World Famous Comics: JLA Classified: New Maps of Hell ((Justice League of America))
JLA Classified: New Maps of Hell ((Justice League of America))
By: Warren Ellis Publisher: DC Comics Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: DC Comics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 144 Publication Date: June 07, 2006 Release Date: June 07, 2006
Graphic SF Reader I had a look at this because Warren Ellis was writing it. It is not bad, and not good, either. It is basically an average Justice League of America story, with a little bit of a JLA twist. Ellis only fans probably won't be too interested, but JLA fans won't mind it too much at all, it is just another of things.
New Maps of nonsense more like it. Ellis should be ashamed that he wrote this.
There is no motivation for any of the characters to act they way they do.
And why is Green Lantern all of a sudden being drawn in a costume that was never seen before.
Truly, a missed opportunity.
What I expected, nothing more. I've disowned the JLA ever since The Tenth Circle came out, but I picked this up because I desperately missed the company of my old DC friends. The art work was definently some of the better stuff I've seen, but the writing was not what I wanted to see. I got an overall sense of a blase attitude from the JLAers in that "Sure, this guy is a little tough, but we've seen worse, we'll beat him eventually." There was very little doubt in both my mind, and I think the characters' minds that they would overcome the threat by the end of the book. And that's what I hated the most.
Alright for the JLA, Bad for Ellis I'm a pretty big fan of Warren Ellis' other stuff and Guice's art looks very nice (he draws a great Oracle!!!) but this story, at best, is mediocre JLA stuff. You know, the type of JLA story where they go fight something powerful, lose in the fight for a bit, but eventually beat it. While that may be considered good for other writers, I was really hoping Ellis would have it be better than that. Unforunately, that's not the case.
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