Hey, let's all read Grant Morrison's JLA run
By Zack Quaintance — Unbelievably, I just took a whole week and a half off from the nightly reading projects I’ve been doing basically non-stop since I started posting about one issue of Sandman per night in August 2018. That, however, was just a short break — we’re back this week with a new reading project, and it’s Grant Morrison’s full JLA run, illustrated primarily by Howard Porter.
If you’re new to these nightly reading projects, the premise is a simple one: we pick one run of relatively well-known comics, and we read one issue per day, Monday - Friday, until we’ve finished it. I also post a thread of thoughts about the issue, along with some favorite samples of artwork each weeknight, as close to 8:30 p.m. ET as I can get. I label it all with a hashtag, and I encourage others to do the same. The hashtag for this project is #GMosJLA.
There’s a bit of differing opinion online about the order in which one should read these classic Justice League comics, and so I got together with Comics Bookcase Senior Staff Writer d. emerson eddy to hammer out our own order, which you can find below:
JLA - A Midsummer’s Nightmare: Deluxe Edition: While not strictly part of Grant Morrison’s JLA run (or even written by Grant Morrison), Morrison has said this story is a prelude for their work, setting the tone while bringing together the Big 7 that would make up the team. We’ll be reading these comics this week, with issue #1 on Monday 12/14, issue #2 on Wednesday 12/16, and issue #3 on Friday 12/18.
JLA Presents: Aztek, The Ultimate Man: This, I believe, ran a bit concurrently with the start of the JLA run, but it’s important to the first arc, so we’re reading it ahead of time. We’ll be starting this volume on Monday 12/21 and wrapping it up on 1/1. Normally, we’d break for the holidays, but with the pandemic still raging this year, my own plans are curtailed, meaning I’m game to power on through, giving us a great start date for the JLA run proper.
JLA Vol. 1: If you’d just like to read-along for the JLA run proper, your start date will be Monday 1/4.
JLA Vol. 2, Pt. 1: At this point we’re going to read through JLA #15, the conclusion of the Rock of Ages arc.
JLA Vol. 2, Pt. 2: At this point we’re going to read the rest of this volume.
JLA Vol. 3, Pt. 1: At this point we’re going to read up through JLA #23.
DC One Million #1 - #4, and JLA #1,000,000, which comes between #2 and #3 here
JLA Vol. 3, Pt. 2: At this point we’re going to read #24 - #31
Finally, each weekend I’ll compile the best Tweets about the week’s reading (hashtagged with #GMosJLA) here…
Week One, JLA - A Midsummer’s Nightmare: Deluxe Edition #1 - #3
Grant Morrison and Howard Porter's JLA generally gets the credit, and it's one of the reasons why we're calling the hashtag #GMosJLA and following it, but the revolution started early.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) December 15, 2020
With Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare #1. https://t.co/VsQZnbjJ7Z pic.twitter.com/qPNYxigRnu
Justice League: A Midsummer’s Nightmare #2: This was a fun issue, in which the team wakes up, reunites, fights some randos briefly, and ends on the promise of more big and colorful superheroics. Easy to see this as a tone-setter for Morrison. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/jkMRUbBjjm
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) December 17, 2020
Fabian Nicieza, Mark Waid, Jeff Johnson, Darick Robertson, Jon Holdredge, Hanibal Rodriguez, John Kalisz, and Ken Lopez give us reasons and explanations for what's going on in Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare #3, y'know, man?#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/jEHN51Qg03
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) December 19, 2020
WEEK TWO, Aztek - The Ultimate Man #1 - #5
The '90s were a weird time.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) December 22, 2020
Lots of...interesting decisions at DC regarding new characters, books, new directions. Aztek #1 from Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, N. Steven Harris, Mike Danza & Chris Eliopoulos was one of them.
The first issue introduces us to our enigma.
