Justice League

• Title: Justice League #12
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• Writer: Geoff Johns
• Artist: Jim Lee

Although I have problems with some of the choices made in the latest issue of the New 52‘s Justice League, the story makes sense in the new version of the DCU and is more consistent and better thought-out than several issues of the series have been.

The main news is the decision to put Superman and Wonder Woman together as couple. While I’m opposed to this being done with classic versions of these characters, the logic writer Geoff Johns uses to put the New 52 versions together holds up pretty well. Of course I think this has more to say about the lackluster redesigns of several of DC’s top name heroes than any great storytelling, but it still works.

The rest of the story has to deal with the team taking down Graves by believing in Christmas (or some such nonsense – this isn’t the strongest part of the comic). What’s important to note, however, are the big changes following the battle and the public’s shaken faith in the team. Hal Jordan quits, Steve Trevor is fired, and we’re teased with the introduction of a new Justice League of America which will premiere next year (and Captain Marvel beating the emo out of The Big Blue Boy Scout). Worth a look.

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• Title: Justice League #11
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• Writer: Geoff Johns
• Artist: Jim Lee

If you were wondering who the strongest member of the New 52 version of the Justice League is this issue will answer your question. And, no, it turns out it’s not Superman. Wonder Woman basically takes down all her teammates on live television… when they offer to help her save Steve Trevor? Yeah, it didn’t make a lot of sense to me either, but then logic hasn’t been the New 52’s strong suit.

After surviving the attack from David Graves the team learns that Steve has been taken and the one-time scribe of their adventures turned crazed super-villain is now targeting Trevor’s sister (who, it turns out, is far from Diana’s biggest fan). The team finally gets their act together to follow Terminus’ trail to Mount Sumeru and the Valley of Souls, but it may already be too late for Steve.

Although we’re presented with a reason for Graves’ behavior the logic is more than a little hard to follow. But hey, if you’ve ever wanted to see Wonder Woman beat the shit out of Hal Jordan this is your comic.

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• Title: Justice League #10
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• Writer: Geoff Johns
• Artist: Jim Lee

The latest issue of Justice League reveals how David Graves got his power from the godlike beings known as Asuras on Mount Sumeru but still keeps silent on his motivation for wanting the League dead (how, exactly did the League kill his family?), but he still shows up on the satellite to wipe the floor with them by somehow draining the life force out of each member of the League.

One of the weaknesses of the title has been an action without giving us some important character interactions between the League during downtime. We get a little of that here, although the conversations we get (Batman knowing everyone’s secret identities and only really trusting Superman) seem odd in that they take place for the first time five years after the time has been together.

There are some nice moments such as the reveal that Barry doesn’t trust Hal with women after Hal hit on Barry’s last date, and Cyborg lets few secrets slip about some of the more secretive members of the group.

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