Justice League #9 Review!

Justice League #9

Written by: Geoff Johns

Art by: Jim Lee, Scott Williams, & Gary Frank (back-up story)

Summary

Justice League

-Apparently four years ago, David Graves was really old and sick and then killed his doctor and began his "journey"

-Back in the present, Steve Trevor (who is my least favorite character in this series now) is getting too much press

-Batman is in the Cave and learns that they Key broke in to Arkham

-Clark feels left out from lunch plans at the Daily Planet when Bruce "invites" him to lunch

-Then, shortly after at Arkham, Superman and Batman are taking down a bunch of inmates at Arkham, trying to get to the Key

-Then Steve Trevor gets kidnapped

-GL and Flash just took down Weapons Master

-Flash wants to be bad cop

-Fails miserably

-They call in Wonder Woman

-Supes, Bats, and Cyborg find Key in Arkham and he says that he wants to be locked away

-Key & Weapons Master both say that a man took everything they knew about the League and his name was Graves

-Trevor gets tortured and the new baddy claims that unless he tells him how to get onto the JL's satellite that he will kill Trevor's family

-Trevor tells him that he will tell him everything

Shazam!

-It's Billy's first day of school

-Some rich kids are bullying his foster family

-Billy kicks their asses

-He nearly gets expelled

-Billy threatens the kids again with their dad around and he grabs Billy and tells him that if he "even looks" at his kids again that he'll have to deal with their dad

-Billy's foster dad shoves him off 

-Billy tells him that he could've handled it himself

-Doctor Sivana comes across what seems to be the Tomb of Black Adam

-He gets shocked

-A lightning bolt star over his eye appears

-He claims he can see magic now

Thoughts

I really, really loved this issue. Idk what else to say, beyond that the art was great and that the story seems pretty good. Especially if Steve Trevor dies in this storyline. That'd be great, honestly. Can't wait for the rest of this storyline. I loved the character development. Can't wait for #10. Oh and my only issue with the Shazam story is that we haven't actually seem Shazam himself in a long ass time. This issue gets a 9/10.

The Flash: "All right, Weapons Master. You better, uh, talk or..."

Weapons Master: "Or what?"

The Flash: "Or I'm going to...I'm going to get really... Upset."

Weapons Master: "*tt* I'm not telling you anything."

Smallville, Season 11 #1!!!

I am in shock right now, so I'm just gonna show you what DC said in the official release on The Source.

So here's what they said:

Smallville Fans Rejoice! New Comic Book Series, SMALLVILLE SEASON 11, to Pick Up Where Show Left Off

Fans of the smash-hit TV series Smallville haven’t had much to cheer about since the show ended its critically acclaimed 10-year run on The CW last May. That’s all going to change with the upcoming new comic book series from DC Entertainment: SMALLVILLE SEASON 11. Written by former Smallville show scribe Bryan Q. Miller, the new digital first series will be published digitally on April 13, 2012, with new digital chapters released weekly thereafter. Additionally, the online chapters will be offered in a print periodical, along with an episode guide to the hit television series, with the first print issue released on May 16.

The new comic book series picks-up where the show left off (with Clark officially now as Superman!) and features other fan-favorite characters including Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Chloe Sullivan-Queen, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and General Lane. The book features an all-star creative team – in addition to Miller, SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 creators include print cover artist Gary Frank (SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN), digital cover artist Cat Staggs and interiors by Pere Perez (BATGIRL).

“Six months after Clark Kent donned the cape and took to the skies to save Earth from Apokolips… enter Season 11!” enthuses Miller. “New allies abound! New enemies afoot! And old friends return where they’re least expected! Pere and colorist Chris Beckett have done a fantastic job of capturing the look of the show and the players, and Gary and Cat are knocking it out of the park on covers. I couldn’t be more excited to help give seasoned viewers and new readers an all-access pass to Clark’s first year in the cape.”



OH MY GOD, YES. I CANNOT WAIITTTTTTTTTT. And also...could this have something to do with the "comic book seasons" idea? Mwuahahaha. I would have posted the image up above but my image thing was being stupid so I'll just give you the direct link to the page here.