I was excited for this book when it first came out because Jeff Lemire was writing a JLA book. Unfortunately, it didn't click with me like I wanted it to. It was way too New 52-ey. That's the biggest problem. I didn't like what he did to one of my all time favorite characters, Adam Strange. The team he picked was fine, but not these incarnations of the characters. But...
I loved this story. The Legion had been given a back seat at DC by this point and Jeff was free to play with them. For the most part, we got the Legion as they were before their book was cancelled, but he tweaked the characters a bit, included some of the Legionnaires from the various "Legion of 3 Worlds" book. But it's okay. It was still the Legion of Super-Heroes and I'm good with that.
It's a cliched story. It's a twist on the "going back in time to kill Hitler before he turns into Hitler and destroys everything" story. But he gives it fresh life and makes it a lot of fun to read. I enjoyed it much more in this hardcover than I did when I read it monthly when it was first published. I picked this book up at my local Ollie's Discount Outlet. Part of their massive DC liquidation sale. I keep popping in and grabbing some books, so look for write ups of those when I get time to read them.
Justice League United Vol 2: The Infinitus Saga
Written by: Jeff Lemire
Illustrated by: Neil Edwards, Jay Leisten, Keith Champagne, Jed Dougherty
DC Comics
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