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[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Scott Snyder
PENCILS: Jim Cheung
INKS: Mark Morales
COLORS: Tomeu Morey
LETTERS: Tom Napolitano
EDITOR: Rebecca Taylor
COVER: Jim Cheung with Laura Martin
VARIANT COVER: Jim Lee and Scott Williams with Alex Sinclair
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (Early August 2018)
Rated “T+” for “Teen Plus”
“The Totality” Part One
The Justice League (also known as Justice League of America or JLA) is DC Comics' premiere superhero group. Conceived by writer Gardner Fox and first drawn by artist Mike Sekowsky, the Justice League first appeared as a team in The Brave and the Bold #28 (cover dated: March 1960). The seven original members were Superman, Aquaman, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and Wonder Woman. The team received its own book with the debut of Justice League of America #1 (cover dated: October 1960).
For the third time in seven years, Justice League debuts with a new first issue. This new Justice League 2018 is written by Scott Snyder. This debut issue is drawn by Jim Cheung (pencils) and Mark Morales (inks); colored by Tomeu Morey; and lettered by Tom Napolitano.
Justice League #1 opens with a comet of golden light streaking across space... and across several periods of time. Next, there is a glimpse of the Justice League's “Hall of Justice.” Then, we find Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Flash, Aquaman, and Hawkgirl lead fellow superheroes, including Cyborg and Mr. Terrific, into a fight against bands of Neanderthals that have been biologically and technologically advanced by Justice League supervillain, Vandal Savage. However, the arrival of some familiar supervillains and arch-nemesis and of something wicked/mysterious this way comes makes a League victory seem Pyrrhic.
Since 1985, DC Comics turns to a cosmic event to either save itself financially or to simply increase sales with a high-profile publishing event. And quite frankly, I am not interested in another Scott Snyder, time-spanning, multi-universal conspiracy.
But I enjoyed the art in Justice League #1. I will read any comic book story drawn by Jim Cheung, whose pencils are nicely inked by Mark Morales in this issue. Tomeu Morey, as usual, colors with the power of Shaka Zulu, turning in such beauty that I was willing to wade through a story in which I had no interest. Letterer Tom Napolitano, for the umpteenth time, makes the unreadable quite readable.
I have to admit this: I will keep reading Justice League (2018), if future art teams are as good as the one in Justice League #1.
5.5 out of 10
[This comic book includes a preview of Teen Titans #20 by Adam Glass, Bernard Chang, Marcelo Maiolo, and Rob Leigh.]
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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