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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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"No bad thoughts. She's 17. 17. 17." - The Brave and the Bold - Lords of Luck

 

Cover of TPB collection The Brave and the Bold - Lords of Luck


Review:

DC's classic team-up title gets a reboot by a creative team that goes out of its way to pay homage to its extensive history.

The story tying together these six chapters sees our rotating team-ups of heroes chasing down the Book of Destiny, a powerful artifact that gives its reader perfect knowledge of the past and future. It has fallen into the wrong hands. But can they succeed to defeat an enemy who knows their every move in advance?

The chapters see Batman and Green Lantern team up first, to begin piecing together the mystery. The Green Lantern and Supergirl travel to Ventura, a planet-sized casino. Don't miss Supergirl's flirtatious teasing, and her battle in the wrestling ring, complete with innocent-little-school-girl outfit! Batman and Blue Beetle team up back on Earth, to chase down a related stolen weapon. This team up morphs into Batman and the Legion of Super-Heroes, as Batman gets merged into a cybernetic villain. Meanwhile Supergirl pairs with Lobo for a hilarious romp through interstellar space, All heroes converge at last in a showdown with the Lords of Luck. Can the Challengers of the Unknown save the day?

It is a wild romp, reminiscent of classic Silver Age storylines. Overall, the chapters are a little uneven, with the Supergirl ones standing out - author Mark Waid nails her 17-year-old flirty and cheeky attitude, as Green Lantern tries hard to stay focused on the task at hand - is his famous will power so easily distracted?

But what really lifts this collection to the next level are the many homages and Easter Eggs. Waid and legendary artist George Perez craft a beautiful tribute to past tales and characters. Capped by six pages of Waid's annotations, pointing out many of their deliberate choices to us readers who did not internalize these histories to nearly the same extent.

For sheer joy of the story and the scope of the homages, I give this book 4 capes out of 5.


Description:

Batman. Green Lantern. Supergirl. Blue Beetle. Lobo. The Legion of Super-Heroes.

Alone, they are among the greatest heroes the world has ever known.

Thrown together by fate and teamed up for justice, they are THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD!

Someone has stolen the Book of Destiny, an all-powerful artifact that gives its possessors knowledge of everything that is, was and will be - enabling them to erase any chance of failure because they know every defense the heroes will mount before they try it!

Now, to retrieve the Book and restore the fabric of reality, Batman and Green Lantern forge unlikely alliances and find themselves in some impossible situations with a galaxy of the DC Universe's biggest stars. Will they be brave enough to unravel the terrifying plot - and bold enough to stop it before their luck runs out?

Collects: The Brave and the Bold (vol 2) #1-6

Authors: Mark Waid
Artists: George Perez
Published By: DC Comics
Published When: Dec 16 2008
Parental Rating: Teen
ISBN: 978-1401215880
Pages: 152 pages


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