BUSH ADMINISTRATION CREATES THE
"U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LEAGUE"

PRESIDENT APPOINTS "NUCULAR MAN" TEAM LEADER

When the original Justice League disbanded to join Batman's anarchist cell DK2, it was the last straw for the disillusioned Man of Steel, who became a member of the Communist Party USA and converted the Hall of Justice into the Hall of Socialism (see the SHAFT NewsWire, October 2003). But when Superman was unable to recruit any meta-humans to his Supercomrades team, he became riddled with self-doubt and decided to exile himself from Earth. Taking nothing with him but an oxygen tank, Superman flew off into outer space, and the government seized the abandoned Hall of Socialism under eminent domain.

Under orders from Secretary of Meta-Human Affairs Amanda Waller, crime scene investigators were immediately sent in to scour the building for any trace of Superman's DNA, which they reportedly located in the vicinity of his magazine collection. The samples were sent to Project Cadmus, the government's top genetic research institute, where scientists set about cloning a new Man of Tomorrow using a combination of atomic and solar power.

The experiment was a success, and Dubya dubbed the end result "The Nucular Man." The Hall of Socialism was converted into offices for a new branch of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Nucular Man was given a corner suite. Project Cadmus continued to crank out genetically-engineered meta-humans, and soon the newly renovated Hall of Justice was home to a whole new team of government-sanctioned and government-controlled superheroes, The Ultimen: Juice, Wind Dragon, Longshadow, and the wonder twins Shifter & Downpour.

The President then rewarded one of his largest campaign contributors, multi-millionaire Maxwell Lord, with the newly-created cabinet position of DOJ League Liaison.