Justice League of America #3
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| Writer | Steve Orlando |
| Artist | Marc Deering, Diogenes Neves, Ruy Jose |
| Cover Price | $2.99 |
"THE EXTREMISTS" part three! The Extremists now control a nation, and within its borders, all is ordered and protected - all but free will. But how do seven people, even the JLA, fight an entire country? And even if they could, no one can truly prepare for the catastrophic design Dreamslayer has in store for reality itself.
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
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9.5
Comic Book Bin - Deejay Dayton
Mar 30, 2017The scene between the Ray and Dreamslayer is also quite interesting. I have always found Dreamslayer the most interesting of the Extremists, and this incarnation carries that on. His motivations do not precisely line up with those of Lord Havok, but will that make Dreamslayer an asset to the League, or a greater danger to come? Read Full Review
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9.0
Dark Knight News - John Hagmann
Mar 29, 2017Justice League of America #3 was truly enjoyable. The writing was solid and the art, exquisite. Lord Havok is portrayed as amore politically-minded villain. He threatens to wield his considerable power, but leverages it to gain political allies. Each Extremists is locked upwith their Justice League counterpart. Some fight valiantly; others seem swayed from Havok's ideology. The action and intrigue heat up as the story arch reaches its zenith. Dreamslayer is a very intriguing character I look forward to seeing again. The story is progressing well, but it remains to be seen which Extremists turns on Havok and how the League is being shaped by this initial encounter. Read Full Review
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8.0
The Batman Universe - Paul Selby
Mar 31, 2017JLA continues to be an engaging team book thats coming into its own with each issue. Its worth your time. Read Full Review
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8.0
The Fandom Post - Chris Beveridge
Apr 01, 2017While I'm still not fully on board with this book in some ways as I'm not sure what I expected from it, I'm definitely enjoying it as a way every couple of weeks to get some fun team action with characters that I like. Read Full Review
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8.0
Newsarama - Justin Partridge
Apr 03, 2017It isn't often you see superheroes as agents of righteous political action. It is rarer still to see that happen with an actual good and resonant story. But, thankfully Justice League of America #3 does just that and even puts the heroes in an even more interesting story position for next month. Steve Orlando, Ruy Jose, Marc Deering, Diogenes Neves and Hi-Fi have put the "justice" in "social justice" and made it look and read oh so cool along the way. The League may be losing ground to Havok now, but Justice League of America #3 puts them on the map in a big way. Read Full Review
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7.5
AIPT - David Brooke
Mar 29, 2017Action packed issue that delves a bit into a villain and sets up a new type of battle for the next issue. Read Full Review
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7.5
GWW - Deron Generally
Mar 29, 2017The story continues to be promising and there are some really good moments in this issue that push the limits of the characters and their motivations while also humbling them amongst the people they are trying to save. The artwork is really good with great backgrounds and scale. Read Full Review
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7.0
Major Spoilers - Matthew Peterson
Mar 29, 2017I like Orlando's plotting, I love this array of characters, and I'm even impressed at how well they've rehabilitated the 90's joke-villains (or at least grimdark parody villains) that were The Extremists into something truly complex and intimidating. Justice League Of America #3 hits a sweet spot for me, delivering on character interaction, giving the action grounding and consequences and most of all making for an entertaining reading experience. Read Full Review
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7.0
Nerd Church Radio - Carl Hamlin
Mar 29, 2017Issue by issue this book is getting better, my biggest complaint is that can we get a set art team? Three issues plus the Rebirth and different art teams on each one? Read Full Review
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7.0
Newsarama - Pierce Lydon
Mar 30, 2017Justice League of America is slowly carving out its niche, but it needs to improve its pacing and stop spinning its wheels. Read Full Review
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6.3
Weird Science - Eric Shea
Mar 29, 2017While this issue looked great through and through, the substance of the book comes off a bit light for what we're dealing with. I mean, here we have a potential war inciting situation, but there doesn't really seem to be any real consequences to anything our heroes do and beyond that, there really isn't a lot for our heroes to do overall, except for show up where they're suppose to be so we can forget about them. This series is still a bit off for me but hopefully after this arc has concluded it will pick up. Read Full Review
