The Joker has never felt more superfluous, Hawkman and Hakwgirl are boring and unnecessary, Plastic Man adds nothing to the story, there are some cool visuals with Wonder Woman but its her lasso that does all the work in the main scheme of things, and then there’s a laundry list of C-list heroes who show up and I don’t even know most of their names.

Believing that the League's overconfidence in their own abilities and the exaggerated faith humanity has in them will be their ruin, the villains decide to band together to destroy the Justice League and save the world as they see fit. DC Direct released a line of action figures based on the mini-series, which include figures of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Red Tornado, Plastic Man, Hawkman, John Stewart, Supergirl, Batgirl, Captain Marvel, Black Canary, Lex Luthor, Brainiac, Cheetah, Black Manta, Bizarro, Poison Ivy, The Joker, Captain Cold, Toyman, Solomon Grundy, Scarecrow, Parasite, Sinestro, Gorilla Grodd, Zatanna and Black Adam. They decide the superheroes need to go because they’re “ineffective” and they’re the ones to save the planet.This is a good stand-alone graphic novel for any one who just wants to enjoy a good superhero story. To begin with there hope that some illogical aspects will be explained, and that does occasionally happen. Green Arrow and Black Canary are attacked by Scarecrow and Clayface, while Hawkman and Hawkwoman are surprised by Toyman and the Atom is shot by Giganta. Geoff Johns would later work with Ross on a story arc in Justice Society of America that served as the real epilogue to all this, envisioning a future, one thousand years from now where it’s Superman, old and grey staring up at a sky filled with heroes. It's not that I thought this was overrated upon my first read, in fact I absolutely loved reading the first half of the book, it was the second half that threw me a bit.

Those comics still come out from time to time but have not had a significant impact on the industry. Rendered by Ross in more subtle tones, the image marks the beginning of the union of the World’s Greatest Super Heroes.This series with it's incredible art and beautiful Silver age feel to the story stands out above and beyond the rest. The premise is that the Legion of Doom start all having the same dream about the Justice League failing to stop the destruction of Earth. It’s a relatively random conglomeration of heroes and villains in a free-for-all that’s really not random at all -- it’s beautifully orchestrated chaos, with a perfect spotlight on each costume, each monster, each skirmish.

We keep cutting back to him as he floats aimlessly, page after page after page - is he going to die? But rather than just going the Justice League route and only involving a handful of heroes or incapacitating a few of the unnecessary ones to make for a more reasonable cast, Krueger and Ross throw everyone at the page. But it’s just the latest attempt at world domination — and our heroes strive to expose the truth, to fight…for JUSTICE! The concluding chapter has a couple of very powerful characters do what they could have done earlier, and the main villain’s scheme is revealed as something that they could have carried out in less complicated ways without involving the Justice League in the first place. it focuses on real life problems like world hunger, disease, corruption in governments not really my taste but the art made up for it.If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy. I feel like the story lost the plot halfway through, especially in conveying what exactly Brainiac’s master plan was. Superman could depose tyrants around the world, Batman could use his tech to terraform regions, etc. Hal Jordan’s sent to some nether region of space he can’t escape from for no reason except to keep him out of the story. This volume is another example of the Justice-League-almost-wiped-out-by-a-gang-of-evil-thugs-but-comes-back-and-kicks-ass-because-Batman-devises-a-plan-because-well-he’s-Batman story line.