In the world of geeky comic fandom, there's a lot of controversy. Most of which stems from external media sources, i.e. Diehard Batman fans attempting to swallow the movie the Dark knight. However once in a while the actual writers will do something so stupid (The infinite number of crisis that coccured, including "Infinite Crises", in the DC universe) that people get angry. The latest of those crazy things was (In all caps represents yelling) DC RE-BOOTED THE ENTIRE COMPANY! Everything started over! The first of the baby comics that i've read, was The Justice League #1.
Now I'm going to be honest, when I picked this up, I had a negative notion to begin with. But the odd thing is I really didn't mind it. Like all new series there were good and bad things, but lets focus on the good. In the original justice league appearance (The Brave and the Bold #28) it was far to campy to take the formation seriously. In this, characters such as Batman, The Green Lantern, and Superman, all have an actual personality. Batman with the brooding, GL with the arrogance, and Superman with the, well... Supermanlyness.
The story of this comic, revolves around two things. The formation of the league, and the introduction to a new villain. In this comic, I feel it should be noted, you only meet four members of the league. Batman, the Green Lantern, Victor Stone (Cyborg), and Superman. The Green Lantern Is in patrol in Gotham based on reports of an extra terrestrial threat. He is then approached by The Batman, who is both condescending and judgmental, and knows Hal by name. They are then confronted by what appears to be a cyborg lizard man. They chase it into the sewers to confront it and it shouts Hail darksied, and detonates a bomb blowing the sewer. So in this, they are introduced to the Leagues most dangerous foe, unknowingly. The two survive through Green Lantern's ring.
Batman interrogates Darksied's minion
Due to the alien nature of the minion, the two, go to Metropolis (where we see football player Victor Stone "Cyborg") to explore a potential lead, the alien who fell from the sky, that people consistently call the Superman, who then fight the two at the end of the comic.
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-Chryonasake
