Originally Posted by
j9ac9k
I liked JLA:Year One. It's not ideal without the Trinity, but that was through editorial mandate and shifts in continuity. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Superman and Batman weren't that heavily involved with the League when it was founded, right? I mean, look who's missing from the classic JLA v Starro cover or the story that recounts their origin with the Apellaxians.
I didn't mind Waid's characterizations. It was unexpected that Dinah would be attracted to Barry, but it was cute. I liked how he made sense of her post-crisis origin as a bridge between the JSA and the modern era. Hal being totally at ease with J'onn and reassuring him just made sense. I never read Aquaman, but I appreciate the "fish out of water" aspect to his transition onto a team, etc. The characterization was better in some cases than Johns/Lee JLA origin, imo. I also really liked how the story involved a ton of other DC characters and culminated in a much more epic Apellaxian invasion than the original. I didn't see any "cynicism" in the book.