Its a two part review, what with there being two new chapters and all, but I'll start simply by saying I'm liking the decisions your making so far. Keeping the Kent's alive is a great start, having Darkseid hang back is equally good since, considering how Final Crisis was more or less right before the reboot, reading the God of Evil getting his rear handed to him by seven plucky kids is a bit of a hard pill to swallow, and as for Superman not flying...well...

I can see your logic behind it, but my suspension of disbelief allows for natural flight for Kryptonians. I know he didn't fly during the Golden Age, or at least the very beginning of it, but I do like Superman being timidly powerful, if that makes sense. However, if there's artificial flight, then really it doesn't make a huge difference. Either way, its your decision, and since you've kept him more in character than the actual arc itself did, it's basically just an ascetic change.

Plot moved great in the third chapter, maybe a little rushed at the end but it certainly flowed much better. Writing is good too; didn't notice any major spelling or grammatical errors, but I am kinda blind to that myself so...

Chapter 4: I like Diana being a former part of the JSA. A lot. As much as I love George Perez's run, its cool to see her switched up a bit, and having her be one of the more experienced members of the League should be a great change of pace (especially since, again, she's far and away more in character in this story). Also, you have the JSA, which is automatically great. Love the JSA.

And Despero, a cool ass villain who got a single cameo appearance in Forever Evil and was the forever delegated to the "forget until emergency" pile. I'm liking your choice to use him in the next arc. Graves was...meh, an ok idea poorly executed, and I won't throw my hand up and say I liked Throne of Atlantis either, so the fact that your branching off from the New 52 continuity and using underutilized villains like Despero is a good sign for me. The fact that your title is a reference to Joseph Conrad and the powers of Despero tell me that the hero's journey might hit a few bumps in the road...

So, I'm liking what I'm seeing so far. Things might be a little bit rushed with the short chapter length, so don't feel afraid to extend out the action a little bit, get into the heads of characters, but you're also avoiding the long, dragged out feel that plagued the opening few arcs in the real New 52 storyline, so sticking to your status quo is totally fine.

I really enjoyed chapter 3 great work!

Sorry dude but making dumbshit stories like that loses interest and you just lost mine by making superman weak looks like you are another jlu animated series fan not the real fan of comic books and don't make dumb stories

Thank you. Just...thank you.

For starters, skipping out on the Batman-Superman-Green Lantern three-way beatdown was an excellent choice. Not only does the narrative flow a lot better that way (since I think you're more or less using the same narrative from the opening arc), but it paints Superman as far less of a Superboy-Prime pastiche and more like the actual Big Blue. The Green Lantern change up was an interesting choice as well; I'm not the biggest Hal Jordan fan (more of a Kyle Rayner kind of guy), so it's no skin off my back, but either way its a far better characterization than the one in Johns initial few books (ie; she's actually likeable). Batman comes off a little light sometimes, but its minor considering how the rest of the portrayal is pretty great, and honestly he's a flexible character. A lighter Batman is still Batman.

Biggest thing though is your Wonder Woman characterization. Again, thank you, it's such a nice relief to actually see her act diplomatic (and intelligent) without swinging her sword around like she gets airmiles from it. The idea to go the old JSA/John Byrne (minus the whole "it was Hippolyta" thing) route is cool move as well, and makes me hopeful that she'll assume a more leadership oriented role right off the bat.

Irrespective of whether or not you go the SM/WW romance, the fact that you cut out the horrid "you're strong..." bit is another good sign. It's not my ship, I'll admit, but if you do go down that route it'll at the very least not reek of Twilight-level writing.

And who doesn't like a little Steppenwolf right? The band too but...irrelevant.

All in all, a solid polishing of the original arc that really shows just how underwhelming the first few Justice League issues were. I applaud you; this is good work so far.

DC left the old universe because it is not working and readers are dwindling and they rebooted in 1985 also but you are not complaining about that so do not cry that DC rebooted their continuity.
And in New 52 they really writing some good stories which are not possible in old version just look at what they did to Barbara Gordon or Cyborg or even SM/WW also the new powerful Darkseid and Anti-Monitor

You really have to destroy the best scene of justice league war ?

Very good update.
As for the whole SM/WW thing, you actually created a pretty good window for something deeper with them based on mutual respect and admiration. That being said, it's your story. Your world. Who ends up with who(if you plan on any relationships at all) is entirely your decision.
Keep it up.

Definitely looks like an interesting take on the new 52 comics. Can't wait to see what you come up with next. Hopefully you have this be a SM/WW story.

Petty gripe. "Healing Factor" is a Marvel term. Regeneration fits non Marvel characters quite well,

I'm up if you make it SM/WW
and that is the one thing DC done new in new 52 and making Barbara Gordon Batgirl again as well as Barry

Wow. I am so goddamn on board with this story. I love your alterations to canon; while your characters are really cool and refreshingly level-headed. It's nice to re-imagine this story with nobody being a massive knob for seemingly no reason.
My only hope for this story is that you keep the Diana/Clark romance sub-plot going. With your writing style, you'd really bring out the best of both heroes.
I'm also interested to see how your Diana will turn out due to her advanced age/experience.
Keep up the amazing work.