Product Description

Number-one bestselling novelist Brad Meltzer joins forces with top comics writer Geoff Johns for this incredible graphic novel bringing together the DC Universes top super-teams! Two of DCs biggest super-teamsthe Justice League of America, featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and more, and the Justice Society of America, including Hawkman, Wildcat and othersjoin forces in this stunning hardcover volume! The JLA has discovered that several members of the Legion of Super-Heroes from the 31st century are in the present. With the help of the JSA, Superman and his team must track down all seven Legionnaires to discover why these heroes of the future have traveled back in time!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41726 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-13
• Released on: 2008-02-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

Customer Reviews

Nothing Happens
The reboot of the JLA starting off with Meltzer's run and into McDuffies has just been dry.

The growth of the Red Tornado was cool for the first few issues, but it hasn't gone anywhere and it has flip-flopped so many times in 25 issues that I am just confused and don't care anymore.

Everything was right going in...
Batman, Superman, and Wonderwoman on the same page - check.
Promoting fan favorites - Check.
Bringing in some under-rated characters - check.
Cultural diversity - check.

The elements in the story were all there, the fault was in the execution.

The Best of the New Justice League Series
After the slow "Tornado's Path" storyline, Meltzer steps it up here with the fast-paced "Lightning Saga." The majority of the best scenes occur in Geoff Johns's "Justice Society" segments, collected here in order (although no mention is made of the Justice Society on the front cover). This is one of the better JLA stories in years.

Not quite as good as Tornado's Path...but a good Solid Read!
Hey there back again for another review. Like my other reviews no SPOILERS...I think a review can be helpful and knowledgeable without giving away the butler did it.

Anyway moving on to the THE LIGHTING SAGA. First off like my title suggests, this collection is nowhere near what we got with The Tornado's Path which was the first Justice League collection...which is amazing and I gave it 5 stars...if you don't have it yet...go throw it in your shopping cart right now! I'll wait for you...go ahead. You got it...ok, good we can continue. Anyway saying this book isn't as good as the first is sort of a backhand compliment, because it's still really an incredible read. It's kind like me saying a Porsche isn't a fast as a Ferrari...when they both are pretty damn fast....Well faster then my mini-van anyway. Well getting back to my review....That's why I'm giving it four stars out of five. This story arc includes issues of both Justice League of America and the Justice Society of America....and the story crosses over between issues...which sometimes doesn't always mesh well. In this case however it does....and it does it extremely well. The writing from Brad Meltzer and Geoff Johns is top notch and will engross the reader immediately from page one. The only problem I had is where Ed Benes art shines...it makes the other artist in the book fall a little flat. The story does make up for that in a huge way. This collection has one of those moments where the writers pull the rug right out from underneath us....because just when we think we see where Johns and Meltzer are talking us...they pull a really hard 90 degree left turn...and leave us speechless. Yeah so do yourself a favor...go ahead and put this in your shopping cart next to volume #1. Oh and when you wife or spouse gives you grief cause you are reading 'Comics' or 'Funny Books'....tell them they are GRAPHIC NOVELS....the same thing works on when they might say something is a 'Doll' or 'Toy'....you can correct them and let them know it's not...it's a COLLECTIBLE or ACTION FIGURE. See how this works? Anyway do yourself a favor pick up The Lighting Saga...it will be a wonderful addition to your collection.

Thanks for reading!