I love it when the solicits lie. We had promises of the Dark Knight on the trail of the JLI, but instead we get a totally different scene. A good one, I admit, where Batman starts deducing that Max Lord is playing tricks on Bats' brain, and Power Girl is in on the action. Just when they are about to throw back in with the JLI, they enter a fugue where they lose track of their thoughts. The JLI is back on their own. This was a nice scene, but what really hit me was that Winick is heavily tying this book into his Power Girl title. Maybe I need to seek that one out after all.Skeets seems to be the most organized member of the current JLI, he's hot on Max's trail all over the world. I'm excited about the team breaking up into smaller units, it will lead to some nice spotlights, and perhaps another member or two rejoining the team. At this point, Crimson Fox and Blue Jay would be a lot of fun, wouldn't they? Blue Beetle is fitting in nicely, but Ted Kord is sorely missed. Everyone's so damn down all the time, I know Max is a big bad guy now, but this gang used to have so much fun. Now they're always so sad.
And c'mon, surely DC is going to launch a new JLI book after this mini wraps up. We all want that, right?
Joe Bennett does a nice job with the art, he and Aaron Lopresti have done a wonderful job making their art merge. Bennett pretty much defines the DC house style, but I can't help but wonder what a more "classic" JLI artist like Dan Jurgens could do with this. Heck, imagine Daryl Banks drawing this team... it'd be awesome.
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