Justice League Incarnate

Justice League Incarnate #1-5

by Joshua Williamson, Dennis Culver

Collects Justice League Incarnate #1-5.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Comic Book, Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics

160 pages, Hardcover

First published October 25, 2022

Reviews

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was pretty fun omg.

So its pretty much JLI reforming and well looking for their team-mate Barry after he gets lost and we see the team travel to Earth-8 aka Marvel earth and facing off against Tartarus (Thanos) there and then Darkseid and how they split up and travel various worlds in the DC multiverse and all is the story of the next few issues and I love it especially the one with Calvin and Maya on our real comic world where they have to make the stories, like that was such a fun meta-commentary there!

Then them gathering all together on earth-7 and then it connects to the Multiversity story by morrison so well and really brings all the crises together perfectly as they face off against Darkseid and the great darkness and whatever plans the forces of evil seems to have, epic fights and even more epic reveals and the status of Barry maybe hinted at!

And the end of act 2 as we lead from this to Dark crisis really well with so many new status-quo and I love the whole sequencing of events, how the whole thing becomes so epic and what the JLI does next to stop the darkness from infecting the multiverse and that last page reveal..just wow!

Its an epic book in every sense of the world with okayish art but epic reveals, concepts and endangering status quo! Just great stuff and a must recommendation from me!

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liga Da Justiça Encarnada: Prelúdio Da Morte Da Liga Da Justiça é um desses trabalhos de Joshua Williamson relativamente bem realizado, a despeito de uma coleção de outros que são bastante frio de mão puxado e outros poucos que são joinha. Este é um quadrinho que pega diversos dos quadrinhos e conceitos desenvolvidos por Grant Morrison em Multiversidade e os trabalha de uma maneira satistafatória. Willaimson tem ao seu lado desenhistas competentes e coloristas do meus grau que conseguem dar uma unidade à narrativa pelas diversas Terras do Universo DC Comics e ainda à ameaça de Darkseid e da Mão Vazia que vai ser o principal antagonista na próxima megassaga da DC Comics, Crise Sombria nas Infinitas Terras. Aqui diz que é um prelúdio para a Morte da Liga da Justiça, mas a Panini lançou a Morte aqui antes desse prelúdio, hahahah. E é, na minha opinião, dispensável a leitura desta edição para a Morte da Liga da Justiça e dessa última para a Crise Sombria. Aì depende do leitor se quer ler tudo ou não.

[Vinicius · Rating 3 out of 5]

Após os eventos de Fronteira Inifinita, a Liga da Justiça Encarnada se depara com uma missão importante – e urgente – a ser realizada: salvar o multiverso e Barry Allen.

Desse modo, a equipe se divide e busca resolver a situação. Enquanto alguns membros ficam na base dos heróis, os demais, junto da Doutora Multiverso, vão atras de Darkseid e de Barry Allen, no entanto, após o rasgo aberto no Multiverso, as coisas não são mais as mesmas (conforme visto em Fronteira Infinita).

Enquanto os membros que estavam viajando por diferentes terras do multiverso em busca de aliados para enfrentar Darkseid, a base dos heróis na sangria sofre um ataque do exercito de Darkseid, e mesmo com a ajuda de Órion, os heróis perdem e vão parar na terra 7, dominada pela Aristocracia. Em paralelo a isso, o grupo do Presidente Superman acaba se separando e cada um vai parar em uma terra.

Por fim, todos os heróis se encontram na terra 7 e uma intensa batalha entre a aristocracia e Darkseid ocorre. Nesse momento, todo o simbolismo de eesperança do universo DC parece ter sido abandonado, e o sentimento de derrota é iminente, combinando muito com a frase: Darkseid é – a qual aparece em diversos momentos na HQ.

Ademais, é uma HQ com bastante texto e explicações da cronologia da DC, que conta desde a crise nas infinitas terras, até o Renascimento DC, com menções a outras crises. É fácil ficar perdido em meio a tantas referencias cronológicas, mas se tratando de crise da DC, é uma importante leitura para fãs da editora.

[Roman Zarichnyi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Лімітка «Втілення Ліги Справедливості» #1-5 від Джошуа Вільямсона і Денніса Кулвера — це така собі дорога до Темної Кризи і #75 номеру «Ліги Справедливості».

Сформована нова мультиверсно-міжземельна Ліга Справедливосі поставила перед собою основне завдання — знайти Баррі Аллена, який зник під час подій коміксу «Нескінченний рубіж». Вільямсон дає зрозуміти, що відбувається щось дуже серйозне і навіть зустріч із Дарксайдом є нічим, порівняно із появою Великої Темряви. Це могутній ворог, який ще сягає найпершої Кризи. Усе дійшло до того, що команда супергероїв навіть змушена покладатися на допомогу Дарксайда.

