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JLA Classified
JLA Classified, Vol. 5: Kid Amazo!
When college student Frank Halloran discovers that he is actually Kid Amazo, the replacement for the robot whose mission was to destroy the Justice League of America, he must decide whether or not to accept his evil destiny.
124 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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Peter Milligan
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Peter Milligan is a British writer, best known for his work on X-Force / X-Statix, the X-Men, & the Vertigo series Human Target. He is also a scriptwriter.
He has been writing comics for some time and he has somewhat of a reputation for writing material that is highly outlandish, bizarre and/or absurd.
His highest profile projects to date include a run on X-Men, and his X-Force revamp that relaunched as X-Statix.
Many of Milligan's best works have been from DC Vertigo. These include: The Extremist (4 issues with artist Ted McKeever) The Minx (8 issues with artist Sean Phillips) Face (Prestige one-shot with artist Duncan Fegredo) The Eaters (Prestige one-shot with artist Dean Ormston) Vertigo Pop London (4 issues with artist Philip Bond) Enigma (8 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo) and Girl (3 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo).
Series:
* Human Target
* Greek Street
* X-Force / X-Statix
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
Peter Milligan is a British writer, best known for his work on X-Force / X-Statix, the X-Men, & the Vertigo series Human Target. He is also a scriptwriter.
He has been writing comics for some time and he has somewhat of a reputation for writing material that is highly outlandish, bizarre and/or absurd.
His highest profile projects to date include a run on X-Men, and his X-Force revamp that relaunched as X-Statix.
Many of Milligan's best works have been from DC Vertigo. These include: The Extremist (4 issues with artist Ted McKeever) The Minx (8 issues with artist Sean Phillips) Face (Prestige one-shot with artist Duncan Fegredo) The Eaters (Prestige one-shot with artist Dean Ormston) Vertigo Pop London (4 issues with artist Philip Bond) Enigma (8 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo) and Girl (3 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo).
Series:
* Human Target
* Greek Street
* X-Force / X-Statix
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May 16, 2008
Amazo, an android that mimics the Justice League's powers, has a half-robot, half-human son. Like his dad, he's supposed to hate Superman and his superfriends, but he chooses to rebel against his programming. If he can't learn to love Batman, what hope do any of us have at fighting our upbringing or destiny.
You can separate the strengths and weaknesses of the book by splicing the title at its colon (ouch!). The Justice League add absolutely nothing to the book. Peter Milligan doesn't capture their voices at all--Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and the Flash as especially nondescript. They are constantly waiting, bumbling, and (surprisingly) bickering. They barely even save the day at the end of the book.
Kid Amazo, though, is an interesting new, disposable character created by Milligan. He's a superpowered philosopher (well, he's a philosophy student and mutters to a bust of Nietzsche). Lots of sci-fi writers have used robots as cold reflections of our humanity, so while K.A. isn't original or particularly complex, he's a mildly thought-provoking character. Unfortunately, he doesn't really have much to do for this five-issue story, other than worry about whether or not he should hate the Justice League. Even his relationship with his girlfriend (the only human character in the book who doesn't build robots) is wrecked in the middle of the book. Kid Amazo wants to be a real boy, but there's no real people for him to hang with.
Carlos D'Anda's pencils are standard manga-influenced superhero work, though Sami Basri's are pretty great; kind of like a combination between Steve McNiven and Joshua Middleton
You can separate the strengths and weaknesses of the book by splicing the title at its colon (ouch!). The Justice League add absolutely nothing to the book. Peter Milligan doesn't capture their voices at all--Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and the Flash as especially nondescript. They are constantly waiting, bumbling, and (surprisingly) bickering. They barely even save the day at the end of the book.
Kid Amazo, though, is an interesting new, disposable character created by Milligan. He's a superpowered philosopher (well, he's a philosophy student and mutters to a bust of Nietzsche). Lots of sci-fi writers have used robots as cold reflections of our humanity, so while K.A. isn't original or particularly complex, he's a mildly thought-provoking character. Unfortunately, he doesn't really have much to do for this five-issue story, other than worry about whether or not he should hate the Justice League. Even his relationship with his girlfriend (the only human character in the book who doesn't build robots) is wrecked in the middle of the book. Kid Amazo wants to be a real boy, but there's no real people for him to hang with.
Carlos D'Anda's pencils are standard manga-influenced superhero work, though Sami Basri's are pretty great; kind of like a combination between Steve McNiven and Joshua Middleton
June 23, 2015
Kid Amazo! collects issues 37-41 of JLA: Classified. The idea is that Amazo (a super-villain that I am wholly unfamiliar with, but is a cyborg with the powers of each JLA member) has created a son that he's named Kid Amazo! Kid Amazo was implanted with memories that made him believe that he is a regular High School student, with a unique obsession with Friedrich Nietzsche and his idea of an Ubermensch. The main plot follows Kid Amazo as he fights between his programming and his free-will as a human. Does he follow what he was designed to do and help his father destroy the Justice League or does his humanity win out and he breaks away and becomes a hero? It is as interesting story and it's pretty much a self contained story. The issue is that Kid Amazo is an asshole. Whether he's being a hero or a villain, he's a self-absorbed jerk who believes that he is above everyone. It's not like these are character traits that help flesh him out either. They want you to feel for him as he struggles with everything, but I just wanted the Justice League to take him down and get rid of him. Plus, this incarnation of the Justice League of America really doesn't feel like a team. They even mention that they are basically a group made up of sovereign individuals. We have Batman, Superman, Flash, and Wonderwoman who are DC's biggest stars, plus Martian Manhunter and the incredibly bland John Stewart. They are all big stars with great potential, but none of them feel very authentic here. To me, they just never felt right. Batman is unnaturally agreeable, Wonderwoman is overly petty and Superman is too modest. It's a neat idea for a story, but none of the pieces fit quite right.
July 1, 2025
Me entretuvo lo justo, de las obras del autor que menos recuerdo hoy en día. Igual le re pegaría una relectura si lo tuviera a mano.
August 22, 2015
Particularly liked how Batman was the one pushing to give Kid Amazo a chance, just like he refused to tamper with Dr. Light before.
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