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Last week’s DC books ran an ad revealing the JLA line up for the upcoming James Robinson/ Mark Bagley run on the book which, apparently, spins out of Robinson’s unintentionally amusing Justice League: Cry for Justice mini.
For those that can’t make out the tiny pic the full line-up is made up of four basic groups:
Stand-in Trinity: Batman (Dick Grayson), Mon-El, Donna Troy – I actually quite like this set of heroes but I wonder if they’ll be sticking around once Bruce and Clark make their inevitable return. I’m a bit behind on Wonder Woman so I’m not really sure why Donna’s here, but again, I like her so I can’t complain.
Cry for Justice refugees: Congorilla, Hal Jordan , Green Arrow, the Atom – Oh good, more angst. While I like most of these characters – with the exception of Congorilla, who I don’t really know – I don’t like how Robinson’s writing them in his mini. Hal’s really out of character, Ollie lacks the humor and snark that he normally has, and having Ray resort to torturing someone in pretty much the same way that his ex-wife killed Sue Dibny is outright wrong. I think I’d rather see Ryan Choi in the book, actually.
Titans refugees: Cyborg and Starfire (not to mention Donna and Dick) – It’s funny, but the non-marquee names on the Titans bore the shit out of me. Cyborg, Starfire and Beast Boy are just plain dull. I should probably thank my lucky star’s Gar’s not in the book.
Superman refugees: Guardian and Dr Light – both are appearing in Robinson’s Superman book, even if Light’s only shown up to swoon at Guardian a bit. Guardian’s past makes for an interesting angle, and his relationship with Mon-El should carry over here – although I’m not sure how he’ll play with the others.
It’s an odd line up, and not one that I think can work for very long; it kind of reminds me of the Avengers #300 line-up for some reason; old standbys, members of another team and some random character thrown in.
Which, I guess, makes Congorilla Gilgamesh.
I’m also wondering how Titans will operate as a book. It looks like Gar might be shifting over to Teen Titans which will really only leave Raven (also boring) and Wally (who I assume will be in Flash in some role) not on the JLA; so is Titans going to be canceled again? It might be a blessing…
good thing that Avengers lineup only lasted what … 4 issues? that should bode well for this new JLA.
As I said on Twitter, I think is going to be a bit of a Titans East lineup. When DC is ready to bring Diana and Clark back, we'll see most of this lineup get abused horribly as an impetus for the classic lineup to get together again.
Second thought, so many characters here that Robinson clearly loves jacking off over, and yet no Shade?
[...] of myself, there’s a good chance that this will be less choppy in trades. Then again, that big new line up that was touted has fallen apart already. Starfire’s off to R.E.B.E.L.S., Cyborg’s off [...]