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A review by michaelchurch
Justice League, Volume 2: The Villain's Journey by Geoff Johns
3.0
Overall, I ended up actually liked this quite a bit, but it had a lot of issues.
First, the first two issues in this volume were terrible. There was no transition from the last one to explain the fact that we are now 5 years in the future. Also, apparently they fight Apokolips on a regular basis but...why? How? Who? It's glossed over like last week's lunch menu. The first issue especially just held no value for me.
The second issue was a bit better, I was at least entertained to watch them turn down Green Arrow over and over. And the Martian Manhunter tease was fantastic. That said, both issues had lackluster art (don't put Jim Lee on the cover and then lead off with two issues he didn't do) and no real story continuity.
My other main complaint is that I feel like this doesn't really fit the continuity of the rest of their individual books. I could be wrong because I'm a little behind on those comparatively but still, it just felt off.
On the bright side, the actual Villains Journey story line was quite well written. It felt like all of the characters had real personalities and the dialogue flowed much better. I especially liked the moments among the characters like Bruce texting Clark to mess up some bad guys and Barry and Hal having some real buddy cop moments, not to mention how Cyborg and Diana added into it all. Also, I know it caused a big stir and many are against it, but I LOVE the new coupling that started in this. I can't wait to see it evolve and read their spinoff series.
Bottom line, it's the company's flagship title. There's value there, but it's not perfect. For being the flagship, it's extremely irreverent of other books. I have hope for it and I know there are some massive story lines coming up. It's worth sticking with if you want to understand what all is happening in the DCU, but you could probably justify not picking it up.
First, the first two issues in this volume were terrible. There was no transition from the last one to explain the fact that we are now 5 years in the future. Also, apparently they fight Apokolips on a regular basis but...why? How? Who? It's glossed over like last week's lunch menu. The first issue especially just held no value for me.
The second issue was a bit better, I was at least entertained to watch them turn down Green Arrow over and over. And the Martian Manhunter tease was fantastic. That said, both issues had lackluster art (don't put Jim Lee on the cover and then lead off with two issues he didn't do) and no real story continuity.
My other main complaint is that I feel like this doesn't really fit the continuity of the rest of their individual books. I could be wrong because I'm a little behind on those comparatively but still, it just felt off.
On the bright side, the actual Villains Journey story line was quite well written. It felt like all of the characters had real personalities and the dialogue flowed much better. I especially liked the moments among the characters like Bruce texting Clark to mess up some bad guys and Barry and Hal having some real buddy cop moments, not to mention how Cyborg and Diana added into it all. Also, I know it caused a big stir and many are against it, but I LOVE the new coupling that started in this. I can't wait to see it evolve and read their spinoff series.
Bottom line, it's the company's flagship title. There's value there, but it's not perfect. For being the flagship, it's extremely irreverent of other books. I have hope for it and I know there are some massive story lines coming up. It's worth sticking with if you want to understand what all is happening in the DCU, but you could probably justify not picking it up.