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Justice League #53
| Writer | Joshua Williamson |
| Artist | Xermanico |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
"Doom Metal" part one of five-the Dark Nights: Death Metal tie-in that will directly impact the finale of that event! Nightwing's on a mission to free the Legion of Doom from Perpetua's clutches. But to do so, he'll need the help of none other than...Lex Luthor?! The surprises are only just beginning, as Nightwing, Lex, and a new Justice League must fight their way through an Earth twisted by the Dark Multiverse. Titans will be tested, hearts will be broken, and blood will be spilled!
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
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DC Comics News - Derek McNeil
Sep 15, 2020Justice League #53 is an intriguing opening to this Dark Nights: Death Metal tie-in. From what I have seen in this issue, I predict that Williamson and Xermanico have a fantastic story ahead for us. Read Full Review
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9.5
Lyles Movie Files - Jeffrey Lyles
Sep 15, 2020It's not a stretch to think that of the various tie-ins this will be one of the stronger Death Metal books with this cast, Xermanico's art and Williamson's terrific characterizations and clear comprehension of current and previous continuity. Read Full Review
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9.0
Dark Knight News - Bryant Lucas
Sep 15, 2020If you're reading Death Metal you won't want to miss this. Read Full Review
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8.8
Monkeys Fighting Robots - Corey Patterson
Sep 15, 2020Writer Joshua Williamson conjures up a wild narrative full of adventure, fights, and unions between unlikely allies. Read Full Review
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8.7
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Sep 15, 2020Xermanico delivers some truly breathtaking art in this issue. Everything from the backgrounds to the characters look great. The Slaughter Swamp interlude is fantastic, but the first few pages showing Robin's view of the League are some of the best I've seen recently. Read Full Review
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Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield
Sep 15, 2020There's maybe a bit too much exposition in this issue, as Luthor explains what's happened to the world, but the action and dialogue are both strong. Read Full Review
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8.5
Black Nerd Problems - Keith Reid-Cleveland
Sep 18, 2020Overall, this was a good set-up, and it looks like "Doom Metal" is going to be exciting and give some of the lesser-known characters some shine in one of DC's biggest titles. Read Full Review
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8.0
On Comics Ground - Timothy Quail
Sep 16, 2020Justice League is back. If you have been skipping the fill-in issues, now is the time to pick the book up again. This arc continues directly after Scott Snyder's run and finally starts addressing lingering cliffhangers. If you are reading Death Metal you will have a bit more info, but it is not essential for understanding this book. Read Full Review
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7.5
AIPT - David Brooke
Sep 15, 2020As far as side quests go, this book delivers. You get the banding of heroes together, good villains, and high stakes all established in the first chapter. There's even a good use of the mentor figure you see in the hero's journey that plays into an untrustworthy world. Read Full Review
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7.0
Weird Science - Eric Shea
Sep 15, 2020The Justice League series seems to matter again and that's an amazing feeling. While I will need to see more from these tie-ins to be fully on board with what we'll be getting out of this series, what we got here was interesting enough to keep me interested, while using its time to explore the world of Death Metal as much as it could........ not to mention that the art was great throughout so yeah, I'm down with Justice League right now. Read Full Review
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7.0
Comic Watch - Matt Meyer
Sep 15, 2020"Doom Metal" kicks off inJustice League #53, and although the art is gorgeous, the plot feels threadbare and by-the-numbers. There's definite potential for growth - due more to overarching narrative promise than anything technically delivered here - but it may take another issue or two to reach it. Turns out, not even death metal can rock at an eleven every time. Read Full Review
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6.0
Batman-News - Nicholas Finch
Sep 16, 2020Doom Metal is ramping up to be my favourite Death Metal content I've read so far" not that the bar is particularly high. Whether I end up enjoying the final product or not, I'm just happy to be reading a comic that is trying to tell a smaller story with some of my favourite characters " even if they're stuck in a cosmic epic that I have no real investment in. Read Full Review
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4.0
ComicBook.com - Chase Magnett
Sep 16, 2020Justice League #53 reads like a footnote"an afterthought featuring B-list characters and subplots for something much larger. Read Full Review
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I will give this issue a 10 because the art is simply spectacular and the plot works as an introductory element for this story arc.As some reviews mention, the most important thing is that this title feels important again, which was something that was missed.
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I liked the story. I like how it gave a quick rundown of what happened. I hate that dc doesn't have a couple "previously in" paragraphs like marvel does. I'm a big Nightwing fan. And I'm not trying to race bait or anything lol but wasnt hawkgirl as white as nightwing throughout this whole justice league run? She looks like she turned into a black woman with no explanation. And does the fact that martian manhunter is fighting mindhunter mean he already got past the omega titan?
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Better than the main series.
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Jumping on for Doom Metal, and not having Batman in this series made it less annoying and more enjoyable to read, and I am a huge Batman fan. First off, these tie-ins actually feel important, like they matter. Following Nightwing and Hawkgirl on their mission to Perpetua's Throne given is DM Issue #3, they run into Lex Luthor, go figure. Had to bring him in somewhere, and here is as good as a spot as any. Loved the art, Xermanico with Farjardo on the colors are killing it. He makes Nightwing look like a bad-ass. While yes playing with some Batman obsessed characters cause what is Metal without Batman, Williamson manages to sell it better than Snyder himself, of course accompanied with some stellar art. I mean, the character introduced j more
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A pretty good read that was better than expected but still a little crazy and a little corny but that fits right in with what metal is.
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This wasn't as bad as I expected, but it was mostly just set up. My biggest question coming out of this issue is, "Why did Nightwing and Hawkgirl get all Metal'd out?" They presumably came straight from New Apokolips, where they all looked like their usual selves.
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Honestly not terrible, just kind of bland. I spent most of my time thinking about who designs and makes their apocalypse outfits.
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