#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/svKSuhA5jn
Aztek, The Ultimate Man #2: This was a fun team-up story. I’ve assumed for a while that DC had a stipulation for a time that second issues starring new or obscure characters get bigger name team-ups. This holds with that. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/TVwZvjonbD
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) December 23, 2020
Aztek, The Ultimate Man #3: Aztek has two dates...one with a colleague who was apparently put up for it for...reasons, and another with a supervillain wanting to take him out to make a name for herself. Sure, yeah, let’s do this. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/nButL8mMnz
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) December 24, 2020
He is the Lizard King. He can do anything.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) December 25, 2020
Aztek #4 from Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, N. Steven Harris, Keith Champagne, Mike Danza, and Chris Eliopoulos opens some doors, closes some others, and mixes the twisted sensibilities of weird optimism and cynicism.#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/KGyHGX250l
Aztek confronts the Lizard King. He can do anything. Mostly. Except love.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) December 26, 2020
Aztek #5 keeps running the crazy train from Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, N. Steven Harris, Keith Champagne, Michael Danza, and Chris Eliopoulos.
Also, Aztec mythology fun. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/H7MK1GDy62
WEEK THREE, Aztek - The Ultimate Man #6 - #10
Aztek #6 from Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, N. Steven Harris, Keith Champagne, Mike Danza, and Clem Robins sets a fairly frenetic pace as the Joker goes on a holiday.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) December 28, 2020
The response to his jokes? Crickets...#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/IUW63FYZRN
In order to increase his Q Rating, little known character Batman guest stars in Aztek #7 by Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, N. Steven Harris, Keith Champagne, Mike Danza, and Clem Robins to help our hero stop the nefarious plans of the Joker.#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/PxGWQ2nOq5
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) December 30, 2020
Aztek, The Ultimate Man #8: This is kind of a bifurcated issue, with the first half reminding us of Aztek’s origin before noting he may be replace...and the second throwing him into a new conflict with Lex Luthor. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/kCqMVNz70p
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) December 31, 2020
🎶Oh, think twice. It's just another day for you and me in Parasite.🎶
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) January 1, 2021
Aztek #9 gives us Luthor, Parasite, a big blue boy scout, and more from Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, N. Steven Harris, Keith Champagne, Mike Danza, and Clem Robins.
#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/5xt6eSchBY
Aztek, The Ultimate Man #10: This issue is a pretty obvious connection between Aztek and the JLA (he spends the entire thing applying for membership), but also I kind of feel like there was more rope for this as a solo book. Ah well. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/gHvXnortSe
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) January 2, 2021
WEEK FOUR, JLA #1 - #5
JLA #1: The thing that strikes me about his first issue is just how much it packs in and how compressed it feels, without ever feeling cramped. You get your new threat, your first action sequence, and Batman figuring some of it out all in one chapter. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/bh99ZY9bO3
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) January 5, 2021
The Justice League take on the Hyperclan. With not so sexy results. In JLA #2 from Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, John Dell, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) January 5, 2021
#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/VIFeIILFk3
Uber-Bats is nascent here in JLA #3 by Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, John Dell, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) January 7, 2021
The Hyperclan are enacting their plan to kill the entire League and take over the Earth. Bat who can stop them!?
#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/mhvhk9SyWM
The first arc concludes in JLA #4 from Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, John Dell, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) January 8, 2021
The Justice League take on the Hyperclan. This time with sexy results.
#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/cIjqLxuVgE
JLA #5: A really great one-off Justice League story based around an AI developing its own motives and making a decision to be good, which is all really moving, if not tough to get too emotionally invested in given our current relationships with technology. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/Ld1CJszYzK
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) January 9, 2021
WEEK FIVE, JLA #6 - #19, JLA Secret Files #1
JLA #6: Lots of setup in this issue, which sees Zauriel showing up with a presumably a host of biblical bad guys (I think?) right on his heels. Otherwise, this issue sees the League do some fighting and take some licks. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/i0c1KsbtA2
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) January 12, 2021
JLA #7: Biblical battle rages on and comes to a conclusion. Not sure there’s much else to say about this one? It’s pretty standard superhero finale fare, though the biblical elements and whatever happens with Zauriel is interesting. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/WOvAzb5mrs
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) January 13, 2021
A key arc begins in JLA #8 from Grant Morrison, Oscar Jimenez, Chip Wallace, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) January 13, 2021
Superman a Green Lantern? The Batman Who Smells Like Bengay? Diana Nazi Zombie Hunter?
