the_graylien's review
4.0
Here we are. A book that wasn't really part of Morrsion's run on "JLA", but a representation of a major event that went on all across the DC Universe as he was writing the title.
This volume, which was mostly written by Grant Morrison, sees him exploring comic book characters with his usual mind-bending topics such as iterations of the self, time travel, alternate realities and the like. Basically what happens is that the 20th century Justice League get swapped with each hero's counterpart from the 853rd (yes, 853rd) century.
This was a great time-hopping, universe spanning story with a lot of impressive work, in my humble opinion. I even enjoyed the tie-ins that weren't penned by Morrison.
My one beef, though, would be the layout of the collection. I mean, I know this was an event that spanned the entire DCU, but I'd have paid a bit more for a book that was a bit thicker and showed more of the key plot points of this monster of an event. Instead, they just had what were sort of summary pages mingled in that told you what happened in all the books that they decided to leave out of this collection.
All-in-all, though, a very impressive thinking man's superhero yarn, like we've come to expect from Morrison. Very worth the read.
This volume, which was mostly written by Grant Morrison, sees him exploring comic book characters with his usual mind-bending topics such as iterations of the self, time travel, alternate realities and the like. Basically what happens is that the 20th century Justice League get swapped with each hero's counterpart from the 853rd (yes, 853rd) century.
This was a great time-hopping, universe spanning story with a lot of impressive work, in my humble opinion. I even enjoyed the tie-ins that weren't penned by Morrison.
My one beef, though, would be the layout of the collection. I mean, I know this was an event that spanned the entire DCU, but I'd have paid a bit more for a book that was a bit thicker and showed more of the key plot points of this monster of an event. Instead, they just had what were sort of summary pages mingled in that told you what happened in all the books that they decided to leave out of this collection.
All-in-all, though, a very impressive thinking man's superhero yarn, like we've come to expect from Morrison. Very worth the read.
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