Загалом комікс не має нічого особливого і крутого, але Джошуа Вільямсон, мабуть, зараз кращий із всіх тих, хто рухає всесвіт DC уперед. Я не знайомий із попередніми кризами, героями з інших Земель, але це узагалі не вплинуло на розуміння історії. Тому автор зробив більш, ніж достатньо, щоб зацікавити майбутньою Темною Кризою.

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Justice League Incarnate set out across the Multiverse to rescue Barry Allen and stop Darkseid, only to discover that the Crack In The Multiverse that they've been tracking might actually be a precursor to an even darker foe in this prelude to Dark Crisis.

It's nice to get some time with Justice League Incarnate - they've been floating around since Multversity, but it's been too long since they've been the stars of the show. Even with Earth-0 acting as the impetus for the story, it's still very much JLI's (no, not that one) show, for better or worse. There's a betrayal at some point that I feel should be more impactful, but the fact that the character hasn't really done much to establish themselves by that point does lessen the drama of it all a little.

This is one of those mini-series that's just the middle of a bigger story, bridging the gap between Infinite Frontier and Dark Crisis, so it does have a bit of that middle-mini-series problem in that it's not really its own story so much as just a means of getting elsewhere, but it's a fun ride even so.

The artwork gets a little messy, mostly because we do the whole 'one artist for one universe' thing and some issues go through two or three at once, so even when you've got a stable of artists including Andrei Bressan, Brandon Peterson, Kyle Hotz, Paul Pelletier, Nik Virella, Todd Nauck, Eric Burnham, Mike Norton and Jesus Merino, things can get muddled, especially with some artists looking a little similar to one another.

Justice League Incarnate's a necessary stepping stone on the way to Dark Crisis, for better or worse. There's some art issues arising from a literal army of artists across the five issues, and it does feel a little incomplete, but if you're on the latest Crisis train like I am, you're in the right place.

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked what I saw of Justice League Incarnate in Infinite Frontier, which served as prelude to this Justice League Incarnate series, which itself serves as prelude to Dark Crisis. Officially too many preludes, DC.

This series loses almost all the goodwill that Infinite Frontier instilled. The goofy, off-brand Justice League is still running around the multiverse, but they're tasked almost exclusively with punching and yelling in this series. There's really not much by way of plot or mystery. Barry Allen is trapped somewhere and only Justice League Incarnate can save him. But also, there's a crack in the multiverse that Darkseid wants to exploit. But is Darkseid really a villain here? Or is there another, bigger, badder villain to behold? (Yes, of course there is, and one of the Justice League Incarnate issues attempts to explain who that villain is by incoherently recapping the past twenty years of crisis events. What a waste of space!)

Am I excited about Dark Crisis now? No, not at all, it seems like it's going to make no sense. Even the art in Justice League Incarnate suffers from multiversal overload - each multiverse is assigned a new artist, and very little of their work gels. (Will I still read Dark Crisis, though? Yeah, of course - I guess I'm a masochist.)

[Alek Hill · Rating 2 out of 5]

So it's a prelude that needs a prelude honestly. There is very little context and background scenes on many of the characters. Like who the heck is Dr. Multiverse? I felt that this story was missing a lot of scenes that should have shown intimate and background moments that gave us context. Especially for Dr. Multiverse, Orion, and Darkseid.

[Sarospice · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ugh. The DC multiverse sucks. Having a Justice League that can't patrol the various worlds doesn't help either. Black Superman deserves better. They've ruined Captain Carrot.

[Sebastian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kolejne X czasu minęło, pomysły się trochę wyczerpały, więc czas na kolejny WIELKI KRYZYS. Tylko tym razem mroczny. Preludium, jak można było się spodziewać - jest po prostu zapchajdziurą, żeby można było się przygotować, albo chociaż starać się mieć jakiś punkt odniesienia do przygód, które pojawią się u nas w kwietniu i maju.

[Lucas Savio · Rating 2 out of 5]

No final das contas achei uma história confusa que pula de universo para Universo!! O saldo no final não foi tão positivo pois ao menos n criei afinidade com nenhum dos personagens, não sou o maior fã do multiverso mas queria ficar antenado do universo da dc para ler crise sombria

[Patrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 Stars

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

say crack one more time joshua williamson...