All with Connor Hawke's first day on the job.#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/T2BOcoYAzb
JLA #9: One thing this run is doing so well is seeding the next arcs at the end of those that precede it, which is kind of a lost art now I think, with so much written for trade or (worse) written with no guarantee of extending past one story arc. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/cBoK5mIV5t
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) January 15, 2021
The first volume of the JLA collection rounds out with the story bits from JLA Secret Files #1.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) January 16, 2021
There's a tale set before JLA #1 from Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, Howard Porter, John Dell, John Kalisz, and Ken Lopez. Squaring off the "temporary new JLA" vs. Starro.#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/Q7n2FkdFdj
WEEK SIX, JLA #10 - #14
Howard Porter and John Dell return to JLA #10 with Grant Morrison, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez for the first part of Rock of Ages and take on evil doppelgangers.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) January 18, 2021
Also, I love that reverse cover this issue to the Secret Files #1 one.#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/YU72Dx1QrO
JLA #11: Lex Luthor’s “corporate takeover” of the Justice League speeds along here, really going according to the plan until he runs into another CEO — Bruce Wayne. The corporate angle is a cool one. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/flSwVj7jAh
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) January 20, 2021
JLA #12: I really loved this issue, which just so perfectly blends Grant Morrison’s vast knowledge of metaphysical science and theories with superhero fantasy in space. It just...might not get any better than this, folks. What a time. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/124NYFlYjg
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) January 21, 2021
Lex Luthor screwed up. Apokolips has come to Earth. The League has fallen, mostly. Darkseid is.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) January 22, 2021
Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, John Dell, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez deliver a nightmarish future state in JLA #13 as Rock of Ages rolls on.#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/WH4CkMtYbX
JLA #14: This story arc is so epic, essentially what might be a modern event story or else worlds tale condensed into a few monthly issues. It also feels like we get shades of ideas Morrison would explore more intricately in Final Crisis, down to some similar moments. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/1uj3a50SG7
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) January 23, 2021
WEEK SEVEN, JLA #15; JLA - Paradise Lost #1 - #3; and JLA Secret Files #2
JLA #15: This is a giant-sized finale issue for the Rock of Ages arc, which is the most Morrisonian of these stories to date. There’s a really funny almost extended coda to this which goes on quite a while and touches on TONS of plot. It’s imperfect and it rules. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/TwyxeRcc7G
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) January 26, 2021
Oh, you thought #GMosJLA was over? Hardly.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) January 27, 2021
But first a detour through JLA: Paradise Lost #1 from Mark Millar, Ariel Olivetti, Daniel Vozzo, Heroic Age, and Chris Eliopoulos.
Here's what happens next after Zauriel's arrival in JLA #6 & 7. pic.twitter.com/BTUA5C6zz7
JLA: Paradise Lost #2 from Mark Millar, Ariel Olivetti, Danny Vozzo, Heroic Age, and Chris Eliopoulos puts the show on the road as Zauriel, Shannon, and Jerry flee to Los Angeles to try to get help against Asmodel.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) January 28, 2021
Also, the League lose one of their own.#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/dEraPBCZwc
This series concludes with JLA: Paradise Lost #3 by Mark Millar, Ariel Olivetti, Daniel Vozzo, Heroic Age, and Chris Eliopoulos.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) January 29, 2021
Asmodel's forces rage against the Silver City with only Zauriel and the Martian Manhunter left to stand in his way.#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/mXObzSObag
JLA Secret Files #2: This is a fun issue, and I’m a Christopher Priest apologist who loves all his work, so his scripting was a treat. Ultimately, the point here is to re-assemble and ultimately expand the League. Good times for all. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/RDr5aUkW3E
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) January 30, 2021
WEEK EIGHT, Prometheus #1; JLA #16 - JLA #18; and JLA/WildCATs
New Year's Evil: Prometheus #1 by Grant Morrison, Arnie Jorgensen, David Meikis, James Sinclair, Heroic Age, and Janice Chiang kicks off the next arc for the League by introducing a brand new villain.#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/59y7ACAwfP
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) February 1, 2021
JLA #16: Our friend Prometheus from the last issue one shot is now unleashed on the new and expanded League, somehow giving them what seems like their stiffest challenge yet. He’s even prepared for Batman. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/m4s3b1gkdE
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) February 3, 2021
JLA #17: A fun two-part arc that features a really formidable villain. I think the main thing I enjoyed about this one is I thought he would undo himself somehow and it turned out to be surprises that got him. Also, this story expands the JLA even further. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/rC7BKYA4GT
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) February 4, 2021
JLA/WildCATs by Grant Morrison, Val Semeiks, Kevin Conrad, Ray Kryssing, Pat Garrahy, Digital Chameleon, and Ken Lopez gives us an epic inter-company crossover between DC and Image as the two teams face off against the destruction of existence and Epoch.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) February 5, 2021
#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/On3zQiB3n0
Odds are that you'll enjoy JLA #18 from Mark Waid, Howard Porter, John Dell, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) February 5, 2021
Heroes are disappearing. History is being written. Planes are on collision courses. Weird things keep happening. The President's a woman. 7. 7. 7.
