Months had passed without the slightest progress, and even the atmosphere within the Superman Regime had dropped to an icy low.
Not everyone in the Injustice League supported Superman's increasingly extreme methods. They had backed him only because the crimes Joker had committed were truly beyond forgiveness.
During the first year after the Superman Regime's founding, Injustice Superman had not yet become completely corrupted. Though driven by rage and hatred, his actions were still influenced by his old, saintly ways.
Moreover, Superman's beloved Lois had died horribly in space while pregnant, leaving most former members of the Justice League sympathetic to his plight.
But starting in the second year, Superman began to change.
Rage and hatred twisted his already volatile temper, yet everyone still held out hope for him.
They believed he would return to the man they knew and set the Superman Regime's cause back on the right path.
But now it was already the third year.
Not only had Superman shown no sign of recovering, he had grown increasingly obsessive and irritable. On top of that came Batman and the Resistance Army's repeated defiance, and the sudden arrival of a mysterious force that had joined the Resistance Army.
The effects of the Lantern Corps war in space and the Yellow Lantern's incineration of cities continued to spread.
Even the citizens who supported the regime had begun to doubt the Superman Regime's original promise of absolute peace throughout the world.
... "How long has it been since he last took off his Yellow Lantern ring?"
In a corner near the lounge on the right side of the former Hall of Justice, the Superman Regime's few remaining capable lieutenants were talking in hushed voices.
Superman was no longer the warm, cheerful man he had once been. Although he still promised