JLA #5: 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. #GMosJLA
JLA #5 gives us a single issue story that Aztek #10 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.
JLA #4: 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. #GMosJLA
The Justice League take on the Hyperclan. With not so sexy results. In JLA #2 from Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, John Dell, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez.
JLA #1: 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. #GMosJLA
Aztek, The Ultimate Man #10: 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. #GMosJLA
About to fade away for NYE, but first... Aztek, The Ultimate Man #9: 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. #GMosJLA
Aztek, The Ultimate Man #7: 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. #GMosJLA
Aztek - The Ultimate Man #6: 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. #GMosJLA
Aztek - The Ultimate Man #5: 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. #GMosJLA
Aztek, The Ultimate Man #3: 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. #GMosJLA
Aztek, The Ultimate Man #2: 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. #GMosJLA
Aztek gets a name, fights a Force, and is suddenly seeing that all the world is green in Aztek #2 by Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, N. Steven Harris, Keith Champagne, Mike Danza, and Chris Eliopoulos.
Justice League: A Midsummer’s Nightmare #2: 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. #GMosJLA
Justice League: A Midsummer’s Nightmare #1: 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. #GMosJLA