Mark Bagley's got to be in heaven. He just got done doing that fantastic run over on Ultimate Spider-man, and now he's here . . doing a weekly series . . with none other than Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman in every issue. This is every comic geeks fantasy . . including mine. And Mark? Mark's living it. Congrats dude! You deserve it. And then, to up the ante a little bit . . this issue he gets to draw the Justice League. Fan-frikkin-tastic! This issue, everyone's still fighting Konvikt and Graak. Graak's the little monkey looking dude that's riding on Konvikt's shoulder. He claims he's not a pet, as Red Arrow called him, but rather " . . official mediary and speaker-advocate for designate, Konvikt." A little long on the description there . . for mouth-piece. Doesn't he know we have those on our world too? They're called lawyers. Anyways, it doesn't look good for our heroes though, Superman jumps into the fight . . Konvikt plants on right on the kisser, and . . Superman's " . . knocked the f#$% out!" I really like this book so far. Personally I think Kurt Busiek and Mark are doing a fantastic job. Every issue we're left hangin'. In the back-up series, I think we see a future participant. She's a tarot card reader, Nina, who seems to be tapped in a lot more than she should be. She gets a couple of cryptic clues this issue . . " . . accept my potential. Prove I can be part of a team. Part of an order . ." is what the cards tell her. And then when the MVG's are threatening to hurt her, and a mysterious benefactor comes to her rescue, she hears him muttering . . "She is not for you . . . she is meant for the three who are to rise." But that little incident may have scared her out of ever reading her cards again. I thought the story was an interesting little tease. As always, the back-up story is loaded with talent . . Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza writing, and Mike Norton on pencils with the illustrious Jerry Ordway doing the finished art. It really is a nice little piece . . and it looks like it's the beginning . . of something.
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