Premise:  The Justice League – but done internationally.  Which is to say, not America.  I’m not sure how the real Justice League wasn’t international already?  Superman and Martian Manhnter were aliens.  Wonder Woman is from an island nation.  Aquaman is from an undersea kingdom.  I think they have more foreigners than this team.  Batman and Guy are American, and I thought Booster was too, but DC just announced that he is from a future Canada.  Also, I thought Vixen was African American and now they say she is African African?  Someone with better continuity can help explain if this a change.

They sure spend a lot of time reminding us that these guys are not from the US.  The geo political bickering just got tedious after a while.  Would you really share your Russian distrust of Chinese while on a mission?  Not likely.

Why is Batman on the team?  Isn’t he busy enough?  Does he hate crime that much?  He has four comics of his own for him to fight crime.  He has 3 sidekicks with their own books to fight with if he has extra time.  He is a member of the Justice League where the fight big time bad guys.  Does he not have enough crime to fight in Gotham that he needs to join another team?  He must REALLY hate crime because how does he find the time?  Why not call Aquaman and see if there is crime going on underwater too?

Anyway, Batman does not belong in this book.  He belongs in Gotham and not Argentina or Barbados.  Plus his characterization is awful in this book.  Batman flying the plane?  What?

C-    —–  Don

I’ve always loved the Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League books in all of their convoluted iterations (Justice League became Justice League International which became Justice League America, while Justice League Europe switched over to Justice League International). Now it’s back to JL and JLI (with JLD to come, I guess), and while it is ably done by Dan Jurgens, I can’t help but feel that it’s a weaker version of what the Giffen/DeMatteis league could be. The team is mostly carried over from the Generation Lost book, and there is a lot of potential for drama and humor with the mix of Batman, Rocket Red, Booster, and Guy, among others.

As a fan of really obscure characters, it’s need to see the Global Guardian, Godiva, included, but so far she’s done little but hit on Booster. The characters alone will keep me checking in on this book, I’m just hoping that Jurgens either perfects his Giffen schtick or does more of his own thing.

B —- Ed