Justice League #20 Review

Writer: Scott Snyder / Artist: Jorge Jimenez / DC Comics Justice League #20 dives head first into a world where the Justice League beats the Legion of Doom and drastically changes the world for the better. Basically, it’s every heroes’ hopes and dreams all bundled up in a beautiful utopia. Every member of the team gets to see the best versions of themselves in a world where everything seems perfect. J’onn and Kendra have a hybrid Martian-Thanagarian son. John Stewart is a White Lantern with a nod to his animated bald goatee look. And Gotham is showered in… sunlight!? So many positive and heartwarming changes have presented themselves, which provides the heroes a moment to breathe. They get to relax and bask in the glory of their hard work. It really gives them a chance to update themselves and the audience about where their heads are presently. Craftwise, this issue provides an opportunity to flesh out some personal moments between our characters while the story slows down. And as the team takes everything in, we get to take the scenic route through this new world beautifully illustrated by Jorge Jiminez. But as the saying goes, things are too good to be true. As the audience, we’re behind the veil so we knew something was up from the jump. But now’s the time for the League to start figuring it out as well. But nobody really does. Nobody except the homie Batman. This dude can just never relax, and while there are plenty of times that he should just sit and take a break, it’s…