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You know, even though I kind of liked this issue, I still kept asking myself one question: "Who is the bigger idiot in this story?"

Is it Madame Xanadu, who in spite getting visions of the Justice League's future instead of Plastique's, doesn't ask herself "Why am I not seeing this woman's future?" until it was way too late?

Is it Superman, who in spite of knowing Wonder Woman for the past five years to the point where's he's now dating her, has only now learned that an Amazon Warrior such as herself has no problem killing her enemies when necessary? Or the fact that he's faced with both the Pandora from myth and how his girlfriend can back up her story, yet he refuses to believe it or even discuss it? Or, despite his misgivings, willingly takes a weird skull box for him to open? Or when Doctor Light accidentally zaps Wonder Woman, him flying all into a rage at the guy who openly said he absorbs light/solar energy from him?

Is it Billy Batson/Shazam, who decides to do the honorable thing in releasing Black Adam's ashes, and is determined to do it at Kahndaq even though it would mean violating that country's airspace, but figures it's not a problem since Superman and Wonder Woman did it, too--thus being the very person which starts the Trinity War in the process?

Is it Pandora, who only assumed that because Superman was the strongest and most powerful superhero that he'd be the one to open the box, even though, given how many his being raised on Earth would give him a more human view of things, not to mention that one of he's susceptible to all forms of magic?

Is it Amanda Waller, who, because she is so hellbent on taking down the Justice League, decides to draft Doctor Light to the team, despite him having no battlefield or combat experience, with as of yet untested super-powers from a strange device, and not thinking something could seriously go wrong? Not to mention her deciding to pick a fight with the Justice League at that particular time "just because?"

Or is it the Atom, who decided to alert Amanda Waller about the Justice League going to Kahndaq? Then, once the big fight is about to start, blurting out within Element Woman's earshot that she works for the JLA?

Then again, misunderstandings and rash decisions are usually how these super hero brawls start anyway.

At least we now have an idea how the Justice League Dark gets involved, considering how it appears Madame Xanadu was the one murdered. And probably why Wonder Woman eventually joins up with them, as she most likely assumes Pandora was the one responsible since she was the one who gave Superman the box which caused him to act nuts. Although, the solution to how the Outsider framed Superman seems pretty clear: since Doctor Light can absorb light energy, including solar energy stored in Superman, he would also be able to accidentally draw out Superman's heat vision even if Superman wasn't trying to use his heat vision, since it would be just another form of concentrated light. Of course, the Outsider also had to count on Amanda Waller's foolish decision to put Doctor Light on the team, and for Doctor Light by being near Superman to accidentally blast Wonder Woman, thereby making Superman all angry to get up close to Doctor Light.