‘JLA’ Archives
Justice League of America 13-21
After Brad Meltzer's run on JLA, Dwayne McDuffy comes in and starts his own run on the book. It's not been a re-invention of the superhero genre, but the stories are fun almost self-contained stories. There is no need to know much about the characters to follow the story, which was my biggest problem about Meltzer's run. There was an overall [...]
JLA #8-10/JSA #5-6: The Lightning Saga
This team-up between the new JLA and JSA series actually involves the Legion. There are 3 teams, for a total of... a lot of characters. The plot is actually simple, this is a time travel story that has one important result and some other important subplots that will be explored in future stories. Beyond this main story, there are many other [...]
Justice League of America, Vol. 1: The Tornado’s Path
This volume collects the first 7 issues of the new JLA series from DC Comics. My friend Ivan got this for me and I am very glad he did. This is the creation of the new Justice League after the big events in 52. I am not very familiar with all characters, including Red Tornado, the star of this story. This story not only brings together this [...]
JLA Classified #1-3
JL A Classified is a monthly series starring the JLA, each story arc is created by a different writer/artist. The inaugural arc was 3 issues, and the creators were Grant Morrison and Ed McGuinness. This story marks the return of Morrison to the JLA after his extensive run on the monthly JLA a few years ago. This story feels just like that run, [...]
JLA / Avengers
I have to admit, I enjoyed this book more than I expected. I thought this would be a good story, but in the end not more than a team up and fight on a cosmic level. And it was like that, a huge event involving death of entire universes and reality bending. But there was much more to it. I especially enjoyed the contrast between the Marvel [...]
The Kingdom
This is a DC Comics event, even though it was a faily self contained event. It consisted of a prelude issue, Gog, and The Kingdom #1-2 which are the beginning and the end of this story, and then there are 5 issues in the middle, each with different stars and artists. There is only one writer though, which is Mark Waid. This is a continuation of [...]
JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice
This is a very typical superhero story, joining two superhero teams together against two or more supervillains. And it is a good story for what it sets out to do, a fun action adventure. Unfortunately it is not my favorite story, at least not anymore. It just feels like any other anonymous superhero team story. Again, well crafted but unappealing [...]