Official JLA discussion thread - Part 2

[Mystirious]

Those demi gods and their smashing

 

[Czar Colossus]

Well 6' is pretty damn tall for a woman...Wonder Woman should be imposing yet still a striking feminine figure. 6'5" or 6'6" would be a bit freakish I think. And as far as height itself goes....Wolverine stares people down all the time....even though he has to look up at most of them.

 

[Drz]

#8 cover, will be illusturated by Carlos D'anda!

 

[Young Superman]

#8 cover, will be illusturated by Carlos D'anda!

looks awesome.

 

[Primal Slayer]

So glad that artist didnt go with the W tiara for WW.

 

[CConn]

Well 6' is pretty damn tall for a woman...Wonder Woman should be imposing yet still a striking feminine figure. 6'5" or 6'6" would be a bit freakish I think. And as far as height itself goes....Wolverine stares people down all the time....even though he has to look up at most of them.

6' isn't that tall for a woman. My gf is 6' tall and she isn't imposing in the least.

Considering Batman and Superman are both usually listed at around 6'4", I'd assume WW to be about 6'2"

 

[Nightwing 52]

Cool cover.

 

[Mystirious]

I'm disapointed that Ollie didn't use a graffiti arrow to do that

 

[Drz]

Incase someone hasn't read this comic yet, do so! JLA: The Obsidian Age

The age of heroes must be the greatest time of it all when it began with Superman and continued with the Justice League, but what if there was a Secret Age of heroes that began 3000 years ago & raged through one thousand years of prehistory? What if the Justice League of America consisting of Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner), Flash (Wally West), Martian Manhunter & Plastic Man we’re send there to battle and actually died? What happens then?


That is the pitch writer Joe Kelly went with as he proposed the Obsidian Age story to DC and I felt it was the best way to describe the story. The artists joined by Joe Kelly are Doug Mahnke & Tom Nguyen on the past, with Yvel Guichet & Mark Propst illustrating the present timeline. The story is collected in two softcover volumes.


There is a great deal of central focus towards magic and magicians in the DC Universe, but also one of its greatest civilizations ever known: the Atlantis! Aww yeah, Atlantis and Aquaman get a nice central focus on this time travel adventure. Zatanna & Tempest both play important roles to the story, but the main secondary characters are the new Justice League that Batman chose personally in case the original members would all wither away, these Leaguers are: Green Arrow, Hawkgirl, Etrigan/Jason Blood, Firestorm, Faith, the Atom (Ray Palmer), Major Disaster and their leader; the one and only, Nightwing!


I love how the story rotates around between the past and the present, between the main Justice League and the new Justice league. It has a lot of time travel madness you’d except from a writer such as Grant Morrison, but receiving it from Joe Kelly is a pleasant surprise. Tons of great superhero moments from a Superman match that takes across the globe, Batman and Wonder Woman romance, Nightwing leading the Justice League, Green Arrow being a horndog Plastic Man being hilarious and one of the most utterly insane awesome Bat-god moments, this book keeps delivering. It all ties down at the end leaving no plot holes whatsoever behind and concludes its story well.


Rating: 93/100 - Incredibly well written story that gives readers two Justice League teams in one story that delivers action, thrills and awesome character moments while also world building DC universe with its past and Atlantis. The art is good and very consistent, while some artists make it a bit more cartoonish then others, the action is good, the facial expressions show emotion and everything looks good.

Tho i think most of the people already have. :*) Tho better late then never right?!

 

[Mystirious]

I loves the Obsidian Age and Joe Kelly's run on JLA

Good stuff

 

[Obsidian Idea]

I 've passed that one up...several times...I'm picking it up now as soon as I can...thanks!

 

[trustyside-kick]

Obsidian Age was AWESOME. One of the first JLA stories I read.

 

[Mystirious]

I loved the whole replacement JLA in that story

 

[trustyside-kick]

It has my favorite Dick & Bruce "father and son" moment.

 

[Anubis]

It also has one of the most insane GL and Plas feats of all time.

 

[trustyside-kick]

Yup. I think that Kelley's run is my favorite JLA stuff.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm disapointed that Ollie didn't use a graffiti arrow to do that

The arrow nocked on his bow should've had a hand holding a can of spray paint in it.

 

[Kurosawa]

#8 cover, will be illusturated by Carlos D'anda!

 

[RoughNTumble]

wow jim lee plagiarizer

justice league dropped

 

[Mystirious]

The arrow nocked on his bow should've had a hand holding a can of spray paint in it.

That would improve that cover so much

Wacky trick arrows for the win

It also has one of the most insane GL and Plas feats of all time.

Plastic Man was a bad ass in Kelly's run on the series

 

[Anubis]

wow jim lee plagiarizer

justice league dropped

Ummm, you guys are aware that this is a reboot....right?

 

[trustyside-kick]

Even if it wasn't, I'm confused as to where the anger is coming from. Am I missing something? So no one can do a cover with Green Arrow and the JLA in the background? That is the only similarity.

 

[hippie_hunter]

I think what Kuro is trying to say is that in his eyes, Green Arrow has already joined the League.

 

[spiderbob]

Preview of JLA #5

Plus others.

 

[HighFivingMF]

I think what Kuro is trying to say is that in his eyes, Green Arrow has already joined the League.

I thought he was just pointing out that the covers look similar in a "Neat!" kind of way.