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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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2021-01-09

JLA gives us a single issue story that Aztek was referencing. Giving us a look into the selection process of new JLA members, starting with newcomer Tomorrow Woman.

As told by Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, John Dell, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age & Ken Lopez.

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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.

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2021-01-08

The Justice League take on the Hyperclan. With not so sexy results. In JLA from Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, John Dell, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez.

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2021-01-05

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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2020-12-26

Aztek confronts the Lizard King. He can do anything. Mostly. Except love.

Aztek keeps running the crazy train from Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, N. Steven Harris, Keith Champagne, Michael Danza, and Chris Eliopoulos.

Also, Aztec mythology fun.

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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.

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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.

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2020-12-23

Aztek gets a name, fights a Force, and is suddenly seeing that all the world is green in Aztek by Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, N. Steven Harris, Keith Champagne, Mike Danza, and Chris Eliopoulos.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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2020-12-15