Justice

Justice
by Jim Krueger and Alex Ross
D.C Comics, 2011, 375 pages. Graphic Novel

In this new one volume compilation, the Justice League of America is threatened by a nefarious cabal of super villains plotting to take over the world in order to save it from itself. Sound familiar? Just like every other graphic novel ever written? Well, yes. However! The devilish plot is in the details. As a result of a recurrent dream wherein the world is annihilated in an all out exchange of nuclear missiles, Lex Luthor and Brainiac hatch a plot to neutralize the JLA and present themselves as the Earth's true saviors. Will the Justice League rise to this new and ever more deadly occasion? Only you can tell, for I cannot reveal the stunning conclusion.

I enjoyed this graphic novel quite a bit and I am a confirmed Marvel fan. I particularly like the trend in graphic novel writing that incorporates a bit of angst in the lives of the superheroes, something that was rare or non-existent back the The Day when I was reading comics regularly. Saving the world? Great. Saving the world while having some sort of existential crisis as well? Yes, please!