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Justice League 028


This series is just not keeping my attention. This issue was clearly mistitled as it was all Metal Men - complete with basically an unchanged responsometer origin (vs Chemo) being plainly (re)told. Oh there was a little bit of Cyborg's new 2nd origin appropriately tied in too.

Nothing really innovative or shocking thrown in and almost no Forever Evil story advancement. Oh there was a quick intro and apparent death of 2 lesser Doom Patrollers at the hands of 2 lesser Syndicaters thrown in.

The artwork and colors were fantastic! Here's some links for it if you appreciate that sort of service:

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http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=20294
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http://dccomicsnews.com/2014/02/21/review-justice-league-28/
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http://www.adventuresinpoortaste.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/justice-league-28-platinum.png
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http://dccomicsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/thhhee-metal-men.jpg
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http://wrestling.insidepulse.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Justice-League-28-Spoilers-Forever-Evil-Project-Metal-Men-8.jpg
http://wrestling.insidepulse.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Justice-League-28-Spoilers-Forever-Evil-Project-Metal-Men-9.jpg

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I miss Dad and Dan.

I loved it. But it did raise some questions for me about Geoff Johns' writing trajectory in recent years, particularly the last two.
With his increased focus on unsavoury characters and trying to hold them up as misunderstood heroes Johns' writing has taken a decline in my view, the ideas are no longer novel, the characterisation only occasionally sparkles, there is nothing in the New 52 to revamp and so he has floundered in my view.
And yet, in amidst the storm he can produce the excellent Aquaman, and the last two issue of Justice League buck the level of expectation by being rather uplifting and featuring genuine emotion and humanity.
So what is happening here? Is the writer who writes Aquaman and this Metal Men issue the same one who churns out the bleak amorality of Forever Evil and Simon Baz? Or is it, as I now wonder, the case that he is being forced to write in a style that is wholly dark in tone and lacking in any of the warmth and positivity that marked his JSA and Flash work?

Regardless of that though The Metal Men are an oddly heroic and childlike choice to bring in for Forever Evil, I loved it, but is this Johns making a statement perhaps...?

I thought this was a great standalone issue.
I haven't been reading DC long enough to have ANY experience with the Metal Men, and have little with Will Magnus, so the story and characters were very original for me.
As Davey notes, it was enjoyable to see uplifting and positive characters and plot, especially juxtaposed with so many darker characters and storylines coming out now.
However, since we're in the middle of a major event, I question the timing of publication, unless Forever Evil #7 is going to be 60 pages long and the Metal Men (among other dangling threads) will be critical to its resolution.
I'm not betting on the story even being resolved at this point.
So, why [re]introduce them here?

What was additionally cool is that one of our part-timers at work is at Carnegie Mellon now and applying for grad school in mechanical engineering. I am trying to convince him to become the next Will Magus and be a real live superhero (or superhero creator), as he is also talented in robotics.

A fair and positive praise for sure. But it did not feel inviting as a JL book at all. Big negative there.



Also true!



Neat.

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I miss Dad and Dan.