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Of Embassies and Origins - Justice League International Part 2 (Eaglemoss Collection v77)

  Review: Since we are doing a series of reviews focusing on Booster Gold over his nearly 40-year history, we include this one as a collection of some of his earliest appearances, dating to late 1987. That places the original publish date of these tales while his original solo series was still going strong.  This book is a beautiful, glossy hard-cover with smooth and heavy-stock paper inside, although the sometimes-low print reproduction quality leads to blurred and hard to read word balloons on occasion. It is also a rare book here in North America, as Eaglemoss Collections targeted UK fans with this series. At this point in the history of the 1987-rebooted Justice League, they have gained official United Nations recognition and sanction. To ensure their reach truly is global, they rebrand as Justice League International (as does the title of the series!) and they open new headquarters buildings around the world: New York, Paris and Moscow are included here. As this is a product of 19
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Ride Baby Ride: Gotham City Garage volume 1

 

Cover of Gotham City Garage volume 1 TPB


Review:

The word "Multiverse" is much-used (even over-used) to describe different takes on well-known and established characters. But it still implies a connectedness of the different parts to some whole. Not so the Elseworlds concepts. They feel freer to deviate farther and in wilder ways from the canonical universe.

DC has a long Multiverse history, see all their Crisis variants over the decades. Some of their best creativity comes outside the Multiverse approach. Thinking only of female heroes, there's the Manga-inspired Ame-Comi Girls, the youth-focused DC Super Hero High, the DC Bombshells, and these: the biker gang heroes of Gotham City Garage.

The bleak dystopian setting is an Earth blasted into barren wilderness. Civilization only survives under the dome of one city, controlled in every way by Lex Luthor. The Garden.

Kara / Supergirl has been raised as an adopted sister of Barbara Gordon. When she is forced to flee the Garden, she hooks up with the outsider biker gang of Harley (nice!) Quinn, Steel, Barda and others. But the Bat and his army of Gardeners want to recapture the dangerous alien. And is there really a Wonder Woman, or is she myth? And whose side is Catwoman on? So many intriguing sub-plots!

Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing tell fascinating tales, driven by character and relationships. And yes, the tales include lots of fancy motor bikes. The visuals are always dynamic, with beautiful wilderness scenery backdrops and fluid layouts. The Bat vs the Gang is tops on the scale of amazing. Brian Ching's faces can slip into clunky sketches, but in the characters and pages by Aneke they are packed with emotion, nuance and meaning.

This is a very imaginative and enjoyable twist on these heroes, with always solid and sometimes emotionally powerful art.



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In the distant future, America has become a wasteland, all save one unexpected haven: Gotham City, a forcibly domesticated utopia run by Governor Lex Luthor with the aid of his brutal enforcer, the Bat. Young Kara Gordon has no idea what lies outside Gotham's borders, but she's about to find out!

When an act of mercy pits Kara against Luthor's forces and even her own sister, Barbara Gordon, she flees into the "freescape," a desert fought over by motorcycle clubs, chief among them the Gotham City Garage. These tougher-than-tough women--among them unexpected versions of Harley Quinn, Catwoman and more--quickly learn that Kara is more than she appears, even before she demonstrates superpowers that reveal her to be more than human! They may even embrace Kara as one of their own, but only if she lives long enough!

DC's greatest heroes and villains are reimagined as bikers in Gotham City Garage Vol. 1, based on the stunning line of DC Collectibles statues!

From best-selling writers Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing (Grayson, Hacktivist) and high-octane artists including Brian Ching (Supergirl), Aneke (DC Comics: Bombshells) and Carmen Carnero (Batman: Detective Comics),

Collects: Gotham City Garage #1-6

Authors: Collin Kelley
Artists: Jackson Lanzing, Brian Ching, Aneke
Published By: DC Comics
Published When: June 12 2018
Parental Rating: Teen
ISBN: 978-1401280192
Pages: 144 pages


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