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Title: Justice League America: Nail by Mark Alan/Farmer Davis ISBN: 1-56389-480-7 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.06 (17 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The nail : an Elseworlds tale of the Justice League of Ameri
Comment: Super! This is the best DCU story ever since Kindom Come. The story ask the question what if Superman was not discovered bt the Kents? See what happens to other characters such as Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Batman & the JLA if they haven't meet with Supes. Metropolis is a police state & the world is about to be invaded by an unknown alien enemy. The superheroes are not what you expect then to be nor are the supervillians.
Alan Davis provides smooth and beautiful rendering of the DCU character and its like Crisis in Infinite Earths once again! Grab this book, you won't regret it!
Rating: 5
Summary: A true love of silver age comics by one of the best...
Comment: A lot of the reviews of this book seem to center around the fact that they believe Alan Davis, writer and penciller of this book, lied to them by saying the premise is a world without a Superman, then having Superman show up eventually. What they're forgetting is that Superman isn't Superman when he shows up. This is a world without Superman, but not a world without Kal-El. To say any more would be spoiling the fun, and I wouldn't do that.
Alan Davis is, for lack of a more flamboyant word, great. His pencilling skills have been honed over years of work, the best being on Captain Britain, Excalibur and Clandestine. His writing skills came into play on the two latter works. He has always had a knack for displaying both humor and serious overtones, sometimes at once. This has never come more into play than on "The Nail."
This is perhaps the most enjoyable Silver Age book I've ever read, even if it was made in the Modern Age. That's because it isn't silly, it isn't campy, and it isn't one to avoid serious themes. A grand amount of DC's Pre-Crisis history is used (if you don't know what I'm talking about, I'm sure you can find a synopsis, as it's too confusing to explain here), and used well. The characterization is excellent, especially that of Hal Jordan and Hawkwoman, two characters who I've felt never had the chance to truly shine. The artwork is vivid and magical, just like his other works, and the splash pages of each of the JLA members are something to behold.
If this comic is anything, it's a deep admiration for what has come before. It's a man in love with the stuff he read as a kid, and now using it to write one last grand drama with it. If you like this, you'll like the books I listed above, and vice versa. Pick it up and see why the kingdom was lost.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good 'what if' story, but predictable
Comment: The Nail is a relatively good story and worth the reading. It could have been less predictable. It takes a 'Marvel' slant about 'meta-humans', which made it predicable to some extent. The characters are consistent with the 70s aspect of their development. It is a self-contained story with no continuity subplots, so it's an easy read.
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Title: JLA: Year One by Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn, Barry Kitson ISBN: 1563895129 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 02 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: JLA: Divided We Fall (Book 8) by Mark Waid, Bryan Hitch, J. H., III Williams, Phil Jimenez, Paul Neary ISBN: 1563897938 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: JLA: Terror Incognita by Mark Waid, Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty, Bryan Hitch, Paul Neary ISBN: 1563899361 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Kingdom Come (Graphic Novel) by Mark Waid, Alex Ross ISBN: 1563893304 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: JLA: Golden Perfect by Joe Kelly ISBN: 1563899418 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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