Here’s hoping the magical arc investigating Vixen’s powers is more interesting than YET ANOTHER AMAZO STORY. Glad that fiasco is over. Lets see some real story telling with the archetypes of the DCU? With the JLA up against Anansi, the original trickster god, things should get interesting. Plus I just love seeing Zatanna front and center in her fishnets, second only to the DCU’s holy trinity. Plus Firestorm too! This cover gives me a fanboy hardon.

Does that make me more or less gay? I’m unsure.

Vixen and Animal Man journey into the sacred Tantu Totem to solve the mystery of their altered powers. But Anansi, the African spider god responsible for these changes, has only begun reshaping the powers and histories of the Justice League, as eight-year-old Bruce Wayne shoots the burglar who killed his parents, Wonder Woman retires from the JLA after the tragic death of her husband, Superman, and The Green Lantern Corps quarantines Earth after one of their number destroys an American city. With the team’s history changing before Vixen’s eyes, is the JLA we now know gone forever?

NON SEQUITUR: If you haven’t read Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman about the trials and tribulations of Anansi’s offspring - check it out. His American Gods is also an excellent read. If you don’t mind books without pictures. I read everything.

via CBR

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The DC Universe is always expanding with new stories and new characters, but this time they are absorbing 2 whole universes of heroes and making them part of current DCU continuity. The universes in question are Milestone and the “Archie heroes” (no not Jughead in tights… there were Superhero comics published by MLJ Comics long before Archie and the gang hit the scene).

These characters will be folded into the current DCU, interacting with all your favorites and even potentially joining the rosters of the Teen Titans and JLA.

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Justice League of America #22: Looks like the Red Tornado is getting a new body. But is over the dead bodies of the JLA? Residual Amazo programming may be a problem. I’m just glad that this story and the subsequent arc about Vixen’s powers (about time to get to that dangling subplot, isn’t it?) involve use of magic and therefore my favorite member of the JLA… ZATANNA!!!!!

I don’t know what it is about her (and it’s not the fishnets - first loved her during the Perez era in her blue and white caped outfit), tho Black Canary is my #2 favorite member so maybe they do play a small part), but I always enjoy her far too rare appearances.

Back to Red Tornado. I think the way they remind us that Red Tornado has been destroyed 8 times is a subtle reminder he’s on his 9th life… How many does he get? I have a feeling we just may find out before the Final Crisis is over and done…

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