“The Gold Lantern Saga” part two! Who is the Gold Lantern? And what does his power source have to do with the Great Darkness? Is the Gold Lantern everything it promises to be? The Justice League and Legion of Super-Heroes team up and travel to each other’s time periods to unravel the mysteries that have led them to the precipice of this Great Darkness.
I need to know more. I need to know why Brainiac 5 seems so worried when Gold Lantern contacts him about seeing through the anomaly. I need to know why the League got blipped away. I need to know more about these Elders. I suppose we have 4 more issues to learn all about this stuff. And more importantly, if I am this intrigued, the issue did it's job. Solid art and character moments with some plot movement and mysteries. Get me issue three! Read Full Review
There are quite a few indicators that Bendis is carefully constructing a big, sweeping plot arc for the six-issue series. Its kind of difficult to judge a work in progress, but whats been presented so far lacks a whole lot of narrative momentum leading into the end of its first half. Which will arrive next month. Its a beautiful-looking interaction between the two teams. Still, as of yet, the real center of the drama hasnt revealed itself. Read Full Review
The wait was far too long for the second issue of Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes, but that's because the series is so darn good right out of the gate. This second issue slows things down a bit as it focuses on the Gold Lantern while preparing readers, and the heroes in the story, for what comes next. Read Full Review
When Brian Michael Bendis has a big cast to work with, the plot can get a little chaotic. Fortunately, this miniseries has a pretty good hook to set up a crossover"albeit, one that feels more like a setup for a meet-and-greet than a showdown. Read Full Review
Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes #2 pushes the story further, but seems to spin the wheels a bit. Bendis doesn't appear to have moved the characters much from the end of the first issue, and I couldn't help but feel like the book is in a holding pattern while it waits for issue #3. Hopefully, Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes #3 can pick up the pace when it arrives. Read Full Review
Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes #2 continues to set things up but in a good way. At the same time, I wonder what Bendis will be allowed to reveal by the end. While some of the dialogue throws off the characterizations in the book, it looks great and has enough going on to keep me curious. Read Full Review
This issue is a slight improvement, but mostly just more of the same. I also found it disappointing that Bendis didn't follow up on the Triplicate Girl subplot. There is definitely the makings of a good story here, but I remain doubtful that Bendis is up to the job. But if he can focus on the story, and not inundate us with an overabundance of pointless dialogue, then this actually could be a good story. Read Full Review
Derek: I totally agree. There has been a slight improvement, but it's mostly just more of the same. I also found it disappointing that Bendis didn't follow up on the Triplicate Girl subplot. There's definitely the makings of a good story here, but I remain doubtful that Bendis is up to the job. If he can focus on the story, and not inundate us with an overabundance of pointless dialogue, then this could actually be a good story. Read Full Review
This isn't a book I can recommend to just anyone. It isn't strong enough to interest a casual reader and Its appeal is too specific to interest a decent chunk of heavier readers, given its characters of focus having small fan bases. It really is too early to say what direction it's heading. And that seals it. I am happy that this is my first review. A story I wasn't planning on reading before, that is shaping up to be a wild card. Perfect. Who wants to review a book with no surprises? Read Full Review
Some humor and new encounters combined with additional outstanding design work by Scott Godlewski offer enough to keep treading water, but there's very little in the way of new information or points of interest to be found here. That's far too little after a two-month wait. Read Full Review
This was pretty poor, the story is not that engaging at all.
So, I think it's pretty clear that this mini-event is just a way for Bendis to get to all the stuff he wasn't able to get to with his LoSH run. Which I would be fine with, if that run wasn't absolutely terrible. This does have the honor of being slightly better than Bendis' Justice League run, but that's about it. It's messy and not worth your time.
Garbage story and awful art.
Please bring the real Legion back and keep Bendis away from them.
Garbage from a garbage writer