Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #5

Most of the rest of the League are the pawns of Lord and Eclipso by this point. Batman is safe, with the other members of the Suicide Squad, and Cyborgs artificial side is able to withstand Eclipsos possession, long enough for him to lay out the situation to the few remaining who can take action to stop it. Read Full Review

Finally, Justice League vs. Suicide Squad gives us everything it initially promised as Williamson and Rocha take the series to a bold new level. Read Full Review

Overall I am giving it a 10 out 10 because it had me completely captivated and engrossed. I literally could not pull away. Read Full Review

Justice League vs. Suicide Squad continues to be DC's most reliable and exciting book. The pressure is on to stick the landing next week but given this title's track record, there's nothing to worry about. Read Full Review

As far as big crossovers go, this hasn't disappointed yet. One more issue to go and the story hasn't let up yet. With the main villain revealed it should lead to an epic final confrontation. Read Full Review

The emergence of a brand new villain at the end of the issue felt like the natural evolution from Maxwell Lord's plan, and it certainly leads off in a genuinely intriguing plot point. Especially since the villain is actually one pulled from DC history. For new fans, this is his introduction – for older fans, it's a reappearance. It's certainly going to change the landscape of the series for the final issue and perhaps beyond given the consequences of using the ‘Heart of Darkness'. Overall,Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #5 feels like the climactic, violent end to a movie and it's action packed. If you're looking for a fast paced issue that flips the generic superhero roles on their head, this is one not to miss. Read Full Review

This issue really ramps things up for our conclusion next issue and I'm thankful as hell because where I was really starting to fade on this event, I'm right back to the hype that I had when it started.  We've got a great setup for our final conflict and great visuals depicting it all, not to mention the pieces coming together for Batman to assemble his new JLA.  Just a lot of fun and it looked great the whole way through. Read Full Review

What's unleashed by the end of Justice League Vs. Suicide Squad #5 took this situation to a whole new level. From the first issue you could tell that this was building up to something bigger than just the Justice League Vs. Suicide Squad, and luckily that was the end game. They really thought this through delivering memorable action and character interactions that we wouldn't get anywhere else. Read Full Review

Round 5 of JUSTICE LEAGUE V SUICIDE SQUAD is a fun and entertaining read as it involves a team of losers and rejects on a suicide mission against a new and old threat. Read Full Review

Justice League vs. Suicide Squad is definitely a stronger crossover in its second half. Having moved past the largely formulaic opening phase, the series is now able to get to the heart of the conflict, with Maxwell Lord orchestrating a global takeover and Batman leading the battered remnants of the Suicide Squad against him. The odds are growing bleaker by the minute, as this issue paves the way for what should be a truly epic finale. Read Full Review

As Earth’s heroes become the tools of a fully restored Eclipso, it is up to Batman and the newly Justice League to stop them, but will the Dark Knight’s band of villains be enough to stand up to such power and rage? With only one issue remaining in the Justice League/Suicide Squad crossover Joshua Williamson is not holding anything back. The series has already seen the return of Max Lord, Lobo, and now Eclipso to the DC Universe so there is no telling what surprises he has in store for the finale issue, only that it will undoubtedly have a profound effect on the future of the DC universe. Read Full Review

Justice League vs. Suicide Squad continues increasing the stakes and grandeur of the DCU that has been plotted out since the first issue. With the finale in sight, the event that started out as team's finally interacting and coming to blows evolved into so much more with an explosive end to leave out on a high note next week. Read Full Review

This, the penultimate issue of a series that's struggled to find its footing, is a backslide from the highs of Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #4. We'll see if they can go out on a high note or it'll all end in disappointment. Read Full Review

Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #5 This issue just seemed like a continuation of the plot. It didn't really give one the sense that this story is coming to a satisfactory conclusion. Read Full Review

While I have serious problems with how different this book can look from page to page (thanks to its four inkers), the story is the best blend of laughs, awesomeness, and gravity that we've yet seen from this event. We'll see next week if Williamson can wrap things up without making Eclipso look cheap, but for now, JLVSS is on a high note, and that's good enough for me. Read Full Review

The penultimate issue of this crossover delivers a lot of fun lines and mounting stakes. Read Full Review

Ultimately, Justice League vs. Suicide Squad is more complicated than it should be. The premise of this title was great and even now, it's a fun and entertaining read. The action is breezy and generally well-rendered. Unfortunately, the more twists this book piles on, the less it stands out. This book didn't need to be awesome for me to recommend it, but did need to be consistent and at this point, things are too uneven for me to give it a solid recommendation. Read Full Review

Your enjoyment of this issue, thus, will hinge upon one of two things: Your personal love of the bombastic comics of the 90s or your tolerance for loud, brash, unapologetic comics that don't care about anything more than telling a big ol' superhero tale full of sound and fury and such. Justice League Vs. Suicide Squad #5 isn't exactly my cup of tea, but it has a lot of things going for it. Read Full Review

Kitaru

Jan 19, 2017

The multiple angles this story has been going for has worked out pretty well for me. I enjoy Max Lord's gradual reveal of how crazy he truly is, as well as the hints about Waller's past. Finally, I will enjoy seeing the new Justice League face off against the old one, with the major villain being in control behind all of it.

Mjolnir

Nov 13, 2017

Great issue. Best of the series.

Jack's Yattering

Jan 21, 2017

Score: 8.1

El Chapulin Colorado

Jan 24, 2017

With the JL under his command, in just 15 minutes Mawell Lord took control of the USA as a first step to make a peaceful world and Batman knows there's no way to stop the JL but he still decides to go to Washington and fight; luckily for him the SS and Lobo want to help (everyone for their own reason) so Batman has no other option than to accept their offer and declare them the new Justice League. Meanwhile in Washington, Lord shows Waller how he is bringing peace to the worldwith some unexpected results The first part of the issue is a little boring and the SS wanting to help Batman doesn't make much sense (except for Lobo and Killer Frost); despite this, the story keeps surprisingly getting better and better with each issue by rising the stakes and making the challenges our heroes have to overcome even greater, which is very good, and the final pages of the issue were really good and presented a frightening scenario worthy of JL event Strangely at the same time, the story also fails to deliver any sense of satisfaction with each passing issue by being not exactly exciting and having all battles not living to the expectations; next issue will bring round 3 of battles in this event and from what I've seen in the previous 2 battles and with only 1 issue left before the conclusion, I dont see the story not having a rushing ending and disappointing yet again with a supposed big fight more

ockedman

Jan 19, 2017

This issue is more enjoyable to read than last ones because the problem of the pace is almost fixed and the story moves forward a lot! Except for that, the plot is rather weak and there is some kind of laziness in the writing. There are still points I love in this issue: Lobo's introduction is done skillfully, the parallelism between the two battles of the two teams is brilliant and the cliff-hanger is interesting. Also, I appreciated that last issue's one wasn't fixed quickly. This issue intrigued me very much and I'm surprisingly eager to see how the event conclude. Concerning the artist of the issue, Robson Rocha, his art is great, better than the few last ones! However, I don't like the way he draws Harley Quinn that much.

drdrot

Jan 18, 2017

While there is a lot of action, overall, this series has really amounted to a Batman book and the set up for the new JLA book. The rest of the JLA is just there for splash pages and subplots like the Emerald Eye/Green Lanterns and Aquaman/Killer Croc were thrown into the mix and never explored.