Justice League: No Justice #2 Review

Writer: Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson /  Artist: Francis Manapul /  DC Comics Okay… I stand corrected. Last week, I was talkin’ shit. I mentioned that while No Justice is a lot of fun, it didn’t have a main character to shoulder the weight of the narrative. But this is a Braniac story through and through. I can see that now. And while he may be dead, (Amanda Waller killed him in issue 1) a lot of this story is predicated on his actions. He’s not physically present, but his presence is felt on every page, and it really pushes the characters into making the decisions that they make. In hindsight, this was just as prevalent last week, but there was so much else going on that it took a backseat to a lot of the set up that needed to be had. Don’t get me wrong, things are still bloated, but everything seems to be settling into place, so it’s not as overwhelming as it was in issue one. With the absence of all of the exposition needed to set up the conflict, there was room for a lot more fun character moments, which is what the draw was for me in the first place.

We get a couple of really cool interactions this week. A highlight was Lobo and Beast Boy. Since the first issue, BB has felt out of place on Team Entropy (his own words), a lot of that having to do with the fact that he thinks entropy means evil. But there’s a cool moment where Lobo takes on adoptive dad mode and gives Gar just what he needs to get his head in the game. The main man is a father figure?…