About Heroes

This Review Was Submitted by Knightwingbk
Writer: Brad Meltzer
Artists: Ed Benes & Sandra Hope

Well..... I'm torn. I liked this issue, but I did not get what I wanted from the issue. I wanted an issue with these three things:
1. The Big Three picking the League. -- Check.
2. The League being collected. -- Partial-Check.
3. The assembled League meeting for the first time. -- Nope!

So who is on the team? From reading the issue, and not looking at the Michael Turner Variant, I can tell you, the Big Three, Green Lantern, Black Canary, Arsenal, and... Red Tornado? We also see glimpses of Vixen and Black Lightning, although they are not fully collected or inducted. My big beef is that we did not see Arsenal or Black Canary being discussed by the Big Three, so how and why are they on the team? It's not explained here.

The writing is good, Meltzer writes good discussion from the Big Three when choosing the League, and he really made me like the Red Tornado, whom, before now, I did not care about. From a new reader's point of view, Meltzer makes me feel for the Red Tornado, but for older readers, it may have even more of an impact. Already we can see that Meltzer's arc is about the Red Tornado, and what happens to him in this issue. Some good moments throughout the issue, but not what I expected.

Ed Benes is as close as we will ever get to Jim Lee drawing the JLA. Needless to say, I like Jim Lee, so I can appreciate Ed Bene's similar art style, or maybe its his inker. Right. Lots to love in this issue, but from what issue zero was, I was expecting the three things I listed at the beginning. I give this issue a B. I'm patiently waiting the next issue to get numbers 2 and 3 on my list.