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Justice League, Vol. 5: Justice/Doom War
The Justice-Doom War approaches! This is the culmination of the Legion of Doom's master plan, and some may not survive. Writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, with artists Jorge Jimenez and Javier Fernandez, are taking you to war for the universe!
Eons ago, the Monitor, the Anti-Monitor and the World Forger stopped the rise of Perpetua. Now Lex Luthor is trying to empower Perpetua, turning the world toward doom. The Justice League must race through the past, present and future to gather pieces of the Totality if they want to stop Lex Luthor's plan from coming to fruition. But the Legion of Doom will stop at nothing to unleash Perpetua on the Multiverse.
Writer Scott Snyder teams up with James Tynion IV and artists Jorge Jimenez, Jim Cheung and Javier Fernandez for an incredible finale! Collects Justice League #29-39.
Eons ago, the Monitor, the Anti-Monitor and the World Forger stopped the rise of Perpetua. Now Lex Luthor is trying to empower Perpetua, turning the world toward doom. The Justice League must race through the past, present and future to gather pieces of the Totality if they want to stop Lex Luthor's plan from coming to fruition. But the Legion of Doom will stop at nothing to unleash Perpetua on the Multiverse.
Writer Scott Snyder teams up with James Tynion IV and artists Jorge Jimenez, Jim Cheung and Javier Fernandez for an incredible finale! Collects Justice League #29-39.
272 pages, Hardcover
First published June 23, 2020
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Scott Snyder
1,780 books5,144 followersScott Snyder is the Eisner and Harvey Award winning writer on DC Comics Batman, Swamp Thing, and his original series for Vertigo, American Vampire. He is also the author of the short story collection, Voodoo Heart, published by the Dial Press in 2006. The paperback version was published in the summer of 2007.
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December 3, 2020
By the time I reached the end of this, I was pretty ecstatic that Snyder is done with his run on Justice League. This was really drawn out and filled with more boring exposition than I could handle. And then to just have to boil down to some Christmas-y "believe in Santa Claus" moment. Ug.
I've really grown to hate how Lex Luthor is portrayed in this as well. I can't ever see him being subservient to anyone including a God. His ego would never allow it. Lex has always been against Superman because he's not human. Well, neither is Perpetua. It just doesn't make a lot of sense.
Now, that's my rants are out of the way. This was OK. Even though there are a ton of artists the book looks great. I'm just looking forward to a new direction for the JL while this story continues in Dark Nights: Death Metal. <--- Jeebus, that's a dumb name.
I've really grown to hate how Lex Luthor is portrayed in this as well. I can't ever see him being subservient to anyone including a God. His ego would never allow it. Lex has always been against Superman because he's not human. Well, neither is Perpetua. It just doesn't make a lot of sense.
Now, that's my rants are out of the way. This was OK. Even though there are a ton of artists the book looks great. I'm just looking forward to a new direction for the JL while this story continues in Dark Nights: Death Metal. <--- Jeebus, that's a dumb name.
July 7, 2020
Snyder has been full of great ideas, from Metal forward, and the DC Universe has really benefited from the rethinking (and expansion) of its underpinnings. But this arc is not the ending that great story deserved.
To start with, it's just way too long. Yeah, 10 issues could have been filled thoughtfully, but the problem is that Snyder fills them with long, nonsensical doomed fights. One after another after another.
It's a real pity, because we have great character moments underlying this. But the JSA shows up, and they're almost ignored. Kamandi shows up, and there's no depth to him. It's like Snyder looked at Crisis on Infinite Earths, wanted to replicate it, but had no idea what Wolfman did right.
(And lets talk about the JSA for a moment, living in the past but forgotten ... which makes no sense with the Doomsday Clock revelations that Manhattan actually kept them from forming. Which is such typical DC nonsense of not knowing how to recreate their multiverse in a meaningful way — which has been going on since the aforementioned Crisis.)
And all of that would have produced an OK story that would still be worth getting, but ...
then you get to the last page and learn that there's no closure after ten long issues. No ending. It was all just a prelude for the next thing.
@*)#$@*)(#@$.
To start with, it's just way too long. Yeah, 10 issues could have been filled thoughtfully, but the problem is that Snyder fills them with long, nonsensical doomed fights. One after another after another.
It's a real pity, because we have great character moments underlying this. But the JSA shows up, and they're almost ignored. Kamandi shows up, and there's no depth to him. It's like Snyder looked at Crisis on Infinite Earths, wanted to replicate it, but had no idea what Wolfman did right.
(And lets talk about the JSA for a moment, living in the past but forgotten ... which makes no sense with the Doomsday Clock revelations that Manhattan actually kept them from forming. Which is such typical DC nonsense of not knowing how to recreate their multiverse in a meaningful way — which has been going on since the aforementioned Crisis.)
