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JUSTICE LEAGUE #11

• “The Villain’s Journey” part three!

• Batman , Cyborg and Aquaman battle Element Woman!

• Continuing the origin of SHAZAM!

Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Jim Lee & Scott Williams
Backup Art by Gary Frank
Cover by Jim Lee & Scott Williams
Variant Cover by Bryan Hitch & Jim Lee

Price: $3.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 3.5%

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  1. Avatar photo WillupsBrighton says:
    July 17, 2012 at 4:47 am

    Happy to see the return of Element Woman.

    I wonder if the Flashpoint reality Outsider will ever get introduced into continuity.

  2. Avatar photo RedBaron504 says:
    July 17, 2012 at 7:45 am

    Finally! Flash front and center on the cover.

  3. Avatar photo Radmobile says:
    July 17, 2012 at 11:15 am

    Especially looking forward to the back-up. Hopefully we’ll see Black Adam in action for a couple pages at least.

  4. Avatar photo Impossibilly says:
    July 17, 2012 at 12:06 pm

    I’m on the fence with this one. Last issue’s main story was a letdown. I don’t know if I can justify spending $4 just to read the Shazam! backup. How is it the same Geoff Johns writing the two stories in this book?

  5. Avatar photo misterckent says:
    July 17, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    I’m looking forward to Shazam more than JLA. Crazy, but true!

  6. Avatar photo kingjoeg says:
    July 17, 2012 at 12:54 pm

    Loving the david graves story. Thats what I’m buying for.

  7. Avatar photo sitara119 says:
    July 17, 2012 at 2:25 pm

    i enjoy both stories of this title, thoroughly. start to finish. if i didn’t, there would be no fence riding for me. that’s for the birds. if ya can’t justify spending 4 bucks on this title, the solution is simple: Don’t.
    remember, you turn the screws.

  8. Avatar photo WheelHands says:
    July 17, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    I’m still enjoying this. The Graves story has promise. And the backup finally has my attention.

    Don’t see the appeal of Element Woman. She got on my nerves during Flashpoint. I’d rather have Rex or Shift back, personally.

  9. Avatar photo ultimate rich says:
    July 17, 2012 at 7:17 pm

    I think the common theme for this book is that people read it for the 10 page Shazam story and could care less about the League. I wish DC would realize that and give Shazam his own monthly title. Wave 3 is coming and there is still no sign of it. At least issue 0 looks like it’ll be all Shazam.

    • Avatar photo Johnnyola says:
      July 17, 2012 at 11:05 pm

      Don’t kid yourself. As much as I’d love to see a Shazam book it does not put up numbers like Justice League.

    • Avatar photo WheelHands says:
      July 17, 2012 at 11:18 pm

      That’s a pretty big leap. Personally I’ve enjoyed the main title. The backup only just got my attention with Black Adam. No creative team in the world could make a solo Shazam title match numbers with a Lee/Johns Justice League.

    • Avatar photo adrianrigter says:
      July 18, 2012 at 1:39 am

      I enjoy both the main story and the back up, thank you very much.

  10. Avatar photo adrianrigter says:
    July 18, 2012 at 1:45 am

    @ultimate rich, johns & frank are incredibly unlikely to work on a Shazam ongoing, does the power of Shazam by jt krul & dan jurgens sound good to you? Because that’s what you’re gonna get:)

    • Avatar photo monsterduc1000 says:
      July 18, 2012 at 10:19 am

      Nope, that sounds terrible. It doesn’t have to be Johns as he is pretty stretched, but it has to be Gary Frank on art as he is utterly FAN-FRICKIN-TASTIC!!!

      Give it to Brian Azzarello! He is knocking it out of the park with Wonder Woman.

    • Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick">Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
      July 18, 2012 at 11:30 am

      @monsterduc1000: Gary Frank can’t do a monthly book. Besides, he’s devoting most of his time right now to BATMAN: EARTH ONE, VOL. 2.

  11. Diablo2 says:
    July 18, 2012 at 7:38 am

    Why are there ratings (pick of the week) on this and other
    books at 7:30am Wednesday morning? Do digital comics get
    released at midnight?

    • Kmanifesto says:
      July 18, 2012 at 8:32 am

      A couple of guesses as to why ratings and/or reviews often get posted so early on Wednesday…

      Those who get ‘comp’ issues and/or dealers (including comic shop workers), who get their books on Tuesday will often flex their advantaged muscles and rush to exercise their input.

      Digital comics, as I understand it, are not released until early afternoon on Wednesday.

