiling him from his home for, from most civilian perspectives, killing ''villains'' that helped bomb said city.

* KarmicOverkill: At the end of the story, Oliver kills Prometheus, a villain who, among other things, had maimed Oliver's son Roy Harper, killed Lian, Roy's daughter and bombed Star City. After this, Oliver hunts down and kills any villains who allied with Prometheus, which the story treats as him having fallen from grace (since superheroes, particularly in the DC universe, are generally not supposed to kill people). For this, he is rebuked by his JLA teammates, his wife Dinah leaves him, and he is banished from Star City.

* DontShootTheMessage: Working to actively prevent crime and super villains isn't a bad idea in itself. It's the way the heroes go about it that undermines their point. For example, in the part of the story where Ray Palmer is interrogating Killer Moth on the death of his friend Mike Dante, he threatens to make Moth talk by shrinking, entering Moth's brain and beginning to grow inside his head. Palmer actually begins following through on that threat, and nearly succeeds before Killer Moth tells him about Prometheus. This is a tactic more associated with villainy than anything else; case in point, during ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Palmer's ex murders a friend of theirs, leaving him so emotionally scarred that he went into exile. How does said ex murder Palmer's friend? By ''shrinking, entering her skull and growing from inside!'' You read that right, Ray Palmer is torturing Killer Moth [[HeWhoFightsMonsters using the same method that killed his girlfriend!]]

** A fair number of fans, and even people who aren't comic book readers, have conceded that Robinson's statement at San Diego Comic Con 2010 that he was inspired to cut off Roy Harper's arm as a tribute to Iraq War veterans by creating a superhero with a prosthetic that's not cybernetic was in very bad taste, regardless of whether or not it was honesty, a bold-faced lie, or something his editors told him to say. He contradicted this statement in the introduction of ''Cry's'' trade paperback, claiming that the editors told him that they wanted to put Roy in this direction. He also made absolutely no mention of his explanation at Comic Con.

* DontShootTheMessage: Working to actively prevent crime and super villains isn't a bad idea in itself. It's the way the heroes go about it that undermines their point. For example, in the part of the story where Ray Palmer is interrogating Killer Moth on the death of his friend Mike Dante, he threatens to make Moth talk by shrinking, entering Moth's brain and beginning to grow inside his head. Palmer actually begins following through on that threat, and nearly succeeds before Killer Moth tells him about Prometheus. This is a tactic more associated with villainy than anything else; case in point, during ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Palmer's ex murders a friend of theirs, leaving him so emotionally scarred that he went into self-exile. How does said ex murder Palmer's friend? By ''shrinking, entering her skull and growing from inside!'' You read that right, Ray Palmer is torturing Killer Moth [[HeWhoFightsMonsters using the same method that killed his girlfriend!]]

* DontShootTheMessage: Working to actively prevent crime and super villains isn't a bad idea in itself. It's the way the heroes go about it that undermines their point. For example, in the part of the story where Ray Palmer is interrogating Killer Moth on the death of his friend Mike Dante, he threatens to make Moth talk by shrinking, entering Moth's brain and beginning to grow inside his head. Palmer actually begins following through on that threat, and nearly succeeds before Killer Moth tells him about Prometheus. This is a tactic more associated with villainy than anything else; case in point, during ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Palmer's ex murders a friend of theirs, leaving him so emotionally scarred that he went into self-exile. How does said ex murder Palmer's friend? By ''entering her skull and growing from inside!'' You read that right, Ray Palmer is torturing Killer Moth [[HeWhoFightsMonsters using the same method that killed his girlfriend!]]

* DontShootTheMessage: Working to actively prevent crime and super villains isn't a bad idea in itself. It's the way the heroes go about it that undermines their point. For example, in the part of the story where Ray Palmer is interrogating Killer Moth on the death of his friend Mike Dante, he threatens to make Moth talk by shrinking, entering Moth's head and beginning to grow inside his head. Palmer actually begins following through on that threat, and nearly succeeds before Killer Moth tells him about Prometheus. This is a tactic more associated with villainy than anything else; case in point, during ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Palmer's ex murders a friend of theirs, leaving him so emotionally scarred that he went into self-exile. How does said ex murder Palmer's friend? By ''entering her skull and growing from inside!'' You read that right. Ray Palmer is torturing Killer Moth [[HeWhoFightsMonsters using the same method that killed his girlfriend!]]

