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I'll keep it simple, the art is nice, but the stories are really hard to get through. I love the Format but the story telling is so beyond bad its like pulling teeth at times. These comics could have used a little more character period. The JLA members are like blocks of wood inhabiting a world full of would be world conquers from outer space. There is nothing here worth while as far as story telling is concerned. Unlike what Stan Lee was doing with the Avengers, it seems that DC was happy just putting out pointless empty fluff with its big team book. I have to say this was horrible and might be great if only for the nostalgia but nostalgia is suicide so don't. I love the Justice League and will continue to read the Showcase books and hope the next Volumes take a better turn with the Storytelling. But to sum up, nice art ,Great format, bad story telling. I love the justice league but this volume left with one impression LOVE HURTS.
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With original members Aquaman, Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Flash, Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter - and, later, the Green Arrow and Atom - this best-selling comic book team debuted in The Brave and the Bold #28 (1960), which is part of this volume.
Other titles are The Brave and the Bold #29-#30, Mystery in Space #75 and the initial sixteen titles from the JLA. Along with the sidekick Snapper Carr, the super heroes face a mostly second-tier lineup of bad guys, but the story lines swiftly move along and simplify what could have been a very difficult task in juggling so many stars.
A wonderful journey down memory lane, the comics are a timeless lesson in working together and placing egos aside for the team.
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I honestly don't get the appeal of these books. Why bother making (or reading) black & white reprints of classic four-color comics...? I mean, yeah, the stories are still great and the original comics are hard to find, but a huge part of what made these comics great was the eye-popping artwork, including the bright primary colors: reading them in dull B&W is just plain wrong. Sure, the printing costs are lower, so you can get more pages for your money, but it's more pages of boring, not more pages of fun. It's really a travesty.
On the other hand, it recently occurred to me that these could be used as coloring books... Maybe you could buy a box of crayons to go along with all the artwork that the publishers ruined in this format. (Axton)
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The Showcase Presents line is letting me have a second childhood and I'm loving every page, even in B&W. Years ago I had every issue in this collection. I started buying JLA new with issue #19, and started my time as a serious collector soon after. I always felt Sekowsky was the perfect JLA artist while my favorite artist, bar none, was Infantino. When Sekowsky's run on JLA was done it was hard for me to keep my interest in the series. By the time I was in the 10th grade had I found the three Brave and Bold issues plus JLA 1-18 for a nickle each in a used book store. The lady who owned the store knew comic collecting was starting to take off because of The Batman TV show but she continued to sell used comics at half their original cover price, and she usually let me have first crack at them. Years later I let most of my collection go and even if I had them all today I doubt I would ever take them out of their bags. The Archive series is nice but I'm tired of collecting things and tired of finding places to put them. When I finish my Showcase Presents books I think I'll just give them to a grandson or sell them on ebay, or toss them. If nothing else, the price of these is hard to beat.
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My God, DC silver age comics were goofy. If you LOVE the Superfriends, then this is for you. I mean, if you love the fact that every villain in the universe had some Krytonite, some yellow lasers to zap Green Lantern with, and a Bic lighter to get Martian Manhunter- then this is AWESOME! The stories are so absurd that you have to suspend all disbelief and just enjoy the comedy of it. This is not for people who want a serious story, this is for heroes who are so stupid they are trapped by the most insane devices. This is about villains who are mega-whacky. This stuff is just FUN, FUN, FUN.
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