Brian Michael Bendis’s Justice League finished leaving just Naomi and JL vs Legion left. With Bendis going over to Dark Horse I thought now would be a good time to see just how much damage one Jew can do to a comic company. This will be a storytime of Bendis’s era at DC. All of his books and whatever tie-ins there are including the Wonder Comics line. Batman
>Brian Michael Bendis’ final Justice League issue comes about 15 issues too late, but it’s actually here. >Thankfully, Bendis doesn’t find some dramatic Hail Mary to cast some doubt on one of the all-time worst stretches of any writer on the title. And this is the final time we have to endure the dead horse beaten gag of Naomi saying she’s new in the most awkward manner possible. And as usual the characters don’t sound anything like themselves. >Likely due to delays, there’s an editor’s note explaining that this issue predates Trial of the Amazons #1. >The team and Justice League Dark have their final confrontation with Xanadoth. Syzmin Kudranski handles the bulk of the art but cast the pages in dark blues and reds. This makes for a murky backdrop that’s hard to decipher especially given the amount of characters that keep getting added in. It was a creative choice that didn’t pan out at all. Emanuela Lupacchino and Wade Von Grawbadger’s pages are much easier to comprehend though most of their work comes near the end. >That’s the best note of this issue. Bendis’ run with the League has now finally reached its conclusion. Next issue is the Death of the Justice League, but that really occurred the moment Bendis stepped in as writer. >Rating: 3 out of 10
I will at least give Bendis some credit in that the basic idea has value. A former hero that saved galaxies losing himself to a vendetta and becoming the villain he used to fight could really work in a Superman story. The problem is it’s held up by generic dialogue and a “shocking” reveal that is really stupid and uninteresting.