Justice League: Future State shows us that a team must come together to be successful. And in an additional story, the Justice League Dark tries to hide out before they're hunted by Merlin.  Read Full Review

Its pretty much neck and neck in terms of which story is stronger, but this Justice League Future State edition is so much stronger from having two high quality stories. Read Full Review

I highly recommend giving this issue a look, especially if you are interested in FUTURE STATE. Readers get a ton of characters and dynamic plot threads that should quickly evolve into some big things down the road. Read Full Review

A good start to both stories. DC put together good teams for these projects. Read Full Review

Future State - Justice League #1 is a brilliant shot of team dynamics-driven superhero adventure, with a last page guaranteed to make old-school Morrison JLA fans jump for joy. Unfortunately, the issue as a whole is dragged down a bit due to a been-there, done-that backup story. Read Full Review

Robson Rocha does some great work with the art in the Justice League story. There are beautiful details throughout and the characters look amazing. Marcio Takara brings a beautiful, dark tone to the art in this Justice League Dark story. The use of shadow was perfectly done and the art matches the dark tone of the story. Read Full Review

Overall, this is maybe a bit busy for a new status quo we've barely been introduced to, but Williamson knows how to write a great Justice League action set piece. This maybe would have been stronger released on the last week of the month when everyone had a spotlight already. Read Full Review

Featuring a strong balance of nostalgic fun and apocalyptic action, 'Future State: Justice League' is off to a strong start. Read Full Review

Final Verdict: Future State: Justice League #1 is ambitious, but it does a fairly good job of executing its goals. Give it a read. Read Full Review

Of all the Future State comic books that have released thus far Justice League #1 does the best job in tapping into the full potential of this direction. Joshua Williamson does a fantastic job establishing the dynamics and rules for this version of the Justice League. In the process we are able to get a story that captures our attention right away. Read Full Review

Pretty standard, pretty well-written and well-drawn comic. Nothing particularly electrifying about the Future State version of the Justice League, but it's still solid comics. Read Full Review

In the end, I would say that Future State: Justice League #1 was a bold started for what it turned out to be. This is definitely one of those books where you would want to give the next issue a go to see how you really feel about the direction taken. Read Full Review

The narrative, which sees the team on the run, demonstrates Takara's strong grasp on each cast member's character and his skill in crafting plots that give them all something to contribute. If you've read any of Ram V's prior JLD issues, it's just as solid and enjoyable. Read Full Review

Jinny Hex Special #1 is a delightful read. Visaggio makes the most out of these characters, building their pasts while also giving them a bright future. The art is beautiful throughout, making this special the complete package. Those who want a fun one-shot should pick this one up. Read Full Review

A title like Future State: Justice League carries with it high expectations, especially with a lineup as promising as this. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite hit that high bar, but some of that is due to the nature of the story the series is trying to tell. Read Full Review

Future State: Justice League #1 is an ok comic. It's not bad. It's also not exciting enough. Both stories have their moments and interesting aspects. But, the Justice League characters are a bit more interesting in their own "Future State" series. The Justice League Dark story packs a lot in but misses that punch to really make it exciting. This is one for those who really want to see more of these characters or worlds. Read Full Review

While the potential is there, the first issue of Future State's Justice League fails to live up to expectations. Read Full Review

More could have been done to introduce the casts, but regular readers of Justice League Dark and Justice League should enjoy it. Read Full Review

Future State: Justice League #1 is a bit uneven. The art is stellar in both stories and the writing is very good. I mean, look who is doing the writing. The problem is there is a TON of explaining to do and that just wears the reader down a bit. The idea behind Future State is solid, but there is just a ton of exposition required. I would actually prefer not to have that. Just drop us in. Future State is in the title. We get it. Read Full Review

The Justice League is about team interaction as much as the Bang! Slam! action, but without proper introductions to all of the roster, the JL story by Joshua Williamson falls flat. While that's not the case for Ram V's Justice League Dark story, that one is just boring until the last few pages. Overall, this was a boring read that did nothing to expand on the overall Future State universe or tell it's own interesting story. Read Full Review

This is a good book. Sometimes comic readers really annoyed me with their lack of imagination and rejection of anything different. This is legitimate good stuff with solid characterization and excellent art. I wish more people would be willing to give something new a chance ge instead of harping on every single sentence and phrase they don't like. Not to mention the JL dark story is very strong as well. The scores you are seeing are more critiques of the concept of changing the faces behind the masks than it is criticizing the actual book on its merits, which is sad to see.

