Justice League of America #7 review

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #7

by Geoff Johns, Jeff Lemire and Doug Manhke

Did anyone else laugh their ass off at Wonder Woman's dialogue on the last page?

JLA #7 is Trinity War's weakest chapter, but by no means, is it bad. This issue is mostly filler, and doesn't really progress the plot forward that much. Sometimes, the dialogue strays into cheesy territory, which is weird considering Jeff Lemire is co-writing this. But despite these flaws, this is still miles better than the crap Marvel calls Age of Ultron, AVX, and most likely Infinity. Johns and Lemire still provide an interesting as hell script, that had me engaged throughout. Packed with lots of pizzaz and action, JLA sets up a lot of Forever Evil. Also, I found it odd that the entire issue was lacking any sort of interaction with the Justice League Dark. 

Inkers ruin Doug Manhke's art. There. I said it. Manhke's art is very inconsistent, with each page having a different inker, to the point of annoyance. Manhke is the least capable artist of Trinity War so far, and  I find it hard to believe this is the same guy that drew Green Lantern. Many of his facial expressions look creepy as hell (see Element Woman's face in the opening splash page), and Wonder Woman always looks... disturbing under his pencil. However, he still draws the action scenes well.

JLA #7 is the weakest chapter of Trinity War, but it's still a couple of notches higher than most events are (Cough cough, every last one event Marvel puts out). It's filled with action and some good character beats, despite the cheesiness and the somewhat lackluster art.

STORY: 3.5/5

+ Lots of interesting elements introduced

+ It's fun!
+ Some good character beats

- Strays into cheesiness territory a little too frequently

- Not a lot happens

ART: 3/5

+ Good and energetic action scenes

- Creepy facial expressions

- What's up with Wonder Woman?

VERDICT: 3.25/5