I am so glad that I can just rave about Justice League, without any qualifications or doubts. Read Full Review

JUSTICE LEAGUE has already been ten times better since Scott Snyder began. However, Tynion's issue is by far the best one yet. He has a knack for writing villains, especially Luthor and Grodd. Read Full Review

Even with a different creative team, Justice Lea"I mean Legion of Doom #1 delivers everything we've come to expect from this title along with a fresh perspective: both on the page, and behind the scenes. Read Full Review

And from a 'rest issue' no less. I am all on board for this Justice League. Read Full Review

Justice League is such a strong title that it can easily handle a quick writer interlude without missing a beat. This definitely was not a filler issue and is a significant read for the main story. Read Full Review

A strong issue that makes the case for Lex as the primo supervillain he deserves to be. Read Full Review

Offering insight and adding momentum to an already energetic story, Justice League (2018-) #5 is a well-crafted comic book that places our spandex-wearing heroes in the rearview mirror, and focuses on the stars of this story, the members of the Legion of Doom. Read Full Review

Lex Luthor takes center stage in an issue of excitement, origins, and villainy. Read Full Review

I wasn't for sure at first about the shift in story and creative team, but after reading this issue I welcome the change. In my opinion it helps to add narrative to the larger story. I can't wait to find out where it leads next! Read Full Review

This was a really good issue by James Tynion, which by now is expected as his work is generally fantastic. I liked how Tynion uses previous themes introduced in both No Justice and the first four issues of Snyder’s Justice League. Mahnke’s art was phenomenal and adds to the superstar line-up of artists so far. Read Full Review

Doug Mahnke's art work is incredible. Everything is given amazingly rich detail and his rendering of Lex is great. I loved the detail in the panels and everything looks ominous and rich in detail and shadow. Great looking book with an awesome story to tell. Read Full Review

Between Justice League Dark last week and Legion of Doom this week, Tynion IV shows why he is not only a valuable asset to the New Justice line, but to the DC Universe as a whole. Mahnke continues to produce great works as he has through the years, and this issue is yet another on that long list. Taking the time to slow down the pace and give an origin story right before the final issue(s) of this arc helps to build up the anticipation and momentum towards the big showdown, bringing motives into light and ratcheting up the tension towards the end as readers alike embrace evil. Read Full Review

It's nice to get an issue from the villains' perspectives, and although the villains aren't empathetic, the disconnect just makes them all the more terrifying. Read Full Review

This is how you do a Justice League run " by giving the characters enemies who can push them to the limit. Read Full Review

Spending some time in the machinations of Lex Luthor's mind straightens out the plot. Read Full Review

Justice League #5 is an unnerving yet exciting dive into the mind of Lex Luthor and his Legion of Doom. We learn why he is doing this and how he gathered this powerful team. Its villainy fun, and its boosted by some fantastic artwork. This one is highly recommended. Give it a read. Read Full Review

The best issue in the series so far, Justice League #5 puts the focus on the detestable Legion of Doom in a great exploration of their villainous plan. Read Full Review

Although it's a jarring place to take a break, Tynion delivers an excellent script that adds to the finer details that have been left out of the story so far. Read Full Review

"Justice League #5" delivers another solid issue " this time from the villain's perspective. Between Tynion scripting an excellent science fiction tale with just enough super villain philosophy to make it interesting and the beautifully thematic the Mahke/Quintana artwork, this issue might just make readers afraid of Lex Luthor again. Read Full Review

Lex is at the very threshold of conquering the universe and the Legion of Doom has control of various cosmic powers that drastically overpower the League. Things have rarely looked this dark for DC's premier team. This version of the Justice League works on a scale that's even more epic than Grant Morrison's “Big 7” League, making this one of the most exciting books in DC's lineup. Read Full Review

Along with some engaging artwork from Doug Mahnke, Wil Quintana and Jaime Mendoza, Justice League #5 stands as an entertaining look through the mirror darkly. Read Full Review

Justice League #5 isn't the greatest break in the main plot due to Lex's motivations and filling out ground as to why some of the villains have joined the Legion of Doom, the art from Mahnke and inking from Mendoza isn't the best as some pages are more detailed and refined than others but it's still a serviceable issue of villainy that adds to the story but drags it's feet as things reach the conclusion. Read Full Review

For readers who have already read Justice League #1"4? Skip this issue. You will be able to pick up Justice League #6 and literally miss nothing. Read Full Review

This isn't great, but it's definitely not bad, either. Tynion floats some good ideas out there, and even though he fumbles the ball a few times, it's still a pretty readable book throughout. And with Mahnke, Mendoza, Quintana, and Napolitano all at the top of their respective games, you may not pay much mind to the slouched writing anyhow.Justice League #5 is still worth your time. Read Full Review

Snyder takes a break to give Tynion a chance to explain how Luthor formed the Legion of Doom and its a well drawn and interesting tale, even if a little confusing to follow. Read Full Review

While we don't move all that much forward in our story, we do get some cool villain interactions in this issue and some amazing art.  I just wish we got some more of the plot details out of the way here because at this point I need something a little more than an evil magic doorknob to keep me happy with Lex's plan of Universal domination. Read Full Review

While the concept of Legion of Doom issues are solid, this installment reads entirely as filler about killers. Read Full Review

Lex is such a good villain! I loved that they took the time to explain things here and it still felt good to read it.
But seriously, in the past, present or future, Lex Luthor is the GOAT! #SideWithDOOM

Lex traveling 1 million years into the future to see himself celebrated felt very silver age, it was almost too goofy, but I love it. It is really fun to see Lex back to his evil ways.

