Another comic book collection from my son, James. This is the re-boot of the Justice League of America as the “Justice League International: vol 1“, (2008©). Does it work? Yeah. Is it great? No, not really. | |
To start off with, the book is kind of drawn from the early 60’s method. The book is hard-bound, rather than just thick paper like most of these “modern” collections. And it’s done on old school paper, not the glossy stuff they put everything one these days. Overall effect – I liked it!! | |
Now, meat and potatoes – the art work itself is good – old school, so not the super-heroic, ultra-muscle drawing so common today. The story is well put together and has a decent flow. It doesn’t jump all over the place like an Ang Lee movie. As a first introduction to many of these characters, the book was well done. Some of the characters are “old”, like Green Lantern, but he’s not the Hal Jordan character I grew up with. Also, Batman is a very interesting character / leader in this version of the League. I found that intriguing, because I was always used to Batman being the loner. Finally, I appreciated how the various heroes have personality quirks which cause them to rub each other the wrong way. That made for group dynamics I don’t remember ever seeing in DC Comics before. | |
Bottom line: recommended reading. | |
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