#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/2YHr2yPjRD
WEEK NINE, JLA #19 - JLA #21
Take a chance on JLA #19 where quantum entanglement or spooky motion at a distance or something else I don't know anything about replaces GMo with Mark Waid, to join Howard Porter, John Dell, Walden Wong, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age & Ken Lopez for the second part of this.#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/snfuL3RyiY
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) February 8, 2021
Another 2-part fill in arc from Mark Waid begins in JLA #20, joined this time by Arnie Jorgensen, David Meikis, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) February 11, 2021
The League are zapped away to Rann where they are beleaguered by Adam Strange.
#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/Q9CAxh9WK9
JLA #21: Kind of knew throughout the last issue that this wasn’t a full heel turn for ol’ Adam Strange, but still interesting to follow it as it plays out. The ending hits a bittersweet note that not too many superhero books tend to embrace. Next, Morrison returns! #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/KtCNw6DJq6
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) February 13, 2021
WEEK TEN, JLA #22 - JLA #23, DC One Million #1 - #2, and JLA #1,000,000
JLA #22: Oh hey, I should have known from the cover but this one features Dream (Daniel), and it also features Starro. What a great and seemingly-disparate pairing of characters. Also, GMo is back after a guest stint by Mark Waid. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/wz45C5d7uC
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) February 16, 2021
JLA #23: This is a great issue, reaching the utter peak of DC Comics superheroic absurdity to this point, and boasting a climax wherein Dream battles/imprisons Starro to ultimately save the world. Porter also levels up here, IMO. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/KiC81puS5I
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) February 17, 2021
A path to the future begins in DC One Million #1 by Grant Morrison, Val Semeiks, Prentis Rollins, Pat Garrahy, Digital Chameleon, and Ken Lopez.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) February 17, 2021
The Justice Legion A from the 853rd Century travel into the present in order to take the JLA back to the future!#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/AaQ5MNkisM
In the present, DC One Million #2 by Grant Morrison, Val Semeiks, Prentis Rollins, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez show us the importance of using protection whenever you go from one time period into another.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) February 19, 2021
#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/45YoXF4HCi
JLA #1,000,000: The modern day JLA B-Team (plus Martian Manhunter) and the Justice Legion A from the 853rd Century do a little bit of battle here before realizing they’re all working toward the same goal. Fun issue, with few mainstream DC heroes in sight. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/dGTjHufSgl
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) February 20, 2021
WEEK ELEVEN, DC One Million #3 - #4, and JLA #24 - #26
DC One Million #3 by Grant Morrison, Val Semeiks, Prentis Rollins, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez keeps the apocalypse rolling on as the future virus ravages the heroes sanity, and Vandal Savage and Solaris threaten all of existence.#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/rTnTWN9bAV
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) February 22, 2021
DC One Million #4: The finale. I really liked this event (for which I read all the tie-ins), and it was an interesting contrast reading it alongside Future State, which felt looser and less consistent, but also in some places (Superman, especially) more interesting. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/RWj0Pit06l
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) February 24, 2021
We're back to the main book with JLA #24 by Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, John Dell, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) February 24, 2021
The Shaggy Man stolen, the Ultramarine Corps debut, and Aquaman gets the bends. And not the good kind from Radiohead.