[James Bowman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bridging the gap between Infinite Frontier and the Dark Crisis storyline, this collection has the opposite trajectory from its predecessor. Where Infinite Frontier has promise early on but disappoints, Justice League Incarnate starts off weaker but improves as it goes on. The early chapters mostly seem like an excuse for random multiverse shenanigans, but this leads to an interesting connection between DC's previous Crises, plus there's an unexpected twist with Darkseid. This ends with sort of a holding pattern for Dark Crisis proper, but (again unlike Infinite Frontier) it feels more portentous than tedious. All in all, a solid intro to DC's next big crossover. (B+)

[Panfilosofo · Rating 1 out of 5]

A lot of trash

[Yoshiro · Rating 4 out of 5]

POPKulturowy Kociołek:
Twarda oprawa albumu skrywa pełną pięciozeszytową mini serię Justice League Incarnate. Pozycja ta jest z jednej strony kontynuacją wydarzeń z komiksu Nieskończona granica, z drugiej stanowi preludium do Mrocznego Kryzysu (który pojawi się na naszym rynku w kwietniu i maju 2024). Jest to więc tytuł kierowany raczej do obeznanego fana DC. Na kogoś takiego czeka tu solidna dawka akcji w towarzystwie różnorodnych bohaterów, którzy do tej pory nie mieli zbyt wiele okazji, aby zaprezentować się szerszemu gronu odbiorców.

Scenariusz napisany przez duet Joshua Williamson i Dennis Culver skupia się na konfrontacji herosów pod przywództwem Supermana z Ziemi-23 z Darkseidem, który może sprowadzić zagładę na całe multiwersum. Ich zadaniem jest nie tylko próba powstrzymania działań groźnego złoczyńcy, ale również odnalezienie Barry’ego Allena, który jako jedyny może zamknąć międzywymiarową szczelinę (którą sam otworzył). Sam zarys historii brzmi więc dość prosto i nie ma co ukrywać, że taki jest w rzeczywistości. Mamy tu bowiem do czynienia z krótką serią stawiającą największy nacisk na akcje i widowiskowość, która dodatkowo porusza kilka wątków spajających wspomniane wcześniej tytuły.

Krótka fabuła nie umniejsza jednak jakości komiksu. Obok mocnej akcji i angażującego tempa wydarzeń, dużym plusem pozycji są również pojawiający się tu bohaterowie. Stanowią oni pewnego rodzaju odbicie bardziej znanych herosów (dzięki czemu fani superbohaterów znajdą tu ulubione postacie). Nie brakuje im jednak przy tym wyrazistej charyzmy i indywidualnych złożonych charakterów (ze względu na ograniczoną ilość stron nie należy jednak oczekiwać ich nadmiernego rozwinięcia). Ponadto z dużym zaangażowaniem i powagą podchodzą oni do swojego zadania, co nadaje historii ciekawego klimatu.

Obok zalet muszą się również niestety pojawić pewne wady. W przypadku tego albumu pewne zastrzeżenia można mieć do oprawy rysunkowej. Twórcy scenariusza wpadli na pomysł, że skoro kreślą historię, w której występują superbohaterowie z różnych multiwersów, to do ich narysowania zaproszą różnych artystów. Tam, gdzie różne wizje, pomysły i umiejętności tam też pojawia się pewien wizualny chaos. Co kilka kadrów/stron zmienia się tu oblicze komiksu, co niekoniecznie pozytywnie wpływa na jego spójność. Same rysunki nie są oczywiście złe, ale ich znaczna odmienność sprawia, że album nie jest niczym spektakularnym, co na długo mogłoby pozostać w pamięci czytelnika........



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[Norman Cook · Rating 2 out of 5]

This volume serves as a bridge between Infinite Frontier and Dark Crisis, so it's not a complete, stand-alone story by any means. All of these crossovers are being orchestrated by Joshua Williamson who clearly has a grasp of what's going on, but has trouble telling it coherently and succinctly to his readers. What we really need is an expanded summary explanation of how all the Crises connect that begins issue #4, but instead we get a not-so-successful attempt at cleaning up continuity inconsistencies from the Crises. The Justice League Incarnate team has some memorable members such as Thomas Wayne (Flashpoint Batman), President Superman, and cult favorite Captain Carrot (inexplicably bulked up). But there are also a lot of characters that seem to spring out of nowhere, such as the female Flash named Avery (dressed in garish pink and purple) and Dr. Multiverse. A lot of the action is resolved by simply going “let's try this and see what happens” without real explanation, just to move the plot along. The idea of using different artists for the various alternate Earths is ok, but I don't think the styles are always different enough, resulting in some muddled storytelling, especially when there are two or three art teams in a single issue. The book ends with a cliffhanger, to be continued in Justice League (2018-2022) #75 and then onto the Dark Crisis crossover event.

