60 WEEKS WITH THE JUSTICE LEAGUE: Week 14

Justice League International #14
June ‘88
“Shop … or Die”
Keith Giffen: plot & breakdowns
J.M. DeMatteis: script
Steve Leialoha: pencils
Al Gordon: inks
Bob Lappan: letters
Gene D’Angelo: colors
Andrew Helfer: editor


This time around, a planet-devouring spaceship ruled by the evil Lord Manga threatens to destroy the Earth if its inhabitants don’t agree to an ill-defined barter system. With Batman and Black Canary both tied up elsewhere, the short-staffed League just might need Fire and Ice’s help after all, but we the readers are left to believe that our planet’s last best hope is none other than Gnort.


While I unabashedly love Steve Leialoha’s inks on Fables, his pencils here leave a lot to be desired, and DeMatteis’ script relies heavily on a long series of jokes that almost all fall flat. I won’t lie: This issue struck me as a dud. Here’s looking forward to issue 16, when at least Kevin Maguire will be back on pencils.



The complete 60 Weeks with the Justice League on The Danger Digest:
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25/1, #26/2, #27/3, #28/4, #29/5, #30/6, #31/7, #32/8, #33/9, #34/10, #35/11, #36/12, #37/13, #38/14, #39/15, #40/16, #41/17, #42/18, #43/19, #44/20, #45/21, #46/22, #47/23, #48/24, #49/25, #50/26, #51/27, #52/28, #53/29, #54/30, #55/31, #56/32, #57/33, #58/34, #59/35, #60/36


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