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It looks like something closer to what he wore in the Outsiders.

However, someone off-panel refers to him as "Red Arrow". It looks like they were originally going to say "Roy" out loud, and then covered themselves.

Yeah, that was Green Lantern. It seems silly that he couldn't keep names straight and only said "Red Arrow" to cover himself after almost saying "Roy" *twice*.

It seemed kinda irresponsible to me to remove the Starro by just *ripping it off the man's neck*! I'm sure Superman knows what he's doing, but maybe if there was some explanation for why it was safe to do so might've helped.

Nice to see the team come together! I'm not sure I even get how Grundy plans on using Amazo to live forever, but that's beside the point. (and didn't Amazo disappear with the android Hourman or something?)

Roy and Hawkgirl?!? Interesting I guess. I'm sure Hawkman will be happy about this (it'll keep up the tradition of Hawkman not getting along with Ollie...)

I'm certainly disapppointed that Geo-Force is looking like the "secret team member". Nothing aginst him, but he never seemed interesting to me. Can anyone shed some light on his character? And what will it mean that there are so many Outsiders on the team?

Benes' art is kicking ass.

Solomon Grundy? Very interesting.

This book's got a lot of nay-sayers but I'm one of those really enjoying it! The team's line-up is almost exactly my absolute PERFECT JLA LINE-UP (minus Hawkgirl) so that's obviously got a lot to do with it, but Meltzer's story is also strong and colour me super-excited that Geo-Force is about to join the team! He's a power-house who's been MIA way too long!

Now if only this book would come out more regularly.

Roy and Hawkgirl also keeps up the tradition of an arrow head involved with another pretty bird.

I'm liking this series well enough, but I wish the first story had been a little more contained. An issue or two to form the new League, and then more into a longer story arc. 6 months to form the new League is just too much (for me).

I like the lineup well enough (Black Lightning has never been a fav of mine, and I would have preferred Hawkwoman... if she were alive, that is), but with the exception of Zatanna there is no one missing that I really wanted.

I'll be interested to see where the new League hangs their hats. I'm hoping for a Hall of Justice, but that probably won't happen. I'm guessing that they will choose a planetside HQ, to stay closer to the action.

We;ll see

A Hall of Justice would be kinda neat but I can already see the anti-Superfriends crowd sharpening their sticks at the mere thought of it!

And I would've loved to see Zatanna on this team too. She's one of the few left off my 'Perfect Line-up List'. Given Meltzer's history with the character, though, its not unreasonable to expect that she'll probably show up sooner or later.

Speaking of Black Lightning - his hideously boring outfit and new hairdo (or lack thereof) is probably my biggest gripe about this book so far. He needs a change like, yesterday!

And there ya go -- she pops up at the end of the story as obligatory "deus ex machina" to help hit the cosmic reset button. Personally, I think it would've been interesting to have Reddy be fully human. It's no longer interesting to see him die time and again. His story could've moved on from something other than the fact that he's an android.

I wasn't really thrilled with this arc. After all the hoopla about the formation of the new league, this felt more like a Red Tornado story guest starring the Justice League.

And is it me, or does Meltzer's notion of super hero battles simply involve the heroes piling on top of the bad guy? I can see how he tried to include teamwork, but I didn't think it was a particularly impressive display of their abilites. And what's with the dark tone? Aside from being needlessly gruesome, there was the league "not holding back" and being all ruthless etc. And here I thought things were supposed to be going away from dark stories and getting a bit back to more fun.

Oh yeah, and that sequence where Reddy's hand switches from red to yellow or whatever wasn't very clear at all what was going on.

Of course. Nothing says fun like a bit of cannibalism.

Yeah, but Vixen had a great moment, I thought. Dive-bombing the bad guy. I'm glad that she, Black Lightning and Roy are on the team. I hope this lasts past Brad's stint as writer.

Is Geo-Force going to be in the League? I hope so, as he should be used *somewhere* regularly.

I was disappointed that Red Tornado is back in his metal body, too. Still, now that he knows he could be human, maybe a 'tougher' body'll make itself available one of these days.

Well, technically it wasn't cannibalism - Grundy's a walking plant type thing after all...

I like how Meltzer handled this. He made us happy for RT...that he got a real body and then he took it all away. It was a pretty good arc.

Is he? You learn something new every day.

Oh yeah, one more thing about #6. Didn't they make it seem like Amazo was going critical and about to blow up? Then nothing happened. Did I read it wrong cuz I really didn't understand that part.

And an interview with Meltzer about #7 coming out this week:
Newsarama interview

I read the interview and liked what Brad said. He set up everything to come together nicely to form a team and told a good story with good character work. Been waiting for a JLA story like this for a LOOONG time.

Grant Morrisson brought back the big 7 but never really did any character work it was all plot. Sure it was fun and great but I needed more superhero soap opera aka character work.

I'm kinda curious to see what they end up with for a headquarters. I'm guessing something Earth-bound, but we'll see.

Yeah me too. I think earthbound as well since they were just on the moon. But the satellite wouldn't suprise me. Or the Hall of Justice.

The geek in me is hoping for the Hall of Justice, but the nostalgic fan in me would like to see the satellite rebuilt. I can do without the cave or watchtower.

How about a floating Hall of Justice that can transport them whereever?

Or its a tessaract that the leaguers can access from anywhere. A virtual headquarters.

I'd like to see a mansion on 5th Avenue, paid for by Bruce Wayne. With a butler. .)

Like many, I found the whole Grundy/Ivo/Amazo/Tornado thing too confusing. I did, however, love the arc that RT goes through. Now that we know it was sort of a joke, I like the idea of the big 3 sitting on their tushes in the Batcave, oblivious to what's really going on.

I am with Spellbinder. I'm a satellite fan but I would just geek out for the HOJ.

DC, I found it a tad confusing and the JLA Classified story arc coming up about the Son of Amazo is going to confuse me more I think.

There are going to be some very happy nostalgic geeks around here I suspect!

from brad meltzer's blog:

This may be of interest to us Legion fans, on the last page we find out that Trident is really...

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">Val Armorr... in other words Karate Kid, which raises all kinds of questions. Is this pre-crisis Karate Kis like the other Legionnaires showing up, or the new one who has been shown in the Countdown promos. Not to mention how come he's a villain... Either way this leads us into the Lightning saga.</span></span>

--- NVM, just noticed this was already up in the Recent Sightings thread up in the Legion section...