JLA Book One

JLA Books New Edition #1

by Grant Morrison, Howard Porter (Illustrator), Ariel Olivetti (Illustrator)

Experience the complete epic, launched by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter, that changed the DC Universe forever.

DC Comics presents the legendary 1990s series, collected for the first time with all accompanying JLA mini-series and one-shots! Experience the complete epic, launched by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter, that changed the DC Universe forever.

Collecting JLA #1-9, JLA Secret Files & Origins #1, JLA/WildC.A.T.s #1, and the never-before-collected Tomorrow Woman #1, JLA 80-Page Giant #1, JLA Annual #1, Paradise Lost #1-3, and JLA Gallery.

Genres: Comics

616 pages, Paperback

Published April 2, 2024

About the author

Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning their American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then they have written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, they have also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS.

In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.

Reviews

[Riley Pilgrim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Probably the only JLA comic where Kyle Rayner is the Green Lantern on the team.... Overall this was fine, but far from Morrison's best work. Sadly this comic is very much a product of the time, as their really isn't much substance to the stories here. A lot of the stories often feel confusing as you need to understand the context of what was going on in the DCU at the time. This comic also struggles with characters having a unique voice, and at times dialogue feels interchangeable between the team. Compared to the iconic Justice League International run from the 80s where each story was fun, easy to get into, and characters had a purpose in each of those stories. Most of the time I really love Morrison's work, however this didn't do much for me at all.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have long resisted reading Morrison's JLA, given my longtime preference for Marvel books, but they published this affordable collection of a huge chunk of the 90s run, and I was pleasantly surprised to find an accessible, straightforward superhero book with heart that wasn't trying to deconstruct the genre or anything. Not every story worked, not all the art holds up to modern standards, but this was a great collection overall.

[Matthew Hudson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A much more comprehensive collection than previous trades of this series, the new JLA paperback editions are the best way to read this iconic series. Volume one includes several issues never before collected which really help to flesh out the story. The second volume is already out and a third volume is on the way in 2026.

[Max Martin-Udry · Rating 2 out of 5]

Minus one star for terrible use and depiction of Wonder Woman. Some truly terrible panels in there