Drowned Earth has been a fantastic mini-event and delivered as promised. This has been so much fun DC probably could have made it a universe-wide event. Read Full Review

An excellent chapter all around, doubly so for advancing two different story arcs at the same time. Read Full Review

Snyder kickstarts the Justice League's comeback, as we learn what Poseidon did, and what Arthur and Mera must do. Snyder does a great job of balancing all these plates, and the artwork fits the mood and setting in each instance. Read Full Review

Packed with energy and excitement, Justice League #12 prepares readers for what promises to be an epic and intense conclusion to "Drowned Earth." Read Full Review

The art's great, and the writing backs it up wonderfully. One of my favorite lines in the issue is when Batman busts into the Hall of Justice and tells the Legion, "Right over here, we have the part of the Hall where Batman kicked the asses of the Legion of Doom." It's just a cool line to bring Batman out of remission in an epic fashion. Overall, Drowned Earth is picking up in a big way, and with the promise of a Death Kraken on the way, this is one storyline to pick up. Read Full Review

The art is brilliant. Having the contrast in styles between Arthur's narrative and the main plot enhanced the entire issue and added an additional emotional level to Aquaman's story. Read Full Review

Justice League #12 gives the fractured teams of the JL a small W as they gear up for what's gonna be an uphill battle to drain the Earth of the infectious space water. Meanwhile, the Ocean Lords and Black Manta, trying to dodge defeat, are about to throw their hail mary" The Death Kraken. Read Full Review

As far as event comics go this issue progresses things very nicely. There's no decompression, but instead a wealth of entertaining scenes and plot-progressing moments. This is the speed events should always move in. That said, the villains turn tail in a way that is somewhat unearned. Read Full Review

Black Manta's final line feels almost meme-worthy, and I'm not sure all the art shifts work, but this remains an entertaining old-school event comic, even if it's not a patch on Tynion's last event outing. Read Full Review

The dialogue in Justice League #12 is not great, but it works well enough. The story is still very intriguing, and as the Drowned Earth conflict comes to a head, the excitement is high, and I'm desperate to read the conclusion. Read Full Review

Whatever lasting effect the Drowned Earth saga has, you can't deny that it's an exciting tale of epic proportions. I have no doubt that the League will prevail over the alien sea gods, but the Totality in the control of the Legion of Doom is a much greater threat that doesn't portend well for the League. Read Full Review

This issue turned me around on Drowned Earth. A feat I thought impossible. I had been enjoying the overall story beats but felt everything lacked focus. This issue has far more focus. It loses some of that cohesion in the artistic direction, but overall a really great issue. A must-read for fans of the crossover or Justice League in general. Read Full Review

"Drowned Earth" has been a delightful roller coaster ride of epic proportions, and we can't wait to see how it ends. Read Full Review

There is so much going on in this issue I just couldn't put it down! Well paced action with a twist or two plus a special guest strange sorcerer that we haven't seen in a while keeps us glued to every page. And just when you think it couldn't get any more intense the Atlanteans release… to be continued! **** (9.3 rating) Read Full Review

Justice League #12 is still continuing the momentum of previous issues, leading us to what appears to be a strong and well-crafted conclusion. Read Full Review

Even though this wasn't my favorite chapter of Drowned Earth, as part of the overall story I still enjoyed this issue despite the dual artists. Finally while I'm usually against references in comics, seeing Black Manta yell RELEASE THE DEATH KRAKEN while a giant Kraken rises from the ocean depths is a reference that I'm perfectly okay with. More Death Kraken please. Read Full Review

Justice League #12 is a bit of a stumble. It pushes the narrative forward without the grace or precision accomplished in previous issues. Tynion's scripting is serviceable but distinctly not Snyderian. Irving and Redondo are both solid artists, but their work is so incongruous that the issue feels disjointed. Read Full Review

Still an underwhelming arc so far, but the overarching story is still extremely interesting to me. I look forward to the next chapter in this series. Read Full Review

Despite some meanderings around its objects of power, "Justice League" #12 relies on insightful villain moments and truly outstanding art for its biggest credits Read Full Review

My thoughts on this issue are complicated but not nearly as wordy and bloated as this issue is. It's gorgeous and the two artists that worked on this should be damn proud of their good work, along with the colouring and lettering work done by Sunny Gho and Tom Napolitano, but this issue bored me on such a fundamental level that I truly can't even describe it. Read Full Review

Things move along on the three fronts being told in this crossover, but a change to the art style mid-issue could take the reader right out of it. It was nice to see Batman dole out some beatdowns. Read Full Review

I thought the art was pretty great. The story was ok. I liked it but not as much as i thought i would. I cant wait for the Drowned Earth story to end.