And all of that would have produced an OK story that would still be worth getting, but ...
then you get to the last page and learn that there's no closure after ten long issues. No ending. It was all just a prelude for the next thing.
@*)#$@*)(#@$.
July 24, 2021
Well, that was rather strange. I tend not to follow any particular storyline due to the myriad changes that take place. So I pick up volumes that look interesting. Such is the case with "Doom War", the 5th volume in the Justice League by Scott Snyder. I can see quite a bit has changed.
Luthor mimics Thanos from Marvel and gets his version of the Infinity Gauntlet, but it's called "The Totality" and instead of Mistress Death, Luthor serves Perpetua. Anyways, similarities aside, it's an excuse for a rather large dust-up by some cosmically powerful people. It has its ups and downs.
The artwork is pretty solid throughout this volume. The story is entertaining, though odd. As far as that little Starfish calling Batman "Dad". Uhhh what? While this isn't a deep story, it tries to be with some impressive speechifying but really it's just super powerful beings beating up on heroes.
As bad as this sounds, it isn't. It's fun and it entertained me. By no means a magnum opus but it serves its purpose- to entertain. If you are a Justice League fan then you'll like this. If you're not, then I'm not sure why you would read this.
Very strange cosmic battle that was fun to read.
Luthor mimics Thanos from Marvel and gets his version of the Infinity Gauntlet, but it's called "The Totality" and instead of Mistress Death, Luthor serves Perpetua. Anyways, similarities aside, it's an excuse for a rather large dust-up by some cosmically powerful people. It has its ups and downs.
The artwork is pretty solid throughout this volume. The story is entertaining, though odd. As far as that little Starfish calling Batman "Dad". Uhhh what? While this isn't a deep story, it tries to be with some impressive speechifying but really it's just super powerful beings beating up on heroes.
As bad as this sounds, it isn't. It's fun and it entertained me. By no means a magnum opus but it serves its purpose- to entertain. If you are a Justice League fan then you'll like this. If you're not, then I'm not sure why you would read this.
Very strange cosmic battle that was fun to read.
October 28, 2021
This was so epic!
It starts off with the JL undergoing simulation against Starro preparing contingencies but when Legion of Doom aka LOD is attacking, they have to team up and prepare for one final war and from there is an epic story with JL having to go to the past and future and team up with JSA and Kamandi and JL-1 mil and it takes all the elements and gives the league a great moment as they fight their mortal enemies and also Superman vs Lex at his most powerful and Perpetua and the return of a former member and the Monitors doing Voltron and more twists and past, present and future colliding for one final war and it leads into death metal.
Its a lot to take in and took me quite some time to read through and while it has solid moments for characters like Superman and Martian Manhunter or the unity of two teams, it can become a lot to take in and sometimes its just too much info and less action though the art carries the bulk of action on its back and makes those moment worth it. The beats and everything feels like the end of the world but its so worth it and makes for an epic one time read. A nice recommendation before reading Death metal!
It starts off with the JL undergoing simulation against Starro preparing contingencies but when Legion of Doom aka LOD is attacking, they have to team up and prepare for one final war and from there is an epic story with JL having to go to the past and future and team up with JSA and Kamandi and JL-1 mil and it takes all the elements and gives the league a great moment as they fight their mortal enemies and also Superman vs Lex at his most powerful and Perpetua and the return of a former member and the Monitors doing Voltron and more twists and past, present and future colliding for one final war and it leads into death metal.
Its a lot to take in and took me quite some time to read through and while it has solid moments for characters like Superman and Martian Manhunter or the unity of two teams, it can become a lot to take in and sometimes its just too much info and less action though the art carries the bulk of action on its back and makes those moment worth it. The beats and everything feels like the end of the world but its so worth it and makes for an epic one time read. A nice recommendation before reading Death metal!
June 27, 2020
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What do you do when hope is stripped away from humanity? When evil rises from the ashes and dominates the hearts of the mass? The answer lies in our faith, faith in the good within us. After all, belief is a powerful thing. It surpasses the body, it overcomes emotions, it destroys doubt. Even when plunged in the darkest abyss, the greatest heroes of the earth must channel their last resources within and beyond their reach to fight off the terror that Lex Luthor and his comrades have in store for the world. With the final war at their doorsteps, sacrifices will be made but victory will not be guaranteed unless they work together one last time. Collecting issues #29-39, writer Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV write the grand finale to this epic cosmic adventure that will lead up to the upcoming Dark Nights: Death Metal crossover event.
