Skip to main content

Featured

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
Post a Comment
Read more
Labels

From the Congo to the Trench - Justice League vol 3 Throne of Atlantis

Cover of Justice League vol 3 Throne of Atlantis


Review:

This book can barely contain the powerful images by the team of three talented artists. The action, emotion and dynamism of movements fill these pages and draw us in. A dozen or more pages here are worthy of full-poster treatment.

Tony S. Daniel pencils the opening two-parter, focused on Wonder Woman and her desire to reform, or at least help, the Cheetah. The story is book-ended by the growing romantic relationship between Wonder Woman and Superman. We see their first kiss, a "visit the parents" type of trip to Smallville, a dinner date and more. The side story of their time in Smallville is tremendous! Author Geoff Johns puts into just a handful of words and panels the most fundamental differences between Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman - one prefers to have the trust of the good guys, another the fear of the bad guys. Perfect!

In between these sweet and romantic asides, we find a ferocious series of battles with the Cheetah. Wonder Woman reluctantly accepts the help of the Justice League, and they travel to the Congo. Once there, Geoff Johns gives us a wonderful new take on Cheetah's origin story. Overall, this is a furious and sexy two-parter.

The rest of the book is the eponymous Throne of Atlantis tale. This collection smartly includes all parts of the cross-over story, the three Justice League and two Aquaman chapters. It gives the reader a full and coherent tale of family politics, trench monsters and the destruction and death caused by massive flooding of Gotham, Metropolis and Boston.

The art is again fantastic, with Ivan Reis and Paul Pelletier alternating chapters. Both fill the pages with beautifully rendered water and flood pages especially, giving them a believable fluidity, and solid work on the monsters from the deep.

Johns does not shy away from dramatic character developments either, most notably Cyborg's sacrifice of his one remaining lung in order to save his teammates. And the powerful conclusion, the final confrontation between Aquaman and his brother Orm, gives this a deeply moving and tragic finale.

Two amazing stories in one volume, with powerful art and strong storytelling.

Description:

When Atlantis is struck by a U.S. Naval missile gone awry, Atlantis—led by Aquaman's brother Ocean Master—attacks the East Coast of the United States flooding its major cities such as Boston, Metropolis, Gotham City and several others.

The Justice League comes together to help Aquaman turn back the tide, but they soon learn that they are woefully overmatched by the Atlantean Army, and must find a way to save the world from total annihilation.

Collects: Justice League #13-17 and Aquaman #15-16

Authors: Geoff Johns
Artists: Ivan Reis, Paul Pelletier
Published By: DC Comics
Published When: April 8 2014
Parental Rating: Teen
ISBN: 978-1401246983
Pages: 192 pages


Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular Posts