Robson Rocha offers some great visuals throughout this issue. The characters look amazing. There are beautiful details in every panel. The planet itself is dark and ominous. A great looking issue. Read Full Review

Check it out if you can, as it is exactly what I've been asking for from this book: an arc that doesn't overstay its welcome, and knows the most important story it wants to tell with the time it has. That's the kind of story I can recommend spending money on, and I REALLY hope Part 2 sticks the landing. Read Full Review

If you want something dark featuring the Justice League while also not having much to do with the grander stakes of the DC narrative, this is a book you're gonna want to read.  Read Full Review

This arc has potential and seems to be an improvement over the last creative teams run already. It wont be long as the Dark Knights Death Metal tie-in kicks off with issue 53 so Loveness and Rocha can tell an efficient and strong story. Read Full Review

The scariest part of this whole issue is that, once the League even came in range of this thing, they were already under its influence. Read Full Review

I liked Justice League #51 because it ties well into Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's original story using Black Mercy, but also how it cuts into each hero's psyche, testing them. Read Full Review

This isn't as compelling as the previous arc, which challenged the League with a thorny ethical crisis, but it's another effective fill-in arc. Read Full Review

It might be filler, but it's not a bad read. Read Full Review

While I look forward to what this planet of the Black Mercy story will bring us overall, this first part came off a bit lackluster in that it took too long to actually get to the story, while padding out the first half with over narration that was just plain boring. The art is great here though and it ends on a strong note, I just wish that it had more of a story to tell in this first chapter.   Read Full Review

Justice League just feels very out of place right now, and that makes it a hard sell. Read Full Review

Excited to see where this goes. Best JL issue since snyder left.

Not having read any past stories about the Black Mercy, I found Loveness' script quite chilling. From the very first page it's clear something is about to go very wrong, but Loveness cleverly intersperses the rising tension with interesting questions both about the Justice League's personal lives as well as their impact, good and bad, in the world.

Rocha, Henriques and Fajardo Jr. clinch a great script with incredible art that is very DC house style but with a twist all its own. I'm glad this art team is staying on even after this filler arc is done.

Well, maybe it's pure filler but I think it has an interesting potential, by itself it is an entertaining number, the art is very good it may be the best arc of this pre death metal era.

My favourite part was absolutely John Stewart regretting asking about the Trickster.

This is crazy, I liked this issue. Why did we have so much bad filler when we could've been getting cool stories like this? I really like the concept of the Black Mercy. I think it's used better here than it has been lately. This is just really solid.