In short, Justice League United Annual #1 makes for a good looking issue, with a strong story that even makes me want to read about Hawkman. Read Full Review

Justice League United Annual #1 was a lot of fun and made for an enjoyable start to this arc. While it may not redefine or bring much new to cosmic superhero stories, what it does bring to the table is a wonderful and lively superhero tale with great characters and solid artwork. Sometimes you just don't need to recreate the wheel to make a great story, or at least the start to one, as seen here. Read Full Review

Justice League United Annual #1 is pure example of a book finally finding its own voice. After a lackluster opening arc, Lemire and his team seem to finally feel comfortable with their team as a whole, and with that comfort comes ambition. No one wants to read a comic that plays it safe and tells a middling superhero story that audiences have read time and time again. While the story of this annual isn't going to bust open a new paradigm within comics, it is the kind of breathlessly huge story that audiences gravitate toward. I would much rather read something that shoots for the moon and misses than a story that doesn't even try to aim. Justice League United Annual #1 not only shoots for the moon, it shoots for a moon in a neighboring universe. Time will tell if its aim is true, but for now, long live the Legion and the JLU. Read Full Review

As I said, the art is a step up from Timothy Green and is better suited for this title. In particular, the flashforward into the future with a double splash of the Legion and the emergence of Infinitus were excellent. I guess I'll have to see where it goes! Read Full Review

Like I said, I'm coming back for the rest of storyline, but as of right now, I won't follow Justice League United after that. Read Full Review

So far this storyline is making the right steps. Fans of the Legion will be happy to see them still alive and intact in the future (and it sounds like all the issues with time travel that had come up in "Legion Lost" are gone, with the insinuation that the missing members are now back in the 31st century), and every character getting a nice bit of characterization. This is much more along the lines of what I'd expected from "Justice League United," and it's nice to see the kinks worked out. Full speed ahead! Read Full Review

"Justice League United" Annual #1 is quite ambitious, to its own detriment. With the new characters, all the expositions and the Arrow-led team's planet hopping side adventures, it's just too much going on all at once. The return of the Legion of Super-Heroes is a welcome development and they fight much better into "United" than in their previous New 52 incarnation. Lemire fills the issue with fun and interesting character moments, and Edwards' art makes the long flashbacks much more interesting, but readers will find it hard to keep track of everything going on. There is a lot of fun adventure to be had, just don't try to understand everything. Read Full Review

Neil Edwards is an artist who is quite good with featuring close-up shots of our heroes and presenting action sequences in dynamic angles. However, there is a limit to this unfortunately with many background characters coming off looking rushed as well as more than one instance of angles that are just too odd to work. Read Full Review

Jeff Lemire's Justice League United captures the spirit of humanity and cosmic action pioneered by JLI, but an inability to balance those elements hurts more than it helps. Read Full Review

The B-story involves Green Arrow, Animal Man, Supergirl, and Stargirl tracking down the villainous Bith and discovering that their dead teammate Hawkman isn't so dead (although he's apparently now working for the other side). For an annual the issue works well kicking off the next arc of the series which (even for someone who isn't a bit Legion fan) should get interesting with the number of characters making appearances before all is said and done. Worth a look. Read Full Review

Lemire has this strangely on the cusp of being unique, so much so that I think it's a worthy read, but it's not as strong as it could be on all other legs. I like the offbeat nature, they should really run with it. It's solid but better art would have made this much better. Supergirl and the loop Adam and Alanna are caught in are definite highlights. DC should let Lemire do his wild thing and let him loose. Read Full Review

This was an odd outing for the Legion, and not the best one for the JLU. It sort of left me with a "Was that it?" feeling. Read Full Review

A letdown in several ways. Legion fans, I feel your pain. Read Full Review

I want to like this series, I really do, but with so much going on it's difficult to enjoy it all. Read Full Review

This was good, but had a bit too much of stuff happening at once.

Despite problems, it's the first issue that I've liked.