Created on September 2, 2012 and written by TommyZimmer
Category: Comic Book Reviews

Rating: 5/5
Publisher Name: DC Comics
Writer: Geoff Johns/Dan DiDio
Pencils: Jason Fabok
Number of Pages: 48
Price: 4.99
Color: Color
Safety Content Label: T+ TEENS AND UP – Appropriate for most readers 13 and up, parents are advised that they might want to read before or with younger children.

Publisher’s Blurb:
Will this issue be the final adventure ever for JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL? • The true nature of O.M.A.C. revealed! • Ties in to the shocking events of JUSTICE LEAGUE #12! • Guest-starring BLUE BEETLE!

Reviewer’s Comments:
Geoff Johns and Dan DiDio really seem to hate the Justice League International. Based on ridding the title of its creative team and what they actually do to the team, this reviewer cannot help but wonder what will become of Booster Gold and the old gang many readers have begun to love so much.

As the team finishes up dealing with a hostage crisis in South Africa, they eventually make it back to their new headquarters. Guy Gardner is not too happy with Booster, a much different change from the last issue of the series. Booster has been given permission to bring in new members (The Olympian and Blue Beetle), and Gardner takes off feeling betrayed (seemingly from all the losses the core team has endured together). Booster also keeps trying to tell the team the Justice League is coming to help them out, and will also meet with them. That does not seem to be the case especially when OMAC kills August General in Iron. The revelation of OMAC’s true nature is then revealed, and it takes his entire team being defeated and Blue Beetle being sent back to the Trench home planet for him to finally understand his false believing in Superman coming to save the day is false. Godiva is finally able to get him to focus on the situation by kissing him. Booster defeats OMAC, and is able to bring the influence of Brother Eye outside of OMAC. Luckily, Batman has Cyborg’s father take a look at Kho, and there is no certainty he will get better. Batman’s meeting with Brother Eye puts this further into doubt. However, Booster isn’t too lucky as his future self comes back to tell him that Superman and Wonder Woman’s sudden romance will bring problems for them all. It doesn’t seem this series (even though it’s cancelled) will be gone for good.

Geoff Johns and Dan DiDio do an excellent job with the book. While they largely ignore (with no mention of) the events of the previous series, they tear the team apart in great fashion, and also tie it to Johns’ Justice League narrative going on. Where this team is going could be anywhere.

Jason Fabok does an excellent job doing the art as usual for his work. He has an ability to draw any character, and make them iconic like David Finch, his mentor, does. However, his Godiva (in the make out scene) looks almost like a guy with a blonde wig on. That is weird but otherwise, his art is solid.
Hopefully, the JLI returns eventually as I enjoyed the series a lot, and wish it wasn’t disappearing like Booster Gold literally did in this annual issue.

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Tommy Zimmer is an upcoming writer of short stories, comic books, journalism/media reviews, screenplays, and anything related to writing. On zimmert101.wordpress.com, you can view his latest work, and see what exciting things he is currently doing!!

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About the Writer: TommyZimmer (137 Posts) Tommy Zimmer is an upcoming writer of short stories, comic books, journalism/media reviews, screenplays, and anything related to writing. He is headquartered in Detroit, MI where he attends University of Detroit Mercy. He is majoring in English Creative Writing with two minors in Business Administration and Multimedia Journalism. He currently helms his "zimmert101" blog at zimmert101.wordpress.com. He also writes for Paper Dragon Ink and Super Powered Fiction, and wrote for Modern Myth Media.

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