tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post7190392747515082122..comments2024-03-15T07:12:40.918-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Justice League International Vol. 1: The Signal Master trade paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-17702412652618682262012-11-18T14:45:55.047-06:002012-11-18T14:45:55.047-06:00I enjoy JLI partly because I'm fond of these c...I enjoy JLI partly because I'm fond of these characters (Booster Gold, Fire, Ice...) since my debut as a comic book fan and I'm sorry it ended (although at this moment we now what it's going to be replaced for and apparently it's for the best).<br />However, since the beginning of the series, I've felt that one of its Achilles heels was that it was UN-sponsored. In a world that isn't so black or white like in the 80's and early 90's, the role of the UN becomes systematically questioned. Not that I think the UN doesn't matter, but in the actual world we see on an almost daily basis its role undermined. And, although comic books shouldn't be too political, it's been the most difficult part to me to try and not to think "why should a team of an international organization that risks becoming irrelevant be taken seriously?"Filipe Carlosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-50542829561592849412012-06-21T14:23:45.493-05:002012-06-21T14:23:45.493-05:00I've been really enjoying reading JLI, to be h...I've been really enjoying reading JLI, to be honest. I agree that it doesn't have the punch of Justice League by Johns, but it has a different kind of feel to it entirely. If JL is "Superheroes in a realistic setting" kind of thing, put on by Dark Knight and the Marvel Films, then this is a throwback to the 00's kind of books where you can have a woman with manipulative hair save the day and "accidentally" feel up Booster Gold. Scenes like Rocket Red realizing Guy and Ice's conversation is not mission related and giving them privacy felt authentic. Less summer blockbuster and more TV Drama.<br /><br />On it's "cancellation" I feel like DC is actually a retool of the whole team. JLI is selling much better than a bunch of other books, and the elements of OMAC plus the solicits for Captain Atom, Blue Beetle, JLI, and the JLI Annual seem to be building to something together.Liang Xiuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14356479769962765014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-36080226287616605022012-06-20T06:53:21.481-05:002012-06-20T06:53:21.481-05:00Well CE, I can respect that you're trying to a...Well CE, I can respect that you're trying to avoid unnecessarily bashing the New 52. There's certainly enough of that going around!<br /><br />It's not that I want to bash it either. I really really wanted to like the new JLI, but that first issue really lost me. Perhaps if I had bought the first trade of each New 52 series (instead of just the #1 issues), I might have gotten a better feel for each series and then made a more educated opinion on whether to keep it up or drop it, but that's way more money than my comics budget allows!<br /><br />I'm still hoping that this series is replaced with something that I will find interesting. Dan Didio has said regarding the cancelled series that the characters aren't just going to disappear (although poor OMAC; first his own series gets cancelled, and he's moved to JLI, only for that to be cancelled!), so I'm sure we'll continue to see more of these characters. Guy Gardner in at least one of the FOUR Green Lantern titles, and I'm sure Booster Gold is still high profile enough to go somewhere!D. Mark Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537028797086907873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-347969544223124112012-06-19T20:29:08.213-05:002012-06-19T20:29:08.213-05:00I take your points on the "flatness" of ...I take your points on the "flatness" of this book. Perversely, I think that's one of the reason I liked it; it's not the flash and bang of Justice League: Origin, but rather a more "regular" team book of "not quite ready for primetime" heroes. That they look like Booster Gold, Fire, Ice, and Guy Gardner, even if they're not quite "my" version of the characters, is enough to mitigate some of the lesser aspects of the book and make me eager for another volume -- you're going to find a similar theme in my review of the first Stormwatch book. The stories don't have the same punch as Greg Rucka's first Checkmate volume, for instance, but Jurgens isn't Rucka and neither is Paul Cornell; we wouldn't be getting "comics reinvented" anyway. <br /><br />If I seem to give these books a little leeway, it might be that I'm trying to focus more on what's gained than what's lost with the DC New 52, though at the same time you certainly saw that I gave Green Arrow the hard time it was due.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-91399639007286082742012-06-19T03:34:28.738-05:002012-06-19T03:34:28.738-05:00I need to pick this on up, waited for the trade al...I need to pick this on up, waited for the trade all this time~<br />I wish the book hadn't gotten canned...maybe it can be brought back under a new readers-friendly title like "Super Friends"? No? Anyone?! XDEyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350758607787528425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-33942283357318339342012-06-18T11:54:31.623-05:002012-06-18T11:54:31.623-05:00Before the relaunch, I flagged certain titles as &...Before the relaunch, I flagged certain titles as "To Buy". This was one of them, following the enjoyable Generation Lost story, and the equally enjoyable Booster Gold series, and here we had Jurgens from Booster and Lopresti from Gen Lost. Not to mention that I was a huge JLI fan back in the day; that and Batman in the early 90's is what my comics reading centered on, and made me a "DC guy". Unfortunately, I found the first issue "flat and boring" enough that I didn't continue to buy it. Your review seems quite favourable, but considering my initial impression, and the fact that it got cancelled, I don't see much reason to buy it now. That being said, the annual is being co-written by Geoff Johns, and I suspect that there is more on the horizon, so I might at least check that out.D. Mark Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537028797086907873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-83892284449651671452012-06-18T08:55:22.725-05:002012-06-18T08:55:22.725-05:00I absolutely enjoyed this series. Unlike Geoff Joh...I absolutely enjoyed this series. Unlike Geoff Johns' JL, I felt this series had a forward momentum to the story that kept on getting bigger and better as each as issue went by. And it also helps the art was consistent in each issue.<br /><br />But the sad thing is some comic fans aren't going to give this series a try, cause it "doesn't matter".Jackie Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978552887553267055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-29081141534001914462012-06-18T08:34:22.816-05:002012-06-18T08:34:22.816-05:00Even after coming to terms with the realization th...Even after coming to terms with the realization that they had jettisoned the entire JLI history, I wanted to be into it, but I found the read flat and boring. A hugely disappointing followup (spiritual successor?) to Booster Gold's series and Generation Lost. Helped me realize that DC is just rudderless right now -- tossing continuity is ok if the new stories are interesting and dynamic -- this wasn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com