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A review by captwinghead
Justice League of America Vol. 1: The Extremists by Steve Orlando
2.0
*** Recevied an ARC copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review ***
So, this was… okay. I would have been just fine having never read it. Case in point, I just wrote bullet point notes as I was reading it and forgot about the damn thing moments after.
- I have no clue why DC is shoving a Killer Frost in things. Why is Lobo here? I'm excited to see Vixen again but this is such a B team. It's depressing.
- Their warning system is called the troubalert? Really? They couldn't come up with anything better than that? Seriously?
- This is the year of Batman being all over the place and I hate Steve Orlando's Batsy. Why the hell would he invite Lobo to this team? I mean, I understand Killer Frost on the smallest of levels but Lobo? Why the hell would he invite Lobo?
- Every T&A shot possible.
- Villains are like Dalek style cyber men
- So, I pretty much forgot everyone's names, to be honest. The Atom guy could have been an interesting character but it looks like they're playing him for amateur comic relief. He literally explained who he was again in pretty much all of his dialogue. Which was helpful because I repeatedly forgot who he was
- The team ultimately fails because there was no sign they trained together as a team and really, when would they have time w/Bats being in like 20 teams apparently.
- Dr Diehard?
- The villains look like Dragon Ball Z characters. Is Freeza showing up, too?
Really, the “cleverness” of this series could be summed up in my favorite terribad quote of the book:
People are crying for help. Wherever you are...
Time to show them they're heard
So, this was… okay. I would have been just fine having never read it. Case in point, I just wrote bullet point notes as I was reading it and forgot about the damn thing moments after.
- I have no clue why DC is shoving a Killer Frost in things. Why is Lobo here? I'm excited to see Vixen again but this is such a B team. It's depressing.
- Their warning system is called the troubalert? Really? They couldn't come up with anything better than that? Seriously?
- This is the year of Batman being all over the place and I hate Steve Orlando's Batsy. Why the hell would he invite Lobo to this team? I mean, I understand Killer Frost on the smallest of levels but Lobo? Why the hell would he invite Lobo?
- Every T&A shot possible.
- Villains are like Dalek style cyber men
- So, I pretty much forgot everyone's names, to be honest. The Atom guy could have been an interesting character but it looks like they're playing him for amateur comic relief. He literally explained who he was again in pretty much all of his dialogue. Which was helpful because I repeatedly forgot who he was
- The team ultimately fails because there was no sign they trained together as a team and really, when would they have time w/Bats being in like 20 teams apparently.
- Dr Diehard?
- The villains look like Dragon Ball Z characters. Is Freeza showing up, too?
Really, the “cleverness” of this series could be summed up in my favorite terribad quote of the book:
Bad Guy: No one would dare resist me
Vixen: No one say's 'hello'.