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Summary: "Have we forgotten anyone?"
Review: Morrison's trademark apocalypse comes right on schedule in his version of the JLA, which looks for all the world like a big-budget, mid-summer blockbuster movie. All the loose ends that you thought were forgotten about, all the characters that you thought just showed up for one issue, every superhero you can name and few that you can't come to the rescue in Morrison's admirably surreal take on the end of the world at the hands of a giant, planet devouring menace. It's a great read, and Howard Porter has finally gotten a handle on anatomy, as well as the classic Superman. The best of the series.
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Summary: An Engaging Story with Plenty of Twists!!!
Review: One good cop or one good man? So begins the story of Lenny Tartaglia, a young police officer patroling the dark streets of Brooklyn. Lenny's trek is one of sorrow and isolation as his self-loathing and disillusionment with law enforcement lead him down a path of no return. Of course, the author spikes it up with plenty of excitement as Lenny meets Veronica, a hard-nosed prostitute who is running from her past. As Lenny tries to help, he is swept into a world of deceit and peril where his every move might be his last! Relying on his gut instincts and his hobo friends on the street, Lenny begins to uncover a conspiracy that goes all the way to the top! If you've never read a book before, chances are you're illiterate. But if you decide to get help, make this one your first choice!
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Summary: wow, such storylines...
Review: So dark and forebodin and ominous. Superman is captured by Mageddon and normal human beings are recruited to save the universe, even though not many survive it. It is a really really great work, incredible illustrations and attention to detail make this comic one of my all-time favorites!
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Summary: The End of an Era
Review: This book collects the final issues of Grant Morrison's stellar run on "JLA." And it is a grand, sweeping epic that closes this chapter of the Justice League's history beautifully. Bold, loud, and full of the "mad, beautiful ideas" that made Morrison a critical and commercial darling.
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Summary: Farewells
Review: This book contains the final chapters of Grant Morrison's JLA, and it is the final that everybody wanted. With the most powerful heroes of DC Universe, Morrison had constructed a mighty League, a team made to confront Apocalipsys once and another time. "World War III" keeps that line, but this time the JLA fights the definitive menace. The story is full of emotion, epics and imagination, as Morrison had been doing till here, and Howard Porter's art is as spectacular and surprising as ever. Obligatory for JLA's fans, and a good choice if you are seeking a good superheroes story (but first, make a friend tell you what happens in JLA: Rock of Ages).
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Summary: too big to lift
Review: This is so much fun that I want to give it a 5. However, it's not cohesive enough to deserve it(some reviewers give out 5's like water). Grant Morrison puts in an admirable effort but it comes up a little bit short. The story he wrote is too huge, too unwieldy. It's not his fault; you try writing a story this colossal. And I can't blame him for trying to go this over the top - every story was bigger than the last. I mean, the JL of America was fighting angels bent on the apocalypse in just his third story arc. Mark Waid didn't set himself up so that he'd have to keep writing a bigger & bigger story - too bad he didn't stick around too long.Yes, WW3 is confusing, but not any less confusing than any of Morrison's other work. Regardless, this huge epic has its moments. Flash & GL have defining moments that make u say "wow." I agree with a previous review, GL's fight for control of the ring should've been a bigger part of the story. It could've something special. And as always, and as it should be, we see that it's Batman that makes JL of America go. I'm tempted to give it a 3 because of this one corny part. I won't reveal the ending, but there was an occurence that wasn't necessary for the good guys' victory. I believe it was only there to make a bigger, in your face splash. However, it just ended up gratuitous & corny. Very corny. The art by Howard Potter (and others) can look amazing in one panel and awkward in the next, but for the most part, the art is great. Well, read Rock of Ages or New World Order if you want to see the stories this guy can come up with when he's got a grasp on it all the elements. WW3 is still good fun.
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Summary: Dissapointing
Review: This story would have been good enough if ...
had been written forty years ago.
had NOT been by Grant Morrison.
Morrison's return to JLA was really dissapointing. For all of us who followed his run in Animal Man and other Vertigo classics, this one is plain too simple.
If you like classic stories from the Fifties or Sixties, where good from evil can be clearly told apart, this story might be for you. If you expect something more edgy, maybe you should look somewhere else.
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Summary: Could've been BETTER!
Review: This storyline had TOO much hype behind it to begin with and it didn't deliever everything the fans were promised. I mean first of all the title World War 3 doesn't fit the story! They should've just called it Mageddon it would've made more sense. Second, they had A LOT of old super hero's that you don't normally see in the DC universe in the comic but they bearly used them at all. Like Captain Marvel (Shazam) for example he didn't do ANYTHING! The only reason why I gave this book a 3 is because of the fight between Batman and Prometheus! THIS WAS THE HIGHLIGHT of the comic and one of the best action scenes! To tell the truth its the only reason why I got it. However, I wouldn't exactly recommend this graphic novel to someone instead I recommend you go get "Rock of Ages", "Tower of Babel", or "Strength in Numbers". Like I said before the only thing good about this storyline is the fight between Batman and Prometheus. So if you have no other reason to get this graphic novel at least get it for that fight!
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Summary: The end of Grant Morrison's run on JLA
Review: This trade paperback marks the end of Grant Morrison's 40+ issue run on JLA...revitalizing the book from a rather bland group of wannabee and semi-regular characters to a showcase for DC's most popular and powerful icons. Not everything about Morrison's stint was fantastic, but compared to the last few years of the Justice League books it was true ambrosia for the die-hard JLA fan. Morrison took characters like Aquaman and Plastic Man and made them into iconic characters again. The only real problem was that almost every issue had the JLA going up against a villain or situation that threatened the world...there really wasn't enough downtime or lulls in the action. World War III highlights all the great characterization that Morrison breathed into The Doom Patrol and Animal Man (with considerably less surrealism, of course), and combines it with a truly earth-shaking menace in the form of Mageddon...a weapon that destroyed old gods. Almost all of DC's heroes take part in this massive battle...and the JLA is more hamstrung by an attack by a more powerful and sneaky Injustice Gang while trying to prepare for the fortification of the planet. All of the current JLA trade paperbacks highlight the entire run of Grant Morrison on the series. They are all definitely worth reading. Morrison has proved he can handle the mainstream titles as well as the obscure ones. I would rate his run a bit above J.M. DeMatteis and Keith Giffen, who sacrificed a bit too much for the sake of laughs. Gardner Fox is still the master JLA scripter, though.
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