[Michel Siskoid Albert · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Infinite Frontier mini-series belatedly jumped off Morrison's Multiversity project by strongly featuring Justice League Incarnate, a group of heroes from different Earths in the Multiverse. However, it was an incomplete story. JLIncarnate almost immediately got its own mini-series following up on those events, but guess what? Incomplete story. It's all a lead-up to Dark Crisis, not even a year after the multiversal upheaval. JLI in fact leads into Justice League #75 (The Death of the Justice League)' then on the Dark Crisis event. At least it's all by Joshua Williamson and doesn't seem to cross over with very many comics (gotta get current with The Flash, I guess). Williamson understands the mechanics of such stories, and the mini-series (to be collected in October 2022) uses as many Earths as it can, though also, Darkseid, a villain who has not been done right in ages and should be retired. The best parts are the use of Earth-Prime ideas (where comics dictate or reflect every other reality), chapter 4's explanation of how all the Crises connect, and the villains assembled by the Great Darkness (also connected). It's big, it's bold, not as funny or clever as it thinks it is sometimes, and probably in need of a stronger main artist (though I don't dislike the idea of using different guest artists for different Earths, I'm not sure the styles are always radical enough). It's just a shame that this mini and the previous weren't part of an ongoing monthly series that just happens to dovetail into Dark Crisis (and continues from there), because it's undoubtedly going to be confusing to collectors.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Picking up from Final Crisis and Multiversity and Infinite Frontier, this Justice League Incarnate collection works as the second prolog to the Dark Crisis crossover event. I started reading Dark Crisis without reading these two collections and I have to say it's making more sense now that I have read these two books. I'd say it's pretty essential to read those. And it wouldn't hurt to have read or have familiarity with Final Crisis and Multiversity.

The art is professional and the story is quite a bit tighter than in Infinite Frontier which seemed to be grasping a bit too high and wide. I did enjoy Infinite Frontier but have to admit I found it slightly less gripping than the current collection. I kind of loved JLI. I was even starting to warm up to Doctor Batman. I am always pleased to see President Superman and Captain Carrot is very charming. Still a bit cool on Avery, a girl Flash. She's been around about 5 seconds and how has she earned the Flash title faster than any other character? Don't ask me. I don't get it. Wally West and Impulse took a very long time to earn it. Grumble. Grumble.

Time to start re-reading Dark Crisis floppies, now that I know what's gone before. Note to self: read comic books in order. It's sequential art. Works best that way.

[Markus Santos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esse gibi é um grande passeio pelo novo multiverso da DC. A ameaça da escuridão promete acabar com todo o multiverso e só a Liga da Justiça Encarnada poderia detê-la. E ainda o Darkseid, que é um ser único em todo o multiverso, também quer o controle de tudo. Mas a equipe liderada pelo Presidente Superman está fazendo o possível e o impossível para acabar com as ameaças, recrutando heróis pelo multiverso. Eu confesso que não acompanhei quase nada desse novo multiverso da DC. Li Multiversity e li alguns dos conceitos que o Morrison criou. Só que tudo que o Snyder fez com o Multiverso das Trevas e Metal me passou batido. Ainda teve Fronteira Infinita que também não acompanhei, então deixa a leitura um pouco confusa em alguns pontos. Mas tem uma explicação na última parte desse encadernado que deveria deixar tudo mais claro, mas pra mim deixou um pouco mais confuso. Mas a história em si é bacana, ainda mais pra mim que adoro universos alternativos e versões diferentes. Fala que é um prelúdio da Morte da Liga, mas eu li a morte e não senti tanta falta do que foi dito aqui. Apenas a participação do Pária é melhor explicada aqui, mas também não começa aqui, e sim em Fronteira Infinita. Enfim, é um gibi bastante divertido.

[Ross · Rating 3 out of 5]

In theory, a fun little story. It's a carry over from Multiversity with the JLI there to protect the multiverse. It's a multiversal team of Justice Leaguers including such memorable ones as Captain Carrot, Thomas Wayne, and President Superman (Obama?). Recently, they've been tasked with rescuing Barry Allen after his disappearance from the main DC universe. They think that Darkseid is the 'Big Bad' and are actively trying to close the Flash lightning tears in the universe....

In actual reading, it's a sloppy mess of meta reading that is almost pure chaos on the page. I'd LOVE for someone to actually try and describe what they read in this collection. It has bits of coherence. They do a good job of describing the history of "Crisis" in the DCU. Adding 'Multiversity', a multi layered existential comic idea, into a pretty much linear 'history of' comic is (IMHO) a recipe for disaster.

