Justice League Vol 1: Origins by Geoff Johns

Now on to the story. In past reboots of the Justice League the heroes already knew each other. Batman had worked with Superman and Green Lantern in other stories. Those books were just about them all coming together as a team. In this book we get to see the different heroes meet for the first time. When they do, it mostly starts with them beating the snot out of each other. This bugged me a little bit. I know Superman and Batman have traded blows in the past, but these guys fought first and asked questions while fighting. There was very little curiosity and testing each other for reactions. It was just Pow! Zap! Bang! right as they met. I figured Superman would at least try to use his X-ray vision to see behind Batman’s mask first. 

Wonder Woman only cared about finding a fight, which made her seem less intelligent than she has been depicted in the past. I would say she seemed more like a Conan the barbarian instead of an Amazon warrior. To make matters just a bit weirder, Batman gets this heartwarming moment with Green Lantern at one point that just felt awkward. Batman and Hal Jordan never really got along in the past so this was really different for an initial meeting. I of course got past these little pet peeves and the story was just awesome. I couldn’t put this book down.

I am really anxious to see where this story goes. It does have a resolution but still feels like there is more yet to come. I’m eagerly waiting to start Vol 2. I hope to have that read and reviewed here soon. I would definitely give this book 5 out of 5 stars for the combination writing and artwork. This is one of the best DC graphic novels I have read this year.