Four and a half starsExcellent stuff, kriptonite in the vein.

I'd give this 5 stars for the art, but waiting to see where this story goes, it's a little confusing right now. I like the twist though.

Recently I have decided I must branch out my reading of superhero comics to include characters other than Batman. The thought of going cold turkey terrifies me a little, so I've decided to begin with a foray into JLA titles in which Bats is still present. I got given the final volume of Justice a couple of months back and decided it sounded interesting enough to merit buying the preceding volumes. Two weeks of scouring Ebay later, I had the whole set in my clammy hands. First of all, I must admi...

I'm glad I got this out from the library, because I'd have been pretty annoyed if I'd paid for this utterly uninspiring and unmemorable piece of work.What is it about DC and Marvel that they simply CANNOT publish a memorable or well-written comic or miniseries unless one of a very small number of writers is part of the project? At this point, if it's not by Alan Moore or Neil Gaiman, my expectations are virtually nil.I read the whole series - volumes 1, 2, and 3. What was it about? The bad guys

So this is the sort of thing that will be like, A) totally irrelevant to most people, B) a head-nodder for some, and C) a head-shaker for the rest, but like, I'm never really gotten the Justice League.I get Batman, you know, because I love Batman, and so I figure that if people can love other superheroes the way I love Batman, then sure, it makes sense for people to be big fans of Superman flying around having Superman adventures and Wonder Woman having Wonder Woman adventures and all the rest,

JUSTICE! What a generic title. I'm not even a fan of Alex Ross (Gasp! I know!) So I was expecting very little but instead got a whole lot. So it starts off with easily one of the best first issues in a series (least for me) I read for DC in awhile. It's all the heroes trying to save people but all failing miserably. The world is going up in flames, like everything is being destroyed, and you see every major hero trying their best and dying. The saddest being Flash who believes he saved people bu...

I randomly decided to buy this from Half Price books yesterday because it was hardcover, in great condition and I love Alex Ross' artwork. I was surprised to find that I really enjoyed it! It was a plot that could have easily had that annoying "this will end EVERYTHING" tone that most event comics have. The kind that don't always age well when you're very much aware that nothing changed much after the arc ended. With this plot, it made sense how the heroes were defeated, the pacing was well done...

Loved it! Loved. It.The story is great, but Alex Ross' artwork really takes everything up a notch for me. It's stunning!On to Volume two...

Love the artwork of Alex Ross and have always wanted to read this. Was finally able to get a copy of this at a used bookstore a few weeks back.

+1 star for the artwork alone!Great story. Amazing artwork. Worth the re-read!Some minor problems I've had here and there with the story, and mainly with the whole chit-chat that could be done in, say, 1 panel and not 5-6, but overall it's definitely a great JLA story!

"When you write an antagonist, you always write him, in his mind, as the protagonist. That means, every villain of a story, to be a good villain, must believe himself to be the hero. Not the villain at all." In his foreward in this book, Jim Kreuger speaks about how he writes a villain and what he has learned about writing effective villains. This really caught my attention because this is what I have always believed when I read a book that features a pronounced antagonist. I really can't stand

Alright, alright, you got my attention! First off, really enjoyed how realistic this art is. The story is like, wtf is going on, but definitely in a good way. I’m curious to see where it goes. Some of these characters are new to me and I have to suspend my belief on some, but that’s just comics. Volume two, here we come!

Justice: Volume 1 takes everything we knew about in the DC comic world and turns it on its head. The Intro note from the author is intriguing and well written, and poses a few great points, most importantly that a well-written villain is acting "right" in his own mind, while a hero is acting "right" in his own mind.That said, Justice begins with a thought-provoking mindset. The premise of the series is that the world's Super Villains decide to join together and do good in the world, kind of like...

If all the world's supervillains, or even most, were to band together, the heroes would be in trouble. And that's exactly what happens in Justice. Inspired by a dream of superheroes being powerless to save earth from catastrophe, and lead by Brainiac and Lex Luthor, the villains systematically target the heroes one by one, while at the same time using their abilities to benefit humanity. Poison Ivy makes the desert bloom, for example. Of course, they're up to something.Luthor himself raises an i...

Book Info: This collection contains Justice issues #1-4.ABSOLUTE RATING: {2.5/5 stars} (Rounded Down)STANDARDIZED RATING: <2/5 stars>"Survival. Perhaps that is all I can hope for at this point. Our potential was stunted when earth became the battlefield for the rest of the cosmos... when the so-called Justice League of America banded together because they were unwilling to allow us to bleed and suffer and learn how to defend ourselves... when Earth and humanity became but suburbs to the conf...

Gorgeous artwork props up the “tear it all down” story. Like all superhero stories, this is rising action in the arc of heroes’ fall and heroes’ rise, but it’s a major downer slow burn.

Great first volume. Amazing art style, compelling storyline, looking forward to see where vol.2 goes.

Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, and Doug Braithwaite do the seemingly impossible and told the Super Friends' first ever legitimately cool story.Can't really say how without spoiling it, so I'll just talk about the pictures.In Justice, Ross paints over Braithwaite's pencils but many of the characters (especially their faces) look like pure Ross. This has me curious about the original pencils: did Braithwaite draw the characters while aping Ross's style, or did Ross disregard Braithwaite's faces and do hi...

Alex Ross's work is catnip to me (even when he's painting over another artist's pencils), so I am predisposed to like this. This volume is largely set-up for the mysteries that will play out over the next two volumes, but it still manages to shoehorn in a ton of dynamic hero shots, some interesting character work and dialogue, and a very nice treatment of the trope of "Lex as protector of humanity's drive for excellence." This book also checks in on a ton of different Justice Leaguers and their

A superhero story in twelve issues, or three volumes. About the Justice League.It helps to know the characters, I dare say. There are lots of them, both heroes and villains. It opens with a common nightmare plaguing all the supervillains, to draw them in: the superheroes failing to rescue Earth from destruction. And then showing their plots, capturing Aquaman, raiding Wayne Industries to use its computers, making the desert bloom, healing crippled people so they can walk -- which, as you can gue...