Justice League of America Wedding Special
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Justice League Of America
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- Price:
$3.99$3.19- Artist:
- Ethan Van Sciver
- Author:
- Dwayne Mc Duffie
- Release Date:
- September 12, 2007
- In Stock?
- Expected soon
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Colouring:
- FC
Comic Summary:
Dwayne McDuffie (Justice League Unlimited animated series) begins his run on the Justice League of America here! As a wedding looms and bachelor parties are thrown, the new Injustice League forms. Find out who will be on this deadly team!
Codes:
76194126578000111 JUL070195
Customer Reviews
If Brad Meltzer's run on the latest Justice League title was a textbook example of decompression, then writer Dwayne McDuffie's launch in this one-shot plays more like "recompression," which isn't yet terminology for the comics cognoscenti but should be.
Where Meltzer famously took several issues' worth of flashbacks to reveal the "big three" of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman selecting their League, McDuffie plays off that very scene in the first few pages of this special, with Lex Luthor, the Joker, and Cheetah riffing on that sequence to select their Injustice League. From the chest emblem close-ups to the stacks of photos on a table (here mugshots instead of Polaroids), it's a note-perfect parody, and it's quick--which lets you know right off the bat that McDuffie's bringing a tighter, more focused sensibility to the book.
The storyline McDuffie's chasing here--another relaunch of the "every supervillain in the world joins one massive organization" plot, done to death in comics and even in the Justice League Unlimited cartoon show, where McDuffie was a writer--isn't the most original device to come down the pike. But honestly, if you want "originality" in your team superhero books, go read Planetary or The Boys.
McDuffie's a devotee of classic, classy superhero adventure, told with wit and economy, and all his talents are on full display here. Penciler Mike McKone supports him well, with the same mix of on-point expressions and cartoonish exaggeration that made his run on Fantastic Four so much fun.
Is it a cop-out that McDuffie's JLofA run launches in this $3.99 special, instead of in the pages of the title itself? Absolutely. Is it still a great comic? Also, absolutely. And best of all, packed with goodness--the Justice League has been recompressed, and it reads all the better for it.
Where Meltzer famously took several issues' worth of flashbacks to reveal the "big three" of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman selecting their League, McDuffie plays off that very scene in the first few pages of this special, with Lex Luthor, the Joker, and Cheetah riffing on that sequence to select their Injustice League. From the chest emblem close-ups to the stacks of photos on a table (here mugshots instead of Polaroids), it's a note-perfect parody, and it's quick--which lets you know right off the bat that McDuffie's bringing a tighter, more focused sensibility to the book.
The storyline McDuffie's chasing here--another relaunch of the "every supervillain in the world joins one massive organization" plot, done to death in comics and even in the Justice League Unlimited cartoon show, where McDuffie was a writer--isn't the most original device to come down the pike. But honestly, if you want "originality" in your team superhero books, go read Planetary or The Boys.
McDuffie's a devotee of classic, classy superhero adventure, told with wit and economy, and all his talents are on full display here. Penciler Mike McKone supports him well, with the same mix of on-point expressions and cartoonish exaggeration that made his run on Fantastic Four so much fun.
Is it a cop-out that McDuffie's JLofA run launches in this $3.99 special, instead of in the pages of the title itself? Absolutely. Is it still a great comic? Also, absolutely. And best of all, packed with goodness--the Justice League has been recompressed, and it reads all the better for it.
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