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Justice, Volume 1
by Alex Ross, Doug Braithwaite, Jim Krueger
JUSTICE! What a generic title. I'm not even a fan of Alex Ross (Gasp! I know!) So I was expecting very little but instead got a whole lot.
So it starts off with easily one of the best first issues in a series (least for me) I read for DC in awhile. It's all the heroes trying to save people but all failing miserably. The world is going up in flames, like everything is being destroyed, and you see every major hero trying their best and dying. The saddest being Flash who believes he saved people but obviously not and even Aquaman's "Don't go into the water. You'll burn to death" after seeing his people and animals fried in the water. It's horrific yet sets the tone right away. Then the following two large issues in here discuss who's narrating and giving the super villains their time to shine as they one by one pick off the heroes and either kidnap them or take them out of the picture. Justice league no more.
Good: The first issue is damn good and gets you sucked in right away. To see heroes fail is both sad and interesting. The following issues give a good story and interesting outlook on it all. Alex Ross, as I mentioned before, isn't one of my favorites but the destruction scenes are amazing and really set the tone well.
Bad: Some pacing issues, one with Aquaman, gives is a slower pace than needed. I get the build up but the slowness could have moved it faster a little.
Overall, this was fantastic. Feeling very similar to Kingdom Come or Injustice, this is a darker look on our world. One worth checking out. A 4 out of 5.
So it starts off with easily one of the best first issues in a series (least for me) I read for DC in awhile. It's all the heroes trying to save people but all failing miserably. The world is going up in flames, like everything is being destroyed, and you see every major hero trying their best and dying. The saddest being Flash who believes he saved people but obviously not and even Aquaman's "Don't go into the water. You'll burn to death" after seeing his people and animals fried in the water. It's horrific yet sets the tone right away. Then the following two large issues in here discuss who's narrating and giving the super villains their time to shine as they one by one pick off the heroes and either kidnap them or take them out of the picture. Justice league no more.
Good: The first issue is damn good and gets you sucked in right away. To see heroes fail is both sad and interesting. The following issues give a good story and interesting outlook on it all. Alex Ross, as I mentioned before, isn't one of my favorites but the destruction scenes are amazing and really set the tone well.
Bad: Some pacing issues, one with Aquaman, gives is a slower pace than needed. I get the build up but the slowness could have moved it faster a little.
Overall, this was fantastic. Feeling very similar to Kingdom Come or Injustice, this is a darker look on our world. One worth checking out. A 4 out of 5.