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This is a long one, folks!

Okay, so a couple days ago I made an uncharitable comparison between Geoff John's New 52 Justice League of America vs Grant Morrison's JLA, using a secret files story to illustrate my point.

Few people agreed with that point, but hey, Star Seed was still a cool story. During the discussion of Morrison's JLA, a certain scene from very early in his JLA run came up, and [personal profile] drmcninja asked for scans.

No problem. I think it's been posted before, but I couldn't find it. Oh well. Here's the context.
29 pages out of 88 and 4 covers from 4 issues behind the cut. )
And so there you have it. Morrison's "widescreen" Justice League. The dream team. The big 7. The most powerful men and woman, and the most dangerous man. Hope you enjoy, [personal profile] drmcninja!

Aaron "The Mad Whitaker" Bourque; this was a lot longer than I was expecting! . . . could someone give me a hand with the tags?
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Note to self, Batman, Geoff Johns and Jim Lee's new Justice League of America #1 was just . . . not very good.

Here's a good intro to the JLA: from JLA Secret Files & Origins #1, Star Seed!
7 pages out of a 21 page story )
This wasn't actually the first appearance of this iteration of the Justice League, it had shown up first a year before in Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare as well as the JLA monthly title by Morrison and Porter. But this was an excellent jumping on point for readers. It introduces the whole league, pits them against a world- and even universe-spanning threat, dire straits, epic stakes, break-neck pace . . . everyone (except Aquaman, sorry) has at least something to do, even if it's only contributing an idea (yeah, okay, Batman steals the show, but hey, it's Batman! I'm totally fine with that.) And all in 21 pages! No decompression! The whole league pretty much working together, plus special guest star the Spectre!

Note to self, Geoff Johns, that's how you do a good team book introduction.

Aaron "The Mad Whitaker" Bourque; no, I'm not gonna let that little grammar slip-up go, not without a fight.
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Trapped in the present, the JLA of the 853rd century (the Justice Legion A) must fight those primitive warriors known as the Justice League.

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[personal profile] starwolf_oakley
During the 30 Days of Scans, many of us have said Batman's biggest flaw/drawback/etc. is when he's a jerk to other superheroes. Sometimes Batman is a jerk for a reason, sometimes just to be a jerk, sometimes because he's Batman.

So, how about some examples of Batman being a jerk to other superheroes? And if Batman is being a jerk just because he's Batman?

Two examples after the cut. )
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Here we have JLAX #1, by Mark Waid, Gerard Jones, and Howard Porter...

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creator: howard porter, creator: mark waid, creator: gerard jones, publisher: amalgam
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It's the end of the world and Oracle ain't happy 'bout that.

Get your sticks and stones ready for WWIV... )

15 pages; 4 from JLA #36, 3 from JLA #37, 1 from JLA #38, 1 from JLA #39, 1 from JLA #40, 5 from JLA #41.

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Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

tags: char: batgirl/oracle/barbara gordon, creator: grant morrison, creator: howard porter, publisher: dc comics, title: jla
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Last time, Oracle was called on by the League to aid in their information gathering, but she had a few stumbling moments. Hopefully she might start pulling things together (thanks in no part to her solo operations) and showing her true potential...

...Nope. Things end up getting worse for Oracle. )

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Part 2

7 pages total; 3 from JLA #24, 3 from JLA #27 and 1 from JLA #28
[identity profile] starwolf_oakley.insanejournal.com
JLA #28, the first part of "Crisis Times Five" was a Grant Morrison JLA/JSA story that also (briefly) featured a few foes of the Pre-Crisis Supergirl.

Grant Morrison and the Gang )
[identity profile] trelas.insanejournal.com
When the Martial Arts week was suggested/announced, a character by the way of Prometheus was mentioned in the commentary to some amount. To those unaware, Prometheus was a character introduced during the now-legendary JLA run of Grant Morrison, and he was in essence the anti-Batman, both thematically, in appearance and in personality. His criminal parents were shot by the police, causing him to hate justice, after whice he dedicated himself to travel around the world to seek power. Yet unlike Batman, who used that time to rise above his limitations and perfect his methods, Prometheus in turn found a way around using ancient technology, which basically allowed him to download in to his mind different skill sets, say for instance martial arts. Prometheus does not have super powers, but he has several plans for each superhero, as Batman. However, unlike Batman, Prometheus lacks pragmatism, is much more of a showboat, shifts his focus too often and is kind of pathetic, as we are about to see. Even visually they were counterparts, the dark demon of justice in comparison to the bright knight of crime.

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Four scans from Underworld Unleashed, which was written in 1995.

For context: Neron (satanic archvillain) is going around the DCU, attempting to strike bargains with good and bad guys alike, granting them their fondest wish in exchange for... their souls, mostly. (For the 'marriage to the love of their life and their unborn child' version, it's the third door on the right.)

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Now I am a great fan of the Justice League established by Grant Morrison, or the League of Gods as it often referred to, and there are so many awesome moments during the first three runs of the big creators, so it felt natural to post one of those moments, as others have already been shown. These are from Morrison's Ultramarines arc and highlight Plastic Man, Superman and of course, Batman.

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