The New 52

[The Sevenshot Kid]

A while back I started a thread about DC's decision to relaunch all of their titles and now the time has finally come where they've begun to do just that.

The first title to be released was Justice League #1 by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee. It's not bad but it's nothing really special yet. In simple terms, the first issue is a buddy cop film with Batman and Green Lantern set five years in the past right before the formation of the League and relatively early in the superhero timeline. Superman makes a brief appearance at the end that includes a callback to an earlier joke in the issue that I found fairly humorous. The villain of the opening arc is revealed in a way that's both slightly perplexing but logical enough not to make the reader drop the book in disgust.

There's another minor intro for Cyborg before becoming, well, y'know, Cyborg. Other than that, the rest of the League doesn't really show up. The writing is pretty good, par for the course with Geoff Johns, but the art isn't all that special. This is highly subjective though since I've never been that big of a Jim Lee fan. The issue provides a good set-up that has potential to make something good so I'm pretty optimistic. If I had to rate it I'd give the issue a 4 out of 5 based on it's accessibility to new and old readers.

I'm still cautious about the new DCU but this issue has actually chipped away at my cynicism. I'll be buying a lot of these titles as they come out this month so I can see which ones are worth reading. I'll drop a mini-review for each one I get so you guys can decide if you're interested in what the relaunch has to offer.

Feel free to drop your own opinions on the titles and discuss what you think about them.