The “A” stands for Abysmal


What the hell happened to JLA? “Crisis of Conscience” was great. It mattered. Stuff happened. It made me look forward the next issue. And now “World Without a Justice Lague” has me dreading the next issue.

WWAJLI can’t seem to pin down what it is that makes me hate the book so much now. Is the the bad writing? The sub-par art? The characters involved? I think my biggest complaint may be the fact that every issue seems unrelated except for the villain of the story. It goes from Martian Manhunter’s funeral to the formation of an ad-hoc League that disbands before the end of the issue to a Black Canary/Green Arrow team-up to a Green Arrow/Batman throwdown, with no real transitions or explanations for what’s happening. Only the Key, some mystic woman I’ve never heard of before and her dead husband seem to continue from one issue to the next. Oh, and Mr. Harras needs to look up the word “envy” in a dictionary. That was either rage or pride; definitely not envy.

Is Geoff Johns really that good? Was his presence on the book the only element that made it worth reading for five straight issues? Or is there some grand conspiracy to make every book Johns leaves turn to crap in the blink of an eye so he looks even better by comparison? If you read JSA, you might be wondering the same thing.