Action Comics #861 Review

ACTION COMICS #861
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank & Jonathan Sibal

I think this was probably the strongest issue of the Legion storyline. It seems like Johns has finally gotten past the fan wankery of showing off splash pages of Legion shots and introducing eleventy billion different characters and the story is finally starting to take shape and build to a conclusion. That's not to say the early issues were bad, but they were definitely lacking any focus from my point of view.

I liked how they finally made mention of the lightning rod from the JSA / JLA crossover. Seems it can't be used until the crisis of the 31st century, which I guess is going to be in Final Crisis. Can't imagine there being another crisis after a final crisis, but DC does like that naming convention. It was good to see they tried to explain all the stars turning red through the use of one of the captured Legion members. Still doesn't make much sense, but it's a comic book and at least they tried.

Verdict - Check It

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