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6.0
Pop Culture Uncovered - Adam Frey
Mar 29, 2017It's an interesting play, although Lobo's presence in this book still doesn't make any sense. Read Full Review
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6.0
We Got This Covered - Sergio Pereira
Mar 29, 2017After the disappointing start to the series, Justice League of America #3 is an improvement - even if it's a small one. Read Full Review
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5.5
Batman-News - Joshua McDonald
Mar 31, 2017Justice League of America continues to misfire, and it doesn't appear to have any hope of course correction in the near future. It's not a terrible book, it's just so for from meeting its potential that it makes reading it even more frustrating. Logistics and details are left to the imagination for most of the plot threads, and the art will leave you wanting more. I'm not certain why DC is having so much trouble delivering quality Justice League books, but they need to figure it out. Read Full Review
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5.3
IGN - Jesse Schedeen
Mar 29, 2017After a promising start, it's disappointing to see Justice League of America stumble so hard and so quickly. None of the series' core strengths are on display in this issue, as Ivan Reis is again absent and too little attention is devoting to exploring the JLA group dynamic. At this point, the current arc needs to end so the series can hopefully get itself back on track. Read Full Review
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5.0
Lyles Movie Files - Jeffrey Lyles
Mar 29, 2017Justice League is missing something to make it click. Right now it's floundering and just getting by on its name and hope the creative team can turn things around. At this point that optimism is seeming completely unfounded. Read Full Review
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4.0
Comics: The Gathering - Hussein Wasiti
Mar 29, 2017This issue digs the series' grave one step further. A boring read and an uninspired story, coupled with disappointing art, made this issue a tough one to sit through. Read Full Review
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4.0
Comic Bastards - Jonathan Edwards
Apr 03, 2017If I didn't know any better, I'd say Steve Orlando literally doesn't understand Batman at all. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
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8.5
The JLA has the mission to help revolutionaries overthrow a legally elected villain in order to avoid international consequences...that is tough. I like that the way the JLA decides to act is exactly what Batman wanted this team to be; by joining the revolution it meant the people were the ones acting and not just waiting for some superheroes to save them and the JLA was there simply to level the playing field instead of fixing everything
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8.0
I genuinely do not understand the dislike that is surrounding this comic. I wish that it was more exciting than it has been for the past few issues, but I think that story and dialogue is a lot better than the Justice League comic. It even has good parts to it, like a very interesting villain's backstory and a team trying to form together.
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7.5
Lobo isn't really a team player and he's a bounty hunter, so I don't understand why he would stay and follow Batman's orders. During the JLvsSS crossover, I could kind of get why he went along with Waller but this is just weird. Unless Batman is offering him the finest booze and prostitutes on the side, I can't see how Lobo would be in it for the long run. The writing feels odd overall, it's a slow burn with fast pacing. A lot of major things happened but it still feels like the story is stuck in first gear. With the takeover of most of Eastern Europe, you'd think the League would do something drastic but so far, the only major move that's happened is that Batman stole someone's mighty shield...
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7.5
Nice art. I think Orlando needs to pick a character he wants to spotlight.
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6.0
Nice art, but some weird non-sequitur dialogue choices in this one: "I took a new name," "Be careful Bogna. No one touches me," "Fear isn't power." I haven't had to work so hard at understanding what characters were talking about since the last thing I read by Ann Nocenti.
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5.0
Instead of an arc about the characters working together, growing, and having a common enemy, this is about trying to help take back a country. This is more espionage than super hero. The last couple issues have been pretty bad to me.
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4.0
Decent art is the only thing redeeming this book. The writing is the poorest I have ever seen from Orlando. Dumb plot. Terrible dialogue. Severe lack of characterization with a crap team dynamic. Disappointing.
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2.0
Stupid that Lobo is on the team. They're fighting a team I don't care anything about and can't keep track of.
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