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A review by rashthedoctor
Justice League, Vol. 1: Origin by Geoff Johns
3.0
so I was watching one of the many countless amazing works from DC animated studios called Justice League : War and it turns out the story was familiar , well actually the story was the retelling of Justice League :origin , which reminded me that I have infact read the book but sadly not rated it on Goodreads .
So here I am Rating a book that was actually done very poorly in comparison to it's movie counterpart*. The Art is very well done and the story does the usual stuff of introducing various characters of the League and the ultra powerful Darksied (oh , btw ever since the Batman v Superman movie came out somehow many pretend Comic book fans have taken to internet to find all the easter eggs in the movie which pointed to Darksied imminent arrival in the movies and i am ok with that except these people are pronouncing the name wrong so for all your kind info it's pronounced DARKSIDE but written DARKSIED )
* turns out this maybe one of the very rare times i will call a movie better than the book
my main gripe with the book written by the awesome Geoff Johns is well BATMAN . I understand they had some tough job in the New 52 - make Aquaman cool , make Superman Bad Ass etc etc but in the attempts to do so this comic in particular made Batman look rudimentary , apart from one initial moment with Green Lantern Batman was potrayed very nearly as if he was a passenger with nothing to show of his abilities and potential that he brings to the team .
and it's not just Batman - Wonder woman who was kinda a moronic scantily clad warrior searching for reasons and person to fight and apparently has nothing else on her mind but FIGHT this was the most annoying part .
The main plot itself failed to draw me in and i never understood why the team went from Hated to loved in a moment and how come every bad guy went out easily without even a single punch being landed on Darksied (ok there were a few punches but come ON they were not the kind of JUSTICE LEAGUE punches you come to expect were they?)
Overall for a talent as big as Geoff Johns i am rating the book 3 stars simply for their somewhat successful attempt at making Aquaman cool, The superb Art and well it was still Justice league but sadly hugely underwhelming as well so 3 stars
So here I am Rating a book that was actually done very poorly in comparison to it's movie counterpart*. The Art is very well done and the story does the usual stuff of introducing various characters of the League and the ultra powerful Darksied (oh , btw ever since the Batman v Superman movie came out somehow many pretend Comic book fans have taken to internet to find all the easter eggs in the movie which pointed to Darksied imminent arrival in the movies and i am ok with that except these people are pronouncing the name wrong so for all your kind info it's pronounced DARKSIDE but written DARKSIED )
* turns out this maybe one of the very rare times i will call a movie better than the book
my main gripe with the book written by the awesome Geoff Johns is well BATMAN . I understand they had some tough job in the New 52 - make Aquaman cool , make Superman Bad Ass etc etc but in the attempts to do so this comic in particular made Batman look rudimentary , apart from one initial moment with Green Lantern Batman was potrayed very nearly as if he was a passenger with nothing to show of his abilities and potential that he brings to the team .
and it's not just Batman - Wonder woman who was kinda a moronic scantily clad warrior searching for reasons and person to fight and apparently has nothing else on her mind but FIGHT this was the most annoying part .
The main plot itself failed to draw me in and i never understood why the team went from Hated to loved in a moment and how come every bad guy went out easily without even a single punch being landed on Darksied (ok there were a few punches but come ON they were not the kind of JUSTICE LEAGUE punches you come to expect were they?)
Overall for a talent as big as Geoff Johns i am rating the book 3 stars simply for their somewhat successful attempt at making Aquaman cool, The superb Art and well it was still Justice league but sadly hugely underwhelming as well so 3 stars