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    Review: Generation Lost #21

    The members of the loosely-reassembled JLE cope with Blue Beetle's seeming death - - and Booster takes it the hardest of all of them. 
     

    The Good

    It's always tough to avoid things getting maudlin in "requiem" issues like this without skipping over the necessary reactions characters need to go through. Thus, Winick pulls of a great balancing act here that, above all else, feels fitting. From Booster's avoidance to Captain Atom's existential searching to Rocket Red's almost zen-like peace about the kid's passing... this feels like real people handling tough problems.

    The Bad

    Facial expressions in this issue seem to be locked almost entirely in a state of "combat grimace" - - even when the situation isn't appropriate. This was particular the case during the make-out scene between Red Rocket and Fire. What was supposed to be light and flirty was actually rendered with the strum und drang of some kind of brutal torture scene.

    The Verdict - 4/5

    Superheroes are often described as soap operas in capes and this leisurely-paced bi-weekly feature certainly fits that description to a T. The character feel so real, though, that the whole experience is more akin to being an invisible bystander in the events instead of merely a removed observer. Even the slightest surprises feel much more gripping for that.

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    Edited By longbowhunter

    I really liked this issue. Generation Lost's best quality to me has always been Judd Winick's characterization. And there is plenty of it here. Love the cover! Maybe my favorite of the whole series. Cant wait for the next issue. What really happened to Jaime?
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    @longbowhunter said:
    " I really liked this issue. Generation Lost's best quality to me has always been Judd Winick's characterization. And there is plenty of it here. Love the cover! Maybe my favorite of the whole series. Cant wait for the next issue. What really happened to Jaime? "
    LOVED this issue, got to the last page and I could say with a smile from ear to ear was Winick you S.O.B., you!!! people are either goin' to love or hate this issue based on that final page. Winick perfectly captures not only how people realistically deal with death but, how each of the team members would do so based upon his characterization of them. Excellent writing job once again. My only knock on this issue is Dagnino's team's oft poor art work. Especially those awkward faces. 
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    @JonesDeini:
    Your right. People will either love or hate the last page. I for one am relieved. Gonna hate to see this series end.
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    Edited By Radread

    I enjoyed the issue for the most part.

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    Winick was about to be on my most hated list, but that last page saved him lol! he also did a good job of making me a fan of Red Rocket his dialog really pulls me into the book.....if that makes any sense :)

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      Justice League: Generation Lost #21 - The Dark Morning's Light by jonesdeini on March 12, 2011

      A Requiem of Jaime Reyes...  The Good This is quite possibly one of my favorite covers to ever grace this titles and saying a lot considering the high quality of the covers on this series. Once again Dustin Nguyen keeps it simple and knocks it out of the park.   Anyone who knows me knows that I hate character deaths, but even more so I abhor the pointless requiem issue/arc that's soon to follow. The grieving process is rarely captured believably to me in comics, especially considering they take ...

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      The Plot Takes A Back Seat For An Issue, Which Is Just Fine 0

      Justice League: Generation Lost #21 - The Dark Morning's Light by blurred_view on March 09, 2011

      Generation Lost slows down for an issue, giving us a very strong issue focusing on the characters and all they have been through up to this point.  Issues like this one are really the most important to have with ongoing stories. You can have all the crazy stuff in the world happen in a story, but if you don't give the characters time to react, it gets hard to care about any of it. Judd Winick wisely gives us an issue of this after the JLI have come so close but ended up so far from getting Max L...

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