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/WildCATs by Grant Morrison, Val Semeiks, Kevin Conrad, Ray Kryssing, Pat Garrahy, Digital Chameleon, and Ken Lopez gives us an epic inter-company crossover between DC and Image as the two teams face off against the destruction of existence and Epoch.

0 1
2021-02-05

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

This series concludes with JLA: Paradise Lost by Mark Millar, Ariel Olivetti, Daniel Vozzo, Heroic Age, and Chris Eliopoulos.

Asmodel's forces rage against the Silver City with only Zauriel and the Martian Manhunter left to stand in his way.

0 1
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

JLA I really loved this issue, which just so perfectly blends Grant Morrison’s vast knowledge of metaphysical science and theories with superhero fantasy in space. It just...might not get any better than this, folks. What a time.

2 24
2021-01-21

JLA Lex Luthor’s “corporate takeover” of the Justice League speeds along here, really going according to the plan until he runs into another CEO — Bruce Wayne. The corporate angle is a cool one.

0 13
2021-01-20

JLA Intro to a new arc here, with the Injustice Squad. The weirdest thing if you’re just reading this on its own is that someone mentions Wonder Woman is dead and it’s never a thing that is explained or revisited past that.

1 10
2021-01-19

JLA One thing this run is doing so well is seeding the next arcs at the end of those that precede it, which is kind of a lost art now I think, with so much written for trade or (worse) written with no guarantee of extending past one story arc.

0 10
2021-01-15

JLA This is the first non-Howard Porter issue. I’m also consistently amazed at how simple and clean this run feels, while not getting boring at all. It’s like Justice League Comics 101, a foundation for the team for all times.

1 23
2021-01-14

JLA concludes this rage of angels by Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, John Dell, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez. It also sets up something key for the next arc.

0 2
2021-01-13

JLA Lots of setup in this issue, which sees Zauriel showing up with a presumably a host of biblical bad guys (I think?) right on his heels. Otherwise, this issue sees the League do some fighting and take some licks.

1 10
2021-01-12