JLA: The Nail #3
In "The Nail, Book Three of Three," Alan Davis delivers a tense, character-driven climax to the JLA: The Nail arc, where the Justice League confronts the shocking truth behind Lex Luthor’s Liberators. As Wonder Woman and Hawkwoman are captured, Green Lantern’s ring exposes the clones as Kryptonian replicants, and Lois uncovers Luthor’s chilling link to Kal-El’s lost ship and DNA. In Smallville, Jimmy’s fusion with Kryptonian genetics spirals into tragedy when he’s forced to battle an Amish man who tries to stop the violence—leading to a devastating moment that changes everything. The story, illustrated with powerful precision by Alan Davis and inked by Mark Farmer, builds to a pivotal confrontation with no easy answers.
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Wonder Woman and Hawkwoman are subdued by Luthor's Liberators, but Green Lantern’s ring reveals that they are not robots, but cloned Kryptonian replicants. While the JLAers release their compatriots, Lois discovers that Luthor found Kal-El's ship and traces of his DNA from which he created the Liberators. In Smallville, Jimmy, who has been grafted with Kryptonian DNA, joins the Liberators in the fight with the JLA. When a mysterious Amish man tries to stop the fight, Jimmy incinerates his parents. The Amish man and Jimmy fight until Jimmy's Kryptonian DNA graft fails and he crumbles to dust.
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