Justice League #19 Review

Writer: Scott Snyder / Artist: Jorge Jiminez / DC Comics This series has a rotating team of talented creators that all bring their own unique flare to the overarching story, but Snyder and Jiminez combine to make the duo that hits the hardest. Issue #19 is so damn good. It has it all. Might, mystery, and multi-dimensional eye candy. More specifically, it encapsulates the lighthearted fun of the Golden Age of the DC Universe while also sprinkling in some of the alternate universe fun that got me into comics as a kid. It’s all dessert, no vegetables. After the annual, and a few single arc-less issues, we finally get to start a new story that propels us into the next act of the series. The Sixth Dimension promises to continue to rewrite some of the rules of the DC Universe. It’s a realm that sits beyond the imagination of life which, in other words, means that the things that exist there are things that we can’t even fathom. It’s kind of like the Dark Multiverse in that regard. In the Dark Multiverse, our nightmares are manifested into a reality. In the Sixth Dimension, things that shouldn’t exist, endure unencumbered… until now.

After seemingly wreaking havoc on the city, 5th-dimensional imp Mxyzptlk agrees to help the League try and fix the Source Wall. Its destruction has even had ripple effects all the way in his realm, so he understands their plea. The team agrees to send Superman to the Sixth Dimension as Mxy has secretly been preparing him to withstand the domain that …