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'Justice League" to be revived?
At last, DC Comics is meting out some justice for its ill-used "Justice League of America."
You've read some of this before: After a wonderful year during which Brad Meltzer revived the venerable super team with a modernist view of why this group is important in the realm of super hero comics,DC has all but killed the excitement and momentum behind what is arguably supposed to be its flagship property, Justice League of America. The last year's worth of stories has been torpedoed by distracting storylines and, when the title wasn't being used as a platform to launch other concepts, weak plots and poor characterization.
The writer who has suffered through much of this, Dwayne McDuffie, has publicly said that he was largely a victim of editorial dictates: He wasn't being allowed use of important characters that may have included Superman and Batman. Now McDuffie is off the title, and in a few months, DC has said publicly, writer James Robinson is expected to take the reins.
What's the big deal? For one thing, Robinson has done some very memorable work in the past, including "The Golden Age," a take on super-heroics during World War II, and a wonderful, critically acclaimed take on warhorse superhero "Starman," who he revamped for modern times. Starting July 1, Robinson's new work, "Justice League: Cry for Justice," begins. It's a six-part miniseries that shows certain heroes - Green Lantern and Green Arrow, most noticeably - reworking their methods for fighting crime. In the past, heroes responded to trouble. Now Green Lantern wants to take on more of a vigilante streak, taking down baddies before they do their dirty work. That causes a rift among the do-gooders, and will be interesting to watch, particularly because...
Ta-daa! Robinson is taking over the main "Justice League" title in just a few months. So we may be in for a League with a nastier take on how to fight crime. With Marvel doing so well with its Avengers and X-Men teams (each of which support multiple comics), it's really about time DC rose to the challenge. We're hoping not only for better writing on "Justice League," but a more controversial take on what a super team can do.
What would YOU like to see from coming "Justice League" stories?
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