Justice League Odyssey #9 Review

Writer: Dan Abnett / Artist: Daniel Sampere / DC Comics First off… look at that cover. I love it when the scene in the cover interacts with the title card or logo. In this case, Starfire’s beam shooting across the DC logo gives it a more three-dimensional feel. I’m all about it. But let’s get into what’s going on inside the book ‘cause some drama is brewin’. We pick up right where we left off as Azrael starts spitting bars to his followers who had initially come to catch a fade with Blackfire and the Tamaranians. But all of a sudden, dude has mad influence. He’s looked within himself and found his confidence. Now his word is almost divine. Whatever he says isn’t a suggestion, it’s a command. And when he tells his people to kneel, them knees hit the ground. Azrael has been struggling with his purpose on this team and in the Ghost Sector from the beginning of the series, so it was good to see him grow into some usefulness, if only for his own sake. But this power is definitely something I can see being exploited in the future if he’s not kept in check. We also get some alone time with Cyborg, whose fighting his way out of a situation where some bug-like aliens are trying to prevent him from enacting Darkseid’s plan. He narrowly escaped, but not before he gets a few beautifully illustrated murks in. Afterward, he returns to the group where they start to try to figure out a plan that puts Darkseid’s framework into motion. You know, the one that uses the Ghost Sector, and the l…