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A review by drtlovesbooks
Justice, Volume 3 by Alex Ross, Doug Braithwaite, Jim Krueger
3.0
What it's about: In this final volume of the collection, the heroes find themselves backed into a corner. The villains have convinced the world that the heroes have failed them, and that only the villains can provide for humanity the safety and security they'd like. The heroes have been infiltrated, betrayed, and defeated at every turn. The villains have either captured or taken control of the heroes' loved ones, creating a hostage situation and fighting force that the heroes cannot push back against without hurting those they love.
But the heroes are not heroes only when things are easy. They prepare to make the ultimate sacrifices in order to help save the world once again.
What I thought: Part of this series that's supposed to make readers think is that the heroes find themselves in a position where they may have to make some significant sacrifices - either of themselves or their loved ones - in order to overcome the bad guys. That is a fascinating idea - what are we willing to give up in order to help the larger world? Particularly at this moment in 2020, this seems like an extremely relevant issue.
Superman even has an entire internal monologue about how his powers protect him but endanger those closest to him. It's interesting and adds a layer to him that I don't think I've considered before.
But as the story develops, those potential sacrifices get pared back further and further, until only one member of the League seems to be actually sacrificing anything. And then that sacrifice ends up getting completely mitigated, and everything is back to status quo by the end of the book. I find that to be a major let-down of what could have been a really amazing, important, interesting premise.
Why I rated it like I did: I was going to give this a 2, because the overall story is kind of meh, but this volume does have a couple of very clever maneuvers by the Justice League that I didn't see coming (and neither did the villains).
But the heroes are not heroes only when things are easy. They prepare to make the ultimate sacrifices in order to help save the world once again.
What I thought: Part of this series that's supposed to make readers think is that the heroes find themselves in a position where they may have to make some significant sacrifices - either of themselves or their loved ones - in order to overcome the bad guys. That is a fascinating idea - what are we willing to give up in order to help the larger world? Particularly at this moment in 2020, this seems like an extremely relevant issue.
Superman even has an entire internal monologue about how his powers protect him but endanger those closest to him. It's interesting and adds a layer to him that I don't think I've considered before.
Why I rated it like I did: I was going to give this a 2, because the overall story is kind of meh, but this volume does have a couple of very clever maneuvers by the Justice League that I didn't see coming (and neither did the villains).