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Title: Jla: Liberty and Justice by Paul Dini ISBN: 1-56389-911-6 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The best of the Paul Dini/ Alex Ross collaborations
Comment: All of the Dini/Ross DC collaborations are worth getting just for Alex Ross's beautiful artwork, but at times the stories have tended to be a bit on the dull side with no supervillains (usually just social ills the hero or heroine is facing) and a little too much moralizing. But here Dini gets it just about right with a fine story centering upon a deadly virus attacking the central Congo, and the Leaguers' attempts not just to contain and eliminate the virus but to deal with the chaos the virus creates over the world and the resulting fear and mistrust generated when the Leaguers in effect have to establish a kind of martial law very briefly to prevent panic and looting. The complex and grand ethical issues Dini is interested in considering are still, but you don;t feel this time you're being preached to.
The art is spectacular. Not only does the story concern the "Magnificent Seven" that have present from the League's beginning (Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Batman, Aquaman, Superman, and the Martian Manhunter) but many of the other Leaguers whom people have come to adore over hte years: Zatanna, Hawkman and Hawkwoman, the Atom, the Red Tornado, etc. And it's lovely to see Ross have the chance to draw some of the characters from the heroes' supporting casts: Mera, Pieface, Iris Allen West. This is confident work superbly executed and superbly judged, and its to the core of what people have loved about the idea of a Justice League over the past fifty years.
Rating: 5
Summary: Five stars each for Dini, Ross, and Amazon.com
Comment: I am a dyed-in-the-wool, comic book loving fool and the Justice League has long been my favorite team/book so this purchase was a no-brainer. Enough has been written about the talent of Alex Ross that I don't need to prattle on about the art (okay, it's exactly what you'd expect from Ross--amazing). The story by Paul Dini is nothing revolutionary but it's solid and shows great respect for the history of the characters, individually and as a team. Appearances by many "second-tier" Leaguers--Atom, Black Canary, Red Freakin' Tornado (!) to name just a few--are a bonus for any big time DC fan (like me). Of the five "tabloid" books on which Ross & Dini collaborated, this one is my favorite.
When I ordered mine from Amazon, I was a little concerned about the condition the book would be in when it arrived. I was quite pleased that it arrived shrink-wrapped to a good stiff piece of cardboard inside the box. The book is in absolutely pristine condition.
Great stuff all the way around.
Rating: 5
Summary: JLA is Just AWSOME!
Comment: Alex Ross artwork is wonderful!
It takes me back to when I used to watch the Superfriends cartoon when I was a kid... You remember, the Legion of Doom, right?
Anyway, the story is just enough info to keep a stong pace while you share some time with the world's greatest Super heroes...
It is well worth the money... Also check out Ross and Dini's other books.
Superman Batman and Wonder Woman, too. You'll LOVE em!
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Title: Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross by Alex Ross ISBN: 0375422404 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: JLA: Secret Origins by Paul Dini ISBN: 1401200214 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Marvels by Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross ISBN: 0785100490 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Batman: Hush Vol. 1 by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams ISBN: 1401200613 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Shazam!: Power of Hope by Paul Dini, Alex Ross ISBN: 1563897458 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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