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JLA wedding Special
So Um some points on the JLA wedding special.
I like the way the story was going. Dr. Light was a bad MoFo.
He was really the only reason Those girls were even remotely giving it to Wonder Woman and hawk Woman.
The art is BOO. I like benes much better.
Some of the villians are BOOO. But I do like fatality, Effigy, Grodd, Psimon and some others.
The banter between lex, joker, and cheetah is cute and classic.
Lex luthor is too smart. negating Firestorm's powers is rediculous.
The writer of the story obviously likes Firestorm as he didn't kill him. And he doesn't like geo force. he got pwned OFF panel.
I liked it a lot. Personally, I think Mcduffie writes really fun comics. Maybe not intellectual comics or classic comics, but they're a blast to read.
The one problem I had was that it was a bit too tongue in cheek with the allusions to Justice League Unlimited. I mean, we all realize that Mcduffie was the writer for the show. He didn't quite need that many references to it though. It was a bit too cute and didn't really feed the story well: John Stewart's soulfull look at Hawkgirl, for instance. Unless he does something interesting with Roy and John distrusting each other, I didn't find that referencing his own creative past is the best idea. Further, the Hall of Doom? I mean, creative allusions to previous media is fun, and if McDuffie is intending to make this a metatextual look at the depiction of the League in television and a celebration of the various forms the League mythos has taken, that's cool. but I think he can do a lot more with the JLA than just that.
For the most part though, a very fun issue, and I'm excited about what he's going to be doing with the league. Hal and the X-men themed strippers was funny- I liked his uber competent but friendly version of Batman- I mean, the league are Batman's friends. It may not be very Batman-ny, but combined with what Giffen is doing in the Four Horsemen special, it's nice to see Bruce as a person- albiet one with intense social problems. It's like those times when Batman's nice to Robin- everyone loves those moments.
You can tell Mcduffie has both a real feel for the history of these characters, and a real love of them. Didio talked about how comics after the Crisis were going to be fun again, and this is a good example of where DC is finally doing that. The issue had dramatic tension, it wasn't childlike or pandering, the villians seem frightening and powerful and evil rather than sophomoric, but the heroes acted like... heroes. and that was a great change of pace. They seem like real people- drunken Roy, Batman concerned about Diana, Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl worried about Firestorm. But they don't seem like gods or people whose wives will kill each other if you turn away for a second or will mindwipe villians as a punishment. all in all, this issue gave me some good hopes for where Mcduffie is going to be taking the book. the art does need work though.
(or maybe it's just that after the god-awful Meltzer run it's nice to see the Justice League doing ANYTHING other than sitting around at a table and calling each other by their first names while in public, in front of their enemies. C'mon, Meltzer, they aren't idiots. Plus- no Red Tornado. And no one likes Red Tornado. That guy's a b*tch).
Last edited by tjcoady on Sep 14th, 2007 at 01:45 AM
Finally getting out of the water and meeting some other heroes by the looks of it. I'd like to know what him and Guy were talking about in that one panel.
Good to see Tempest there, too. Looking perfectly fine and normal. Which is interesting considering currently his hair is white and he has to wear some breathing apparatus thingy.
I really have to wonder whether Hal and John will actually split League time or if this is just a nice way of putting John in without officially saying goodbye to Hal and therefore angering the fanboys.
It's a a one shot that is part of the JLA run, I think. This is something DC needs that Marvel already has, a recap page
EDIT: Ah Validus beat me to it
I was pleasantly surprised by this issue. It wasn't great but it was waaayyyy better than the wedding planner one shot. It made enough references to GA and Canary's wedding to be a one shot and yet it was the first chapter of the latest JLA storyline (Which as JLA is on my pull list, if the upcoming issues are anything like this it could be a fun little storyline) The plot divulged enough references to character development between Red Arrow and Batman and yet it was action packed enough with the evil trinity [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Owning Firestorm My only criticism is that it would have been cooler if they [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Killed Firestorm I never liked the character Overall an enjoyable issue worth getting if you like JLA
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