JLA This run has a steady ebb and flow of the team getting totally dismantled by some enemy...before then regrouping, figuring something out, and saving the day. And yet. It’s still a fun ride to get there, which is a credit to the creators.

0 5
2021-02-26

JLA Where do you go after your run involves facing an evil sentient sun from the distant future that required centuries upon centuries to defeat? You go to commentary about the inherent evil of the military industrial complex.

2 16
2021-02-25

DC One Million The finale. I really liked this event (for which I read all the tie-ins), and it was an interesting contrast reading it alongside Future State, which felt looser and less consistent, but also in some places (Superman, especially) more interesting.

1 13
2021-02-24

DC One Million I’m really into this event, which has so many DC Comics things I love basically central to it and on display in this issue, from Plastic Man to Vandal Savage to the publisher’s deep bench of superheroes.

0 8
2021-02-23

DC One Million The thing I liked most about this second issue is that it makes excellent use of DC’s deep bench of great characters. No usual Batman, Superman, or even Wonder Woman in sight. Instead it’s Titans, Blue Beetles, The Atom. Great.

0 8
2021-02-19

JLA This is a great issue, reaching the utter peak of DC Comics superheroic absurdity to this point, and boasting a climax wherein Dream battles/imprisons Starro to ultimately save the world. Porter also levels up here, IMO.

1 15
2021-02-17

JLA Oh hey, I should have known from the cover but this one features Dream (Daniel), and it also features Starro. What a great and seemingly-disparate pairing of characters. Also, GMo is back after a guest stint by Mark Waid.

2 8
2021-02-16

Distracting myself by reading ahead in the project. Doing some DC One Millions tie-ins. Love the art in this Impulse comic by Craig Rousseau, Barbara Kaalberg, and Tom McCraw.

Also, here’s the UPDATED GMosJLA landing page if you’re curious: https://t.co/UPGxZwquAY

0 4
2021-02-14

JLA Kind of knew throughout the last issue that this wasn’t a full heel turn for ol’ Adam Strange, but still interesting to follow it as it plays out. The ending hits a bittersweet note that not too many superhero books tend to embrace. Next, Morrison returns!

0 7
2021-02-13

JLA This one is a little disturbing. It’s about the mad-wrecking grief those who lose their families suffer. This is a major concern that seems to come up again and again among those making superhero comics. Not entirely sure why.

0 4
2021-02-12

JLA A nice end to this little story here, one that has an interesting lesson about not dwelling on what could have been, and also a bit of contemplation of needing to derive meaning from tragedy.

0 9
2021-02-09

JLA https://t.co/1MbSqe52j1 is off, throwing our hashtag into utter confusion...but it’s a fun story nonetheless. Mark Waid scripts with regular series artist Howard Porter, which gives us some continuity. It’s also impeccably polished, as Waid’s work tends to be.

4 13
2021-02-06

JLA Our friend Prometheus from the last issue one shot is now unleashed on the new and expanded League, somehow giving them what seems like their stiffest challenge yet. He’s even prepared for Batman.

1 11
2021-02-03

Prometheus (Villains) This was an interesting issue, giving us an origin for the next villain en route toward the Justice League and also explaining away questions about how and why he’s fighting them now. Fun in parts, too.

0 15
2021-02-02

JLA Secret Files This is a fun issue, and I’m a Christopher Priest apologist who loves all his work, so his scripting was a treat. Ultimately, the point here is to re-assemble and ultimately expand the League. Good times for all.

0 8
2021-01-30

JLA - Paradise Lost I’m not entirely sure how they beat Asmodel. I guess a big part of it had to do with Neron being a fickle ally. Still an entertaining read that ends by positioning Zauriel as an auxillary member of the team.

0 4
2021-01-29

JLA - Paradise Lost The plot thickens, which of course, this is a three-issue series. Nobody is standing still. This is a fast-moving book by necessity, and it reads well in this issue as it moves quickly toward its end locale — heaven.

1 5
2021-01-28

JLA - Paradise Lost So, we decided to do this little divergence because I thought the Zauriel arc and involved characters were interesting...and this doesn’t disappoint the expectations that I had. This first issue, it seems like a fun sidestep from the full run.

0 6
2021-01-27

JLA This story arc is so epic, essentially what might be a modern event story or else worlds tale condensed into a few monthly issues. It also feels like we get shades of ideas Morrison would explore more intricately in Final Crisis, down to some similar moments.

1 18
2021-01-23

JLA What a great issue. This is the first issue in which we ever hear the phrase “Darkseid Is”, I believe, and it is part of what is arguably the best comic involving New Gods characters not written by The King, Jack Kirby, himself.

2 26
2021-01-22