tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post5619509379950930583..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Justice League Vol. 2: The Villain's Journey hardcover/paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-62535966256226726802015-08-03T21:53:53.961-05:002015-08-03T21:53:53.961-05:00What continues to bug me is how much David Graves ...What continues to bug me is how much David Graves was built up, like at the end of Justice League: Origin -- and seemingly with some connection to the Secret Society, no? Unless I'm mis-remembering -- and then hasn't shown up again. I thought this was The Villain's Journey like <em>The</em> Villain's Journey, the second New 52 Justice League book, something that was going to be important to the Justice League, but that's not the case. Maybe it all went the way of the changed Trinity War plans. Not the worst story but hardly Justice League's best.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-44288468965195159772015-06-07T16:56:32.894-05:002015-06-07T16:56:32.894-05:00I have to agree with everything said here, but at ...I have to agree with everything said here, but at the same time I enjoyed it so much. It felt more like a second half that has to happen before the epic finale. The only really big disapointing thing about this volume was the fact that I thought there'd be more villains since it was titled "the villain's journey" but I was fascinated with the team's relationships going every where. I also like how Batman is still a mystery to most of the team. And as a side note I feel like Cyborg had a bit more story I would have liked to see.Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178727978311013660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-20332771977368835522013-02-01T08:20:18.378-06:002013-02-01T08:20:18.378-06:00I'm not sure how I feel about the idea that th...I'm not sure how I feel about the idea that the League doesn't really like or trust each other. I'll definitely give it a chance, but that seems wrong to me. For anyone who's reading single issues, are they working toward that trust, or is this version of the League always going operate that way?<br /><br />In my chronological reading of DC comics I just finished Justice League: Pain of the Gods. It was a decent story, but the best part was that each of them realized their limitations, and the others helped prop up whoever was having trouble. I prefer a League that works like that, but I'll give this new version a shot.Dijonasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-15730295529563273542013-01-31T20:14:02.483-06:002013-01-31T20:14:02.483-06:00I had the same problems that you did with the vill...I had the same problems that you did with the villian, David Graves. Issue #12 felt particularly anticlimactic for me. I had to go back and re-read because I thought I had missed something (which I hadn't, that was "it"). <br /><br />I like the idea of Superman and Wonder Woman as an item, because I think it could be an interesting angle for both characters, but here it was poorly executed. Also, I'm worried that in the future, some writer will get lazy and revert back to the status quo of Lois and Superman (Lobdell's already hinting at in Superman), meaning that "the kiss" is nothing more than a big publicity stunt (which, to be fair, we've all suspected that that's what it was from the beginning).Scott Beattiehttp://www.straightouttavancouver.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-29198059788828787162013-01-31T17:30:46.246-06:002013-01-31T17:30:46.246-06:00I think this arc needed one or two more issues to...I think this arc needed one or two more issues to explore Graves' impact on the team's public image and develop Superman and Wonder Woman's platonic relationship before turning it into a full-blown romance, but I guess four issues was all Jim Lee could muster. And since his art is the big draw for me, I was disappointed to see it suffer under 9 inkers with very different styles on the last issue.<br /><br />@Zach King, I believe the Shazam back-ups will get a separate collection along with the main story from Justice League #0. Johns and Frank have to wrap up that strip sometime this year, since the world is clamoring for the sequel to their smash hit Batman: Earth One.shagamuhttp://mbbforum.com/mbbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-29163245312303808772013-01-31T14:09:10.367-06:002013-01-31T14:09:10.367-06:00Brilliant review, as always. I felt like the PR f...Brilliant review, as always. I felt like the PR for this run gave too much emphasis on the villain and not enough on the relationships, which you deftly point out are much more central (it's disappointing, though, that a lot of these occur off-panel, as with GL and Flash). And it's a shame that Wonder Woman gets caught in the middle of so much of this, because it's really not her fault; after reading her "I love everyone" claim in Azzarello's title (that issue may not be in a trade yet), I thought it was much more a question of Steve reading too much into it. (In fact, "I love everyone" seemed like a way to address the disparity between Azzarello's more confident loner WW and the naive puppy-lovestruck relationship with Steve in Johns's book).<br /><br />Question on the back-ups: How are they collected in here? I'm sure that some of them are preserved (probably the ones illustrated by Carlos D'Anda, like the one with Steve and Green Arrow), but the conspicuous absence of Shazam! from your review makes me wonder where those will be collected.Zach Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17905320964723323391noreply@blogger.com