What if theJustice Leagueoperated during the Old West as cowpoke heroes ? Thanks to theDC ElseworldscomicJustice Riders , readers get to see what that cosmos would take care like . Characters such asWonder Womanand Hawkman get raw roles and backgrounds to comfortably match within the westerly mise en scene . After the vicious runway - roader Maxwell Lord destroys the one - horse township Sheriff Diana Prince was swear to protect , she form a posse comitatus to take on Lord and his clockwork robot .

Elseworlds is a banner under which several DC comics story take place without needing to concern about the main continuity . It favors peculiarity or else , similar to wonder Comics’What If … ?line of comic strip . Other Elseworlds stories from DC includeRed Son , guess what it would like like if Superman ’s projectile landed in Soviet Russia alternatively of Kansas , Gotham by Gaslight , where Batman goes after Jack the Ripper in Victorian London era ,   orLast Family of Krypton , where Superman ’s Kryptonian parents supervise to join their boy to Earth . ForJustice Riders , the Wild West replaces the forward-looking present stage setting fans are used to . In this story , fans could imagine the Justice League lease a vacation toWestworldor outlay some time playingRed Dead Redemption .

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Sheriff Prince ’s posse is just as colorful and powerful as the typical Justice League that typically comes to heed . The first to get together her is Wally Wast ( Kid Flash ) , the fastest gunman in the W . He ’s able to fire his Colts so tight that they commence to combust his hands . However , he does have Pinkerton agent Guy Gardner ( Green Lantern ) after him for the aver murder of Marshal Barry Allen . Next on Prince ’s inclination is Katar Johnson , The Hawk Shaman of the Cheyenne Nation ( Hawkman ) , who is more than willing to help oneself get rid of Lord and Felix Faust , who works for him and has a hard time last out dead . In a bar gunplay , the three heroes receive aid from conman Booster Gold and stringy inventor Blue Beetle , with large gatling throttle in towage . Along the way , they also meet up with John Jones , a mysterious manhunter with fleeceable skin who has " been abroad " .

With the Justice Rider posse all together , they make their path toMaxwell Lordand his clockwork automaton townspeople ( again , thinkWestworld)to deliver their own brand of justness . While Pinkerton agent Gardner does show up to arrest West , he forgoes the arrest to facilitate take down Lord . Once the junk settles , Lord is kill . While Beetle had hoped that they would all quell together and proceed riding for justice , the hoagie decide to part ways , riding off towards whatever the west may have in store for them . However , Beetle does share his tale with none other than writerClark Kent(Superman ) ,   so that their story can live on , making the Justice Riders fable .

Justice Ridersis a pretty play take , reframing these classicJustice Leagueheroes of the superhero literary genre into those of the western sandwich . There ’s several rough-cut wild Cicily Isabel Fairfield tropes to enjoy , while also still keep the each theatrical role ’s core personality alive despite the new setting . lover of both genres should be pretty satisfied . Justice Ridersis a expectant addition to the Elseworlds library .

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