Favorite Justice League Storyline

[DisneyBoy]

I'm just flipping through Rock of Ages now...and it is very overcrowded. The Injustice Gang, plus alternate realities, plus Darkseid, plus doppelgangers, plus Aztek (for some reason), plus Wonder Woman and Green Arrow are dead and Superman is Blue...

...PLUS New Gods, plus the Whirlagog (!?)...

It's just not an easy thing to jump into. I know the animated series had to appeal to kids and therefore streamlined things....but shouldn't comics be able to tell straightforward stories too?

Seriously why is this one so "great"? Or was it just great for the time?

[HsssH]

To me it being overcrowded was the point. Any of those threats could have been the villains of JL story arc, but almost every issue we got another and another layer added on top.

[Nomads1]

I'm just flipping through Rock of Ages now...and it is very overcrowded. The Injustice Gang, plus alternate realities, plus Darkseid, plus doppelgangers, plus Aztek (for some reason), plus Wonder Woman and Green Arrow are dead and Superman is Blue...

...PLUS New Gods, plus the Whirlagog (!?)...

It's just not an easy thing to jump into. I know the animated series had to appeal to kids and therefore streamlined things....but shouldn't comics be able to tell straightforward stories too?

Seriously why is this one so "great"? Or was it just great for the time?

Yeah, Rock of Ages really didn't cause as much an impact on me as it seemed to happen with other fans at the time. I mean, there is A LOT going on there, however, for me, it seemed like nothing was quite as well explored as it should have been. I mean, we had the Injustice Gang, and the hint of a battle of wits between business tycoons Lex Luthor and Bruce 'Batman" Wayne, which I thought was an amazing idea, and was really excited to see super-heroics reduced to something like a "hostile takeover". Yet, in the following issue, we're thrown into a catastrophic future, and that is just talked about (especially in comics, I find that "show, don't tell" is always the best course of action). And the battle of wits ended up being quite anti-climatic at the end of the arc. Sure, the story had great art, and some fantastic moments, such as the reveal that Batman had actually defeated Dessad and taken his place, and the Atom lobotomizing Darksied (I also loved that Atom costume. I wish we'd seen more of it), however, it's far from my favorite during Morrison's run, let alone a favorite Justice League storyline.
And BTW, I've recently finished rereading John's Darksied War (I don't think I'd ever read it in one sitting). What do people think of it? What is the general take on John's New 52 Justice League run?

Peace

[HsssH]

To me it was very uneven. Enjoyed a lot Throne of Atlantis and Forever Evil/Forever Heroes. Arc following Forever Evil, forgot its name, was also okay. Rest? Had some good moments here and there, but overall I didn't like it.

I enjoyed Shazam backups as well, but I'm not sure if they count since, I think, they are always collected separately.

[caj]

As soon as I discovered back order catalogs around 1977, I attempted to order JLA 102 many times, only to have an alternative comic book shipped (in those days, you listed other books you'd accept if the book you wanted was out of stock -- thank God for internet ordering!). I think I finally got it after graduating college and attending a comic book convention in Monroeville, PA (outside of Pittsburgh). So, it may not have been 20, but was at least 14 years later.

I remember ordering through a company that did the same thing. I believe it was called Moondance or something like that. I would wait for an eternity only to get a letter saying I'd have choose something else. Glad those days are over.