4.0

There we go. Priest fixes Justice League by taking over the franchise.

After 5 volumes (Only Volume 5 being decent) we finally get a Justice League title worth reading. Who's Christopher Priest? Well he's the guy who made Black Panther cool. He's the guy who made Deathstroke good again. Now? Now he's the guy to fix the Justice League flagship title.

What's this about? Well multiple things. Mostly dealing with our heroes, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lanterns, and more who failed somewhat in their mission to save people. After the death of a nun the public is fighting against superheroes. Well, more directly, Justice League. This is a little political, a little bit about laws and what's right and wrong, and a whole lot of character development.

Good: The art is fantastic. Clean and fun, with good flow to it all. I love the dialog, sharp and fun, Priest knows how to juggle that well. The copy-cat story has been done but having him ruin batman's public image is pretty special. I also dug the interactions between all the members and the idea they are facing public shame.

Bad: Characters act out of place, or different, than their current titles. Especially the Green Lanterns, while entertaining, are very different. I also felt Cyborg was more conflicted than usual. I didn't care for Flash's story here and his "safe" was kind of overdrawn.

Overall this was great. Fun, enjoyable, some great "hmmm if superheroes were real would they get away with this?" type of stuff. I also really enjoyed the pacing as it's never boring. So if you hated Bryan Hitches run as much as me, fear not, a good writer has taken over! A 3.5 but I'll bump it to a 4 out of 5.