Brandon Petersen's art is the death of this book.

Prime example of what a monthly comic should be.

Very well written coming from a fairly "green" writer in the industry. I can put money on Ram V becoming an all star in the next couple years.

Perkins art is just... *Chef's Kiss* ...perfect.

Dumb fun but too short. The art is brutally wonderful as well.

Annoying that Superboy is getting slapped around, but Peacemaker's shade is immaculate.

Bendis cringe as usual = 4/10

Ram V and Xermanico start strong but the backup compression sucks = 8/10

Holy cringe. I swear to god redditors worship Tom Taylor.

Art was great and the Alfred letter was wholesome.

Very well written, with March's pencils elevating the book immensely.

The whole Cressida plot to kill the Joker is obviously manufactured; probably another sick ploy to torture Gordon once more. Interesting enough, it appears that joker had nothing to do with the A-Day attack, possibly put into motion by either the Magistrate (Simon Saint) or Scarecrow or a third party.

I don't care much for the whole Magistrate plot with Tynion's OC's, but we'll see what happens. I'll probably pick up next issue. more

I can't believe it's over.

Till we meet again King Moz!

Great start to a new take on the Guardian of the Green. Perkins' art is fantastic as always, just as is Ram V's writing. I'm also happy they launched this as a miniseries, allowing for Ram V to express his unadulterated take on the character.

I had a lot of fun with this issue and I'm glad we're returning to a more traditional Suicide Squad as opposed to the Taylor OC cringefest that was the last series.

I vomited after seeing the last page.

I'm excited for John's Stargirl, Ram V Swamp Thing, Suicide Squad, and Williamson Robin. I might check out PKJ Superman and the new Wally Flash series (but Brandon Petersen's art is absolutely horrendous).

Regardless, I new the Quintessence was going to get offed because of the leaks that came out a while ago and it really blows that high level cosmic deities are taken out with no build up. I'm assuming that they are ramping up for an Earth Omega Darkseid event at the end of the Infinite Frontier storyline/publishing initiative/Rebirth 2.0, but I can only hope that they don't get Romita on art because he's lost it hard.

And by the way, literally no one in Brasil says fucking "Queijo" when taking a picture. Stop using Google Translate Joelle Jones. more

Super compressed but more enjoyable than most of the shit pumped out of Future State. I would have loved to read a 3 issue mini with these characters and the glimmers of rich history PKJ has infused into this single issue. I hope to get more of this in his run.

No matter how great you may be as a writer, you will have some undeniable strengths as well as some notable weaknesses. The best thing you can do about them is try to understand them and avoid exposing them. And I feel like Ram V just found his weaker side in form of Future State's Justice League. Hardly the first writer who found difficulties writing such a huge and important ensemble book (remember Priest's JL run?), but it always stings when someone you like and admire releases something bad, because it always feels worse than when someone bad releases something bad, am I right?

Ram V came up with the fantastic Swamp Thing story for this event, as well as with a really thrilling first issue of Catwoman which I hope will end on an equally high note. But his vision of Justice League is something that should be scrapped and forgotten.

It would be easy to blame this failure on the sheer fact the comic is only two issues long, yet has to tell a story featuring several characters. And okay, that would be a somewhat good point and a valid line of defense. The question remains, why wasn't this comic longer, then? One or two more issues could have change this mess completely, give the main characters enough time to grow, and we would get enough panels with them to actually care about them. Which I really can't bring myself to now.

Overall Justice League is one of Future State's biggest disappointments. A very, very mediocre (at best) comic which leaves you indifferent, unimpressed and unchanged. Oh, sorry, I take that back - I actually laughed once while reading it, seeing the last panel with candidates to join the League. Certainly better joke than an average one liner in a Marvel movie, eh? more

Absolutely phenomenal.

Morrison's mike drop is one for the ages as the Emerald Knight takes on unimaginable odds; nothing new of course.

I love how, just like the Gentry and Empty Hand from Multiversity, the final enemy could be considered analogues for corporatism and manufactured story control while the new guardians are placeholders for his own disillusionment with DC's new regime over these past few years.

One more to go, and I'm sure I won't be disappointed!

"In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night..." more

Fuck yes!

