Justice League Unlimited: The Ties That Bind

Justice League Unlimited #4

by Adam Beechen, Paul D. Storrie, Rick Burchett (Illustrator)

Don't miss this collection of stories based on the hit animated series Justice League Unlimited! This volume contains adventures that take the Justice League to the deepest reaches of outer space, traveling back in time to the Old West, celebrating Christmas, and more!

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Fantasy, Crime

144 pages, Library Binding

First published April 19, 2006

About the author

For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Bee...

Writer Adam Beechen is the author of several comic books, including Robin and Justice League Unlimited . Adam also writes for tv on such shows as Teen Titans, The Batman and is the story editor on HiHi Puffy Ami Yumi for Cartoon Network.

Reviews

[Adam Graham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book collects Justice League Unlimited Issues 16-22 based on the Cartoon Network TV series.

Issue 16 is the "Holiday Issue" featuring Supergirl trying to cheer up Atom Smasher while Girder tries to break out of prison. The plot has been done better elsewhere, but it's not too bad. Grade: C+

Issue 17 is "Let Freedom Ring" which has The Freedom Fighters, a team of old Quality Comics superheroes being duped into breaking into the Justice League Watch tower. It's really an excuse for having heroes fight and a lame use of the characters. Grade: C-

Issue 18 is "Fare 48,": Superman is picked up by an intergalactic time travelling taxi driver who is a big Justice League fan. Really concept that's very well executed. Grade: A-

Issue 19 is, "The Justice Rangers Ride Again," and finds Wonder Woman, Elongated Man, and the Vigilante going back in time to meet up with DC's stable of Western heroes and also one of the Vigilante's ancestors. It's a good story that's somewhat distracting by the art on Wonder Woman. It's not suggestive but she is drawn doing inexplicably cutesy things like playing with her hair at weird times that's a bit odd. Grade: B

Issue 20: "Just Us Girls" A clunker of an issue that goes out of its way to portray female Justice League members fighting villains in a way that's boring, contrived, and pedantic. Grade: D

Issue 21: "Stormy Weather": This is actually a pretty good story featuring two heroic couples (Green Lantern (John Stewart) and Vixen and Green Arrow and Black Canary) as well as the very fun villainous match of Killer Frost and Heat Wave. The Vixen-Green Lantern relationship is center stage in terms of seriousness but the whole story of a fire and ice villain getting together is fascinating too. Grade: B+

Issue 22: "Outside Looking In" is a great story to wrap up the book featuring a former loner known as Gypsy who views the League as her family but ends up in a hot water when she appears to call them on a false alarm. This is a very nice script and it does a good job of making this very obscure character, someone you care about. Grade: B+

Overall, some good stories, a few clunkers, and a few average ones makes for a three star rating for the collection.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

As I’ve said before—enjoyable read based on a darn good animated series. I liked that this series included some more minor characters, including some I didn’t know (the Vigilante and Atom Smasher). My favorite story was the one with space cabbie.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ugh. Lame, lame, lame. It’s like the writers and artists couldn’t agree to their audience. Maybe they’re writing for 10 year old boys or girls, but they’re drawing for lecherous 50 year old skeevy dudes who live in their mom’s basement. The artwork is juvenile in a cartoony way and many of the themes work for the kiddie crowd, but the eroticism (big tits, barely any clothes, huge muscles) are way more adult and, frankly, really disconcerting in this context. It would be like a comic book about Joe Camel’s adventures.

[Ubalstecha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very nice collection of the comics based on the Justice League Unlimited cartoon from the Cartoon Network. Because this is aimed at a younger set, the plots and themes are PG in nature. But this still allows for the revisiting of some of the better character moments, such as the relationship between Green Lantern/Hawkgirl/Vixen.

Fans of the TV series will enjoy this book.

[Corey Regalado · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyable read. I got to learn about superheroes who spent more time in the fringes of the Justice League contingent. The writing was clear enough for most kids to understand, but also surprisingly nuanced for some adults. The art is just . . . well, there's a reason I love the Timmverse versions of DC characters.

[wjkb · Rating 1 out of 5]

I normally like comic books but this one was terrible in every way. The storytelling was bad, the drawing was bad at one point they showed a man walking by without a face!!! Also the original superheroes of the justice league (like Superman and Batman) only appeared once or twice in this book!! I do not suggest this book to people

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Is Gypsy actually a real character outside of the DCAU? And out of all the stupid superheroine costumes, I can take high heels over bare feet, unless you're going to explain she has invulnerable skin. And even if she does, it's just gross.