Justice League Annual #1 Review

Writers: Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV / Artists: Daniel Sampere, Juan Albarran and Lucas / DC Comics The first Justice League annual is here, y’all. But don’t expect a bunch of mini-stories with chibi versions of the team. This annual is filled to the brim with every ounce of lingering questions and completed character arcs that the series has been building toward since issue one. Snyder and Tynion are really using every inch of real estate that they can to tell this story. I was a little taken aback that all the pivotal moments that the series had been building towards take place within this annual. Usually, annuals are used as a time to reflect. Maybe even have shorter stories that are told by committee. And they’re almost always used as a palette cleanser that refreshes you for the next arc. Well, this ain’t that fam. Snyder and his hittas don’t want you to get rid of that taste in your mouth. They don’t want this transition to be smooth. They’re dragging us into the next arc of this series with our mouths agape, and our minds mystified.

One of my personal highlights for this issue was the grand scale of the conflict. We got some amazing action sequences as the heroes of the universe ban together to fix the crack in the Source Wall. I felt like every other page was a double-page splash, and not even in a flashy way. It was needed to fully capture the scope of everything. This was an issue that really wanted you to understand how small these heroes are in relation to t…