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My Canary’s Gonna Run the J-L-A

My box of comics arrived today, a month’s worth of sequential goodness.  All my favorite manga series were in there.  And two (2!) issues of Justice League, and the latest issues of Supergirl, Buffy, Blue Beetle, Birds of Prey — everything awesome and wonderful.

And from early hints and allegations…

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Black Canary’s going to be running the new JLA.  *fangirl*SQUEE!*

Along with THAT, anyone who has ever complained ever about how Brad Meltzer writes the DCU can bite me, because he wrote the most awesome, amazing, pay-attention-to-continuity, Roy-accepts-his-invite scene in the history of comics with the most massive shout-out to Dinah’s linchpin role — and linchpin moment — in the Hard Travelin’ Heroes saga… *happy*

The new respect for Black Canary is all Gail, y’know, with maybe a little bit of Devin Grayson’s Arsenal mini as influence, and the fact that Brad has used that in his JLA?  Rock. On. 

The best Justice League stories always have character work in them.  They’re never just about the widescreen action; they’re about the people and how they interact, and this new incarnation completely works on that level.  And the action rocks pretty hard, too.

5 thoughts on “My Canary’s Gonna Run the J-L-A

  1. You are such a happy fangirl lol! Yeah I can’t wait to see this unfortunately I won’t be able to get any of my comics till later, I have a lot going on at the moment. =(

    But I’m sure I can ask you which ones I need to ge =) Can’t wait to hear more of your reviews!

    -Jess

  2. I had to read the Vixen scene twice becasue I didn’t think it could possibly be true. You are 100% right, this is Gail’s work. Thank the higher powers that other titles are picking up on it.

  3. And now I’ve read the next issue, and she is running the show. So. Awesome. Also, in the Justice League write-up in the back of 52, it explains the revamped JLA continuity with Canary STILL as the founding female member but with Wonder Woman back to being involved in the original mission and joining when Supes and Bats did. So they’re leaving JLA: Year One in continuity! YAY!

  4. Well at least I know who to ask for a list of comics to buy next month as of today I spent 80 dollars on comics, so yeah I’m good will have to fly up to meet with yah Jenn if only to read those issues.

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