After what had happened with Pelota coming back from the dead, Alberto and Tim naturally could no longer conclude that "unknown whether dead or alive means dead." Forget unknown whether dead or alive—even people whose deaths had already been confirmed were hard to guarantee as still being dead.
"There are two questions." Tim held up two fingers. "First, why Hugo Strange?"
"Because he was pretty capable, I guess," Jena said. "Although I'm far removed from that era and never met him myself, anyone who could become director of Arkham Asylum must have been highly skilled in his field."
"Besides, skills involving the mind and psychology happen to counter Brainiac. For example, Brainiac didn't find anything suspicious in that corpse collector's background either. That proves Hugo may have erased the information long ago using his abilities. It also shows that the mastermind was right to revive Hugo. If he had revived someone else, a lot of information might already have been uncovered."
"That makes some sense. But don't forget, we fought Darkseid before." Tim turned sideways, resting one arm on the bar. "During the Brainiac War, Darkseid lost plenty of powerful people too. No matter how capable Hugo was, he was only an ordinary human. He couldn't compare to those super-soldiers. Revive just one alien like that, and he could set an entire city awash in blood."
"I understand what you mean," Alberto said. "What's strange is that this mastermind didn't choose a direct assault and insisted on operating in secret. After all, resurrection is a power best used on Earth."
Neither Jena nor Tim objected. Earth had just fought a Cosmic War. Brainiac had led all humanity in striking back against the various alien civilizations led by Darkseid, and the casualties had been countless. Reviving those people should have been