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    Justice League: Generation Lost » Justice League: Generation Lost #18 - Old Friends released by DC Comics on March 1, 2011.

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    Review: Generation Lost #18

    Power Girl rages against the JLE, being utterly convinced that they're actually a corrupt JLA. 
     

    The Good

    I never paid much attention to Winick prior to just recently and, after putting more attention on him, I've been really digging the guy's way with dialogue and character. From the short, opening flashback to the waking nightmare Power Girl finds herself in, and then from Blue Beetle's almost-naive resilience against torture to Lord's almost-removed perspective on who's the good guy... the character moments all ring true without every bogging down the pop and fizzle you love so much about superheroes.

    The Bad

    All of the problems of this issue have double edges. This really is just one, long fight and the whole thing reads pretty quickly because of that, but why not? Why not some variety?  Similarly, there is the question of them taking this many issues to get around to Power Girl finally realizing who Max Lord is. But, on the other side of that, the whole point of this series is to handle these ideas at a more deliberate pace and explore all the angles therein in more detail. So, again, why not?

    The Verdict - 4.5/5

    Yet another overlooked book that certainly deserves better recognition, I'm feeling like a broken record with my praise because I'm hitting the same positive points for the book every couple weeks it comes out. It's that consistently good. Many creators have been trying to recapture the classic Giffen/Maguire run and this, in my mind, is the one that's finally done it.
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      Justice League: Generation Lost #18 - Old Friends by matkrenz on January 27, 2011

      Issue 18 of JL: GL.  The Sory: The team fights Power Girl who is having delusions that the team are evil versions of Superman,Batman,Supergirl,Hal Jordan and Starfire and Beetle is still captured and after basically using a sonic shriek PG is back on her sense's and joins the JLI.At the beginning we also get a scene were PG is trying to befriend Cap Atom.  The Good: Time and time again Judd Winick shows us that he can write great dialogue and making it funny,emotional,suspensful and natural wich...

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      Justice League: Generation Lost #18 - Old Friends by jonesdeini on January 29, 2011

      A mentally manipulated Power Girl attacks the JLI and Max waxes maniacal while performing some most unpleasant experiments on Blue Beetle.   The Good  First of all let me applaud Arron Lopresti for his excellent work on this month's Covers. Last issue's was a smash and this issue's is no different. The Image of Captain Atom flying toward the reader, face set and ready for action is rather simple. But sometimes the simple things are the most effective. This cover has that truly iconic feel too it...

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