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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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Ice and Snow and Mirrors: Justice League 3001 vol 1 - Deja Vu All Over Again (New 52)

 

Cover of Justice League 3001 volume 1 - Deja Vu All Over Again

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As the calendar turns, so Justice League 3000 turns into Justice League 3001. But the new title also brings some new changes in the roster, and some dangerous new challenges.

Our heroes are still getting reoriented to their resurrected reality in the 31st century, and hiding on Camelot 9 while they figure things out. The challenge is made even greater by the possession of their leader, Ariel Masters, by the very mean and vindictive resurrected Lois Lane.

This volume collects the final two issues of Justice League 3000 and the first six issues of its sequel, Justice League 3001. By the end, they will have rescued Fire from Etrigan and his demonic hordes of Hell; met a resurrected Guy Gardiner but whose resurrected host body is a woman; battled a planet full of Starro drones who decline to be rescued; and lost several members in a vicious and fatal attack by liquid-metal androids called Scullions.

There is still wit and humor in their banter, lots of laughs, the occasional Easter Egg to discover in Howard Porter's images (one example: can you find Ambush Bug on Starro's planet?)

But the standout chapter is the standalone story of Teri / Flash doing a solo training session on a supposedly near-lifeless ice world. Her encounters with Mirror Master and a pack of Piranha Bears is fast-paced and filled with character development on top of the fun and the narrow escapes. This is the chapter that best finds the creative balance of drama, heroics, character development and humor that made Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis so successful in the early 1990s on titles like Justice League International. They have struggled to get it right for much of this series, but here in this chapter, they nailed it!

In fact by the final chapter of this volume, Giffen and DeMatteis have finally found the right mix of serious and silly with these out-of-time characters. With the introduction of Tina as the Batman of the 31st century, and the unbeatable Scullions on a mission from an unknown enemy, the stakes go way, way up, a major Justice Leaguer dies, and we are set up for a fun future.

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The Justice League’s wildest year yet, from superstar creative team KEITH GIFFEN (LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES), J.M. DEMATTEIS (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA) and HOWARD PORTER (JLA)!

Thanks to Wonder Twins Terry and Teri Magnus, the original JL’s DNA has been resurrected in 31st-century bodies. Their powers may be on the fritz and their memories may be patchy, but Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash and Green Lantern are, well, trying their best.

Since they were brought together a year ago, the team has endured countless threats, endless in-house bickering, death, rebirth, death again, and various states in between. But now things are really getting serious: Starro, one of the original League’s oldest enemies, has enslaved an entire planet’s population—legally. 

Meanwhile, it’s becoming obvious to everyone except the Justice League that their leader, Ariel Masters, is, in fact, trying to kill them, and old friends from the distant past are making their mysterious reappearances (and having some very mixed feelings about the whole thing). Not to mention there’s a new Gal Gardner in town.

Collects: JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 #14-15, JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 #1-6 and DC SNEAK PEEK: JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 #1

Authors: Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis
Artists: Howard Porter
Published By: DC Comics
Published When: March 22, 2016
Parental Rating: Teen
ISBN: 978-1401261481
Pages: 192 pages



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