Art and cover by Mauro Cascioli
Plot: Some semblance of a super hero team begins to form in Hal Jordan’s new “task force” League. Supergirl joins their ranks and begins the interrogation of Prometheus. However, this new league learns that Prometheus has more up his sleeve than they anticipated and stopping him may be next to impossible.
My Thoughts: If you are someone who enjoys a lot of dialogue and verbal back story when reading a novel or comic book, then you’ll love this issue. So much time is spent learning about Prometheus, his plans and why he’s doing it. I’m the kind of person who loves stories with a lot of explanation, (ex. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings) and this issue is no exception.
Now it does drag on a bit for me. Towards the end I was asking myself, “Ok, when’s the plot twist going to come?” And it finally did, but so much time was spent on Congorilla and Mikaal’s part of the story that the book just lingered at the end.
The torturing of Prometheus was a real mind blowing scene! Who could have imagined Hal Jordan would have been reduced to torturing people as an effective way of getting answers. I know a lot of readers will take issue with this and give it a low ranking score as a comic book, but I personally loved it. The best stories are the ones where the good guys become the bad guys when they don’t even realize it, which causes its readers to question the heroes’ motives. And you have to wonder how far is Jordan going to go with this? What lengths will he take to stop corruption and evil? He seems to be verging on hating criminals so much that he is willing to kill them if it means an end to evil in the world.
Cascioli’s art again blows me away. The scene where Atom is inside Prometheus’ brain is so detailed and painful looking and I wonder how in the world this artist is not doing more comic book art? I would argue that Cascioli is up there with Alex Ross and among the rest of the comic book art gods.
Overall, a great issue. It lingered a bit towards the end, but nothing terrible. I was beginning to wonder when this mini was going to get started the plot, and it finally did with JL:CFJ #3.
3.5 out of 5 stars
Next Month: Justice League A Cry For Justice #3
How far would you go for justice? The heroes have found themselves turning to darker tactics in their search for retribution. Starman and Congorilla have captured the killers who took down some of their friends, but now what do they do with them? Meanwhile, Green Lantern and company wrestle with the idea of torturing villains for information in order to save lives.
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