It’s not exactly a talking heads issue. Instead, it’s an arguing heads issue. Oh, there’s action at the beginning, but it’s just to show the team isn’t a team. But Lopresti’s art doesn’t work for showing that failure. He splits up his pages into four tall panels (during the action scene), showing what the team is doing. It doesn’t come across like they’re outgunned.
And Lopresti does do all right for most of Justice League International. It’s just a superhero team book and he and inker Ryan handle it (though there are some problems distinguishing Booster and Guy Gardner and the chins are funny). But he can’t do nuance.
I never realized a Dan Jurgens book would require nuance, but apparently it does.
Some small problems aside, this issue’s really… pretty good. Jurgens moves past all the relaunch nonsense. It’s about people working together.
International is far better than expected.
CREDITS
The Signal Masters, Part Two; writer, Dan Jurgens; penciller, Aaron Lopresti; inker, Matt Ryan; colorist, Hi-Fi; letterer, Travis Lanham; editor, Rex Ogle; publisher, DC Comics.