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JLA #39 Review
Justice League of America #39
Roll Call: Red Tornado, Vixen, Gypsy, Plastic Man, Zatanna, Dr. Light II
Villains: Black Lanterns Zatara, Vibe, and Dr. Light I
As ever, spoiler warnings.
This issue is titled By My Black Hand, Reunion. Following the format of many of these tie-ins, we go over the life and times of a dead character, this time Vibe of Justice League Detroit fame. After he is commanded to “Rise,” we see the Hall of Justice, half destroyed by earlier battles. The team is still wounded from the as yet to happen battle in Cry For Justice. As the walking wounded examine the wrecked base, they are attacked by Black Lantern Zatara, who Zatanna faces off against and tells everyone else to run. Their duel continues, her denying he’s really her father, him recalling details of their life together. Finally, she seems to beat him and teleports them away.
Dr. Light II, the good one
The group continues into the Hall when Dr. Light suddenly splits off by herself, confusing the others. Tornado and Plas make jokes about it being a Scooby Doo adventure, and then they meet Vibe. Tornado cuts loose on him with his full power but, as they tend to do, he regenerates nearly instantly. Vibe drops Red Tornado and then rips out Plastic Man’s heart as Vixen and Gypsy look on shocked. BL Steel then shows up to continue the JL Detroit trend.
We then see where Dr. Light got off to. She can somehow or other sense the Black Lanterns, and wants to prevent the others from having to face Aquaman. However, she was wrong, as she ends up confronting the original Dr. Light. He is rather grotesquely licking the detached head of Gehenna, girl friend and part of the most recent Firestorm, slain in Blackest Night awhile ago. He turns and blasts Kimiyo, knocking her down, and says “Now let’s see how you taste” as we once again see the dreaded ending “To Be Continued.”
I liked the history and for once references to the Detroit League that weren’t cutting on it. The art was good, and the Black Lanterns are nice and disgustingly zombie-fied.
I am really not interested in Blackest Night, and am a bit annoyed that it’s crossing over everywhere.
And as I said last issue, I’m a bit irked that we have our heroes staggering around from wounds that they haven’t actually gotten yet due to all the delays on Cry For Justice.
Such are my thoughts, what are yours?
A COMIC BOOK BLOG RATING
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Good characterizations | More Blackest Night nonsense |
| Rating |
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3 Comments
Your explanation of why Kimiyo says “Curry” actually makes more sense — I’d thought it was a mistake. I thought the magic duel was silly (like kids arguing on a playground: am not/am too/am not/am too, except with magic spells).
I’m a little upset that the editors have taken the League away from Vixen–a black African woman–so quickly after giving it to her. It would have been interesting to see whether she could have matched Ororo in leadership skills. So it seems odd to me that they celebrate the end of her leadership by focusing on the Latino corpse. Accident or meta-commentary by the editors? Hmmm….
No, Kimiyo wasn’t mistaken; Robinson was mistakenbecuse the villain’s name is “Arthur Light”, and the editor missed the error.
There is absolutely no reason that she would consider a fight with Aquaman “her fight”, and every reason that she would consider a fight with this villain “her fight”. Aquaman has more of a connection with Vixen, Plastic Man, everyone else there but her.
Correction on the above post:
No, Kimiyo wasn’t mistaken. Robinson was mistaken because the villain’s name is “Arthur Light”, and the editor missed the error.
There is absolutely no reason that she would consider a fight with Aquaman “her fight”, and every reason that she would consider a fight with this villain “her fight”. Aquaman has more of a connection with Vixen, Plastic Man, everyone else there but her.