Surprisingly excellent issue. After Snyder’s convoluted first four issues, this one was so awesome. Looking forward to #6!

So, uh in my review of the last issue of this series, I said that I think we have found the perfect creative team for a Justice League ongoing series in Scott Snyder and Jorge Jimenez. I'm going to take that back now that I've read this issue, as I believe James Tynion IV and Doug Mahnke are far superior. Easily the best of those two is Doug Mahnke, whose art is, in a word, incredible. I've always liked his previous works, but this issue, is one of his best. However, that's not saying James Tynion IV isn't great, because he is. He works better with the narration style storytelling than Scott Snyder and his characterization of Lex Luthor is excellent. All in all, this is exactly the kind of epic feeling I want from a Justice League issue and it ends up being the best issue in the series. more

I really enjoyed this issue! Interesting point of view by lex luthor about the current events.

I haven't been giving the latest run of Justice League the attention it deserves and I promise to get better going forward. Its been great so far and I figured I'd start at the point where the plot came into focus. 

Justice League #5 gives us the origin of this incarnation of the Legion of Doom. After traveling 1000000 years into the future Lex discovers that he was correct in his core belief of self-reliance. His stance inspires humanity to stop depending on superheroes and eventually conquer the universe. 

Taking this knowledge back to the present Luthor doubles down on his efforts in an attempt to see the fruits of his labors in his own lifetime. 

As an origin story, this issue is great. It's always fun to get the story from the antagonist's perspective. The scale of the story is appropriately epic in scope. Its cool to see the Legion of Doom setup as a counter to the Justice League as opposed just being evil for evil's sake. 

The art direction from Doug, Jaime, and Wil is top notch. They manage to render deep pace, 1000000 AD, and the incidental scenes on earth with the weight needed to get the point of the issue across. Lex Luthor is about to take over the universe and we're all F*^ked. There is a synergy with this creative team that simply doesn't get enough attention in modern titles.


My only knock to the issue is that when the overarching plot comes back into focus its continuity heavy and may put off new readers. Every comic is someone's first and in this issue, it references Justice League: No Justice as well as the 4 previous issues. I have them all so it doesn't bother me but if you're a new reader it may be a bit much to keep track of.  

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Definitely a good issue, showcasing Luthor's motivation behind his current actions. However, this is completely skippable, although there's no reason to if you're invested in the main story.

Enjoyable issue. Tynion would be a far better choice for this title than Snyder.

I really enjoyed Tynion's narration, but the pages felt incredibly cramped with both lettering placement and characters. Something about the composition was off-putting, despite the super-fun content.

I guess it was good to finally get some backstory, but I'm still really feeling the strain of everything happening so much.

"$%^& Justice. Side with Doom"

Legion of Doom takes over the world and the Justice League book as James Tynion delves deep into Luthor's plan to reveal some of its intricacies. Luthor is smart. His plan still seems a bit crazy and ambiguous in regards to whys and hows, but it will probably seem less so in the next issues.

We follow Lex as he starts recruitment for his Legion. The dialogue is good, villains are scary and the narration is a bit much. It is sometimes exposition heavy and a bit rambling at times. But the story finally starts to become engaging.

Overall good issue. Amplified greatly by Doug Mahnke's art. He draws one badass looking Sinestro. And Luthor's smile on the opening page? The very definition of creepy and disturbing. more

Snyder's JL has been moving at a lightning pace so it's not surprising the first fill-in wouldn't be able to keep that energy going. This would have been an amazing fill-in if we were still suffering Bryan Hitch's JL, but Snyder's is much better than this. Still a lot going for the issue. Tynion's got a great ear for dialogue and Mahnke's art is almost edible. As usual, he can do no wrong.

This issue was a bit of a letdown but only relative to the 4 issues prior. And it's so unusual for a book to come out of the gates that strongly that I don't have any trouble forgiving a bit of a drop-off. It's a pace that Snyder himself probably couldn't maintain forever, even while turning in his best work which I would argue the start to his JL has been. more

Issue offers much needed backstory to what happened before the series started, but after events of No Justice. It explains Luthor's plans... for the most part, without pushing the main story forward. We know he controls Superman's body, but other than that, we see no sense in that, nor the end goal. And don't get me wrong - it's fun to follow villains instead of heroes, for once - see their desires, motivations and drives. However at the moment, issue #5 feels a bit like a filler, and after reading it, we're still in the same place we've been after #4.

crazy fun
but it feels like a filler

Meh.