FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS HC (Oct 2009)

2009: The Comics That Clung
2:40 pm December 30, 2009 By Glen Weldon

Look, here's the deal: I read lots of comics. On any given Wednesday, I'm likely to bring home anywhere from 15 to 40 titles from my local shop, and that figure doesn't include original graphic novels, or the trade collections of those ongoing series that I opt to read in large chunks.

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Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds by Geoff Johns and George Perez (Collected Mini-Series)
As I mentioned, most of the big companys' crossovers slid right off my cerebellum, but this Final Crisis spin-off, which features comics legend George Perez's incredibly detailed, cast-of-thousands two-page spreads, is a frickin' delight. (You can't help imagining Perez hunched over his desk; I actually felt my hand cramping in sympathy.) Granted, I'm a Legion of Super-Heroes fan, and the book's plot (which finds each member of a huge team of super-powered teens from the future joining forces with two different, alternate-universe versions of him- or herself to Save The World) demands AP-level nerdery. But you gotta love the villain of the piece: Imagine the most belligerent, opinionated internet commenter you know - now give him super-powers.

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by Zack Handlen, Noel Murray, Leonard Pierce, and Tasha Robinson October 23, 2009

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The ill-conceived DC Comics Classics Library series—which so far has been dedicated to reprinting stories of middling historical and/or aesthetic value, at a needlessly high price—continues to get it wrong with Justice League Of America By George Pérez: Volume One (DC). Pérez’s work on the early-’80s JLA is worth collecting: Though these comics aren’t as memorable as Pérez’s collaborations with Marv Wolfman on the contemporaneous New Teen Titans, Pérez’s art is dynamic, and Gerry Conway’s stories are generally entertaining. (Though they all end sort of abruptly, as though Pérez ran out of paper before he ran out of script.) And the CCL package is well-assembled; it includes an introduction, an afterword, and bonus art, and the printing job is pristine. But the price point remains ridiculous for this series. DC is asking for $40 for a normal-sized hardcover containing reprints of only six issues. Pérez only penciled four more issues of Justice League during this run. How hard would it have been to include those issues, instead of shuffling them off to Volume Two, which is also $40? For that matter, why does the price need to be so high to begin with? By contrast, the new collection Final Crisis: Legion Of 3 Worlds (DC) is of a comparable size and arguably of superior quality in terms of its art and story, and yet it only lists for $20. Writer Geoff Johns spins off from DC’s Final Crisis crossover to tell a story of three Legions Of Super-Heroes from three different universes, banding together under Superman’s leadership to fight the evil Superboy-Prime and The Legion Of Super-Villains. The story offers fairly typical “Here’s a bunch of old characters fighting” fare, but with Pérez handling the art chores (with inks by Scott Koblish), both the characters and the fighting look absolutely awesome. This is a collection for people who like a lightning pace and page after page of costumed mayhem. And it’s a relative bargain… JLA: C-; Legion: B+

FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS HC (Oct 2009)

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