Comics! Justice League #0

Justice League #0

Geoff Johns: writer
Gary Frank: artist
Ethan Van Sciver: artist

The Solicitation
• Billy Batson takes center stage in this issue as he unleashes the awesome power of Shazam in a special origin story! • Also featuring the not-to-be-missed origin of Pandora and the next seeds of TRINITY WAR!

Preview

Why I Bought It
I checked out the first arc of the Justice League. Since that was essentially their origin story, I wanted to know what they would do with a zero issue. Let's see.

What I Liked
This was a pretty good origin story for Shazam. Or Captain Marvel, however you prefer it. We got drawn into his story and dipped a little bit into the magic side of DC.

Probably the best part was knowing that this is exactly how a kid who suddenly gained superpowers would act. That is a bit of a different take on the character from what I know about in the pre-52 universe. The hoodie to his cape reminds me of Damian's Robin suit a little. Maybe hoodies are just more fashionable in this universe.

The Question appears! Now, is this the male version or female version of The Question? I don't know, but it will be interesting to find out. Unfortunately, we only get one page of The Question and that's it. Considering that not much was done in the way to convey the character, it did leave me with more questions than answers, which I guess may be the way they want to play the character in this universe.

I also enjoyed the art in this book. Frank was a great artist that showed a lot of child-like emotion coming from Shazam after his transformation. That really sold the art for me.

What I Didn't Like
The price. Seriously, this was a $3.00 book that didn't feel like it needed to be. He'll, it could have left out the Pandora story and Question story since it didn't tell me anything that won't be recapped several times later on in their next story.

Oh, and I just remembered, this is the Justice League book. A zero issue. Where the fuck is the Justice League?

I have no knowledge about the past couple of issues and what has been going on. This comic, being a Zero issue, should tell me more about that. Instead I got suckered into an origin story for Shazam. Oh wait, Trinity War and Pandora are something to do with the next story arc, right? Well, why wasn't a little bit more of an explanation given about them? This mysterious character interests me not.

Panel to Remember
Anytime time that powered up Shazam smiled after doing something with the powers. Really, it sold me more on the moments in the story than the words did.

Quotable
"She gave me twenty bucks." - Only a kid would be enamored with $20 with that much excitement and glee.

Grades
Words: 8/10
Pictures: 9/10
Buy Next Issue: Nah. I was hoping for some team action in this book to get me back into the spirits of getting this book. I didn't find it here, so I'm out for now.