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saif42's review
3.0
The JLA is one of my favourite series in all of comics and for one of the most noble groups of heroes ever assembled, it's only right that their ending is so.. tragic yet hopeful.
The planet of Q'Ward and the alternate universe JLA, the Crime Syndicate of Amerika, feature in this volume along with Despero and The Key. The League comes together and then slowly begins to unravel and the story is handled wonderfully, especially with how the events of Infinite Crisis are mentioned but not spoiled and have an effect on the story without making the story an after thought of an event.
Volume 8 saw several creative team lineups but the writing and art don't suffer for it. While it could never match the highs of the Grant Morrison led early volumes, it's decent quality stuff and most of the time you don't even notice the changes. A few cases of repeated expository lines here, the action with the battle cruiser of Q'Ward being almost entirely a case of tell and not show, it's mostly forgiveable stuff if you've made it to Volume 9. You're here to see what they do after they win, not how they win.
Without spoiling it, I liked the ending. Still knocking off a couple of stars because it really isn't the same quality in it's twilight issues but it wraps up well and I'm glad. If you're considering the series and wanted to see if the ending was worth it: it is.
The planet of Q'Ward and the alternate universe JLA, the Crime Syndicate of Amerika, feature in this volume along with Despero and The Key. The League comes together and then slowly begins to unravel and the story is handled wonderfully, especially with how the events of Infinite Crisis are mentioned but not spoiled and have an effect on the story without making the story an after thought of an event.
Volume 8 saw several creative team lineups but the writing and art don't suffer for it. While it could never match the highs of the Grant Morrison led early volumes, it's decent quality stuff and most of the time you don't even notice the changes. A few cases of repeated expository lines here, the action with the battle cruiser of Q'Ward being almost entirely a case of tell and not show, it's mostly forgiveable stuff if you've made it to Volume 9. You're here to see what they do after they win, not how they win.
Without spoiling it, I liked the ending. Still knocking off a couple of stars because it really isn't the same quality in it's twilight issues but it wraps up well and I'm glad. If you're considering the series and wanted to see if the ending was worth it: it is.
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