Justice: VOL 01 - Hardcover

Ross, Alex; Braithwaite, Doug

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1401209696 ISBN 13: 9781401209698

Publisher: DC Comics, 2006

Synopsis

When the greatest criminal masterminds join forces to devise a surprising plan that seeks to achieve more than the JLA ever could, the members of the fabled Justice League of America are shocked to learn they aren't the only ones who can band together toward a common goal.

About this title

About the Author:

Alex Ross has produced a remarkable body of work which has won him every major award in the industry. His best-known books include Kingdom Come, Marvels, Uncle Sam, and Batman: War on Crime. His artwork is collected in Titan Books' Mythology. Jim Krueger is a veteran writer/artist with work including the Earth-X series. Doug Braithwaite is a former 2000AD artist who has gained acclaim for his work on Marvel's Punisher.

From Booklist:

Justice is DC's current "event" comic. It brings together the line's biggest superheroes and is even more of an event because superstar artist Alex Ross (see Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross, 2003) developed the story line and applies his ultrarealistic painting techniques to Doug Braithwaite's pencil drawings. Lex Luthor, the Riddler, and other villains share vivid dreams of Earth's destruction, which Superman, Batman, and the rest of the Justice League are helpless to prevent. To keep their vision from becoming reality, the fiends join forces to vanquish the heroes, in the belief that relying on supersaviors makes humanity vulnerable to apocalyptic events. Ross, a comics nostalgic, uses 1970s versions of the characters instead of their current incarnations, and that makes Justice accessible even for those who no longer closely follow DC comic books. The art isn't quite as effective as unalloyed Ross, for Braithwaite's more comics-traditional, stylized anatomy conflicts with Ross' lush naturalism. Still, Ross predominates, which will please the many fans who turn anything he touches into a best-seller. Gordon Flagg
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About this edition

• Publisher: DC Comics
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1401209696
• ISBN 13: 9781401209698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160