Not as consistently funny as I'd expected. The whole plot line with the Gray Man and Doctor Fate really slowed the book's pace - not least because it was boring! I'm glad Doctor Fate's left the team by the book's end.You can tell the series hadn't hit its stride yet. Still, this book remains a classic and should be read at least once by comic book fans, though I much preferred Justice League International, Vol. 3.

Vote: 3, 5I am just too much a newbie reader of DC Universe (besides Batman comics) to fully appreciate this classic (and not liked very much the Grey Man storyline), but the Bats/Guy Gardner argues scenes were just hilarious ones!No doubt I'm going to rise my vote when I'm going to re-read it sooner of later after upgrading my knowledge about DC characters.

Joyous entertainment supreme! The banter pops, the plot sizzles and the artwork is expressive. It works now and it works as nostalgia.

The first comic I ever subscribed to was the Justice League of America. Unfortunately for me, it was when the League had a fairly crappy roster including Vibe, Gypsy, Vixen, and Steel. Fortunately, it was cancelled a few issues later and replaced with Justice League International.JLI made comics fun again. Blue Beetle and Guy Gardner provided the laughs with Batman playing the ultimate straightman for their jokes. And we can't forget about poor hen-pecked Mister Miracle either.This book collects...

Ok Everyone has praised this book so much so I thought this would be fun read as my first Justice league read even though I knew it's from 80s era. Well I didn't like it that much. This is about new justice league where superman and wonder woman are not in league and most of the members are B grade characters of DC. First two issues were nice and there were lots of humor in it and I definitely enjoyed it but after a while later this book became chore to read for me. All the jokes became just too...

Launched in 1987, Justice League America (the title actually switched to Justice League International only for #7-25) was DC's inspired early response to the ideological superhero critique of Alan Moore's Watchmen's and Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. It is funny when it needs to be, clever when it needs to be, subtle when it needs to be, cheesy when it needs to be - and it casts the members of the Justice League as less than perfect (and in some cases downright obnoxious) anti-heroes wh...

Crack up. Guy Gardner is everything that is good about Green Lantern.

Strangely enough, not all comics became serious after the early-'80's industry decry that the medium was no longer for kids. Why it took this long for the comics bankers to realize that this wouldn't kill them financially (to make this declaration, that is) is anyone's guess, but the immediate result, sadly, was that everything became far too serious and "gritty," almost overnight. Batman because more maudlin. The mutations became a metaphor for AIDS. And big-name characters were dying every oth...

I remember reading a couple of comics from this series when I was a kid, but since I was never much into DC, I never really cared for it, but something about this team, specially the art and the banter between the members have lingered in my memory until this day, and you know what I think it was? The character's expressions and the colorful costume designs, they're all fun and amazing to look at, I never read a single storyline with Guy Gardner and I've always known who he is because of it, sam...

I read this when I was younger and it sparked my love for all things JL.

This my first go at reading these 80s JLI issues, and I really enjoyed it. There's a great mix of characters here, most of whom I already knew fairly well and liked. And Guy Gardner, who I think I know fairly well and could do with rather less of. Having read everything surrounding Infinite Crisis, it's really hard not to read the most sinister possible motivations for everything Maxwell Lord does, but I'm trying. There's a comedic tone to the whole thing, while having serious conflicts. It's th...

Batman and Martian Manhunter form a team of B list superheroes consisting of Dr. Fate, Black Canary, Blue Beetle, Shazam, Booster Gold, Mr. Miracle and the ever so douchey Guy Gardner Green Lantern. This book has amazing art, maybe some of the best 80's DC has to offer. There was also a lot of good humor in action in this book. It is so painfully cheesy and 80s and parts of it fall under the so bad it's good banner, it's a really fun read and maybe the best Justice League series.

I think I collected this when it first came out, and even then I enjoyed the hell out of this zany over-the-top combination of fun writing and exaggerated acting in the art. Guy Gardner and Maxwell Lord make an immediate, attention-getting impression. As does Black Canary's 80's hair and jumpsuit. And the team dynamic - the dysfunction and infighting - works here. They're not at each others' throats because they don't understand each other - these guys are familiar enough with each other that th...

I find myself re-reading this graphic novel frequently. Still one of my all-time favorites. The interactions w/Guy Gardner & Batman - Epic.

This wasn't my favorite, but it's solid for what it is: an 80s alternative Justice League. I just think I'm not a huge JL fan. All right, so what's the deal? Dr. Light II receives an alert disc (like those Olive Garden alert discs) from "someone," we don't know who, then it's revealed later but the mystery doesn't really matter. Booster Gold joins the team. The Champions of Angor, these aliens whose planet was destroyed by nuclear war, are trying to rid the world of nuclear warheads. Then there'...

"I want to know how long you're gonna keep talking, Bats. I don't think I can stay awake much longer.""Be a good boy now, Guy--or I'm going to have to keep you after class. You wouldn't like that. Believe me." (1) Batman putting Guy Gardner in his place like a boss, that's just priceless!!!(2) It really comes as a surprise, but the sense of humor and the stupid jokes in the story actually are...kinda good?(3) Guy Gardner is such a jerk to everyone that it's simply hilarious! Watching hi

4.5 starsI was a little leery when my friends recommended this to me. Even with all the good reviews.It's OLD.And I know how you guys like to give high ratings for stuff that you read and loved when you were kids. You're a bunch of sentimental bastards.Don't bother denying it...So.I open it up...and where were my slick glossy pages?! It's printed on PAPER! Yeah, plain paper. That's how freaking old my copy was! Ick.But, I turned the gross pages anyway. Because I'm a strong woman.Oh My God! It wa...

So good. So fun. Some of the best 'acting' via facial expressions ever in comics. A masterpiece of a series.

Have you ever been in that situation where a friend says to you, “Hey, you need to meet my buddy Al—you will love him! He’s hilarious, and I just think you two would really hit it off…you guys have the same sense of humor.” And so your friend invites you out to drinks with Al, and he’s got a big, friendly smile, and you think, “Yeah, I can see why you’d like this guy.” And then, two minutes later, he cracks and off-color joke that’s equal parts funny and offensive, and you’re trying to figure ou...

So I went into this volume thinking that maybe I will hate most of the 80s DC Comics after my recent troubles reading Batman: The Dark Knight Detective. I was not surprised that I immediately hated Guy Gardener. A couple pages in and he’s already sexually harassing Black Canary and just being an overall douche. I was pleasantly surprised when Batman walked in and, with Daddy energy, completely told them what was up and didn’t take no for an answer. I have read Guy Gardener before in the lead up