Justice League #48
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| Writer | Simon Spurrier |
| Artist | Aaron Lopresti |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
As writer Simon Spurrier jumps on board for the start of the three-part tale "The Rule of War," it's close encounters...of a Justice League kind! After answering a distress signal from distant space, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, and Green Lantern discover an abandoned cargo ship full of young aliens! When the League attempts to return the children to their home planet, they are met with awe, terror, and war! Thus begins a three-part storyline that will take the League to a previously unknown planet, with an all-new species, a dangerous mystery, and a new, otherworldly villain.
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
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9.5
Black Nerd Problems - Morgan Hampton
Jul 08, 2020Justice League #48 makes our heroes face a moral choice when a new species of aliens wants them to become their Gods. Read Full Review
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9.0
AIPT - David Brooke
Jul 07, 2020This book is an excellent superhero comic due to the inventive nature of the alien race, the great plotting that keeps you on your toes, and the way the superheroes are individuals and not a singular voice. This is good sci-fi storytelling and even better team superhero comics. Read Full Review
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8.5
Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield
Jul 08, 2020It's a very different kind of Justice League story, and that's a win in itself. Read Full Review
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8.0
DC Comics News - Derek McNeil
Jul 09, 2020Justice League #48 is a good first step in what hopefully will be an exciting new chapter for the Justice League. Snyder and Venditti's runs are two very tough acts to follow. However, I have confidence that Spurrier will be up to the challenge. Read Full Review
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7.5
Comic Watch - Ethan Coney
Jul 10, 2020Overall an impressive set-up issue for a new Justice league Sci-Fi venture. Read Full Review
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7.0
Weird Science - Eric Shea
Jul 07, 2020Even though these current Justice League stories are happening in a space that makes them so that they don't feel as big as they should or even at times...... that they matter at all. With this new creative team coming on that at least makes this feel more exciting right out of the gate and for what Si Spurrier gave us here, I'm interested to see what he'll bring to the party for the rest of this story because it at least felt different than what we've been previously getting out of this title. Read Full Review
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7.0
Dark Knight News - Bryant Lucas
Jul 07, 2020Read it for the politics " not the pencils. Read Full Review
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6.9
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Jul 08, 2020Lopresti does some great work with the art for the most part. While the Justice league characters look great and the backgrounds are filled with detail, the aliens are unremarkable and unmemorable. Read Full Review
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6.5
Bleeding Cool - Hannibal Tabu
Jul 12, 2020The Justice League is ill-suited for the challenge they face as they're deep in space and way out of their depth. Read Full Review
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6.0
Lyles Movie Files - Jeffrey Lyles
Jul 07, 2020Justice League enjoyed a resurgence under Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, but now it seems like the title is back to treading water and relying on its name value instead of highly engaging, episodic issues. Read Full Review
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6.0
On Comics Ground - Timothy Quail
Jul 08, 2020Another fill in arc, and this one has a Silver Age feel to it. It is a densely packed story that takes The Justice League many places, but probably won't matter in the long run. Read Full Review
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6.0
ComicBook.com - Christian Hoffer
Jul 08, 2020This isn't the best Justice League story by any stretch (it suffers from every superhero trying to get in ideological points, and the art feels rushed and sloppy), but it does have a certain charm to it. In a way it reminds me of a storyline you'd see in the Justice League cartoon, or maybe one of Gardner Fox's Justice League issues. Read Full Review
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4.0
Batman-News - Nicholas Finch
Jul 08, 2020I think the premise is decent for a one-off story, and it definitely could get better. But it's even more expensive than ever to get DC comic books here in Australia, and that weighs on my mind more and more every time I read a mediocre issue of a book that continues to hit me with directionless content. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
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7.5
Solid story concept and execution. Dialogue was fine, except it was strange seeing Diana almost defend murder. Also, a comet would still pass through different space sectors, so I don't really understand why the GLC wouldn't know about this place. Astronomers on Earth mark the path of comets all the time so I'm not sure why GLC wouldn't. A space sector covers more than just planets. I haven't read Spurrier outside of The Dreaming, and while I didn't love that series, I hope he sticks the landing with this three part Justice League story.
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7.5
This was a really good idea for the JL to handle and I'm glad to see that there is a bit of tension within the team as they decide what to do with this planet and its people.
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5.0
I think that in concept this isn't a bad idea, but it felt very hurried and I didn't get the sense of there being a real depth to the approach to the issues. I wish Wonder Woman had had more of a chance to talk about her beliefs and not merely lecture about them, and I wish that her thoughts had been more cogent and consistent.
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5.0
Great art let down by obnoxiously on-the-nose Twitter politics.
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4.5
... ... ... Really? You Think This is good? Scott Where Are You!!?
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4.5
Oh no, what's this? A politically charged story where characters become stand ins for Opinions„¢. Who could've seen this coming from the guy who wrote The Dreaming? Not me! Not I! Wonder Woman's opinion seems to change based on the argument being presented on that page. I'm not getting into the political conversation, because I couldn't give a fuck less about exploring these themes in a short, possibly poorly thought out review of a comic that's not entirely worth the time. I will just say that I don't think the ideologies are being represented by the right characters, nor is either side incredibly well written here. Wonder Woman gets the worst of it on both ends and it really just... I'll just say it, this is... why people need to learn to more
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4.0
My ears perked up when Simon Spurrier's name popped up, but ultimately it just affirmed what others have said about Hellblazer being a fluke. The message is obnoxiously blunt and the story is horribly bland. Anyways, the art had a nice, fun, classic feel to it.
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3.0
Don't know if this is some kind of filler that was lying in a dusty corner of the office that was never supposed to see the light of day or is this what we are stuck with for the foreseeable future?
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