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Justice League (2018) (Single Issues)
Justice League (2018-2022) #69
The superspies of Checkmate poke their sneaky noses where they do not belong, and the Justice League are NOT happy about it. In fact, most of the League isn't even happy Checkmate exists, setting up Checkmate versus the Justice League! The superspies versus the super…guys. In Justice League Dark, Zatanna is locked in a battle with the greatest sorcerer of all time-Merlin!
36 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 16, 2021
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About the author
Brian Michael Bendis
4,415 books2,575 followersA comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.
Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.
Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.
Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.
Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.
Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.
He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.
Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.
Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.
Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.
Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.
Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.
He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.
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November 28, 2021
JLA art and story - going nowhere with a ton of useless dialogue. JLD keeps showing some promise with the Upside Down Man's return, but I'm tiring of the Merlin drag out. At this point, I'm only pulling this title for JLD, but I'm probably going to drop it.
December 11, 2021
Just horrendous. I don't often fall asleep at 5PM in the afternoon but this shit literally sent me to sleep right away. Just so bad. And the backup is worthless too.
January 23, 2022
So I just heard Justice League #75 will be a huge event! The Justice League is being killed off and Joshua Williamson is penning the massive event.
So DC fanboys have been either losing it from excitement or are totally pissed.
I for one am incredibly excited as I love the classic Death of Superman story and Williamson is a favorite DC writer of mine!
So what does it have to do with JL #67?
Well likely nothing but as soon as I heard the Death of JL news I realized I wasn't up to date on JL and you may be able to guess why... Bendis.
While I don't hate Bendis I do consider him a lower tier write and that's unfortunate cause Superman and Action Comics are books I love...
Okay so I have read a lot of Superman and Action Comics and Bendis's stuff is actually pretty good... and his issue #1 of 6 Justice League and The Legion of Super-Heroes was actually awesome...
So yah inspired by the excitment of JL #75 Death of JL story arc to be out in a number of months I bought a few current issues, 67 to 70 and will pull up to 75 and beyond.
Rather then reviewing just #67 I'll just give my broad strokes thoughts on the 4 issue.
67 is actually the final parts of a 4 part arc and therefore I was totally at a loss, but 69 and 70 are parts 1 and 2 of a 4 part arc about Superman's fortress being stolen and a massive escape of hords of villians.
Bendis has a jarring dialogue style and tells stories in a very jumpy and mashed form... he's jamming so much story in so few pages, but maybe I just need to reread these... Overall I did enjoy myself but I don't consider him a favorite writer of mine.
Also these issues art is very simply and blocking, not up to DC'S usual high standards, so nothing to pretty to look at but it is good enough to tell the story.
Okay backups included are Justice League Dark story by Ram V that is more compelling then Bendis's in many ways, but it's brief and in the end I was more interested in Bendis's work even though Ram is a better writer and the art is a lot better in his JLD story.
Finally we get a Batgirls back up in at least 1 of the 4 issues, think it was #69.
Batgirls does interest me some and the team up of the Batgirls is a fun idea for a book but the art does nothing for me, totally not my style and would likely not collect the series solely on the art not being my thing.
End of story Bendis manages to tell interesting storylines but with a jarring style of dialogue and plotting... maybe this only deserves a 3 but damn he managed to make me excited to read #71 regardless of the fact that this stuff will likely not impact Williamson's #75 Death of JL story.
So DC fanboys have been either losing it from excitement or are totally pissed.
I for one am incredibly excited as I love the classic Death of Superman story and Williamson is a favorite DC writer of mine!
So what does it have to do with JL #67?
Well likely nothing but as soon as I heard the Death of JL news I realized I wasn't up to date on JL and you may be able to guess why... Bendis.
While I don't hate Bendis I do consider him a lower tier write and that's unfortunate cause Superman and Action Comics are books I love...
Okay so I have read a lot of Superman and Action Comics and Bendis's stuff is actually pretty good... and his issue #1 of 6 Justice League and The Legion of Super-Heroes was actually awesome...
So yah inspired by the excitment of JL #75 Death of JL story arc to be out in a number of months I bought a few current issues, 67 to 70 and will pull up to 75 and beyond.
Rather then reviewing just #67 I'll just give my broad strokes thoughts on the 4 issue.
67 is actually the final parts of a 4 part arc and therefore I was totally at a loss, but 69 and 70 are parts 1 and 2 of a 4 part arc about Superman's fortress being stolen and a massive escape of hords of villians.
Bendis has a jarring dialogue style and tells stories in a very jumpy and mashed form... he's jamming so much story in so few pages, but maybe I just need to reread these... Overall I did enjoy myself but I don't consider him a favorite writer of mine.
Also these issues art is very simply and blocking, not up to DC'S usual high standards, so nothing to pretty to look at but it is good enough to tell the story.
Okay backups included are Justice League Dark story by Ram V that is more compelling then Bendis's in many ways, but it's brief and in the end I was more interested in Bendis's work even though Ram is a better writer and the art is a lot better in his JLD story.
Finally we get a Batgirls back up in at least 1 of the 4 issues, think it was #69.
Batgirls does interest me some and the team up of the Batgirls is a fun idea for a book but the art does nothing for me, totally not my style and would likely not collect the series solely on the art not being my thing.
End of story Bendis manages to tell interesting storylines but with a jarring style of dialogue and plotting... maybe this only deserves a 3 but damn he managed to make me excited to read #71 regardless of the fact that this stuff will likely not impact Williamson's #75 Death of JL story.
January 4, 2022
Worth it to me for the JLD backup but the main JL story isn't doing much for me. It just seems all over the place with lots of plot threads from other comics and mini-series trying to mashed into making some sort of sense.
August 25, 2022
The artwork for the main League story distracts a bit from the story but its nothing major.
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