Review - Justice League of America #31 - When the Roll-Call Turns into a Wake-Up Call.

Review by Eddie

For months now, I have been reading in hopes that the current JLA series would somehow be restored to its former glory. The amount of chatter about what’s wrong with this book from Fans, and what it could have been, has been overwhelming. And the drawn out plotlines and fight scenes could have been easily done within the span of 1 issue, rather than 3 or 4.




In short, it’s been a bit of a mess.

So when I started reading JLA #31, the opening page put a smile on my face.

Within 4 panels, starting with an opening shot of the JLA’s Silver age Satellite in orbit around earth, then slowly descending into Earth’s atmosphere, then burning up, then the final panel on the page of Zatanna asking Wonder Woman what she was thinking about, the following words in Diana’s response would set the tone for this issue.

“Better Days”.

And As I read more into the book, that’s when I realized that someone had been listening to the fans concerns all along. Page after page certain issues were addressed, such as the team’s inactivity and its sense of non accomplishment, leaving the Heroes feeling unfulfilled and ultimately leading to the eventual issue of what do, and how to rectify the situation?

The decisions made lead one to hope that if the powers that be have started listening to what the fans want, they will hopefully continue to do so in future.

The Story is the outcome all readers of the series have seen coming. The question now is will these decisions make not only the League stronger, but bring the fans back, especially those who want to see a return to “Better Days”?

Read if you must, but it is defiantly a must read...7.5/10