Justice League #40 hits this week, and you could consider it a new #1. The creative team here takes the title in a new direction and focus, afforded by the clean slate that Scott Snyder left the book with. The Justice League is in good hands with Robert Venditti and Doug Mahnke. Read Full Review

The Eradicator aligned with an army as powerful as Superman definitely makes for a unique threat. Itll be interesting to see where Venditti and his artists take the arc next issue. Read Full Review

Justice League #40(Venditti, Mahnke, Friend, Baron, Napolitano) is off to a strong start with back-to-the-basics, straight-forward superhero action. Read Full Review

Justice League #40 debuts with a new creative team, new approach, and new conflict. The League faces the Eradicator and his Daxamite army as they look to conquer Earth and put the smackdown on our favorite Kryptonian. Read Full Review

Who knows for certain how any of this is playing out after our conclusion to the previous issue, but with that aside this is a cool issue with a pretty interesting plot that I can't wait to dive further into.  The art is great this issue and the personal touches to each of the characters to what they're dealing with in their own individual books was a great touch too. Read Full Review

Overall, Venditti seems most connected here to the Green Lantern characters, which isn't a big surprise given his extended history on the line. His John Stewart is very strong, although the team is down to a bare five right now (with a sixth member revealed on the cover). It's a back-to-basics run with some interesting subplots, and should keep the title strong while it waits for the next big development. Read Full Review

Yes, Scott Snyder will be missed. But, the Justice League is in very capable hands with Venditti at the helm. If you were thinking of dropping Justice League with the departure of Snyder then I would urge you to give Justice League #40 a try. This title is well worth your money. Read Full Review

Doug Mahnke has some awesome art in this issue. All of the characters look amazing and the details in the panels keep the reader engaged. Read Full Review

After last issue's Bolivan Army non-ending, I had hoped for answers, but what I got instead was the beginning of a new crisis. It's got strong art and interesting character interactions, though, so I enjoyed it. Read Full Review

It's good, but don't expect it to blow you away. Read Full Review

I'm not sure if I'll love this run or not, but I can appreciate a comic that grows on you, and this one certainly did. Read Full Review

Our heroes stand ready to eradicate the Eradicator in a solid "Justice League". Read Full Review

The result is a Justice League story that is certainly solid and decently entertaining, but also one that will likely be disposable and forgettable against the rest of DC's week-to-week output. Read Full Review

This is a very standard superhero comics story. The heroes are all accounted for, a threat--that they should have all seen coming considering they were just in space--is adequately deadly, and there's enough action to wet your whistle. Unfortunately, an adequate and somewhat basic superhero story pales a bit by comparison to many other stories coming out right now. Maybe when the threat begins to reveal the stakes the story will become more interesting, but as it stands this is a decent popcorn fodder superhero tale. Read Full Review

Vendetti kicks off his Justice League run with a decent but whelming start. Read Full Review

Everything about Justice League #40 is delivered clearly, yet there's no reason to care about a single panel of it and that makes it perfectly fine filler. Read Full Review

while i still enjoyed it the fact that it just ignores what had been happening is really disappointing

Prelude:
Snyder's Justice League is over, now it's time for Venditti's a name a didn't expect to see on Justice League. Let's see how he goes.

The Good:
Sodam Yat is cool to see again. Interesting choice to put him in.

I like Mahnke's art here.

The Bad:
Can be confusing at points.

Conclusion:
It's pretty basic Justice League but after Snyder's run, I feel like that's what we need right now.

This issue was calmer in terms of story-telling which was good to know as there weren't any multiverse level threats. The artwork was really good and reminded me of the Superman/Wonder Woman N52 series.

Pretty solid issue overall.

Main plus point being the welcome lack of cosmic gods and the associated zany nonsense which came to characterise Snyder's run.

Better than anticipated.

This is okay... Which is pretty much all I expect from Venditti.

"Planning a swim home, Master Bruce?"

This was sooooo refreshing. No space gods, no multiverse threatening/altering events. Just a nicely written, simple story. I have missed that.

Venditti seems to get the voices of the Leaguers right, those present at least, the absence of J'onn and Kendra is disturbing. With Mahnke and Mendoza on art, you can't go wrong either.

After hugely disappointing, slap on the face, issue #39, this was exactly what I needed.

Don’t you dare come here and tell me to my face that Batman wouldn’t know that Superman is allergic to magic, come on.

Wait...Alfred is dead, but he appears on Batman's monitor? Either it was a big-time blooper, or it needed an explanation to avoid reader confusion.

All of the dialogue between JL members seemed forced and stilted. No natural flow which is disappointing. Cliche filled. I waited for Snyder's run to end, and now on the fence as to whether i'll jump on and stay.

Taking orders?

Bendis and King still have a ripple effect with their lame events.

Can't recommend this at all. Continuity issues all over the place. It doesn't continue any story beats from the last issue nor follow a major plot from Batman. I honestly was lost considering the last issue of justice league only came out last week. Time to drop this book until the next inevitable relaunch.

EDIT: after reading this again, looks like that one Batman panel that seems to ignore continuity was a flashback. It's not made very clear, so I'm still giving it a negative for that. And apparently Snyder has tweeted that this run comes before his run, which creates even more problems as to what exactly is happening. I honestly don't know why they didn't keep the status quo from last issue, at least that was pointing to a new direction for the book. more

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egonnn244 - Feb 5, 2020

Alfred on the screen of the plane was some sort of recording. He is still, sadly, dead.

Talon1load - Feb 6, 2020

Yeah, that panel just shouldn’t have been there. Still, this is so much better than Snyder’s bullshit run.

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Terrible characteristics and poor lines as usual. Venditti is pushing his favourite character John Stewart in this issue by the only way he know -- making others look bad. As to Sodam Yat, kind of surprised to see even not writing Green Lantern anymore, Venditti continues to ruin everything Geoff Johns built in his epic Green Lantern run.

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Talon1load - Feb 6, 2020

I was definitely not a fan of his Green Lantern run but I think this is a solid issue for the Justice League considering the bullshit that Snyder was putting out.

Maud Benjamin - Feb 12, 2020

Yes, this is better than Snyder's bullshit. But a solid issue? I don't think so.

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