Story: "Chapter Two: House of Lies" (30 Pages)

Credits:

Brad Meltzer (plot, script)
Rags Morales (pencils)
Michael Bair (inks)
Kenny Lopez (letters)
Alex Sinclair (colors)
Valerie D'Orazio (assistant edits)
Mike Carlin (edits)

Feature Characters:

Atom II
Black Canary II
Elongated Man
Flash III
Green Arrow I
Hawkman I
Zatanna (all six also appear in flashback to the Satellite Era)

Guest Stars:

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
Flash II (both appear in flashback to the Satellite Era only)
Batman (behind the scenes)
Oracle II
Firestorm II (behind the scenes)
Doctor Mid-Nite II
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)

Supporting Characters:

Jean Loring
Sue Dibny (appears in flashback to the Satellite Era only)

Villains:

Doctor Light III (last in flashback in Teen Titans Vol. 3 #21, also appears in flashback to the Satellite Era)
Black Spider I
Captain Boomerang (last in Flash Vol. 2 #213)
Cheshire
Chronos
Deadshot (last in Batman: Gotham Knights #57)
Deathstroke
Doctor Moon
Electrocutioner III (last in Detective Comics #799, next in Teen Titans Vol. 3 #20)
Merlyn
Mirror Master III
Monocle
Phobia
Shadow Thief (last in Manhunter Vol. 3 #3)

Comment: Continued directly from the previous issue and continues directly in the next issue.

Synopsis:

Elongated Man and some of his oldest friends plan to track down Doctor Light, who is their prime suspect for the murder of Elongated Man's wife, Sue Dibny. However, their plans are observed by the current generation's Flash and Green Lantern, who realised that something was amiss and demand to know their reasons for suspecting Doctor Light. There is some reluctance among the members of the group, but Green Arrow insists that the two younger heroes should know the truth. Almost a decade ago, when the Justice League met on a satellite, Doctor Light managed to get aboard, finding Sue Dibny there alone while the heroes pursued Hector Hammond. Despite Sue summoning the League, Doctor Light attacked and raped her before the herpes could get back. When Elongated Man took his wife to hospital, Doctor Light taunted the others about his actions, threatening to repeat them with other loved ones of League members. At that point, they took a vote and decided to use Zatanna's abilities to alter his personality, making him less of a threat and accidentally turning him int the joke he is today. And this apparently wasn't the only time they performed such an action. Flash and Green Lantern accompany the older Leaguers to find Doctor Light, but the villain is better prepared than they had expected. He has visited a group of mercenaries and hired the services of Deathstroke.