The sky is falling
THE STORY: The moon has been split in half and the sky is falling on the earth. Our team begins its final battle to save the moon and hopefully the earth but Eclipso and his Shadow army stand in the way! Donna Troy is the linch pin to victory for the team. Can she defeat Eclipso and help the team save us all?
I'm not going to tell you that but if you want to know buy this issue!
THE REVIEW: The addition of Brett Booth was a welcome one. He replaced possibly the worst JLA artist, in my opinion, and the story took a much needed turn for the better. Not that some of the Bagley issues weren't good, some where, but the story telling became clear and the scenes flow smoothly. However, we have an artist change for this issue and I am more than happy to report that the visual end of the story remains strong. Daniel Sampere brings a more classic look that is wholey appropriate to the status of the strong story that James Robinson is writting. He did have some help form Miguel Sepulveda, whose work I previouly enjoyed in this years Superman/Batman annual. The story itself has the "world wide" magnitude that the JLA should be expected to deal with. Yeah, Eclipso is much more powerful than he had been in my past experience or memory of him. Zuriel is in this issue even if it is brief. The lack of the too often used dialogue boxes allowed the story to flow and when they were used it felt needed. There was only one scene that I felt the dialogue was off, when Dick is saying to Todd that he should tell the team what he had figured out and Todd turns it back to him to explain it. Dick as Batman is a great detective and I felt that this scene was a way to show us he is but it felt forced. Now that I am done picking that nit. I can say that this was a great issue and that James Robinson has delivered the goods wonderfully building a story and a team that feels like the Justice League of America!
The strength of the heroes, the scope and scale of threat are right on.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO: buy the book read the story and enjoy!