Give Ram V a separate JLD book so I don't have to buy shitty Bendis-League DC!

Extremely well-written and well drawn, but Ridley writes everyone so out of character just for the sake of the plot that it hurts the work immensely.

I actually had a lot of fun with this issue. Not a lot happened, but I really enjoyed the concept of Waller going to Earth 3 with an ad-hoc Suicide Squad made of Justice League analogues taking out the Crime Syndicate and "saving the world".

As for the Black Adam story; I think its incredibly stupid to have Superman One Million job/act as a metric to prop up the villain. They did that in Orlando's "Electric Warriors" and I personally think its pretty shallow from a narrative stand point. Black Adam has always been a compelling anti-hero and I'm excited to see how he deals with "The Unkindness" (stupid name btw) as well as Gold Beetle. more

Fun little story with some great art and some hopeful yet unrealistic themes.

I think its offensive that THE Lex Luthor, one of the smartest people in the universe, who has the potential to bring Earth into endless prosperity but is held back by his obsessive hatred of Superman, would resort to creating drones to strip other planets of resources to elevate his own in a not so subtle parallel of the United States.

However, its easy to shit on humanity and Earth while promoting utopian idealism in a world of infallible sun gods and super powered guardians always there to catch humanity when they fall.

One must remember that these themes are great dreams, certainly possible in a world with Superman, but we don't live in that world.

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This was a slog to get through.

Great story by PKD that's given me hope for his upcoming run.

Midnighter was really fun as well but Gleb Melnikov's art was def the standout.

The Black Racer and Shilo Norman stories just didn't feel Fourth World enough.

Breakout writer of 2020 takes on Swamp Thing!

Very intriguing and well written story; Mike Perkins' art really complements it. Will definitely be picking up next issue as well as the ongoing.

What's the fucking point?

Korra + Wonder Woman = Yara Flor.

Art was great, writing was slightly of off-putting, but very creative and original.

Thank god it's over.

They lost me the minute Wonder Woman hits Batkek with the literal Hand of Creation.

This is truly an "Anti-Crisis" because everything a Crisis gets right, Death Metal gets wrong.

Sure the symbolism and themes are there; the over indulgent writing and the high stakes, but you can't just gift wrap a pile of shit and sprinkle it with glitter expecting that it will turn into a pot of gold.

Death Metal doesn't merely jump the shark, its the shark attempting to jump over itself and accidentally pulling a muscle.

Also, just because it's self aware ("A Slap in the Face", jesus christ) doesn't make it good!

If there's one thing I've learned from reading Scott Snyder, it's that every story he's told has been done better by Morrison. If you want the last stand of the DC Universe, just go read Final Crisis!

At least Batkek is gone. Hopefully... more

This was an experience.

I've never felt this way reading a comic besides going through Pre-Flashpoint stories and runs. Generations Shattered succeeds because it's a comic that is aware of the universe it exists in; it doesn't pander or stoop to hold your hand, it just tries to have fun with DC's vast continuity. You could put this in a collection of the 2006 Booster Gold series and no one would bat an eye.

A return to form for DC. more

I liked the Constantine story. That's pretty much it though...

This is something I can call "dumb fun".

Looking back over the second wave of "Tales from the Dark Multiverse" One Shots, the only word that can describe my sentiment is "meh". Hush was definitely the standout, while COIE and Flashpoint were without a doubt lacking. The only way to end this saga is with the nightmare alternate of the OG: Dark Nights Metal.

This was exactly what I expected it to be but we did get a couple interesting takes: Duke's return, Bobo/Tornado merge, Parall-Axe, and another Batkek execution that leaves me hungry for more. more

More of a "Tales of the Dark Multiverse: Last Days of the Justice Society" than COIE but I'll take it. Very depressing tho, with the JSA jobbing harder than ever before, especially to a one off villain from an 80's single issue special.

Sholly Fisch League of Shadows story was wonderful, and I also really liked the Batman Beyond Gray Ghost story as well.

As for the Booster Gold story; many people forget that before The Omac Project, Maxwell Lord was shady businessman turned ally to the JLI for a good decade and a half. Great story overall.

Everything else is either boring or garbage; Tom King still can't write without using brainyquote.com and The Bible, and jeez the Bizarro stories... YAWN. more