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Justice League, Vol. 1: Origin (The New 52) 2013
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 1, 2013, 10:50 am
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First I need to address the whole 'New 52' reboot. Personally I
never understood the need to rrestart the entire universe all
over again. From a Superhero mythology point of view, it's
totally unnecessarily. At it's heart, the whole idea of doing
this is strictly monetary. Launch 52 new titles with all new #1
issues and watch the money role in, especially when most, if not
all comic book readers buy multiple copies of the same issue,
speculating that the books will be worth something in a few
years. This mentality is what killed the comic book boon of the
mid to late 90's and now we are back to the same idea.
So, with that said, I was very curious to see what Jim Lee would
be able to do with Justice League. He has been a favorite artist
of mine going all the way back to his X-Men days. The guy just
knows how to draw and do it incredibly well. I may not have
liked the new Costumes he created for all the Main Characters,
but I was still looking forward to Justice League anyway. I
finally got my hands on Issue #1 when it first came out and I
immediately hated it. Not the art, but the writing by Geoff
Johns, who for some reason has been labeled "one of the greatest
writers in the business". Well, after just this one issue, I
threw in the towel and never bothered to go any further,
skipping all the subsequent issues.
Fast-forward a year and I decided to check out Justice League,
Vol. 1: Origin from my Library. And you know what, the book
sucks. Johns writing gets worse as the story goes onward. The
dialogue is beyond childish and the story itself is weak. There
is nothing in Volume 1 that is worthy of the praise he gets.
I've read his other stuff as well and I just don't get why he is
considered the best. He is seriously overrated as a writer. But
what really surprised me about Volume 1 is the art. Normally Jim
Lee can always save a sub-par book with amazing art. But this
one did not have it. Sure, it's got his imprint all over it, but
the art itself seemed very rushed with a lot of shortcuts and in
more than a few places throughout, very sloppy by his standards.
I also couldn't believe that he resorted to basically drawing
'Rob Liefeld-Grimacing Faces" using Liefeld EXACT style. It was
off-putting to say the least. But there were a few money shot
pages with Wonder Woman that I did like, but that's about it.
I can give Jim a pass on the art for the simple fact that he was
the Top Dog at DC Comics, overseeing all the titles as well as
having to do PR for the launch with countless interviews,
appearances and signing's. Something had to give. You can't
stretch yourself that thin and expect to make deadlines on a
monthly book and not have the art affected by it one way or
another. So I get and understand why this isn't anywhere near
his best stuff. Hell man, his worst drawing will always better
than everyone else out there. But this doesn't help the book and
it's certainly not a book that I will ever read again and I
never thought I'd say this about a Jim Lee book, that I have no
desire to ever look at again. Justice League, Vol. 1: Origin is
a Skip for anyone contemplating Buying this. Save your money. 2
Stars out of 5.
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