Justice League #29 Review

Writers: Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV / Artist: Redondo / Colors: Hi-Fi / Letters: Napolitano /  DC Comics In the prelude to the “Justice/Doom War,” we get a fun issue that balances an origin story & recap of the major events of the series with tons of humor coming from one of its most unique characters: Jarro. If you don’t know Jarro, shame on you. He’s very funny and cute. But also, you should pay attention more, because he’s been a part of the series from the beginning. As a refresher for those of you that might be forgetful, Jarro is a small remnant of Starro, the telepathic alien starfish who concurs people and planets by attaching himself to their face not unlike the aliens from Alien. Starro was an intergalactic conqueror. But he’s dead now. And Jarro, a surviving piece of the original alien, is all that’s left. He was saved and raised in a jar by Batman, hence the name. So now he thinks Bruce is his dad. It’s a very weird and lighthearted dynamic that adds some levity to the book. This issue was framed around Jarro’s perspective, and it was done in a really dope way. Snyder and Tynion used this issue to recap all the major things that have happened since the beginning of this story. And in case you forgot, the seeds were laid all the way back in Dark Nights: Metal. Basically, everything Snyder has written the past few years has a branch connected to this story. 

The reason why this recap served the story so well is that it didn’t just recap the series, it did…