What is Justice League: Justice/Doom War about? The Legion of Doom's master plan to unleash Perpetua, the celestial goddess behind the creation of the universe, is within arm's reach with six of the seven energy sources in their possession. Eons ago, the Monitor, the Anti-Monitor, and the World Forger sealed away Perpetua before she spiraled down an evil path consumed by destruction. It is now up to the Justice League to reunite these brothers together while searching the past, the present, and the future for the final piece of the Totality that could allow them to stop Lex Luthor from succeeding in his deluded mission for universe domination. But the Legion of Doom will do everything in their power to anticipate the actions of these heroes and achieve their goals.
With the previous story-arc, The Sixth Dimension, writer Scott Snyder was able to establish the tone and the direction that this series was heading towards. Building up the mythology and lore for the DC Universe while also challenging these heroes to take extraordinary risks to find a little ray of hope within all the gloom and doom that Lex Luthor plans on unleashing with Perpetua, this volume continues down a similar path as each page is a world-building extravaganza through heavy exposition and focus on character dynamics. With this particularly-less-psychedelic story-arc being the final chapter in this not-so-mini cosmic event, these heroes continue to explore uncharted territory and learn more about the world around them, discover their unmatched perseverance in a time of crisis, and revel in their determination to remain true to who they are despite the vision of despair that is brought upon them.
There's no lying that writer Scott Snyder envisions the DC Universe in a very innovative and never-before-seen way but the scope of his ideas remain plausible in the grand scheme of things, allowing the very universe in which we bathe in to be set on an otherworldly foundation on which everything else revolves around. For him to bring in godly entities into the war between good and evil—Justice and Doom—allows to elevate these heroes to a whole other platform of heroism and tell a tale where they are not just saviours of the present but beings who represent all the greatness of the world in all spheres of time and space. His ability to write this to life is simply awe-inspiring if not bordering the ludicrously mad.
Similar to the previous volume, multiple artists worked on this story-arc and helped enormously in keeping the overall atmosphere quite consistent from one issue to another. The most crucial issues were, however, drawn by artist Jorge Jimenez and he continues to mesmerize readers with his stunning character designs and unconventional panel structuring throughout each page. Considering that the story is mostly on a cosmic scale and that the mortal level of humanity is kept in the shadow (assuming, however, that in the midst of all this, many will have likely perished), the colouring is also flawless as it captures the galactic colours of the universe and adds a certain ethereal tone to the overall tale. It would simply be an understatement to not give this story-arc a seal of approval in creating its own epic event within a Justice League series—rightfully too since we are talking about the greatest superhero team-up of all time; they just need to face the worse of the worse—without necessitating other comic book series to be put on pause.
Justice League: Justice/Doom War is an absolutely epic finale sending these heroes through time and space to try and crawl out victorious of the upcoming final war.
Yours truly,
Lashaan | Blogger and Book Reviewer
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August 3, 2020
The series improved as it went on, the confusing early volumes boiling down to a cosmic universal war between Doom and Justice that at least makes sense. However, despite amazing artwork and plenty of action, ultimately the ending is unsatisfactory and feels inconclusive, a meagre reward for those who have stuck with the story from the beginning.
June 20, 2020
The Justice League have one last ditch effort that can stop the Legion of Doom and Perpetua, and it involves traveling to both the past and future to recruit some familiar faces as back-up. But Apex Lex isn't about to let all his plans fall apart when he's so close to victory - the Justice/Doom War has begun, and the fate of the Multiverse relies on its conclusion!
When Scott Snyder goes hard, he goes super hard. This volume hits the ground at 100 and doesn't stop until the final page. There are reveals, guest stars, and unexpected developments that constantly raise the stakes, and yet Snyder (and co-writer James Tynion IV who does a lot of the heavy lifting) manages to keep it all dialed in, even when they decide to wax poetic about the Seven Fundamental Forces of the Multiverse and such. This somehow manages to be a high concept deconstruction of what makes the Justice League Earth's greatest heroes, as well as a knock-down drag out brawl at the same time. Only this book gives you a philosophical discussion about the nature of heroism on one page and a mecha fight between the Legion Of Doom and Justice League headquarters on the next.
And of course, the artwork is pretty much flawless. With contributions from Jorge Jimenez, Bruno Redondo, Howard Porter, Daniel Sampere, and Francis Manapul, this volume is basically a parade of almost every artist that made this series so pretty to look at for the past 30 issues.
Justice/Doom War is the culmination of this phase of Scott Snyder's overarching plan, and while it may end on a huge cliffhanger, it's still a rollicking good ride for 10 issues that will have every DC geek grinning from ear to ear at least a dozen times.
