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First off, I've never been much of a super-team fan. Chalk it up to the Superfriends, the old Fantastic Four cartoons. I always thought that the entire team scenerio seriously limited character development and intensity. They all had near identical personalities and you always knew that the heores were gonna come out on top no matter what. And after beating all the villains they would stand around in poses saying something corny. I harbored the same feelings regarding the JLA reincarnation that was headed by Grant Morrison, Howard porter and John Dell.
Was I wrong.
The new JLA had everything that the old super-teams didn't have. Character development, near end-of-the world situtations and they didn't really get along with each other. New World Order is the story that set the entire wheel in motion to the rebirth of one of the greatest superhero teams in comics. The story begins with the arrival of a fleet of aliens calling themselves the Hypercla. They all have superpowers that are equal to or rival those of the JLA's and they manage to sway the public in their favor in a few days. They are hell bent on taking down the league and manage to capture everyone except the Batman. Morrison shows that even without any superpowers Batman is one of the most formidable opponents for any super-being any day of the week. He alone takes out 2/3 of the Hyperclan by himself by exploiting their secret identity. I won't post any spoilers regarding the ending because it's well worth reading it and figuring it out yourself. And regarding character development, there is a lot of that in this book also. Superman is the poster boy for the JLA, the martian manhunter is uneasy in the team and even at one point betrays them to the hyperclan. And Batman doesn't seem to like anybody. He is shown as a guy who without any super-powers has got the largest ego in the JLA. That's the way the Batman should always be written.
I highly recommend this. And FYI, this arc was recently picked by Wizard to be the cream of the crop w/ respect to JLA stories. Get this book, you will not be disappointed.


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JLA Book 1 New World Order Grant Morrison Howard Porter John Dell Books Reviews

This trade collects issues 1-4 of JLA.

In recent years the Justice League has featured many of DC's premiere heroes, but when 1997 arrived it had been become home of the second stringers. Some of this was very well done, such as Giffen and DeMatteis' JLI, but readers were ready for a return of the concept of the Justice League being a collection of the biggest heroes tackling the biggest threats.

So Grant Morrison assembled the "big 7" Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash (Wally West), Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner), Aquaman and the Martian Manhunter. New World Order is a complete story told over four issues and features the team's first challenge in the form of a group of aliens that land on Earth and proclaim they are here to save the world. There are some nice surprises as they try to unearth the strangers' motives.

The mere existence of the line-up is obviously not as remarkable as it was 15 years ago, but Morrison still makes the formation of the team feel significant. The team members are fairly well developed for such a large cast over so few issues, and the banter between them captures their characters nicely.

New World Order is in some ways a stereotypical 90s action comic, and being on the short side moves very quickly, so look elsewhere for deep themes and layered meanings. However it is a fun read and has held up pretty well over time.
Decent enough artwork but the story was found wanting in my opinion. In truth, I felt that the characters remained a little too flat to make this one interesting. Batman is the surly guy who gets underestimated, Superman is the self-righteous one who is taken down surprisingly easily, Martian Manhunter is of dubious loyalty, and Aquaman is arrogant and out of touch but finally comes around just in the nick of time. I was really hoping for something with a little more depth where I felt that at least one of the memebers of JLA had changed from the beginning of the book. All in all it isn't bad, but it certainly isn't good either.
If your interested in the JLA, get this, this is the way to go. Art is great for the 90s and the writing is very good, Grant Morrison (in my experience) is always great. Wonderful read.
Seeing Superman with a mullet made me think this was going to be a dated cheese fest. But setting aside all the funky 90's flare, this story is actually pretty good. The villains are worthy of the Justice League and Batman is a bad@$$ as always. This book also marks the beginning of Grant Morrison's JLA run which I hear is pretty epic.
The magnificent seven Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, Martian Manhunter and Green Lantern, united again to face the dangers too big for one sole superhero to fight.
Before this story arc, it's pretty safe to say that the Justice League was in the dumps. Far from its glorious days of yesteryear, it had divided into things like Justice League Task Force and Justice League Europe, stripped of most, if not all its cool characters. None of the heavyweights were on the team until Grant Morrizon decided to inject new life into the series.
They restarted it and this is the first arc.
This is what defines the Justice League nowadays world threatening danger, each bigger than the last, all put down by the world's mightiest superheros.
The first time I read this, it blew my mind. It deals with the appearance of several alien superbeings of incredible goodness, who seem to surpass even our own heroes. But it doesn't take long to see that they are in fact staging an alien invasion. Once again, the heroes band together to form a new league The Justice League America, JLA.
There are limitless nuances to the characters, and this is where I fell in love with Batman. This is truly a guy who could take out Superman.
The first in a great series. Don't miss it.
First off, I've never been much of a super-team fan. Chalk it up to the Superfriends, the old Fantastic Four cartoons. I always thought that the entire team scenerio seriously limited character development and intensity. They all had near identical personalities and you always knew that the heores were gonna come out on top no matter what. And after beating all the villains they would stand around in poses saying something corny. I harbored the same feelings regarding the JLA reincarnation that was headed by Grant Morrison, Howard porter and John Dell.
Was I wrong.
The new JLA had everything that the old super-teams didn't have. Character development, near end-of-the world situtations and they didn't really get along with each other. New World Order is the story that set the entire wheel in motion to the rebirth of one of the greatest superhero teams in comics. The story begins with the arrival of a fleet of aliens calling themselves the Hypercla. They all have superpowers that are equal to or rival those of the JLA's and they manage to sway the public in their favor in a few days. They are hell bent on taking down the league and manage to capture everyone except the Batman. Morrison shows that even without any superpowers Batman is one of the most formidable opponents for any super-being any day of the week. He alone takes out 2/3 of the Hyperclan by himself by exploiting their secret identity. I won't post any spoilers regarding the ending because it's well worth reading it and figuring it out yourself. And regarding character development, there is a lot of that in this book also. Superman is the poster boy for the JLA, the martian manhunter is uneasy in the team and even at one point betrays them to the hyperclan. And Batman doesn't seem to like anybody. He is shown as a guy who without any super-powers has got the largest ego in the JLA. That's the way the Batman should always be written.
I highly recommend this. And FYI, this arc was recently picked by Wizard to be the cream of the crop w/ respect to JLA stories. Get this book, you will not be disappointed.