Showing posts with label James Robinson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Robinson. Show all posts
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Justice League of America: Dark Things
I'm not as up on my Justice Society of America things as I should be to really follow this volume. In fact, I didn't realise it was a cross over until about halfway through when I was wondering why everything started repeating itself. Dick continues to build his Justice League to include a speedster (Jesse Quick) and a Green Lantern (Jade) and I like the way he views things but I was a little lost on the history here.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Justice League of America: Team History
I found this volume tried to do too much. It's probably a symptom of publishing. They'd just finished Cry for Justice and then had to tie into the Blackest Night event so they story they really wanted to tell (or at least the one I wanted to read) was shuffled to the back.
I wanted to read the start of the Dick Grayson as Batman leading the JLA. It got there eventually. I found it interesting that when Diana asked Donna to rebuild the League that her first instinct was to gather most of the Teen Titans. I liked that there were more people brought in than were used. The building up and pulling away of various heroes made the story seem more organic. Generally, I like narration boxes that give different character points of view of the same event. Robinson added a few too many. When it came right down to it the only ones that mattered were for Dick and Donna. I look forward to the next volume and their Justice League.
I wanted to read the start of the Dick Grayson as Batman leading the JLA. It got there eventually. I found it interesting that when Diana asked Donna to rebuild the League that her first instinct was to gather most of the Teen Titans. I liked that there were more people brought in than were used. The building up and pulling away of various heroes made the story seem more organic. Generally, I like narration boxes that give different character points of view of the same event. Robinson added a few too many. When it came right down to it the only ones that mattered were for Dick and Donna. I look forward to the next volume and their Justice League.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Justice League: Cry for Justice
The art is beautiful in this. Painted and detailed and great to look at. The story? Needlessly dark. The premise is great. It's one of those where the author tries to push just how far a hero can go before he or she is no longer a hero. But then Robinson cuts off Arsenal's arm. He goes offscreen to say good night to his daughter and comes back missing an arm. Oh, then Robinson kills off his daughter to really stick the poker in. It felt a bit rushed in the end. I think he expected more issues when he started writing and was cut back to a finite series. I think he could have used a few more chapters.
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