When Scott Snyder goes hard, he goes super hard. This volume hits the ground at 100 and doesn't stop until the final page. There are reveals, guest stars, and unexpected developments that constantly raise the stakes, and yet Snyder (and co-writer James Tynion IV who does a lot of the heavy lifting) manages to keep it all dialed in, even when they decide to wax poetic about the Seven Fundamental Forces of the Multiverse and such. This somehow manages to be a high concept deconstruction of what makes the Justice League Earth's greatest heroes, as well as a knock-down drag out brawl at the same time. Only this book gives you a philosophical discussion about the nature of heroism on one page and a mecha fight between the Legion Of Doom and Justice League headquarters on the next.
And of course, the artwork is pretty much flawless. With contributions from Jorge Jimenez, Bruno Redondo, Howard Porter, Daniel Sampere, and Francis Manapul, this volume is basically a parade of almost every artist that made this series so pretty to look at for the past 30 issues.
Justice/Doom War is the culmination of this phase of Scott Snyder's overarching plan, and while it may end on a huge cliffhanger, it's still a rollicking good ride for 10 issues that will have every DC geek grinning from ear to ear at least a dozen times.
June 27, 2020
Ive lost interest in this snyder run
April 21, 2021
If you liked the strung out ending of Return of the King, just wait until you read Justice/Doom War. There are at least three monumental conclusions in this one volume, each as ephemeral as the last. And now I have to go find Dark Nights: Death Metal? I thought I was done with Scott Snyder's Justice League run. Womp.
On its own, Justice/Doom War is fine. The one issue in which each Justice League member takes a crack at God-strength Lex was easily the best. The rest of the issues also featured punching (so much punching), but mostly lame, empty punches. In true Scott Snyder fashion, Justice/Doom War does not feature a straightforward battle between heroes and villains. No, instead, it features three fetch quests into the past, future, and far edge of the universe. And then further fetch quests. And further. And further. Etc.
I'm coming down from the high of The Sixth Dimension, I think. In that volume, each one-upping surprise felt earned and original. In Justice/Doom War they feel perfunctory.
On its own, Justice/Doom War is fine. The one issue in which each Justice League member takes a crack at God-strength Lex was easily the best. The rest of the issues also featured punching (so much punching), but mostly lame, empty punches. In true Scott Snyder fashion, Justice/Doom War does not feature a straightforward battle between heroes and villains. No, instead, it features three fetch quests into the past, future, and far edge of the universe. And then further fetch quests. And further. And further. Etc.
I'm coming down from the high of The Sixth Dimension, I think. In that volume, each one-upping surprise felt earned and original. In Justice/Doom War they feel perfunctory.
March 31, 2023
There’s a point early on in this where we get a double page exposition spread - what has led us to this desperate moment in multiversal history, etc etc - and maybe half? of it has actually happened in the previous four volumes of the series. Is there any indication where you might find the rest? No. Was there at the time? No.
It doesn’t strictly MATTER that half the story’s missing because everything here is arbitrary and nothing is concluded anyway. The supposedly grand metaphysical theme of Snyder’s series - do we choose selfishness or co-operation at a pinch? - is represented by a giant scoreboard up in the sky. Yes, it is quite funny that (this is a spoiler I guess) after a huge inspirational speech everyone votes for the bad option and the heroes sit around going “B-b-but guys we MADE A SPEECH”. I am not sure it is meant to be funny, but I don’t know what else they can be aiming for at this point.
At the end it turns out all this is the prelude to the next big cosmic crossover, which maybe explains why the whole thing kept reminding me of COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS. I can make no greater or more solemn criticism of this comic than to say it was occasionally even that bad.
It doesn’t strictly MATTER that half the story’s missing because everything here is arbitrary and nothing is concluded anyway. The supposedly grand metaphysical theme of Snyder’s series - do we choose selfishness or co-operation at a pinch? - is represented by a giant scoreboard up in the sky. Yes, it is quite funny that (this is a spoiler I guess) after a huge inspirational speech everyone votes for the bad option and the heroes sit around going “B-b-but guys we MADE A SPEECH”. I am not sure it is meant to be funny, but I don’t know what else they can be aiming for at this point.
At the end it turns out all this is the prelude to the next big cosmic crossover, which maybe explains why the whole thing kept reminding me of COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS. I can make no greater or more solemn criticism of this comic than to say it was occasionally even that bad.
August 4, 2020
So let's start with what's good about this book.
The origin of Starro was very cool with the 0-worlds. The Justice Society making an appearance was a really enjoyable moment. I kind of liked the plan to search the past and future to look for the Totality; even if it felt like a rip off of Marvel's Endgame. The Ultra-Monitor was a nice expansion of DC lore, and seeing Perpetua unleash her power on Earth-19 and Earth-44 made her ascension well worth the wait. And the display of the Justice League in issue 37 was phenomenal.