Bonus: Pariah is back? I guess the Crisis concept needed a villain..
Bonus Bonus: Is this comic actually telling a story or just CLEANING UP A MESS IN CONTINUITY?

[C. John Kerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an interesting volume. It collects the five issue mini-series of the same name. The Justice League Incarnate seems to be a collection of heroes from different universes in the multi-verse. As such some of them are different versions of familiar characters, example Superman and Batman, while others are new (at least I think they are). The story does seem to incomplete to a certain degree but then it is a lead in to the Dark Crisis series so that is not surprising really. The characters were interesting. Even though some Justice League members were similar to characters I knew they weren't the same people. This made it interesting in noticing the differences. In fact the only one I am pretty sure is the character I recalled was Captain Carrot. And of course there were characters who seemed to new. It was also nice to see a return to the multi-verse, even if it isn't the same as the one pre-Crisis. So all in all this was a decent read. It sets up Dark Crisis nicely, and I am interested to see how Darkseid fits into all this. Happy reading.

[Luke Malone · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars
This was an alright book. Not bad, but not great. Some really fun moments here, including President Superman and Doctor Multiverse's side quest on a really fun Earth, literally anything Captain Carrot says, and an interesting tour of the Multiverse and the DC Crises. The characters are a bit underdeveloped - I liked them all but they didn't all get time to be fully fleshed out. Most things felt a bit rushed and the plot wss fairly confusing, but the writing team does a good job of bringing it all together with the DC Crisis scene. I recommend if you're a completist and want to read Dark Crisis.

[Anthony · Rating 5 out of 5]

The threat of the most powerful and final form of Darkseid takes center stage on a multiversal scale. Between President Superman’s leadership and unique bond being formed with Flashpoint Batman, his connection to Dr. Multiverse, the desire to live up to the Flash family namesake for China’s Flash, and the threat of the great darkness looming over the DC Multiverse so soon after the events of Dark Nights: Death Metal, the action, and mythos the writers build upon in this series were remarkable to behold in the wake of Infinite Frontier. A definite must-read before reading Dark Crisis!

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Collects Justice League Incarnate (2021-2022) issues #1-5

There's something about a DC "Crisis" story that really sucks me in. I also read almost anything that connects with Grant Morrison's great "Multiversity" series. This collection doesn't tell a full story because this miniseries was being used to set up DC's next big event (called "Dark Crisis"), but I didn't even care because I loved the journey through DC's history, and it's Multiverse.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

The bridge between Infinite Frontier to Dark Crisis for all intents and purposes feels very unnecessary. It's bunch of universe hopping with a different artist illustrating each world while the team searches for Barry Allen. The whole thing feels like a bunch of wheel spinning and since I already read Dark Crisis before reading this and was completely fine, I'd say this is completely skippable except for completists.

[Jamie Holland · Rating 3 out of 5]

More 3.5 than 3

Fun, complex, confusing!
Really pushed this phase of the DC universe forward and focused on some really fun multiversal characters. I wish it spent more time on each of the characters and we got to learn more about them but this was fun.

The ultimate story was simple but really overly complex in its execution. Felt like I understood what was going on whilst really not having much idea

[Jos Trinidad · Rating 3 out of 5]

I keep finding these comics that are part of the Dark Crisis arc that are great tie-ins if I was to be reading Dark Crisis at the same time. Standing alone they're not the most cohesive stories as they're meant to relate to a larger story arc that is much more closely edited.

Overall, not a bad piece of the Dark Crisis universe, but not the ideal standalone read, especially when I'm so removed from the Dark Crisis story. 3/5

[Lucas Moreira · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nasceu com grande esperança no Multiversity do Grant Morrison, e agora se torna essencial para conduzir a próxima grande crise. existe pontos interessantes que mergulham no estabelecimento por morrison e em relação ao funcionamento metalinguístico do multiverso, mas falt algum tipo de brilho nisso tudo. A figura do grande vilão e das grande trevas eh bem interessante

[Tom Lucas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always fun to read something that came out of Grant Morrison's Mulitversity project. Also, it's the middle piece of the massive arc that was a return to the Crisis on the Infinite Earths. A bunch of artists in this one, all for the better. Gorgeous book to look at.

[Kris Ritchie · Rating 3 out of 5]

As another reviewer pointed out, this is an ok bridge piece from Infinite Frontier to Dark Crisis. However it suffers from a lack of in-depth character studies, lackluster shifting art, and having to get the reader to care about yet another multiversal event.