Next, The Man Who Stopped Laughing recognized Supergirl, then recognized Deathstroke after he revealed his true form.
Of course, all he recognized was that black-and-yellow armor, not the person wearing it. In his memories, Deathstroke should have been a one-eyed middle-aged man abandoned by his wife and son, not the young, handsome man standing before him now.
But those were minor details. As he recognized everyone one by one, his memories gradually began to return. Under Harley's unconventional leading questions, she started with the news reports they already knew about and helped The Man Who Stopped Laughing enter his memories.
She quickly discovered that he had taken part in the battle that had wiped out the Justice League. His account of it was extremely detailed, filled with things absent from the news and online records.
The key was that he still remembered his opponent at the time: a Batwoman from the Dark Multiverse who had never stopped laughing.
The Batman Who Laughs.
That was enough to establish The Man Who Stopped Laughing's position. Decades ago, he had been a Superhero.
"Let him go, Little Dai. He wants to remember who he is too, so he'll cooperate willingly." Su Ming came over to Harley and crouched beside her. He casually took the murder weapon from The Man Who Stopped Laughing's arms—a sharp kitchen knife—then told Diana to withdraw the Lasso of Truth. "He's just an ordinary person, and he used to be one of us."
Diana did not object. With a flick of her wrist, the lasso whooshed back into her hand, and she kneaded it into a ball like a bundle of yarn.
She had complete confidence in Slade's combat abilities. The person before them was only an ordinary man; even if he were a Kryptonian, he would not be