But all that could not fix this book. Snyder's entire Justice League run has really been an indecipherable mess; with these big cosmic ideas and characterizations that have very muddled connections. The foundation for "Justice/Doom War" is very weak. When the first two issues started talking about the hidden forces and the Totality, I was honestly confused. And then every issue after that has some piece that very flimsily moves/supports the plot. Though I still think Snyder did a better job than Morrison did on "Final Crisis".
The second and more glaring issue I think this book had was it's tone. It's just to cheery! I feel that Snyder made a mistake with setting the tone for his Justice League run. I mean this is supposed to be about DOOM and instead of there being this sense of seriousness and realism about human nature; we get an overwhelming amount of snarky character moments. Where there's always a quip or an under the breath joke trying to break the tension. This is tragically obvious in Batman. If you had told me that Snyder wrote one of the greatest Batman runs of all time, and his Justice League version was all I saw. I'd call you a liar. This Batman is just not good. AND WHAT IS WITH HIS WEIRD SON RELATIONSHIP WITH JARRO!!!! I mean it just came out of nowhere!? It just unsettled me because Bruce isn't even that outwardly affectionate with his actual son.
I think the symbolism for Justice that Snyder tried to embody as the opposite of Doom, was to heavy handed. And it always came across as this preachy nonsensical belief in a collective, which really just undercut the overall story. I mean every obstacle or moment of doubt in Snyder's JL run was resolved by some character yammering on about togetherness or friendship. It never built to this realization like it did in METAL, instead the run starts their and doesn't really go anywhere afterwards.
The next issue I had was with the Anti-Monitor. In the last volume he has hidden himself and refused to join forces with his brother. So I assumed he's either a villain or a pessimist, and he will either join Perpetua or have to be convinced by his brothers that there is hope. Instead he has enlisted Aquaman to work his own agenda from the shadows, but then by the very next issue he's work with the League with no explanation as to why. And then like the issue after that, Perpetua convinced him to join her!? Just made no sense.
I fell in love with DC, watching the Justice League Unlimited animated series. It brought a sense of realism, tension, and depth to the world of superheroes. I had hoped Snyder would have shown me the same, but this wasn't the JLU it was Super Friends. A weak plot with often times terrible characterization and tone.
The origin of Starro was very cool with the 0-worlds. The Justice Society making an appearance was a really enjoyable moment. I kind of liked the plan to search the past and future to look for the Totality; even if it felt like a rip off of Marvel's Endgame. The Ultra-Monitor was a nice expansion of DC lore, and seeing Perpetua unleash her power on Earth-19 and Earth-44 made her ascension well worth the wait. And the display of the Justice League in issue 37 was phenomenal.
But all that could not fix this book. Snyder's entire Justice League run has really been an indecipherable mess; with these big cosmic ideas and characterizations that have very muddled connections. The foundation for "Justice/Doom War" is very weak. When the first two issues started talking about the hidden forces and the Totality, I was honestly confused. And then every issue after that has some piece that very flimsily moves/supports the plot. Though I still think Snyder did a better job than Morrison did on "Final Crisis".
The second and more glaring issue I think this book had was it's tone. It's just to cheery! I feel that Snyder made a mistake with setting the tone for his Justice League run. I mean this is supposed to be about DOOM and instead of there being this sense of seriousness and realism about human nature; we get an overwhelming amount of snarky character moments. Where there's always a quip or an under the breath joke trying to break the tension. This is tragically obvious in Batman. If you had told me that Snyder wrote one of the greatest Batman runs of all time, and his Justice League version was all I saw. I'd call you a liar. This Batman is just not good. AND WHAT IS WITH HIS WEIRD SON RELATIONSHIP WITH JARRO!!!! I mean it just came out of nowhere!? It just unsettled me because Bruce isn't even that outwardly affectionate with his actual son.
I think the symbolism for Justice that Snyder tried to embody as the opposite of Doom, was to heavy handed. And it always came across as this preachy nonsensical belief in a collective, which really just undercut the overall story. I mean every obstacle or moment of doubt in Snyder's JL run was resolved by some character yammering on about togetherness or friendship. It never built to this realization like it did in METAL, instead the run starts their and doesn't really go anywhere afterwards.
The next issue I had was with the Anti-Monitor. In the last volume he has hidden himself and refused to join forces with his brother. So I assumed he's either a villain or a pessimist, and he will either join Perpetua or have to be convinced by his brothers that there is hope. Instead he has enlisted Aquaman to work his own agenda from the shadows, but then by the very next issue he's work with the League with no explanation as to why. And then like the issue after that, Perpetua convinced him to join her!? Just made no sense.
I fell in love with DC, watching the Justice League Unlimited animated series. It brought a sense of realism, tension, and depth to the world of superheroes. I had hoped Snyder would have shown me the same, but this wasn't the JLU it was Super Friends. A weak plot with often times terrible characterization and tone.
