Justice League International 1 Thoughts


Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artist: Aaron Lopresti

First things first: This is a gorgeous comic. One of the best-looking ones DC put out for the first week of the relaunch. Aaron Lopresti has always been one of my favorite artists so seeing him work on this brings a smile to my face just looking at the cover.

And I loved Dan Jurgens work on Booster Gold. I wasn't happy when it was canceled, so learning Booster was not only on the JLI, but would be leading them left me a very satisfied fan.

Hopefully, even with the relaunch Booster's still had a number of the adventures he'd had in the old timeline, so he's just as competent as before--hence Batman's support of him. Speaking of, seeing both Booster Gold and Batman work as a team? AWESOME. There's something about the fact that only the World's Greatest Detective actually respects The Greatest Hero You've Never Heard Of that I'm hoping will bring this book an extra level of emotional complexity people are complaining it lacks.

As far as the plot--unfortunately there's not much to it, so there isn't much to spoil. (It's more character introduction/interaction.) But if you find a person who was unsatisfied by Justice League that's ALSO unsatisfied by this, pop them. This was exactly what people wanted--the team is assembled and a threat is thrown at them all in one comic. It's a different way of going about things than Geoff's approach, but I like both.

What's also interesting is what questions this brings up to a fan of continuity, like myself. This series takes place in the present, like 49 of the other ongoings in The New 52, and there's mentions of the "other Justice League"--like the fact that they aren't in the Hall of Justice anymore--which begs the question of where are they based now? What happens when the rest of the team discover that Booster only pretends to be an idiot on television and used to be a time-hopping hero that succeeded in saving space-time at least three or four times in only a couple years? I'm not certain--but I'm looking forward to finding out.


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