Justice League #1 Review
Cover
I thought the standard cover for this issue was great, Jim Lee's art is amazing and it did a great job of showing off the team to new and veteran readers. I also liked the David Finch Variant Cover which again pictured the full team and for collectors was available in a 1:200 sketch variant. There was also a few reprint covers including a cover by Ivan Reis, all these covers were great as well but more of the same, I didn't really find them unique or interesting in any way.
Story
The writer of justice league for at least the next six issues is geoff johns who I am sure will do a great job with the book and I thought did a good job in this first issue. In this issue we were introduced to green lantern and batman, which I have to admit after reading this issue I didn't like either of them, I found that the dialogue from both characters was bad and made them both sound like douche bags. However the rest of the story was great, I liked how they introduced the villain to comic fans while still leaving new readers unaware however eager to find out, I also liked the idea of heroes being regarded as criminals and how it's going back in time when they were seen negatively in both the public eye and the eye of the law and I also thought the ending with superman was great as it made me want to read #2 as soon as possible but I think the part in the story that Geoff Johns did best was the introduction of Cyborg as he gave us an origin to the character that I think was needed because he is new to the justice league, So the origin is not as well known as batman or superman. Overall I think the story was good at combining action while establishing the different characters and as the first new 52 comic I think it achieved it's goal of attracting new readers to comic books and providing them with a good jumping on point.
Art
If Geoff Johns writing justice league didn't sell me on this series then Jim Lee's art most definitely did, it is amazing from start to finish. As I have already mentioned the cover art was great and the comic inside is just more Jim Lee goodness. DC have definitely chose the right artist for the comic as Jim Lee can really make those big blockbuster action moments come to life, I especially liked the big double spread of batman being shot by police helicopters and as soon as I saw that I knew that their was going to be some unforgettable art in his run on justice league.
Overall I thought this was a good first issue and I am definitely interested to see where this series goes and if it was not for green lantern and batman's characters being so annoying this would have got five stars. 4/5 Stars