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Comic review: Justice League of America No. 43 

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Justice League of America No. 43

Published by DC Comics. Written by James Robinson. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Rob Hunter and Norm Rapmund.

The Deal: The creative team of writer James Robinson and artist Mark Bagley continue their recently launched run on DC's main team book.

The Bad: It's amazing to think that this is the same James Robinson who wrote Starman -- one of my favorite comics of all time; I mean, from a script perspective, Justice League of America is a real stinker. What's so bad about it? Oh, there's so much crap here: a totally boring cast that (still) lacks stability; way too many thought captions from way too many characters, which just slow the story down; a totally boring bunch of villains; and, really, the overall direction of the book is flawed. Writer Grant Morrison had the right idea when he refocused the team years ago, distilling it down to the company's biggest seven icons. JLA is supposed to be the book with the world's greatest heroes fighting against the world's greatest threats. But this iteration of the team is filled with scrubs (who seem to leave the book every issue, by the way) fighting scrubs. Truthfully, I can't totally blame Robinson; the series seems to be heavily controlled from an editorial level. Someone needs to bring a great creative team on board and let them go nuts.

The Good: Bagley's art was definitely better than the story.

The Verdict: What a nightmare of a comic.

Reviewed materials provided by Heroes Aren't Hard to Find: www.heroesonline.com.

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