Justice League Odyssey #13 feels like a new issue #1 for the series. Abnett's success with this issue lies in establishing compelling mysteries around the new characters without ever making them feel like replacements for the team we lost. Read Full Review

Abnett largely ignores the original cast, but this issue shows the book could be on the verge of a breakthrough depending on how he navigates these newer characters to the title. Its going to take a big crew to take down Darkseid after all and theres no better time than now to start building an army to stop him. JLO is really shaping up to be a consistently solid and surprising title each month. Read Full Review

Justice League Odyssey #13 switches up the beat by introducing us to some new faces with the same aspirations to defeat Darkseid. Also, Jessica Cruz channels her inner Jesus and enters her life after death. Read Full Review

I enjoyed this story a lot, which surprised me because of my problems with the prior issue. This time there was no excessive use of captions, wasted exposition, or stretching of the story by using more panels than a sequence requires. Even though we didn't see Darkseid or the Leaguers with him, the overall story feels as though it's moving along. And the ending is" dynamite. Read Full Review

Will Conrad and Cliff Richards deliver some impressive and beautiful art in this issue. They deserved a better story to tell visually. Read Full Review

After a rocky start to this series, Justice League Odyssey has become my favorite ongoing series, bringing together four often ignored characters with a perfect fantasy blend. All elements are firing on all cylinders right now; the story, the characters, the artwork, the color is pitch perfect for the audience. The lettering in comics is often underappreciated but AnWworld Design curate the pages brilliantly, with an array of fonts and the varying boxes which ease the flow of the story. Justice League Odyssey #13 encapsulates all that is great about this series, while still managing to take some risks and even elevate the story to a new level. Read Full Review

This issue works (mostly for reasons which spoil the big twist of the issue) and I'm excited to see how long the new status quo lasts. More Dex-Starr is always a good thing in my book. Read Full Review

Big reveals about Jessica's new powers round out the issue, which is probably the most entertaining one of the series. It feels more like a Jessica Cruz comic than it has in a while, and the other three leads never quite clicked as protagonists in a space story. I'm hoping refocusing the story around Jess will give it a burst of energy as it enters its second year. Read Full Review

By the end of Justice League Odyssey #13, I would say that my reaction to this was mixed. On one hand the twist was great, but on the other hand the direction that the story took from there was questionable. At least for now. The next issue is going to have to pull out the stops in order to convince us that this isn't where things begin to run too wild from what had an impressive focus before. Read Full Review

Overall, this issue is fine. It's not bad but the only thing that doesn't make it completely forgettable is what happens to Jessica Cruz and what it could mean going forward. Read Full Review

Prelude:
JLO has been shaping up well recently but this is a whole new arc now so Abnett must prove himself in this new chapter.

The Good:
Getting a big Guardians of the Galaxy vibe from this new team which I'm not complaining about, I loved Abnett's Guardians.

I also like Jess' new powers and I'm not mad they brought her back already.

Darkseid's presence is felt really strongly here and I love it.

The Bad:
Jess is a bit too overconfident. Maybe it's due to her recent rebirth but it doesn't sit well with me.

In general there's a lot of arguing in this issue.

Conclusion:
Abnett brings together a new team akin to his earlier work on Guardians of the Galaxy with Marvel. However, this does bring the same problems they faced with constant arguing and some characterisation in this issue does feel off. more

Great issue.

Abnett has really proven his worth on this series, turning it from a no justice follow up editorial mess to one of the best team books put out by DC right now.

The new team introduced works very well, depicting the gravity of Darkseid's actions across the universe.

Jessica's resurrection is a little annoying, but I appreciate that Abnett didn't draw it out to have her come back 10 issues later. The omega energy + lantern ring embedded in her hand power will probably be explained soon, even though it takes away from the impact of last issue's ending.

I didn't enjoy Conrad's art while he was on Action Comics, but he has shined in this book.

This and Gotham City Monsters are the definite pulls of this week. more

Back to boredom for the most part.

Bleh.