Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Art: Scott Godlewski
Colors: Ryan Cody
Letters: Dave Sharpe
Publisher: DC Comics
Price: $3.99
Release Date: March 8, 2021
Reviewer: JR Huitt
THE HOOK:
Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes #2 continues “The Gold Lantern Saga”. Brian Michael Bendis and Scott Godlewski are spinning a tale featuring two of DC Comics’ preeminent super teams. As the two groups visit each other’s time periods, let’s follow along and see how everything shakes out in Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes #2.
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WHAT WORKED:
Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes #2 is simply gorgeous. Scott Godlewski has an amazing grasp of the characters from both the Justice League and the Legion. I really thought that the scene where one of the League members morphs into Chameleon Boy was an excellent piece of artwork. The image flows perfectly and I was able to ‘feel’ the shift when Cham changes.
I really liked learning that Kala Lour, the first of the Gold Lanterns, was originally a teacher. I felt that this was an interesting decision on the part of Bendis. One thing that has always seemed a bit too fantastical in comics is how so many characters seem to have a background that could not be related to by the normal reader. A billionaire, a test pilot, or the last son of a doomed alien race is things that would be hard for the average person to empathize with. A teacher, however, is something that everyone should be able to relate to.
WHAT DIDN’T WORK:
Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes #2 is a fun, quick, read. And that is why I don’t think it works very well as a single issue. While the issue may work much better once the series has been collected in the inevitable hardcover to come, I believe that this series is currently suffering from the same problem that seemed to arise during the early 2000s. Too many series, this one included, are being written for the trade. I might be proven wrong later, but for now, this issue feels like one that was written to pad the series from four issues to six. I don’t think that the bimonthly schedule is helping with the flow of the series either.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes #2 pushes the story further, but seems to spin the wheels a bit. Bendis doesn’t appear to have moved the characters much from the end of the first issue, and I couldn’t help but feel like the book is in a holding pattern while it waits for issue #3. Hopefully, Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes #3 can pick up the pace when it arrives.