May 31, 2020
As much as I loved The Sixth Dimension, this arc felt too much like what came before it. I haven’t disliked the story concepts from Snyder/Tynion, it’s been more the execution. They keep going with these cosmic level events, but each one (less so Sixth Dimension) has felt so bogged down in exposition and excessive dialogue. It takes forever to get thru an issue because they’re just flat out explaining to you everything that’s happening.
Once upon a time, Snyder had mastered the “shocking last page cliffhanger”, but now it’s like the well dried up, and nothing shocks us anymore. Every issue tries to take it up a level by saying “now we’re going even bigger on the grandiose scale”, and really, it’s more exhausting than it is exciting. Jimenez’s art and the final two issues helped this, but I’m ready to take a break from the universe-ending plots for a while.
Once upon a time, Snyder had mastered the “shocking last page cliffhanger”, but now it’s like the well dried up, and nothing shocks us anymore. Every issue tries to take it up a level by saying “now we’re going even bigger on the grandiose scale”, and really, it’s more exhausting than it is exciting. Jimenez’s art and the final two issues helped this, but I’m ready to take a break from the universe-ending plots for a while.
July 23, 2021
Justice League Vol. 5 Justice/Doom War collects issues 29-39 written by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV with art by Bruno Redondo, Jorge Jimenez, Francis Nanapul, among others.
Perpetua, the evil Mother of Creation, has been unleashed upon the multiverse with Lex Luthor at her side. The Justjce League travels to the past and the future in order to find rememnants of the Totality in hopes of stopping her from recreating the mtiverse in her own evil image.
There is still a lot of exposition but the action is ramped up in this final volume. We get the return of the Justice Society of America (I fanboyed. The JSA is one of my favorite series and teams) and Kamandi. There are a lot of epic battles throughout the book. The one major issue I have with this book is that I don't think it fits Lex Luthor's character at all. His ego wouldn't allow himself to side with an alien in order to defeat Superman and the Justice League. It is also hard to fathom how long this story has been and adding in Year of the Villain and still isn't finished leading into Death Metal.
Perpetua, the evil Mother of Creation, has been unleashed upon the multiverse with Lex Luthor at her side. The Justjce League travels to the past and the future in order to find rememnants of the Totality in hopes of stopping her from recreating the mtiverse in her own evil image.
There is still a lot of exposition but the action is ramped up in this final volume. We get the return of the Justice Society of America (I fanboyed. The JSA is one of my favorite series and teams) and Kamandi. There are a lot of epic battles throughout the book. The one major issue I have with this book is that I don't think it fits Lex Luthor's character at all. His ego wouldn't allow himself to side with an alien in order to defeat Superman and the Justice League. It is also hard to fathom how long this story has been and adding in Year of the Villain and still isn't finished leading into Death Metal.
November 27, 2022
Sporadically charming but fundamentally fatally flawed, for a variety of narrative and structural reasons. Not worth the monetary cost of each individual issue; not even close.
March 28, 2021
Quattro stelle perché sarebbe stato praticamente perfetto se
Tuttavia ho amato molto tutti i colpi di scena e le audaci scelte "architettoniche" di Snyder, mi piace l'assetto che è stato dato al multiverso DC.
Unica altra pecca è che Snyder addensa spiegoni sulle entità che governano il multiverso mentre interpella decine di personaggi di tutti gli universi, rendendo la lettura "entropica", quasi asfissiante in certi passaggi.
In generale però mi è piaciuta molto, mi è piaciuto il respiro epico, i disegni, l'entrata in scena di personaggi inaspettati... Bello. Non rimanevo così incollato alla Justice League dai tempi di Johns.
Tuttavia ho amato molto tutti i colpi di scena e le audaci scelte "architettoniche" di Snyder, mi piace l'assetto che è stato dato al multiverso DC.
Unica altra pecca è che Snyder addensa spiegoni sulle entità che governano il multiverso mentre interpella decine di personaggi di tutti gli universi, rendendo la lettura "entropica", quasi asfissiante in certi passaggi.
In generale però mi è piaciuta molto, mi è piaciuto il respiro epico, i disegni, l'entrata in scena di personaggi inaspettati... Bello. Non rimanevo così incollato alla Justice League dai tempi di Johns.
December 21, 2020
Basic Plot: The Justice League throw down with Perpetua, Luther, and the Legion of Doom.
There were some unexpected twists to this tale. It was epic in scale and everything one wants out of a team book like Justice League. It seemed shockingly timely for me. These issues came out largely in 2019, before the pandemic hit but certainly well within the American politics fiasco that has been the past few years. The message of heroes wanting people to rise above, to take care of each other and somehow be more, and somehow doom and selfishness still winning hit me hard. Really hard. It's powerful and depressing. I am desperate to find out what happens next, because I refuse to believe that Doom will finally win.
