Category: Justice League of America
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Being insincere and not funny are two things Justice League 3000 can’t handle. It’s a dumb idea–in the future, the Wonder Twins clone the Justice League so they can save the galaxy. Only there are problems. For example, Superman is a lot like the Giffen/DeMatteis Guy Gardner, only with some Ultimate Captain America thrown in.…
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If nothing else, Milligan’s mishandling of Justice League Dark shows why pairing Justice League members off for issues has always worked. Because when you try to tell eight individual stories, you end up with a Deadman comic with some pointless guest stars. Sadly, Janin’s art doesn’t hold up this issue. The first half or so…
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You know who should be writing DC’s new Wonder Woman? Geoff Johns. You know who can’t write Aquaman, apparently, in Justice League? Yeah, Johns too. This issue opens with Wonder Woman, gives a really quick look at her arrival in the new DC Universe, immediately establishing a strong female character. It’s utterly fantastic. Shame the…
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It’s an action issue in the old Justice League tradition, two heroes break off and have a related adventure. Jurgens takes it even further, with the administrators teaming up too. Only Guy Gardner gets to play it solo. The result’s a mixed bag. Batman and Booster Gold are good together, but only because Jurgens’s characterization…
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Strangely, I don’t care about any of Justice League Dark‘s significant problems. It’s got Janin on the art still and he’s still fantastic, so it can pretty much be about anything. And Milligan isn’t going to write anything offensive. It might get bad, but it won’t offend on any level other than wasting time. But…
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Superman’s a dick. And so is Cyborg’s dad. Other than those two developments, I’m not entirely sure what new developments Justice League has to offer. Jim Lee and his funny new superhero outfits? Towards the end, when Darkseid’s minions break through to attack, it almost works. Johns and Lee almost get the issue to the…
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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…
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Who is Mikel Janin and why isn’t he on a better book? Janin is an exquisite artist. He brings a sense of realism to his figures and settings… and the magical nonsense in Justice League Dark. He’s not an inappropriate artist for the comic at all, he just should be on something much, much better.…
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I can’t believe I’m saying it… but Dan Jurgens writes a pretty good Batman. Jurgens’s Batman is empathetic and can work with people. Having him be Booster Gold’s cheerleader makes Justice League International something different. The book is mismatched superheroes against threats they aren’t powerful enough to overcome. Jurgens manages their personalities well enough–though he’s…
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So what’s Geoff Johns’s big insight into relaunching the DC Universe? Make it a lot like Marvels. A super-lot. And there’s another difference. It’s not superheroes in the new DC Universe. It’s super-heroes. What other big changes? Jim Lee draws Superman like a teenager and everyone’s costume now has small, unbelievable (and nonfunctional) bulky little…
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Bringing Giffen, DeMatteis and Maguire back for a “final” return to their Justice League works quite well. Even though DC’s historically challenged calling them an nineties team–weren’t they the quintessential eighties team? The issue’s incredibly complex and layered–everyone gets a subplot, except Martian Manhunter, who just gets the unintentionally funny lines. Giffen and DeMatteis plot…
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Conway goes out of his way to remind the reader this Justice League isn’t the real Justice League. It’s the eighties Detroit League no one likes. But then his script presents this team overcoming a lot of odds not just to save the day, but to save the kids on a school trip to visit…
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So Andy Smith can do a mediocre superhero comic. His faces are a little unfinished, but his figures are fine. Gordon Purcell, on the other hand, is—from what it looks like—regularly working on Archie? Purcell handles the “real” part of the story, which involves the JLA going to Earth-Prime (the “real” Earth, pre-Crisis, where superheroes…
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