Justice League of America (2006-2011) Vol. 2: The Lightning Saga

Hey there back again for another review. Like my other reviews no SPOILERS...I think a review can be helpful and knowledgeable without giving away the butler did it. Anyway moving on to the THE LIGHTING SAGA. First off like my title suggests, this collection is nowhere near what we got with The Tornado's Path which was the first Justice League collection...which is amazing and I gave it 5 stars...if you don't have it yet...go throw it in your shopping cart right now! I'll wait for you...go ahead. You got it...ok, good we can continue. Anyway saying this book isn't as good as the first is sort of a backhand compliment, because it's still really an incredible read. It's kind like me saying a Porsche isn't a fast as a Ferrari...when they both are pretty damn fast....Well faster then my mini-van anyway. Well getting back to my review....That's why I'm giving it four stars out of five. This story arc includes issues of both Justice League of America and the Justice Society of America....and the story crosses over between issues...which sometimes doesn't always mesh well. In this case however it does....and it does it extremely well. The writing from Brad Meltzer and Geoff Johns is top notch and will engross the reader immediately from page one. The only problem I had is where Ed Benes art shines...it makes the other artist in the book fall a little flat. The story does make up for that in a huge way. This collection has one of those moments where the writers pull the rug right out from underneath us....because just when we think we see where Johns and Meltzer are talking us...they pull a really hard 90 degree left turn...and leave us speechless. Yeah so do yourself a favor...go ahead and put this in your shopping cart next to volume #1. Oh and when you wife or spouse gives you grief cause you are reading 'Comics' or 'Funny Books'....tell them they are GRAPHIC NOVELS....the same thing works on when they might say something is a 'Doll' or 'Toy'....you can correct them and let them know it's not...it's a COLLECTIBLE or ACTION FIGURE. See how this works? Anyway do yourself a favor pick up The Lighting Saga...it will be a wonderful addition to your collection.Thanks for reading!

As Tornado's Path, this one I read it a year ago in digital. Why I purchase it now on trade?. I don't know. I don't regret it though. Both books are a pretty good package. Is a very good run what they got here.The story is a good one. Legion on Superheroes guys are in present time for certain mission, but they must deceive Superman and the rest of the JLA and JSA to do it so. The writing might get a little messy in some parts but is just a little critic. I liked the Lightning Saga as a whole.There's other stories as "Monitor duty" and the one with Red Arrow and Vixen, but the last one is a GREAT way to finish it: "JLA: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow". Is just a pretty story and have some future events on the DC Universe involving the Trinity. Besides this you get the cover gallery, which is fantastic too.I liked the book, and for the Amazon price is just a must have.Mind you... this have direct contact with Countdown to Final Crisis :)

So many great stories including the lightning saga. The Eisner winning one shot of red arrow and vixen trapped underground with Gene Ha art is a classic too. This is a great volume.

I started reading the first one of the series: Tornado's Path and was totally hooked onto it. So I had to buy this one. I really liked it, ofcourse I had to go back to my library and borrow the Infinite Crisis, since I was confused about some parts of it, but it made sense later on :) In all this is a must read. I can't wait to get the last one in this series. The Walls story was slight confusing to me since I couldn't quite understand why they had that in it, since I was trying to connect it with the main story, but it was a good read. -- Just my 2c

The Lightning Saga continues Brad Meltzer's relaunch of Justice League of America, and crosses over with Geoff Johns' Justice Society of America. This hardcover collects issues from both series' (mainly JLA) as the Justice League (now also sporting Geo-Force as a member) and the Justice Society team up to discover why members of the Legion of Superheroes are trapped here in the present day, and just what their mysterious agenda is. Sadly, Meltzer's parts of the story just aren't all that interesting. The segments written by Johns, arguably the best superhero writer in comics today, are undoubtedly the best parts of The Lightning Saga, where as Meltzer's segments just seem kinda boring. All that being said, The Lightning Saga concludes with the return of a hero that departed back during Infinite Crisis, and the book also finishes up with an excellent issue called "Walls", written by Meltzer and with art by Gene Ha, in which Red Arrow and Vixen are trapped and running out of time. Justice League of America #0 is included as well (and features art from everyone to Dick Giordano, to George Perez, to the Kubert brothers, to Jim Lee among others), and the book as a whole includes great work from Ed Benes, Dale Eaglesham, Shane Davis, and Fernando Pasarin. All in all, despite an uneven feel, The Lightning Saga is a worthy read for JLA fans, and with seeds planted to lead up to Final Crisis, why not give it a try?

I bought this to bridge the story from JSA "The Next Age" to JSA "Thy Kingdom Come", but I found some pleasant surprises, especially the chapter "Walls". This is a splendid tale of Red Arrow and Vixen trapped beneath a building under water. It's wonderfully told and compellingly drawn. The book is worth buying just for this chapter, but there are other good ones as well.

If you liked the touch of humanity which Meltzer brought to "Identity Crisis," you will love his work on the Justice League. Though it does not have quite the same masterful coherence, it is nearly perfectly paced. This anthology is also something of an editorial feat, as the plots play particularly well to the strenghts of the various artists working on the series.

Great tpb of the JLA, JSA & LSH lightning saga storyline with fine artwork.

very good read

Yes I liked it. I read the g/n & passed It to my brother.

A bit ambiguous the art at times but overall a good dc outing.

I loved it. Its a classic but with à surprisingly touch of modern. This is a book, everybody should read. Give it a try.A1