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'''''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 rather than merely responding to the need for it, like the [[Justice League of America]]. However, this only creates a thin line between [[For Great Justice|Justice]] and [[Revenge]].
The story takes place after ''[[Final Crisis]]'', where [[
Meanwhile, numerous superheroes mourning the deaths of their friends all begin to think the same and wish for the same thing: [[Arc Words|justice]]. They join one another and decide to, as a group, attempt to bring justice to the world. Little do they know that this is going according to the plan of one villain: Prometheus.
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* [[Big Bad]]: Prometheus
* [[Bury Your Gays]]: Mikaal Thomas' lover was killed, and that killing is what set him on the path for justice in the first place.
* [[C
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: The heroes, primarily Ray Palmer (The Atom), torture several villains in order to gain information.
* [[Concepts Are Cheap]]: The main characters begin seeking justice without defining what it means, how it is different from the ideals and actions of the Justice League, or how it is different from [[Revenge|a different concept]] all together.
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* [[Idiot Ball]]: Once the heroes have captured Prometheus, they tie him up... and put his helmet, the source of all his powers, back on his head. That's like leaving Batman his utility belt, or giving any of the Green Lanterns back their power rings once you've got them in your trap. This is not the only example of this behavior in the story, but it's a good representative.
* [[Infant Immortality]]: Brutally averted. {{spoiler|Poor Lian....}}
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Subverted with {{spoiler|Prometheus}}, but played straight with the heroes. Aside from {{spoiler|Green Arrow}}, none of them suffer any sort of negative consequences for their [[Moral Dissonance|sadistic acts of vengeance]] -- [[Atop the Fourth Wall
* [[Kick the Son of
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Green Lantern points out that is practically Gotham law that all conversations should be on the roofs of buildings.
* [[Offscreen Villainy|Offscreen Heroism]]: After spending most of the issue chasing Prometheus's various gambits and running about in circles (after boasting they would be a proactive, preventive force for good), Ollie and Hal reflect on a number of crime lords and evil-doers they'd stopped and put away in prison. It's unclear when exactly they had time to do this given the flow of events, but we never see this adventures first-hand, only their mentions of them.
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* [[Race Lift]]: Vixen and (the current) Firestorm, both black super-heroes, appear white in this story. Likely a coloring error and not a conscious editting choice.
* [[Revenge]]: Much of the "justice" that the group asks for is simple, and personal, revenge. Their actions do not support or heal those who have been injured, do not rehabilitate or judge those responsible, and are not in accordance with established laws or customs. They are instead the simple act of hurting people that have hurt them.
* [[Stuffed in The Fridge]]: Numerous character, [[C
* [[Take That]]: The run, likely by coincidence, has a few unseemly remarks on characters written by [[Gail Simone]]. One notable example being an implication that Hal Jordan had a drunken threesome with Huntress and Lady Blackhawk of the ''[[Birds of Prey (
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: Poor Red Arrow. {{spoiler|First he gets his arm chopped off and then his daughter gets killed.}}
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: Congorilla uses this excuse to justify how he was healed from his injury.
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