Excuse the baseball metaphor (I've been following the Red Sox run to the World Series lately), but I love it when the creative team on a comic swings for the fences.
You'll find lots of that kind of big, booming (and crowd-pleasing) goings-on in the newest storyline now warming up in the batter's box (sorry) in the pages of Justice League.
Writer Scott Snyder and artist Francis Manapul kick off the "Event" storyline, The Drowned Earth, with this issue - and I admit, I was concerned that it was going to be another "Atlantis attacks the surface world" story. It's not that at all, but it's a very clever and fresh approach to the notion of a titanic threat - a foe who cannot be stopped.
The artwork is terrific, as Manapul crafts stunning images of an Earth under attack on several fronts - a menace that's going to challenge all the world's greatest heroes.
And I love the "extra" heroes who show up in this issue. We won't spoil the surprises, but there are many treats here for long-time fans (like me)!
This issue is a great jumping-on point, as it lays out a cracking good tale of heroes, invaders and an implacable threat - it'll have you on your feet, cheering for the home team! (Honest, I'll stop now.)
Grade: A
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What the heck happened to the Legion of Doom storyline? WHAT???
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