"Release the Kraken!"

Another good installment of the Drowned Earth. This event really came to my liking.
As our heroes fight and the tides of battle are turning we learn a little bit of backstory behind this whole conflict.

We learn that the Atlantean hero Arion was a very smart cookie, that the space sea gods are not exactly what they appear to be and that Greek gods are a-holes (that last one came as a HUGE shocker to me).
While all this is happening we see that even broken and bound to a wheelchair Batman is not to be taken lightly. It's "amazing" how one character, in one continuity, can be portrayed both as an exceptionally resilient hero and as a broken shell of a World's Greatest Detective. Just wow.

This issue also features two artists and both of them are doing a fine job in showing our heroes in action. Although one of them, Frazer Irving I believe (awesome name by the way), is a bit uneven. Some of his artwork looks great like the sea gods or the whole thing in the Graveyard of the Gods, but some of it looks a bit awkward like Mera's and Supes' faces or the floating heads thing.

Overall this a good issue, definitely one worth reading. more

Justice League #12 is proof that the problems with the JL Drowned Earth tie-ins aren't Scott Snyder's fault. The problems fall almost entirely on the editorial group assigned to this title. This issue is loaded with locations and sub-plots. The large cast, constant shifts in location and plot point have led to a mess of an issue.

I don't want to blame the writers. James Tynion IV and Snyder do a decent job coordinating things but there is simply too much going on in a 22-page comic.

The Legion of Doom - Batman subplot is particularly jarring when contrast with the rest of the Drowned Earth plot. It has next to nothing to do with the main story and feels like more of a distraction than anything. It should have been put on hold or segregated to its own mini-series or one-shot. The issues would have read better that way.

The book splits time between Batman and the Legion of Doom; Superman, Mera and Flash; and Poseidon Aquaman and Wonder Woman. The heroes do battle with the space gods and actually gain some ground in this issue. The comic isn't actually bad but readers picking the comic up may be overwhelmed. The book doesn't stand up as a single issue.

The art for Justice League #12 is solid. The scenes in the Hall of Justice with Batman fighting off the Legion of Doom are drawn in a traditional style by Bruno Redondo. The rest of the book is drawn by Frazer Irving. These segments have a beautiful otherworldly quality. The two styles don't mesh well and I wish that one style was chosen over the other, preferably Irvings. The mashed-up art styles reinforce my belief that the editors were out to lunch when this issue was put together. The comic Isn't the worst on the shelves but the cramped nature of these Justice League tie-ins are definitely holding this event back from greatness. more

The art is VERY uneven.

Boring. This just hasn't been a very interesting storyline.

Batman piadista ridículo, desenho confuso, tudo meio errado é estranho nesse gibi... Aiai

I’m sorry Br'er Lapin I just don’t really care about this comic at all.

This issue really stretches my exposition limits. There's no reason issues have to be sacrificed to the exposition gods every arc or so. There are better ways.

This artwork did not work for me! Ultimately this issue kind of bored me.

THE GOOD:

-I did enjoy Batman in this issue. He had some cool and funny lines.

THE BAD:

-The art overall didn't do it for me. Irving's art didn't really fit with a Justice League comic and the transition between it and Redondo's wasn't very smooth for me.

-I just found this to be a super forgettable issue. I found myself just not remembering what happened as I closed the issue.

- I was pretty disappointed in the writing. Took me a while to figure out Snyder didn't actually write the issue, but this was disappointing even for Tynion IV.

-I'm getting tired of this whole, Batman with no functional arms or legs. No other series are using this that I know of, and its just basically a way to get Batman in cool suits, it doesn't seem to disabilitate more