tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post1861655443131919883..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Justice League of America: The Lightning Saga collected hardcover (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-18974236860197756872008-07-12T17:36:00.000-05:002008-07-12T17:36:00.000-05:00I've liked what Kurt Busiek's done on Superman, an...I've liked what Kurt Busiek's done on Superman, and that's made me excited to finally read Trinity, though I've been surprised at the poor reviews it's getting. I tend to wonder if anything, ultimately, can recapture 52's lightning-in-a-bottle.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-6837004894160763312008-07-11T07:51:00.000-05:002008-07-11T07:51:00.000-05:00I bought this Tue and finished it last night and r...I bought this Tue and finished it last night and really enjoyed it. Great review.<BR/><BR/>I also enjoyed the hawk/arrow tension as well as the aquaman/martian manhunter camaraderie, even though it was understated. (and I just assumed they were using some sort of telepathy to look in on the others, though they could have explained it.)<BR/><BR/>I have not been reading Trinity (as a wait-for-trader) but I hope it is as good at showing the dynamics of the big three as well as the end of this book did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-56697837096898457622008-07-10T03:44:00.000-05:002008-07-10T03:44:00.000-05:00Hi...I'm a italian boy!Please, visit my BlogSite:w...Hi...<BR/>I'm a italian boy!<BR/><BR/>Please, visit my BlogSite:<BR/><BR/>www.heroclip.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>For Comic-Books & Illustration Fanatics!<BR/><BR/>PS: Sorry for my english!Marco Sabatinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00924132357435718268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-38976398228704525792008-07-07T19:25:00.000-05:002008-07-07T19:25:00.000-05:00Yeah, I didn't mind DC doing some retcons in the a...Yeah, I didn't mind DC doing some retcons in the aftermath of <I>Infinite Crisis</I> -- i.e. Wonder Woman re-founding the Justice League -- but it seems to me enough time has passed that it's time for a new History of the DC Universe. Brad's got a point that even as DC's revitalizing some of their sixty-year history, they do stand to alienate readers who've only been with them for twenty years.<BR/><BR/>Doug, good point on Meltzer's spotty JLA/JSA memory (not to mention, Geoff Johns <I>wrote</I> the scene you mention).<BR/><BR/>They haven't picked up on the Hawkman/Power Girl thing? For shame -- I was hoping they'd pick up on that.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-61552850300399285722008-07-07T15:47:00.000-05:002008-07-07T15:47:00.000-05:00What I found interesting is how each author portra...What I found interesting is how each author portrays the teams. Johns puts them on a pretty even track, while Meltzer makes the JSA a little inferior to the JLA. The two-page spread when they first fully come together, for instance, has Stargirl worshipping Wonder Woman as if they've never met. This makes no sense--they went on an adventure together in JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice and clearly bonded a little. It was kind of weird seeing that interaction.<BR/><BR/>And I really hope they pick up on the Hawkman/Power Girl thing, because Johns certainly hasn't brought it up in JSA. Was that in the Hawkgirl title?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-34208088766591346662008-07-07T13:14:00.000-05:002008-07-07T13:14:00.000-05:00Personally, I was disappointed with The Lightning ...Personally, I was disappointed with <I>The Lightning Saga</I>. I don't mind stories with slow builds, but this felt less like a slow burn and more like a leisurely tour. Yeah, it was nice to get a certain Flash back at the end, but it felt like that was the only chapter in which anything really <I>happened</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-80764176288153391812008-07-07T09:42:00.000-05:002008-07-07T09:42:00.000-05:00Thanks for this great review. I just finished read...Thanks for this great review. I just finished reading this book myself and really enjoyed it. The artwork was great. Really nice to see both the JLA and JSA looking so good. I'm also loving all the big name heroes now being members of these groups. I did find some of the continuity issues to be confusing. I've been reading DC comics since I was a kid, but most of my collecting was post crisis, so this is the history I grew up with. It seems that by making Wonder Woman a league founder, it's ignoring all of her early post crisis history written by George Perez. Superman's knowing the Legion also seems to ignoring his early post crisis history written by John Byrne. DC should realize that these are the origins that many younger fans have now grown up with and it could be confusing to suddenly just go back to pre crisis history that most of us don't even remember.bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780730322368813120noreply@blogger.com