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Justice League United: Justice League Canada Volume 1 by Jeff Lemire and Mike McKone (graphic novel review)

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If you’re interested in a detailed overview of the issue history, I recommend reading the indicia for ‘Justice League United: The Infinitus Saga Volume 2’. Justice League United #6-10; Justice League United Annual #1; Justice League: Future’s End 1; and Justice League United: Future’s End 1.  Rather than continuing from volume 1 above, the opening story sets five years in the future, revealing the fates of some characters in a new story.

While Star Girl and Animal Man are conducting a book signing, Adam Strange discovers that this is the sole method to locate superheroes after the dissolution of the Justice League. His girlfriend, Alana, has vanished from a site in Alaska, and he discovers an unusual device and an alien skull. As they investigate, Star Girl utilizes her Justice League communicator to reach out to anyone still in contact. This brings in the Martian Manhunter and Green Arrow. We catch the first glimpses of a genetic program in action as they come under attack. The off-planet prison houses the people who stole the genes, and Alana unintentionally joined their ranks. We also get to see the New 52 version of Lobo. The New 52 version of Lobo may not be as wild or as powerful as the one I recall, but it remains just as vicious.

You see various hands in this. Obviously, the scientists from Rann and Adam Strange get a battlesuit, gun, and jetpack. Other characters appear, such as Supergirl and Hawkman, but further details, such as the identities of the villains, will be revealed in due course. It’s definitely a new villain but no less devious on this roller coaster. The thing is, this is only the first half, and it probably needs me to read the second half to see where it leads.  The Martian Manhunter is currently protecting Ultra, a young man capable of great things in the future, as part of a breeding plan.

GF Willmetts

November 2024

(pub: DC Comics, 2015. 176 page hardback graphic novel. Price: varies but you can still get sealed copies. ISBN: 978-1-4012-5235-9)

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UncleGeoff

Geoff Willmetts has been editor at SFCrowsnest for some 21 plus years now, showing a versatility and knowledge in not only Science Fiction, but also the sciences and arts, all of which has been displayed here through editorials, reviews, articles and stories. With the latter, he has been running a short story series under the title of ‘Psi-Kicks’ If you want to contribute to SFCrowsnest, read the guidelines and show him what you can do. If it isn’t usable, he spends as much time telling you what the problems is as he would with material he accepts. This is largely how he got called an Uncle, as in Dutch Uncle. He’s not actually Dutch but hails from the west country in the UK.

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