Another Elseworlds book. The last one I read focused solely on Batman. This one (supposedly) focuses on the Justice League. I say supposedly because it's a real mixed bag. The first story is a Superman/Batman story, there's a Teen Titans story in here, a Wonder Woman story and a Supergirl/Batgirl story. There are two proper JLA stories, but I guess that's enough to call it a Justice League book.
Like any book like this, it's going to be a wildly mixed bag. I've read some of these stories before, while others were new to me. The first story is a pulpy Superman/Batman adventure which was a lot of fun to read. Justice Riders, the second story and the cover feature, was also a lot of fun. Wonder Woman is the sheriff in the old west and teams up with a bunch of super-folks to bring down the villain. There wasn't a terrible amount of story in that tale, but it was still highly enjoyable. The next tale was League of Justice, a two part story I couldn't even get half-way through. It was dreadful. It was unreadable. Next was Wonder Woman Amazonia. I'd read this years ago and forgotten all about it. It's my favorite story in this volume, both storywise and artwise. It's set back in the era of Jack the Ripper and is the origin story of Wonder Woman. Fascinating to me. Next is Titans: Scissors, Paper Stone. It's an anime type Titans story that is just as unreadable to me today as when it was first published. Don't ask me what happened, because I can't tell you. The volume rounds out with a Supergirl/Batgirl story. I loved this story when it was first published. I have to say that it doesn't hold up as well for me today. It's a great concept, it just needs to be fleshed out some more. This story might have benefited from being a two part story rather than a done-in-one.
All in all, it was a fun book.
DC Elseworlds: Justice League Vol 1
Writer: John Francis Moore, Chuck Dixon, Ed Hannigan, William Messner-Loebs, Adam Warren, Barbara Kesel
Artist: Kieron Dwyer, Hilary Barta, J.H. Williams III, Mick Grey, Ed Hannigan, Dick Giordano, Phil Winslade, Adam Warren, Tom Simmons, Matt Haley, Tom Simmons
DC Comics
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