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JLA Reboot (OYL)

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07:40 / 02.03.07

There was a storyline in James Robinson's Starman that dealt with Solomon Grundy's reincarnations. Batman and Starman travel into Grundy's soul and meet all the different versions of himself so that Starman can save the friendly one. One of the many great stories of that run.

It actually didn't even occur to me until reading this thread right now that Zor isn't just living one life as Solomon Grundy, but dozens of them, each with a different personality and intelligence level and way of looking at the world. Even more of a reincarnation lesson for him than I'd originally thought.

09:49 / 02.03.07

I rather feel that it should have gone like the pre-Morrison run and had the second-stringers running the show and then when the big three step back up they've got to earn their stripes again...

That more or less happened, except the big 3 didn't show up.

20:25 / 02.03.07

I have been the biggest fan of the League since I got into comics - in fact they are to blame for my bigger love of the DCU over Marvel, I remember the 70's books, the satellite era, detroit era, Giffen and DeMattis, Morrison - it is probably, over all books, the one more responsible for my love of comics. This latest inception, nothing. I flicked through an issue, it really didn't grab me at all. It seems that DC have majorly messed up on this, listening not to the voice of reason in those fans that complained of Melterwith's poor understanding of character, flat comic writing and coming from that school of fan boy turned writer nostolgia a la Johns, just bad rehashing of half remembered ideas or cool sounding snippets with no plan. Instead, they listened to that voice on the internet of comic book fans that call everything 'the totally coolest ever!' and would cheer a turd wrapped in newspaper as the greatest comic on the stands at the moment. Even the Detroit League was more interesting.

20:36 / 02.03.07

I couldn't possibly agree more Benny the Ball. I can't wait till this guy's run ends and it can all be forgotten about.

14:13 / 04.04.07

I'm hoping that issue 7, coming out this week, will be an improvement in this book...it's got a beautiful cover by Eric Wight!

14:24 / 04.04.07

Anyone interested in reading my Dr. Impossible theory?

(Folks who read the NGMB already know what it is

)

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

15:41 / 04.04.07

Mario, if you had a theory about how Gorilla Grod likes to pee in peoples mouths for kicks I would likely read it, because it would undoubtedly contain some random bit of continuity I could absorb into my brain and bring up at parties to sound like the cool nerd.

On topic though.

I was really disappointed with the way the opening arc went. I don't know if I missed something but I don't know why Amazo had the animal totem. Also, I hate that the only way they could resolve any of it was Red Tornado is beaten to death and Grundy gets ripped in half. I thought we were getting AWAY from that shit with OYL.

Hallo, Paper Spaceboy

15:47 / 04.04.07

Brad Meltzer is secretly a receptacle for the GEOFF!JOHNS! sentient aerosol virus?

I'm curious if Doc Impossible is an Earth-3 Mister Miracle, but that's probably not it. Not that I'm really reading JLA.

ONLY NICE THINGS

15:57 / 04.04.07

It seems optimistic, certainly, to suppose that the man who had Sue Dibney raped, then killed by somebody stamping on her brain, then set on fire just for jolly wouldn't you is going to get us away from all that gratuitous violence.

16:03 / 04.04.07

Why did Amazo need the totem? Don't ask me, since it was never clear in the actual issues.

Dr. Impossible did just fade away into nothingness sort of, didn't he (plot-wise...)?

Yeah, Johns is fond of the 'ripping people in half' motif, isn't he? A bit TOO fond...

16:11 / 04.04.07

Actually, Papers, you came close...

I think Dr. Impossible is a brainwashed Scott Free. He has the skills, and (in a way) Shilo Norman is his brother, so he IS "Mister Miracle's brother". You could even argue that Shilo's retaking the mantle was the crack that Desaad/whoever needed to hack Scott's personality.

16:28 / 04.04.07

Haus, I made the somewhat crazy assumption that Meltzer just did all that because that's what they wanted at the time. I now know better.

I read two three issues. They were the flat, dull, wordy and unnecessarily violent. I mean, who the fuck thought that the JLA needed to pour on the gore? Completely weird.

This is strictly for pillocks, surely.

Hallo, Paper Spaceboy

17:35 / 04.04.07

I bought the zero & first issues and ended up bored out of my mind. But then, I really didn't have high hopes with Meltzer onboard.

21:54 / 08.04.07

Brad Meltzer is secretly a receptacle for the GEOFF!JOHNS! sentient aerosol virus?

Even in his wildest dreams and with all his effort, Geoff Johns could never write as poorly as Brad Meltzer.

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