Quick translation for those who can't read through links: "This book will be about a Justice League performing Justice League activities. And it's in-continuity. 79% of the fans in attendance spontaneously combusted with disbelief following this news."
Positives:
- Written by James Robinson
- There will be a Justice League team doing Justice League things.
- The team will be traveling all over. And there will be time travel! I practically weeped in joy when I read that. I am easily optimistic but I'm already envisioning this book being on the scale of Busiek's Avengers run, with the concern for non-US populations and time travel! TIME TRAVEL. *quivers* (Why Busiek's Avengers you ask? Because I've been rereading Avengers Forever, so that's fresh in my mind as what team books should be.)- I wasn't sure how I felt about having Hal be the catalyst for this team but then I remembered 52 and his clash over the jurisdiction of a Green Lantern, I think it's a nice progression for him. There's at least something to point back to for Hal being the character in the JLA who's wanting to expand. And of course he's taking Ollie with him.
- After being supremely disappointed that McKeever ejected Supergirl out of the Teen Titans (especially since Tony Bedard did such a nice job connecting Kara's time with the Legion of Super-Heroes with her finding a team to belong to in the present) and being supremely impressed with how she interacted for great justice with League-level heroes in The Brave and the Bold I am delighted that she'll be on this team. Supergirl (especially this current Supergirl) works best on a team and she has by now proven herself to be dependable and competent enough for the League--especially a League without Superman. This also means Supergirl fans such as myself will hopefully get to read comprehensible, fun stories involving her. And I really hope Hal recruits her personally. I'll laugh, I'll cry...it'll be better than Cats.
- Personally, I think the possibility of Kate Kane and Kara being a female Bat-Super team for the modern age is exciting. Kara's maturity is straddling the fence enough that she wouldn't be a kid for Batwoman to mentor. And Kate could develop more as a character and gain a platonic friend in the super-hero world. (Has she been shown interacting with anyone other than Nightwing and Renee Montoya?)
Negatives:
- Every member is American or has strong loyalties to America, with the exception of the alien Starman and possibly the Bill character Robinson is creating. In a book about digging out super-crime everywhere, I'm disappointed to see so few of the (already few) international superheroes involved. I can understand if DC doesn't want this to become a JLI cast rehash but surely they can find a way to add more diversity to the team along the way? (Psst, screw the JLI connection: get Fire out of Checkmate and onto this team.)
- No Martian Manhunter
- No artist assigned yet. Just, for the love of positive representations of female characters, don't tell me Ed Benes is being drafted to this League book.
- The politics could make my head explode. But I won't know until I read.
In conclusion: James Robinson, you had me at Supergirl.
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