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I'm sorry but the latest issue of the JSA/JLA cross over was bad, all around. Robinson's dialouge was tough to swallow and Bagley's art was all over the place. This creative team has had it tough on JLA, throwing in another dozen JSAers hasn't helped them improve.

Looks like my decision to drop this book before the big crossover was the right one.

You know what's funny? I mean, really funny?

I recall Robinson saying something about never killing another character after Lian Harper... and then he pretty much destroyed the Tangent Universe.

And for some reason, the character HE redesigned, Green Lantern, survives.

All the Tangent heroes have been killed?

Why hasn't some irate fan kicked Robinson in the balls yet?

I think he decimated the Tangent Universe.

The Crime Syndicate ravaged the Tangent Earth and killed many of its heroes.

Must be his charming English accent.

Not gonna give Robinson a pass on it...but, this sounds like another Didio mandated thing.

Everytime something bad happens in the DCU we blame Didio.

The reasons above are why I don't respect Robinson's writings.

I cleared out my pull and there were 3 issues of this in it. I wish I had not bought them, but I will read them and if they suck even partially, this book gets the axe.

You're a braver person than I.

I said I do not give Robinson a pass on this...but something like this would have to come from, or get full approval of Didio, Lee and Johns. So I guess we can spread the love around here.

Well I stopped buying anything Robinson writes after he tried passing off his cutting off Roy's arm in some "tribute" to our veterans who've lost limbs in war.

Some garbage about creating a hero with a prosthetic that's not cybernetic.

Thing is, it would not have been as bad as all that...if he had stopped at that point. Killing Lian, and most of Star City along the way made it too much.

That's not it. I only have to type one word.

Cyborg.

Well, I'm at least curious as to your reactions.

Like Dev, I also put a huge amount of blame on Dan Didio, the single worst EiC in comic book history.

SK, are you saying Cyborg has also been killed? I can't believe it. That would be truly outrageous.

No, I'm saying Robinson hacking off Roy's arm in some half-assed attempt at a tribute to our veterans , by giving a superhero a prosthetic that's not cybernetic is just stupid, Cyborg is pretty much a WALKING prosthetic.

Jemas (?) will always hold that record in my book, but Quesada and Didio is coming a close second and third.

Who is Jemas?

Bill Jemas, the guy in charge of marvel before Q.

Care to explain some of his blunders? The most I know of Marvel before Q was Generation X, and I love that.

Well I read JLoA 50-52. Crime Syndicate!! They kinda hooked me with that, as I love the CSoA (as evil villains).

And the story kept me interested. And it was nice to see BLUE JAY back... I was sure he had been killed at some point--?!?

But, oh look: a hero dies next month. Wanna bet it's Blue Jay? *weary sigh*

I'm betting the Tangent and SCoA earths are restored by the end of this story.

My biggest problem remains the spreading out of 1 page worth of panels over 2 pages. 2 pages with 4 or 5 giant panels is just not acceptable.

Thank GAWD they are hopefully making this a moot issue with the new smaller page counts (along with a drop in price of $1/issue).

I'll see how this story plays out next issue (and also I want to see if they do indeed drop the current bloated-style storytelling).

MARK BAGLEY is my Rob Liefield. He can break me from any book. (sorry IMO)

^Well, good news, I suppose, PB--Bagley's leaving DC (and JLA) to return to his old Marvel stomping grounds. Seems he's drawing or helping draw Ultimate Spidey again during its upcoming "Death of Spider-Man" storyline. Not sure off the top of my head who's replacing him on JLA.

very good news! i'm a much bigger fan of the JLA than Spidey.