Justice League Vol. 2: The Villain's Journey Author: Visit Amazon's Geoff Johns Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1401237657 | Format: EPUB
Justice League Vol. 2: The Villain's Journey Description
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If the first volume of DC’s re-launched Justice League was a vast spectacle, the second narrows the scope of the action slightly and expands somewhat on the characters. Leaping forward five years in the team’s timeline finds a more established array of relationships and the roles of less-established characters, like Cyborg, solidified. This serves as backdrop to the origin of David Graves, who blames the league for the loss of his family and acquires powers that allow him to exploit each hero’s harrowing sense of his or her own personal loss. The pushiness of team wannabe Green Arrow and the plight of team liaison Steve Trevor add still more dramatic threads. The lion’s share of the art is handled by superstar Lee, who has a dynamic sense of action but tends to eschew subtlety and quietude when it comes to human drama. This is a blockbuster title that’s sharpened its focus on character dynamics here, as evidenced by the volume’s climax, the much-hyped romantic clinch between the Man of Steel and the Amazon Princess. --Jesse Karp
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Review
“Johns and Lee are delivering what we wanted all along—our favorite characters in the same place, playing off one another and showing us how they compare and contrast.”—
Newsarama “Geoff Johns is crafting a new villain worthy of the great JLA villains of old. Lee still delivers some of the most sleek and powerful heroes in the industry.”—
IGN “Jim Lee is who he always is—the standard bearer of the industry's artwork. When one imagines in the abstract what a modern comic book should look like, the default setting is Jim Lee.”—
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- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: DC Comics; First Edition edition (October 1, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1401237657
- ISBN-13: 978-1401237653
- Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.7 x 0.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
This volume contains issues 7-12 of the ongoing series.
It has been five years since the teams first adventure and formation, from Justice League Vol.1: Origins. The League is a more cohesive unit but still is a group of individual super-powered individuals wanting to do their own thing. The U. S. government also wants to run this group as well. They try to aid the League with their human team known as A.R.G. U. S., led by Steve Trevor. All the while former Justice League villains are being captured and tortured for information about fighting the League. A villain who felt the League failed him at a time when he needed them most. One who feels they do not deliver justice but he instead intends to give it to them.
Taking on the Justice League is no easy task. There have been many great runs. This one, by Geoff Johns, is starting to get up there (my favs are the Giffen/Demattis, Morrison, Waid, Kelly, and Meltzer takes). And he has been given the task of reinventing the League for a whole new universe. He does a very good job of managing Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg.
The first two issues are a prelude to the four part Villains Journey arc. The first deals with the League in the modern day, now that five years have past from the first story (first six issues) of this series. Batman is the self appointed leader and gives out the orders. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) is not much of a team player and does his own thing feeling true to Johns portrayal of the character in his own series: loud, abrasive, and a lone wolf who hits first and asks questions later. Superman and Wonder Woman play nice and seem to have a loyalty to Batman.
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