Justice League America Archives, Vol. 9 (DC Archive Editions)

Rating:
Summary: Its Dillin Time as we go from 12 to 15 Cents
Review: Its the Dick (one of the most under appreciated silver age artists) Dillin's time at bat.

Dick made his debut in the previous volume but now he must carry the whole show. For my money few people could carry on the adventures of earth greatest heroes better than Mr. Dillin. He can do the quiet scenes, he can do the action scenes and he can keep all the costumes straight. For my money he draws one of the most beautiful renditions of Black Canary, bar none.

This is a period of change for the Justice League of America. The innocence of the 1960's was giving way to the activism of the late 60's and early 70's. The writers of DC were trying to grapple with becoming socially relevant and were feeling Marvel Comics nipping at their heels.

Issues such as pollution and tolerance are starting to be shown. Wonder Woman had been de-powered and turned into a Mrs. Peal (of the Avengers) clone (ironically by former JLA artist Sekowsky). Who would will the estrogen gap? None other than the Black Canary making her way from earth 2 to earth 1 after suffering a major tragedy.

Times were changing even further. The League shed its human mascot Carl Snapper as he was tricked into betraying them in issue #77 by the world's most average man.

The biggest zinger to me oddly enough was this is the time that the price rose from 12 to 15 cents signaling the beginning of the end for the silver age of comics.

While none of these stories are up there with the "big" epics of the past it still is an enjoyable stroll in which you will discover many under appreciated stories

Read and enjoy.