Enjoyable all the way through. Getting two whole Issues for $5.99 is a bonus.

Justice League introduces a whole new dynamic for the League members, or does it? Well, that probably depends on how one views the JL, as people that simply come together to prevent disaster or one that acts as friends. While I am more of a fan of the co-worker League (for me the family feel belongs to the Titans), I enjoyed this new-old angle. How the Leaguers interact with each other, especially under the new rules the former League set up is the highlight of the Issue and I hope we'll get to see another glimpse into the relationship of Aquawoman and The Flash. But new rules aren't the only thing that changes how the Leaguers interact. Gone are the days in which Flash and Batman are the detectives of the team.

The villains are set up in a very Legion of Doom way and the art really does them justice. They are bitter and frustrated with this new League so, of course, it does not go well for them, but that only leaves the heroes with more trouble.

The twist Williamson introduces is refreshing instead of frustrating, which I applaud, and Robson Rocha on art delivers throughout the Issue but especially one of the best Justice League establishing shots feat. their former villains.


Justice League Dark isn't just a back-story. With twenty pages of its own, it is as much of a story as it would be standing alone.

The Issue starts with a mystery like many of Ram V's stories, which is partially revealed throughout the Issue and then complete with a literal boom at the end. Compared to JL, JLD takes us on a journey with familiar characters but also unexpected ones. For anyone who has been a fan of DC's Mystics, it won't be a surprise that Merlin isn't a great guy and this dark future really hits that home. Ram V plays with what the reader knows and that makes it so satisfying to read this Issue.

Marcio Takara's art truly shines in this book, especially in quieter and more forlorn panels that speak of Merlin's destruction and brim with magic. The colors make his art all the more vibrant when it needs to be. As unlikely as it seems, Etrigan is one of the two beacons in a world of darkness and the art reflects that. more

Justice League:

Not what I was expecting to see in a JL issue right away. I at least expected the Legion of Doom to make some form of advancement and not be taken out by the fourth page. I'm not really a fan of the Hyperclan but I'm still really invested in finding out the conclusion with the arc and who the traitor in the midst would be.

7.5/10

Justice League Dark:

This story was very interesting, I liked the artwork and the storyline behind it. I'm also invested in the direction it's heading in. Sadly, the JLD stories will only serve as back-up stories in the JL monthly book.

8.5/10

This issue was the most fun I've had with a Future State comic yet. Both the main JL story and the secondary JL Dark one pulled from DC history in several surprising ways, rewarding longtime readers while still opening the door to new and exciting stories in the future timeline. If you're a fan of the Grant Morrison era JLA, this book should be on your radar.

This review is just for the JLD story (which was a full 22 pages on it's own meaning it should've just been a separate comic). I liked this story and I'm curious to see how the fight with Merlin will play out. Zee's rag-tag group of heroes are a nice shake-up from the main JLD cast and I love how Etrigan is stuck in Bobo now.

I would have given it less but that JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK story was quite interesting. As for the New Justice League it was boring and that part where it says Tim Fox did better than the original Batman sounds really pretentious and quite disrespectful; i suppose that's what you get when you try to force an agenda.

The main story was fine, pretty simple but was still a fun read, mainly due to the way the characters were portrayed. Really liked the second one, I haven't read Ram V's JLD yet, but after reading this it made me actually want to go ant pick it up.

Feels a liitle uncreative to just make the bad guys kinda the good guys but hey we'll take it

" Remenber, Superman. Your father was the man of tomorrow. But you... You've got to be the man of today."
- WONDER WOMAN

Surprisingly not so bad.

A good number, I liked the new cast of the Justice League. The art was good.

The story by Joshua Williamson is surprisingly very good! It feels like a great dynamic between the team, a lot of them dont trust each other and there's actual character building. I did find the hypocrisy hilarious with DC though. There were great character moments, and I loved the twist and callback to Morrison JLA. That's the monkey's paw though for me is that I enjoyed it because it reminded me of Morrison JLA, literally pulling a plot point from the first story arc of that run. No originality is found in terms of plot here, it feels very by the numbers plot wise. But I'm fine with it as long as the characters are enjoyable to read. The Ram V story was surprisingly very boring and not good.

The one thing I truly liked about this comic was the cover art. They took the mouthpiece off of Batman to show his skin color. It felt less like they were keeping his identity a secret and more like they were hiding his race.

