Snyder's Justice League: Thoughts So Far. (Spoilers)
I finally made it to my LCS yesterday and got my copy of Justice League #3 (several days late, but better than never).
And I'm surprised to see so little commentary about the book here. I jumped back a few pages and didn't see a single thread about the title in general or the latest issue. Snyder's a polarizing writer, but he definitely pulls a lot of attention and some very strong reactions among fandom, so where's all the noise about his JL?
I gotta say, the guy didn't always impress me on Batman but his Justice League has the kind of crazy huge ideas and high octane imagination that I demand from a proper League title. This book feels like the anthem rock version of Morrison's JLA: it's big, loud, dumb, and nothing but raw fun. Snyder might not work in the stuff pulled from the latest scientific journals the way Morrison did, but Snyder's aiming just as high and throwing out ideas just as wild and fantastical.
Issue 3 really impressed me; Snyder's got a lot going on; several plots running concurrently and tons of characters in the mix, and he seems to be juggling them all fairly well so far. I like that Snyder is using a DCAU approach, where every hero can potentially show up and help out, and the core roster is one of the best I've seen since McDuffie. Not every core member is getting an awesome moment in every issue, but no one really feels left out either.
Everything about this issue satisfied me, from the flashback to Sinestro's origin to Cyborg's awesome last-second save (a personal favorite moment) to Clark and J'onn's journey through the Totality and the mini-Source Wall at its center. And Hawkgirl being trapped in a small, confined ship with Joker? I can't wait to see how that plays out!
Really, the only things I have here are nitpicks; John Stewart wasn't wearing the DCAU costume when Xanshi was destroyed, the emotional spectrum wasn't discovered until Sinestro Corps War, etc. But really, those are just tiny details and with continuity so screwed up you can't even hold these things against Snyder, since there is no actual, concrete history to the DCU right now.
So what say you, CBR community? Is Justice League entertaining you as much as it is me? What do we expect to see going forward? What're your thoughts?