Justice League: Generation Lost

The other bi-weekly year long book from DC. "Justice League: Generation Lost" deals with the hunt for Maxwell Lord.

THE GOOD:
- How big of a threat is Max Lord? Enough to get the whole Justice League to put on a worldwide manhunt. However, the focus was (rightly) kept on the JLI members.
- I like how Booster Gold was handled in this issue. He was put on the sidelines, but wanted to help and eventually was the guy who got it right. I'm not too much of a Booster fan, but I liked what I saw here.
- I also enjoyed the portrayal of Lord here. In his mind, he's right. The best villains usually believe that.
- If the crux of the book is Booster/Max then we'll be in good hand. It was interesting to see that dynamic.
- We don't know exactly why those four remember, but we get somewhat of a reason.
- I did enjoy the last page. Quote and all. 

THE BAD:
- We did know what the end of issue one would be which undercut some of the suspense.

OVERALL:
To throw out an additional bi-weekly was a very bold move on DC's part. I was looking for a reason to either drop the book or be compelled to keep following. I was impressed by the book. The art was solid and did its job, but the idea of four heroes hunting down an "invisible" man is intriguing. It didn't blow me away, but it is a very intriguing concept - four heroes hunting for a dangerous man who disappeared. I am concerned that the story may lull, under the weight of a 26-issue run, but I'm interested enough to come back in two weeks and would recommend giving this issue a chance if you're on the fence.

We start this issue out with Maxwell Lord being held down by cops. He of course manipulates them into shooting eachother. All teams are assembling to find Maxwell and take him down. Booster, Fire, Ice, and Captain Atom are in a desert like area. Maxwell planted a bomb there to divert them from what's really going to happen. Max used some sort of hypno device that hypnotizes everyone. When the bomb is over Booster and Max get into a fight and Booster loses. When the 4 meet up with Superman he says he doesn't know who Maxwell Lord is. The story I thought was very interesting and I am excited to see how this is going to play out with only the four of them knowing who he is. Now on to the details. The cover was awful. I only like Ice and Captain Atom on the cover. Everyone else looked gross. The art was gorgeous. It was so detailed and colorful. I loved seeing these four work together it was a good change of people. I reall did not have a lot to say about this issue. I really liked it and I like how they trew in the old JLA members. At some points I do feel sorry for Booster because no one respects him. So I am going to give this issue 4.5 out of 5.