Talk:JLA: Tower of Babel

Notes

The Scarecrow used a similar aphasia plot in an early issue of The Batman Adventures#5.

Oddly enough, Superman gave the Batman a chunk of kryptonite to take him down in case the Kryptonian was ever possessed long before this storyline, making it an early forerunner of the Justice Protocols.

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Removed 'follow-ups' section as unreferenced

I've removed the section below as being unsubstantiated. We cannot make these connections between the Tower of Babel" storyline and the examples below. We need explicit secondary referencing that unequiviocally states this connection. We as editors are not allowed to Sherlock out the connections.

Follow-ups

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• It is revealed in JLA #50 that Superman did indeed vote for Batman's expulsion from the League, feeling that Batman could have told them that his strategies existed and simply withheld any details that would compromise their effectiveness rather than maintain his secrecy. This prompts Batman to show that he trusts the League by revealing his identity as Bruce Wayne to them (although he also notes that Superman must reveal his identity as Clark Kent at the same time).
• In the JLA Secret Files and Origins #3, it is revealed that Talia al Ghul is the one that actually stole Batman's contingency plans, first from the Watchtower on the moon, and later from the Batcave.
• The issues raised by Batman's actions here also cause problems for his partners. Robin in particular is treated with some distrust by his current teammates in Young Justice, with Superboy, Impulse, Wonder Girl and Arrowette (Cissie King-Jones) openly wondering if Robin has developed similar strategies to stop them. While Secret affirms her complete faith in Robin, Empress points out that people would be praising Batman if his strategies had come to light under the circumstances they were designed for, and Li'l Lobo concludes that nobody could defeat him and hence whether or not Robin had files on him was irrelevant. This crisis causes the team to temporarily disband following the Imperiex War, and even after they reassemble Wonder Girl takes over as team leader rather than Robin.
• In DC's 2005 limited series Identity Crisis it is revealed that Zatanna had edited Batman's memories to prevent him from stopping the original Justice League members from lobotomizing Doctor Light after he raped Sue Dibny. The Flash eventually learns what happened from Green Arrow. When Batman discovers the truth, he creates a more extreme device, the Brother I satellite surveillance system to monitor the world's superhuman population.
• In DC's new universe The New 52, a mysterious intruder infiltrates the Batcave and accesses Batman's computer (which is genetically coded to allow only Batman access) and steals Batman's contingency protocols against his Justice League teammates. While the Justice League investigates the intruder, Batman does not mention anything about the contingency plans. After Despero is defeated by the Justice League in the Watchtower and they recover the Kryptonite ring Despero had from Batman's contingency protocol for Superman, Cyborg tells them that Despero is not the intruder. After this, while Batman and Superman are in Batcave, Superman entrusts him about keeping the Kryptonite ring in case he ever falls victim to possession or mind control. Batman then gives Superman his own contingency protocol, just in case the Justice League needs to protect itself against Batman's vigilantism. During the Forever Evil storyline, when most of the League are trapped in a pocket universe while the Crime Syndicate attempts to conquer the world, Batman tries to use his League contingency plans against their Syndicate counterparts, such as wielding a Sinestro Corps ring against Power Ring, but the plan proves ineffective.

Please do not re-add the material without the requested referencing. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 17:08, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

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