Justice League #14
By Avi Weinryb
February 12, 2017 - 15:32
DC Comics
Writer(s): Bryan Hitch
Penciller(s): Bryan Hitch
Inker(s): Daniel Henriques, Bryan Hitch
Colourist(s): Alex Sinclair
Letterer(s): Richard Starkings and Comicraft
Cover Artist(s): Bryan Hitch & Alex Sinclair
It’s a peculiarly dialogue-heavy issue, largely taking place within a Canadian crater, but it actually does much to explore the personalities of the post-Rebirth Justice League, which has grown and changed over the past few issues. With an alternate timeline Superman on their team, there are some intriguing revelations and parallels to previous time-lines. Jess, the extremely unconfident Green Lantern, is trying this reader’s patience with her inability to believe in herself even as she skillfully wields a ring that could split a frickin’ atom. It’s tiring, but thankfully Cyborg calls her out on it, to the relief of the rest of the team and readers everywhere.
The point where the action skips ahead is actually a bold, clever choice by writer Bryan Hitch. We don’t need to see a paint-by-numbers take down of a technological terror. It’s the conversations and interplay leading up to it that is the focus here and the issue owns this.
Artwork by Bryan Hitch and Daniel Henriques is perfectly capable if not a little flat. There is a dull bluish-greenish hue throughout the issue - a misstep by Alex Sinclair which carries over to the cover. For the life of me, I thought the heroes on the cover were struggling underwater, not buried amidst rubble. Really couldn’t tell.
The story is aptly titled “Regroup” and it does just that, pulling together the characters and their concerns, preparing for the story arc to come. This will eventually get awkwardly added to a trade paperback collection, likely as a prologue to a grander tale.
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