While the scene with the Justice League felt a bit off, it was the moments between Lex Luthor and J'onn J'onnz that made this issue as gripping as it is. Read Full Review

As the Year of the Villain proceeds, Justice-Doom War rears its head in wait as the next chapter will kick off this explosive chapter in the Leagues mythos. The duo continues to work excellently together, with Tynion able to deliver exceptional characters moments on top of Fernandezs ability to layout these quiet issues and still keep them exciting for the readers. With the prologue chapter up next, new readers will have the perfect opportunity to join along as the Justice League face down against the creator of the multiverse itself. Read Full Review

This was a strong week for DC, but as usual you'll definitely want to make sure you don't leave the comic book shop without grabbing the latest issue of Justice League. Read Full Review

As James Tynion continues to handle writing duties on the lead-up to the Justice-Doom War, he proves once again that the bridge storylines can be just as compelling as the main event. Read Full Review

Final Verdict: do yourself a favor and buy this book. Read Full Review

"Apex Predator" goes out with a bang, setting the stage for the future of Snyder and Tynion's grand Justice League epic. Tynion is writing better than ever, Fernandez and Sampere pool their strengths to create an entire issue that looks good, and I couldn't be happier. You should be reading this book. Read Full Review

Javier Fernandez and Daniel Sampere deliver some beautiful, dynamic and action filled art throughout this issue. Read Full Review

Justice League is changing the way you think about Lex Luthor in a big way. Seeing as he's at the center of the "Year of the Villain" event, this is a must-read to gain an understanding of the bigger picture. Read Full Review

Justice-Doom War is coming, and after the events of Justice League #28? You would be crazy to not be all in for what comes next! Nothing right now is what you prepared for at this stage in the story, and that is what keeps you coming back for more. This isn't that story where the heroes overcome obstacle after the next with little challenge. These are our gods among men struggling to beat back a team that you wouldn't have originally blinked twice at. Read Full Review

Lex Luthor reveals more of his plan and it's all about upgrading and jacking himself up to the next level.  I wish there was more for the Justice League to do besides run into a dead (very dead!) end, but I am still enjoying the series and am excited to see where it's going.  Read Full Review

Justice League #28 closes out the Apex Predator arc providing us with a whole milk, mayonnaise infused Lex Luthor who is one step closer to his plans coming to fruition along with the destruction of the DC multiverse. Read Full Review

With Lex tipping the scales in Dooms favor, and the whereabouts of Anti-Monitor still unknown, the scope and importance of the Justice League book in the greater DC Universe is very high. Read Full Review

In the end, Justice League #28 does what it needs to do, and it sets up a big epic event for the fall. Read Full Review

wow! just a fantastic book! amazing writing I can't wait to see what happens next

I forgot how awesome this Justice League issues are.

This Justice League run has been so much fun. My favorite title from Snyder and/or Tynion to date.

Here we are. The prologue of Year of the Vilain. I think there has been a problem with marketing because all of this "The Offer" month has been bullshit, the real stuff will begin next month. However, everything has been put in place for a great summer event and I'm pretty hyped for this. The great thing is that it really feels that it is an event reaching across the all DC universe. With JL, JLO, JLD, Batman/Superman and all the tie in, it seems like it was well thought.
Coming back to this issue, we got a lot twists and it was a blast. The art was great and i really love Tynion IV writing. My only problem is that even if I love Luthor's plan and actions, it doesn't feel like this is what he would do but it is not a big issues.

Now Lex has gone completely insane and weird, this was a good conclusion to Apex Predator. Art is better than the last. Now Justice-Doom War begins from the next issue.

Apex Lex just Majin Buu'd Martian Manhunter.

"Bring it on."

Good issue. Builds upon the Lex/Manhunter friendship and gives an insight into what this year of the villain is really about. My one complaint, which really extends to all comics, is how the timing of events works. In this issue, we see Batman with the team, but Luthor said he extends his offer, and we see Bane, who in King's Batman, is ruling Gotham, and Bruce is nowhere to be seen. Just curious continuity is all, but otherwise this is good filler up until Snyder can return and really kick off the event.

Interesting ideas, but ultimately boring execution.

Not a bad issue, but Year of the Villains is pretty slow& despite its name, we don’t see many villains in it up until now. Sure it’s not Year of the Heroes ( oh wait that’s every year anyway)? Instead of concentrating on the villains, Lex is trying to make his offer to many heroes as well. This time it’s Martian Manhunter. What’s weird, that Lex‘s outfit looks like he borrowed it from Desaad.
While Lex is talking to J‘onn, the league is facing 3 members of the legion of doom, which is quite underwhelming.
There’s also a timeline error. Batman is fighting in the league, while in Kings Batman run he just broke his back& is somewhere walking in the mountains. Year of The Villains just doesn’t fit well with some runs, what’s sad.
Overall I want the focus more on the villains as the title is promising. Forever Evil, Arkham War& Underworld Unleashed all did a better job so far. more

Still not interested.

This is just void of interesting ideas to me.

This JL issue finally puts some meat on the bones of this Year of the Villain concept, at least from Lex Luthor's perspective. That in and of itself is appreciated.

James Tynion's writing is so terribly overwrought. He could use half the words and get at least as much meaning out of the book. But his problem isn't unique; most writers should confine themselves to a study hall with a few trade paperbacks from the pre-Alan Moore days and see how comic writing was done. Simpler, yes, but at least as effective. That's not to say that Moore was a bad writer, not in the least. He is a fantastic writer, but he is unique with his skillsets. Most writers simply can't do comics like he does (or, I guess, did).

But, and this is important, great stories can be told without mimicking Swamp Thing, Miracleman or Watchmen. JL COULD be a great story, but it crumbles under its own weight.
The artwork is substandard. Character work is inconsistent. Overuse of shadowing (presumably for gravitas) renders some characters unrecognizable. Shading is middling to poor. Special mention needs to be bad of Hawkwoman's neck on page 1 and Green Lantern's face on page 7. The crosshatching is simply awful and entirely inconsistent with the balance of the book.
Coloring is adequate. It does not enhance the book, however.

That's the technical side. On the story side, I find the Shayne/Starman element interesting. And that's about it for this issue.

The diminishing of the Monitor and the world forging character to walking companions with the JL wastes so much promise and power of the characters. They are NOT just narrators of the universe's story. They are creators and overseers of the universes that they and their ilk create and destroy! The JL members should be quaking in their shoes when those two talk, and instead they just take it all in stride. Sorry, Flash...even Superman, you don't match up to those two. Period. Shame on Tynion for equating them.

Then there's the core Year of the Villain matter of Lex Luthor. His usage had to be the result of some awful conference room discussion, for I cannot for the life of me understand why a uniquely powerful titan of business would be transformed into...whatever he's become. Truthfully, his character looks and reads like a variant on Ras Al Ghul. So now we have two Ras characters and no Luthor. How is the DC Universe enhanced? And what will become of Luthor once this arc inevitably ends with his failure? Will DC have another comparable character to lift up as a projector of financial power to our heroes' super-powers? They'd best get started on this.

I will admit to not being a fan of the Year of the Villain 25 cent book, nor the awkward interludes that are showing up in so many books. The whole storyline comes off as a panic move by DC to try to impose cross-selling on its creatively chaotic line of titles. (Never mind that it had another cross-character book running at the same time in Event Leviathan...but that's another matter altogether.) But I now have a better idea where the storyline is going after having read this issue, and that's a good thing.

I now believe that the story could be a good one, but it has a number of significant structural flaws to overcome. And I see nothing in Justice League #28 to suggest that this creative team has the chops to fix it. more