#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/vNUX46eo1n
JLA #25: This run has a steady ebb and flow of the team getting totally dismantled by some enemy...before then regrouping, figuring something out, and saving the day. And yet. It’s still a fun ride to get there, which is a credit to the creators. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/iEvQJxiuHi
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) February 26, 2021
JLA #26: Yet again they find a new way to undo a foe that entirely dismantled the brunt of the JLA last issue. This time they did it by exposing the general’s deranged true motives. Also, the Ultra Marines feel like a key ingredient in the DNA of The Authority... #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/eMotbTuhAS
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) February 27, 2021
WEEK TWELVE, JLA #27 - #31
JLA #27: Kind of a loose one-off story, based on a philosophical debate over whether a bigger league is better...this story doesn’t quite answer that question, but The Atom gets to feel like a super smart guy who is needed...so good for him? Idk #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/K1kb0FoTP8
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) March 2, 2021
JLA #28: The thing about this run is that almost every Morrison arc feels like peak grandiosity...and yet the next arc always somehow manages to one-up it. I’m sure when I’m done I’ll have a favorite arc, but right now it’s whatever I’m readying at present. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/giyonqlUrL
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) March 3, 2021
JLA #29: Great rising action. Also, this issue features Captain Marvel punching Superman, and when you have these two characters in one book, you should always contrive a way for Captain Marvel to punch Superman, or vice versa. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/WIMIuqgkCE
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) March 4, 2021
Triumph is a dick. The genies battle. GL and Captain Marvel in 5D! And how do you like your coffee? "Crisis Times Five" rages on in JLA #30 by Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, John Dell, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez.#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/N45XIPZb5S
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) March 5, 2021
"Crisis Times Five" concludes in JLA #31 by Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, John Dell, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) March 5, 2021
5th Dimensional Chess. 3 Dimensional Batman. One-Track Mind Spectre.#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/f15Gwj1UC8
WEEK THIRTEEN, JLA #32 - #36
JLA #32 is a tie-in to the "No Man's Land" story running through the Bat books, from the guest creative team of Mark Waid, Devin Grayson, Mark Pajarillo, Walden Wong, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez.#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/rsa23vikkz
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) March 8, 2021
JLA #33: Another one-off (sort of) that ties into the concurrently unfolding No Man’s Land story arc. I think it’s a credit to this run that even these event tie-ins largely feel additive to the over-arching story, nice bit of planning and forethought at work there. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/avHF0YPPnP
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) March 10, 2021
JLA #34 is a prelude to the final arc of Morrison & Porter's run as the League is divided facing different threats, with the main thrust a prison riot at Belle Reve. Brought to you by Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, John Dell, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, & Ken Lopez #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/LV1Dt07fT2
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) March 10, 2021
JLA #35 gives us one last fill-in before the grand finale. This one's a Day of Judgment tie-in from JM DeMatteis, Mark Pajarillo, Walden Wong, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) March 11, 2021
The new Spectre is loose, but can he be trusted?
#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/c7szgqbItf
JLA #36: Aw yea, the beginning of the end. A complexly-structured issue, packing in the culmination of a lot of seeds planted throughout the run into a tense dual-threat ambush narrative. And, perhaps most amazingly, none of it feels at all forced, not even a little. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/SW0dKX4CtP
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) March 13, 2021
WEEK FOURTEEN, JLA #37 -
Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, John Dell, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez keep "World War Three" running along in JLA #37.
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) March 15, 2021
Superman vs. The General. Prometheus vs. Oracle. Huntress vs. the vacuum of space. And bees. Lots of bees.
#GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/OvJM4nU7Z8
JLA #38: Fantastic issue. I know there’s a lot left to go, but hot damn the finale for this run so far has just been so so well-paced. It’s also just loaded with giant visual superhero moments (punches!). Really enjoying this ending. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/Cbcg2UvJOf
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) March 17, 2021
JLA #39: Everything I’ve said about the last few issues in terms of grandiosity and excellent pacing holds true again. It just goes to show the value of having interesting, well-planned ideas under your big set pieces to make them more consequential. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/3qvUo8yji8
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) March 18, 2021
It's the penultimate chapter of Grant Morrison and Howard Porter's run on JLA in #40 as Mageddon looms in the sky and the world teeters on the brink of annihilation. Morrison, Porter, Drew Geraci, Pat Garrahy, Heroic Age, and Ken Lopez pour gasoline on the fire. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/KizCGpIhKH
— d. emerson eddy (@93418) March 18, 2021
JLA #41: The thundering conclusion, um, concludes in this issue. I’m sure plans evolved as the books were created, but this really feels like such a well-planned story, with everything from Zauriel to Aztek coming to bear in the end. Fantastic. #GMosJLA pic.twitter.com/NhfaXALtt9
— Comics Bookcase (@ComicsBookcase) March 20, 2021
Zack Quaintance is a tech reporter by day and freelance writer by night/weekend. He Tweets compulsively about storytelling and comics as Comics Bookcase.