Justice League of America

Aussiemandias wrote:

Bigtymin504 wrote:Okay this has been bugging me and maybe somebody here can answer it for me.

I remembered something odd about Aquaman's death and went back and checked to confirm it. Back in Justice League of America #12 by Brad Meltzer and Ed Benes, Martian Manhunter and Aquaman were observing the new JLA as it was forming and talking about each member. This was clearly after Aquaman's supposed death, plus it couldn't be the new Aquaman cuz he and J'onn were reminiscing about the JLA's old days. Here's the issue:



So what happened here? I'm still not clear on Aquaman's apparent death. Did he really die and Meltzer and editors made a big mistake? Or was his death sort of retconned in for Blackest Night? Because I remember when I heard Aquaman would be rising from the dead in Blackest Night, I was like "Wasn't he just alive and kickin in JLA fairly recently?"

I think that was totally out of continuity. Casting my memory back, if Arthur wasn't dead at that point, well he wasn't Aquaman he was this creature that no one actually realised was Aquaman. He certainly wouldn't have been reminiscing with J'onn.

Overall, this book is on the prescipice of being dropped for me.

Bigtymin504 wrote:

What was out of continuity? I'm sorry, just trying to clarify what you're saying about this.

Aussiemandias wrote:

Bigtymin504 wrote:

What was out of continuity? I'm sorry, just trying to clarify what you're saying about this.

Someone with a better memory than me might be able to shed better light on this but I think at the time Aquaman was doing that with J'onn in JLA I'm pretty sure he wasn't even Aquaman in his own book and hadn't been for quite some time. Oh and "out of continuity" was the wrong term from me - I should have said that it didn't seem to fit with current continuity at the time. It was definitely an in continuity story but the timing was off.

shining knight wrote:it was a fuck up on meltzers part

Metal Misfit wrote:So can someone explain to me why the Cry For Justice team isn't in this new series? I thought there were going to be taking over? I stopped reading CFJ with #2... I'm assuming Prometheus hurt 'em bad or killed some of them?

shiky800 wrote:i agree they need a revamp here. this book is boring and not worth $3.99

LordD3r3k wrote:I'm actually really looking forward to this new team. I like the dynamic that there's the same archetype of characters, but with different people behind the cowls it's a new twist on how the relationships will work.

jaydee74 wrote:I agree. I just want something to happen already.

jaydee74 wrote:I gotta say that I liked this issue. It's a step in the right direction. I like the different thoughts about this team from Dick, Donna and Hal. It's supposed to be weird that Dick is giving orders to Hal. It's the idea and a very good one. I love the interaction between the new and older members and especially between the members that used to be Titans and the members who have always been JLA. I especially love the interaction between Cyborg and Red Tornado. While I think the fact that Donna being so eager to fight is a bit off, I think this issue has given me hope that this team will bring about some good stories. I enjoyed this issue a great deal and I have hope for future issues.

LOOSECANNON wrote:Brad Meltzer, where are you?

LOOSECANNON wrote:Brad Meltzer, where are you?

LordD3r3k wrote:
Agreed. The issue wasn't great, but it raised some interesting questions. I'm curious to see the story behind these evil New Gods. We've seen Dr. Impossible before, but this version of Orion and Big Barda are new.

Right now the JLA is a dead concept. DEAD.