* DontShootTheMessage: Working to actively prevent crime and super villains isn't a bad idea in itself. It's the way the heroes go about it that undermines their point. For example, in the part of the story where Ray Palmer is interrogating Killer Moth on the death of his friend Mike Dante, he threatens to make Moth talk by shrinking, entering Moth's head and beginning to grow inside his head. Palmer actually begins following through on that threat, and nearly succeeds before Killer Moth tells him about Prometheus. This is a tactic more associated with villainy than anything else; case in point, during ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Palmer's ex murders his then-current wife, leaving him so emotionally scarred that he went into self-exile. How does said ex murder Palmer's new wife? By ''entering her skull and growing from inside!'' You read that right. Ray Palmer is torturing Killer Moth [[HeWhoFightsMonsters using the same method that killed his wife!]]

* DontShootTheMessage: Working to actively prevent crime and super villains isn't a bad idea in itself. It's the way the heroes go about it that undermines their point. For example, in the part of the story where Ray Palmer is interrogating Killer Moth on the death of his friend Mike Dante, he threatens to make Moth talk by shrinking, entering Moth's head and beginning to grow inside his head. Palmer actually begins following through on that threat, and nearly succeeds before Killer Moth tells him about Prometheus. This is a tactic more associated with villainy than anything else; case in point, during ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Palmer's ex murders his then-current wife, leaving him so emotionally scarred that he went into self-exile. How does said ex murder Palmer's new wife? By ''entering her skull and growing from inside!'' You heard that right. Ray Palmer is torturing Killer Moth [[HeWhoFightsMonsters using the same method that killed his wife!]]

** The sheer number of times the word "justice" is used, especially "Together, we can be justice."

* DontShootTheMessage: Working to actively prevent crime and super villains isn't a bad idea in itself. It's the way the heroes go about it that undermines their point. For example, in the part of the story where Ray Palmer is interrogating Killer Moth, he threatens to make Moth talk by shrinking, entering Moth's head and beginning to grow inside his head. This is a tactic more associated with villainy than anything else; case in point, during ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Palmer's ex murders his then-current wife, leaving him so emotionally scarred that he went into self-exile. How does said ex murder Palmer's new wife? By ''entering her skull and growing from inside!'' You heard that right. Ray Palmer is torturing Killer Moth [[HeWhoFightsMonsters using the same method that killed his wife!]]

* DontShootTheMessage: Working to actively prevent crime and super villains isn't a bad idea in itself. It's the way the heroes go about it that undermines their point.

** The offscreen fight between Green Lantern and Green Arrow with an army of supervillains. The comic acts like the villains were C-listers that they defeated easily - except the likes of Black Manta, the Scarecrow and Dr. Polaris are in the pile, two villains that can give the entire Justice League trouble on their own. To quote [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]:

** The offscreen fight between Green Lantern and Green Arrow with an army of supervillains. The comic acts like the villains were C-listers that they defeated easily - except Scarecrow and Dr. Polaris are in the pile, two villains that can give the entire Justice League trouble on their own. To quote [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]:

*** Keep in mind that when Creator/GrantMorrison wrote this version of Prometheus in their [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsJLA run on JLA]] he managed to successfully incapacitate Steel, Martian Manhunter, Huntress, and Batman, and through bravado and traps was able to force the Justice League into not attacking him, and the only thing that defeated him was Catwoman deciding that she wanted to rob the JLA that day and sneaking aboard. The difference between then and now is that Prometheus had to commit subterfuge and deception in order to even ''begin'' his plan in JLA, splitting them up so as to overpower them without reinfrcement, whereas here the Leaguers run at him in a ''straight line'', with Prometheus not even moving from his spot.