In response to the increase in metahuman activity, the Department of Extranormal Operations has instituted two new initiatives: The Brother Eye satellite system to monitor metahuman activity, & the O.M.A.C. (One Man Army Corps) Program, cybernetic defenders of the United States & the planet as a whole.
When Batman discovers that the origin of the D.E.O'.s new technological wonders is Brainiac, Superman's foe, he gathers the Justice League.