There were some unexpected twists to this tale. It was epic in scale and everything one wants out of a team book like Justice League. It seemed shockingly timely for me. These issues came out largely in 2019, before the pandemic hit but certainly well within the American politics fiasco that has been the past few years. The message of heroes wanting people to rise above, to take care of each other and somehow be more, and somehow doom and selfishness still winning hit me hard. Really hard. It's powerful and depressing. I am desperate to find out what happens next, because I refuse to believe that Doom will finally win.
February 25, 2021
Collects Justice League issues #29-39
This is the end of Scott Snyder's run on Justice League, and strangely, it doesn't have a true conclusion. I think that things are wrapped up in "Dark Nights: Death Metal," but I'm not 100% positive. I should have loved this because of all of the time travel and multiverse action, and while I did enjoy those aspects, the convoluted nature of the plot took away from my overall enjoyment.
This is the end of Scott Snyder's run on Justice League, and strangely, it doesn't have a true conclusion. I think that things are wrapped up in "Dark Nights: Death Metal," but I'm not 100% positive. I should have loved this because of all of the time travel and multiverse action, and while I did enjoy those aspects, the convoluted nature of the plot took away from my overall enjoyment.
November 4, 2020
An extremely overly convoluted plot that has stretched out for far too long finally comes to... a lead in to the next chapter. If neverending speech balloons during extended fight scenes are needed to explain what's happening, maybe something is wrong...
January 9, 2021
A fase de Scott Snyder na Liga da Justiça começou bem, ficou melhor e depois foi aos trancos e barrancos para o final "apoteótico", que deveria ser este arco Guerra Justiça e Mal. Além de ser um roteiro truncado, chato e difícil de acompanhar, os desenhos irregulares de diversos desenhistas que ocupam as 14 edições dão a sensação de que a história não tem unidade. Mas ao ler a história temos não uma vaga sensação, mas a sensação de certeza de que não há unidade. Das coisas boas que ficam da fase de Snyder na Liga da Justiça ficam a adição de membros como Jarro, a estrela do mar, Shayne, o filho de Ajax com a Moça-Gavião, o Starman dos anos 1980 e a adição de Mera à equipe. Todos eles desfeitos no final da saga e da fase Snyderiana, ai, ai. E agora é enfrentar a "megassaga" Dark Metal e mais um reboot safado do Universo DC Comics. Ser fã da DC Comics é complicado. Ainda bem que sou marvete! Hahaha! =)
March 11, 2021
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Scott Snyder needs to trim his word count. There are so many lengthy monologues in this volume that I often found myself turning my brain off and sifting through the story. Which is a shame since there are some genuinely fun character exchanges in this (I love his younger Jay Garrick, who’s equal parts polite and witty).
Probably the biggest causality of this story though is Lex Luthor, who I remember praising at the beginning of Snyder’s Justice League epic, but feels so out of character in this volume. I have a hard time believing someone as prideful and egotistical as Luthor would so willingly and blindly follow someone else. If this transition was intended from the beginning, I don’t think this series did a good job showing Lex’s transition into a kool-aid drinking lunatic. A disappointing end to a promising run.
Probably the biggest causality of this story though is Lex Luthor, who I remember praising at the beginning of Snyder’s Justice League epic, but feels so out of character in this volume. I have a hard time believing someone as prideful and egotistical as Luthor would so willingly and blindly follow someone else. If this transition was intended from the beginning, I don’t think this series did a good job showing Lex’s transition into a kool-aid drinking lunatic. A disappointing end to a promising run.
May 31, 2021
This arc comes to an end the way its story always was - a good message way overshadowed by too much going on. It almost seemed to embrace the chaos with the time travel aspect, but it's just way too much for one story. It's about everything that's happened and how everything matters, but you don't need an entire history book for that.
April 11, 2021
Starts out a little awkwardly, with Snyder using a Jarro-centric issue to recap the Doom plotline, including what I'm pretty sure were some retcons to smooth things out (I don't recall that Cheetah and Black Manta were accessing different energies, for example). But I admit that I was actually getting into the plot as it unfolded, with the return of some forgotten elements of DCU history, and the big confrontations for the fate of the multiverse. I was ready to say that despite a few hiccups, this made up for flaws earlier in Snyder's run... until the ending, which left me flat. Oh well. (B+)
May 31, 2020
The Justice League tries to fight the Legion of Doom, but cosmic forces prevent them from succeeding. Then, other cosmic forces intervene in order to have this giant book end on a cliffhanger. This has been just one, giant, long, drawn out project that I was ready to see come to an end a long time ago.