I thought the Flash and Aquawoman were interesting, hopefully those stories don't get lost in whatever this story arc is supposed to be about.

I guess I just expected more from a major title like Justice League. Finding out the horrible team dynamic was intended left me scratching my head.

Its a shame, this JL does nothing for me but JLD has tons of promise.
But alas, they're now shoehorning it in with JL proper so I won't be reading it moving forward.
If I could split this, JL: 4/10 JLD: 8/10

This was uneven. Shockingly, I enjoyed the story by Joshua Williamson. It wasn't amazing, but I had a good time. The story by Ram V was so boring and I don't know why. I liked his run on Justice League Dark a lot more than this.

Last week I brought up the rotting corpse of the DCEU to show some similarities between its failure and the awfulness of Future State's Flash. Allow me to beat the dead horse a bit more here, by mentioning how Warner Bros tried to replicate Avengers' groundbreaking success while also skipping everything that led to Avengers. They wanted the end result, and the end result only.
Now let's talk about this comic, which suffers from the very same problem. It wants us to see the new Justice League, and it wants us to be invested in their struggles, but it all falls flat when we don't know half of these characters and even they themselves try to avoid getting closer to each other. And then, let's not forget, it's a team-up story, meaning no one really has enough time to shine.

Similarly to Dark Detective #1, I was more entertained by the additional story, in this case the one following Justice League Dark. I wouldn't call it anythiing special, but it's not half bad. There's few surprises awaiting you, the art is solid, so is writing and team chemistry.

Overall meh, you can skip it, you can read it, I'm completely indifferent towards it. It exists, aand that's that. more

I just read the Dark story. It dragged as always. All I basically remember was Etrigan being pissed he now possessea chimp. I just want this to he Dark Avengers so bad.

Oh man!! I just can't stand how they are just so lazily creating new characters. "He did what the original Batman could not and truly saved Gotham". I ranted about this in another post but are we actually going to see how Tim Fox had the proper training to actually be Batman? He was a full grown adult when he was introduced. Where did he learn everything from? Hes like Rey in the sequels lol.
But I was planning on skipping Justice League once I heard Bendis was the new writer anyway so I guess I don't care about the far future of Justice League or the near future of it either.

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Toonstrack - Jan 16, 2021

"I ranted about this in another post but are we actually going to see how Tim Fox had the proper training to actually be Batman? He was a full grown adult when he was introduced. Where did he learn everything from?" Doesn't this all apply to Bruce as well? He was i trounced already doing his thing, we didn't get his origin right away. Why not just be patient and see what happens with the story? Not to mention this is a Justice League book, and you have almost nothing to say about the issue?

Beyond_Batman - Jan 16, 2021

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Beyond_Batman - Jan 16, 2021

I have no interest in a comic that lazily tries to rip off an established, iconic character. This why people hate on these types of comics. Why not create an original character? If the comic industry is that obsessed with adding minorities they should add new and original characters and put them in movies and TV shows. This way if a character catches on they can add them to the comics just like Harley Quinn . Who the hell wants to cheese ripoff of old characters over and over again?

Beyond_Batman - Jan 16, 2021

And the only way it would be believable is if he traveled the world for years studying with the elite of the elite. But if thats the case it is still just a boring, lazy ass ripoff .

Toonstrack - Jan 16, 2021

Ah, so you didn't read the issue then. Figures. Batman has been replaced 5 times in continuity, but of course its only a problem when the black guy does it right? Why didn't Grant Morrison create a new character instead of Dickbats? Why didn't Scott Snyder create a new character instead of Jim Gordon? You are just being silly. I'm willing to bet you didn't even buy the book, you shouldn't be allowed to review it if you haven't purchased tbh but I dont run the site. Carry on.

Beyond_Batman - Jan 16, 2021

I hope you'll behappy when DC changes every character in the comics so they can make movies for people who don't read or give 2 shits about comics. And then comic fans stop buying comics from the big 2 companies. Comic sales say it all. Indie titles are already selling at record numbers and the big 2 are declining. I'm not alone. That is all. You can respond but I'm not going argue because u disagree with my view. Go fight an SJW battle on someone else's post. Begone troll

Toonstrack - Jan 16, 2021

Ok, I'm not worried, this is nothing new with DC. Imagine an Alan Scott fan saying this same stuff back in '59 when Hal debuted. Or a Jay Garrick fan in 56. DC is still here. Hopefully they will continue to be, and to evolve the stories and characters as well. But we can just disagree. Have a good one.

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