Oh boy. Dan Jurgens is better than this. At least that's what I keep telling myself. I don't think he's the greatest writer out there, but he's solid and reliable. But after reading this, I really have to rethink that.
This book focuses on a dark era of the JLA. This is a shadow of what the Justice League once was and will be again. This Justice League isn't even D-List and that's counting Superman on the team. The group has fallen apart and the only members left are Superman, Booster Gold, Blue Beetle, Maxima, Bloodwynd, Fire, Ice and Guy Gardner. Then Doomsday shows up, killing Superman, nearly killing Beetle, destroying Booster's uniform and Fire loses her powers. Ice quits. The team is even sadder than before, so they recruit new members. The Ray, Black Condor, Agent Liberty and Wonder Woman. This is so not the JLA. I'm sorry.
There's a fairly decent (in relation) story with Doctor Destiny, and we get the startling (not) truth about Bloodwynd, but for the most part this run of the book is pure dreck. And Dan Jurgens leaves at the end of this collection. Hopefully the next writer can take what he's left with and spin it into gold. Stay turned to find out....
Superman And Justice League America Vol 2
Writer: Dan Jurgens, Dan Mishkin
Artist: Dan Jurgens, Dave Cockrum, Rick Burchett, Romeo Tanghal, Jose Marzan Jr, Bob Smith, Sal Velluto
DC Comics
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