December 10, 2020
Maybe it's more worthy of a 4 star, not too certain. This does feel like the finale after reading through the previous titles. I must say, I enjoyed Luthor far more in the earlier books. This white martian version doesn't appeal to me so much and I do wonder at the other villains actually agreeing to help Luthor free Perpetua in the first place, especially since she, in true villainous fashion, does not give them what they wanted. As creator of everything, I wonder why she didn't just give them all super uber powers and get a whole army of supervillains. Comic book logic, I guess.
There is no actual ending to this, which is annoying. I believe this actually continues in another series of books, essentially forcing me to buy another series from beginning to end if I actually want to get to the true ending. Underhanded.
The artwork is mostly fantastic, but there's a few poor quality artists thrown in there, I noticed. Disappointing. The different time periods were great, but I have always detested this comic book habit of making superheroes of the future just imitations of the superheroes of the present. Just take Wonder Woman and colour her green. Done. It's lazy and unimaginative.
There is no actual ending to this, which is annoying. I believe this actually continues in another series of books, essentially forcing me to buy another series from beginning to end if I actually want to get to the true ending. Underhanded.
The artwork is mostly fantastic, but there's a few poor quality artists thrown in there, I noticed. Disappointing. The different time periods were great, but I have always detested this comic book habit of making superheroes of the future just imitations of the superheroes of the present. Just take Wonder Woman and colour her green. Done. It's lazy and unimaginative.
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December 2, 2020This one was all over the place to me. Its a sh*t show trying to take all this in and understand what is going on at times, even to someone like myself, who is an avid comic reader. I love Snyder and his work but to me he can be very hit or miss at times. I'll have to give this another read soon but to me it dragged out and it had a lot of cliche elements involved in it. Like the "big team up" thing a lot of comics do when they try to let u know that a story and its outcome is very important. I rather focus on four or five characters than having a hundred expendable ones that dont get any lines being throw into it. It has its ups, but it surely has its downs.
June 1, 2021
**I've read WAAAAY more than I've had time to review, so... knee-jerk reactions!**
- A poignant read following 2020--as much as I want to wish that humanity would ultimately choose Justice over Doom, I have my doubts after how nasty so many people seemed to be last year. But, Martian Manhunter... I would have voted for Justice!
- Also, Jarro amuses me.
- And I love Martian Manhunter and how he's taking center stage in Justice League comics these days.
- I like that the heroes actually lost--legitimately lost. Being pulled away was such a deus ex machina moment, but still... I like that the comics are going to this place where humanity as whole, as it exists right now, doesn't really deserve being saved--but humanity as it could be and should be, and as individuals, still does. It's a complex theme and I'm excited to see where the writers go with it in "Dark Nights Death Metal."
- A poignant read following 2020--as much as I want to wish that humanity would ultimately choose Justice over Doom, I have my doubts after how nasty so many people seemed to be last year. But, Martian Manhunter... I would have voted for Justice!
- Also, Jarro amuses me.
- And I love Martian Manhunter and how he's taking center stage in Justice League comics these days.
- I like that the heroes actually lost--legitimately lost. Being pulled away was such a deus ex machina moment, but still... I like that the comics are going to this place where humanity as whole, as it exists right now, doesn't really deserve being saved--but humanity as it could be and should be, and as individuals, still does. It's a complex theme and I'm excited to see where the writers go with it in "Dark Nights Death Metal."
July 9, 2020
You read enough of these and you begin to see patterns in the writer’s work. Snyder has his patterns. This volume was very entertaining, even if it was only part of a whole.
I read The Batman Who Laughs (really long moniker) by Snyder too and was reasonably entertained. The antagonist, the BWL, is at first like the joker. But he gets fleshed out.
In JLA/Doom war, the villain Perpetua gets fleshed out pretty decently, aside from the usual characteristics of ultimate villains.
I’m looking forward to Dark Knights: Death Metal.
I read The Batman Who Laughs (really long moniker) by Snyder too and was reasonably entertained. The antagonist, the BWL, is at first like the joker. But he gets fleshed out.
In JLA/Doom war, the villain Perpetua gets fleshed out pretty decently, aside from the usual characteristics of ultimate villains.
I’m looking forward to Dark Knights: Death Metal.
September 9, 2024
So this whole thing started very strong and Snyder's run ends at 39 issues just lead into a f@!$ing event book? This particular volume is egregiously confusing and doesn't know what it wants to be. Underwhelming. Hey kids spoilers: the bad guy wins and if you want the rest of this story which is the in between of another story go buy my other more expensive story that brings it ALL BACK to prior 1985 Crisis. We're DC which means Derivative Comics.
July 15, 2020
The whole series felt way too drawn out. Every battle got bigger on a cosmic scale but ultimately went nowhere. It will leave you with a sense of hunger that will never be satiated.
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