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Summary: Not since the first Galactus story
Review: have I enjoyed a story this much about a superhero team fighting to take down a single globe threatening villain. I enjoyed it very much and I will seek out more stories by Joe Kelly. All the characters are tangibly pushed to the edge.
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Summary: Solid superhero comics with unique but VERY effective art!!!
Review: If you're a fan of mainstream superhero comics, this book should be right up your alley as a textbook example of solid craftsmanship. The scripts are straightforward and interesting (with the exception of Kelly's ocassional use of almost laughably naive and obsolete political allegories - but don't worry, because they're easy enough to ignore without them damaging your entertainment value!), but the art is the selling point here. Doug Mahnke is not a comics superstar, but he possibly ought to be. His work is very distinctive, to say the least, and while his art style possesses an off-center (perhaps even eerie) quality that would seem to make him an odd choice for a mainstream super-team, he manages to make it work through excellent layouts and storytelling.
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Summary: horrible book
Review: Kelly is one of the worst JLA writers ever, he has a native american character who is a walking stereotype hwo can't do anything but show up and beat the bad guys or cry over his people building casinos, never mind the casinos provide funding for the tribe that is badly needed, no this writer does not know how to play fair in his stories.we have stories bashign the president and the war that are so badly done they suck any fun out of the story and come off like some horrible propaganda, i am not argung the views but how he did it, they stick out like a sore thumb instead of being subtle and are badly one sided. the rest of the stories are average at best, nothing to see here that is important, you would be better off buying some Morrison JLA or Waid, but skip this, i have every JLA of this run up to 100 and the best i can say about this writer is the next 3 make him look almost good..almost.
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Summary: One of my all-time favorite JLA stories.
Review: This book collects the 6 part issue of JLA: Trial by Fire. It is Joe Kelly's final run on the JLA for the near future. In that respect Joe Kelly manages to leave on a very high note.
The story begins with criminals all-over the world going regretful of their actions. KKK members douse themselves on fire, Joker and Two-Face demand the death sentence for their actions and even President Luthor is left in a coma by a telepath, an ancient breed of Martian known as the Burning Maritan. At the same time we get a look at how the Martian Manhunter, Jo'nn Jonz has overcome his fear with fire and has taken a temporary leave of the JLA to spend time with his teacher/lover, ex-villain Scorch. JLA decides to cut Jo'nn's vacation in order to have his assist with the telepath case. That's all I'm gonna say about the story because anything else would be a spoiler. Let's just say that a good hero goes bad....really really bad and the savior of the JLA and the World is the most-unexpected of heroes.
This story shows Joe Kelly in his top form. The story is very cleverly written. In addition it contains small commentaries that really makes you feel the urgency of the heroes and the enjoyment of the antagonist, i.e. "Somewhere Superman has just said his first real curse word in years, that has to count for something" and "Batman teleported out before I could gut him, slippery devil". The art team of Mahnke and Nguyen is also in stellar form, every splash pages, every panel exudes energy.
I have to say that I truly enjoyed this book and it is among my favorite JLA stories, along with Grant Morrison's first JLA story, New World Order, Mark Waid's Tower of Babble and Joe Kelly's the Obsidian Age. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with this book. I am personally saddened to see Joe Kelly go from JLA since, I really enjoyed his stories. But the good news is that he leaves us with one of his best works.
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Summary: A good, solid superhero story
Review: With the whole world going mad, the Justice League of America must move fast to find out what is going on. A rogue telepath is tinkering with the Earth, taking away people's freedom of thought, but who is it? This ordeal will drive the JLA into a battle with one of their own members, a battle they cannot win. But, Batman has an ace up his sleeve; there is one person who can do it...if he can just remember how.
Overall, I found this to be a very good graphic novel. The illustration work is very good (except for they way The Atom was drawn), and the story is absolutely gripping. I'm not sure I would have thought of the bad guy as quite as invincible as he is painted herein, but setting that aside, you do get to see very good graphic novel, fighting for their very existence. So, if you like a good, solid superhero story, then this is the book for you. My eleven-year-old son and I both enjoyed this book, and highly recommend it to you.
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