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 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

JLA A really great one-off Justice League story based around an AI developing its own motives and making a decision to be good, which is all really moving, if not tough to get too emotionally invested in given our current relationships with technology.

1 14
2021-01-09

JLA The big finale for this first arc, this issue is an expert blend of big superhero theatrics and the conclusion of some of the earlier ideas. Also, manages the cheese of the character banter perfectly, keeping it lightly meta.

0 14
2021-01-08

JLA The thing that strikes me about his first issue is just how much it packs in and how compressed it feels, without ever feeling cramped. You get your new threat, your first action sequence, and Batman figuring some of it out all in one chapter.

1 38
2021-01-05

Aztek, The Ultimate Man This issue is a pretty obvious connection between Aztek and the JLA (he spends the entire thing applying for membership), but also I kind of feel like there was more rope for this as a solo book. Ah well.

0 3
2021-01-02

About to fade away for NYE, but first... Aztek, The Ultimate Man Interesting how the guest stars have accelerated from Green Lantern to Batman to Superman. Especially interesting given we’re reading this before hopping into the JLA run proper.

0 3
2021-01-01

Aztek, The Ultimate Man Pretty standard Batman team-up issue here to follow The Joker shows up to terrorize Vanity issue. Pretty well done, but not sure I have too much to say past that.

1 8
2020-12-30

Aztek - The Ultimate Man A pretty rote “oh no, The Joker is in town!” issue. Barely follows up on the horrible fridging last issue and doesn’t move this book’s plot forward too much. Fun all the same, though, I guess.

0 7
2020-12-29

Aztek - The Ultimate Man There’s a lot to like in this comic, which really is the most intriguing of the series so far, layering Aztek’s personal history and giving him a mission. Still, what happens to Joy is a pretty tough thing.

0 8
2020-12-26

Aztek, The Ultimate Man Aztek has two dates...one with a colleague who was apparently put up for it for...reasons, and another with a supervillain wanting to take him out to make a name for herself. Sure, yeah, let’s do this.

0 4
2020-12-24

Aztek, The Ultimate Man This was a fun team-up story. I’ve assumed for a while that DC had a stipulation for a time that second issues starring new or obscure characters get bigger name team-ups. This holds with that.

2 12
2020-12-23

Aztek - The Ultimate Man So, I’ve read the back half of the JLA run but never Aztek in full. Gets right into things here from the jump.

0 21
2020-12-22

Justice League: A Midsummer’s Nightmare This was a fun issue, in which the team wakes up, reunites, fights some randos briefly, and ends on the promise of more big and colorful superheroics. Easy to see this as a tone-setter for Morrison.

1 16
2020-12-17

Justice League: A Midsummer’s Nightmare This first issue was fun. Feels like such a quintessential Justice League story it’s hard to imagine it ever felt all that new, but that’s how Morrison describes it in their intro, tabbing it as their run’s unofficial prelude.

0 8
2020-12-15