      Hope this helps!

    • Avatar photo KillTheG1mp says:
      July 18, 2012 at 8:39 am

      Because some people are time-travellers! 😉

  12. Avatar photo kingjoeg says:
    July 18, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    I got a feeling Green Lantern is going to be killed next issue. That’s what the shocking revelation will be i bet.

  13. Avatar photo adrianrigter says:
    July 18, 2012 at 7:10 pm

    Ummm…Element Woman was not in this issue. FYI.

  14. Avatar photo yyzKyle says:
    July 18, 2012 at 7:29 pm

    Loved the artwork on this issue. Best since the first couple of issues for sure.

  15. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    July 18, 2012 at 7:36 pm

    There’s some great stuff in here, but the in-fighting seems a little forced at times. Kinda like they’re trying to ape another successful team know for not getting along…

    That aside, this issue was pretty affecting. That last page hit like a ton of bricks.

    SHAZAM continues to be perfect in every way.

  16. Avatar photo JokersNuts says:
    July 18, 2012 at 8:09 pm

    Not sure what Element Woman has to do with this issue. Weird solicitation. Anyway, decent issue, big bang boom. I am interested to learn more about this new villain though.

  17. Avatar photo WillupsBrighton says:
    July 18, 2012 at 10:00 pm

    The main story and the backup are equally slow and underwhelming. I continue to read because I’m a Johns completist and because I’m looking forward to the Vertigo-esque Trinity War crossover.

  18. Avatar photo ZombiePoo says:
    July 19, 2012 at 1:33 am

    Haven’t read this yet, but I buy the combo pack that comes with the digital code. Both this issue and number 10 were blank where the codes were supposed to be. Anyone else? Also what the hell how can that happen two times in a row? I emailed dc and never received a response for issue 10. Stay classy dc.

    • Avatar photo WillupsBrighton says:
      July 19, 2012 at 1:40 am

      Although that is shitty of DC, I can’t imagine your local comic book store wouldn’t refund your 2$ or whatever if you showed them the blank spaces where the codes were supposed to be.

    • Avatar photo ZombiePoo says:
      July 19, 2012 at 1:48 am

      I brought 10 into the store today and the guy who runs my lcs sent someone an email who is supposed to get me a code. But it still stings like a mouth full of sores. Finished the issue, good stuff. Digging the shazam backup, but it is sure taking its sweet time to get to the big red cheese.

    • Avatar photo cornflakes says:
      July 23, 2012 at 2:22 am

      That’s quite unfortunate. I had a similar issue with a Marvel title (can’t remember what it was, maybe an Ultimate book) where it provided an invalid code. I e-mailed their technical support stating my situation, and extremely promptly (an hour or two MAX) received an apology and a valid download code.

  19. Avatar photo APoetSomeday says:
    July 19, 2012 at 5:01 am

    Although I felt that there was a little too much exposition with the revelations about Graves, I was more into the story with this issue than I have been lately.

    I was legitimately worried about Steve Trevor throughout this one. The pacing and tone were excellent, as was the cliffhanger on the final page. The splash page of Wonder Woman punching Green Lantern and breaking his construct was immense! It showed how powerful Wonder Woman actually is and highlighted her own tensions.

    In addition, the backup feature (as I’ve said elsewhere) is worth $3.99 all on its own (its £3.30 here in the UK) and just continues to get better and better.

  20. Avatar photo MaxPower says:
    July 19, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    This book is not for me, but the backup is fantastic. This JL just lacks any substance whatsoever, the characters are far too one dimensional and barely resemble themselves from their own titles, the villain thus far is weak and I just feel like I’m looking at these cutlets of characters being put into new backgrounds. Jim Lee’s art this issue was very very good, I’ll give him that. I don’t know which is worse (for my tastes), AvX or JL. But I am really loving the backup story. I think I’m getting to the point where I am far too bored with superheroes hitting stuff.

  21. Avatar photo mgriffith says:
    July 19, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    Someone above used the adjective “underwhelming” and I feel this title as a whole – Shazam story included – is underwhelming.

    I may well drop this after the arc is through. I am not getting enough enjoyment out of this title.

  22. Avatar photo zattaric says:
    July 20, 2012 at 10:49 am

    Wonder Woman kicked ass in this issue. It was worth it for that alone!

  23. Avatar photo psynetrix says:
    July 20, 2012 at 8:03 pm

    Justice League #11 did not do much to advance the plot, but the amazon freakout was worth the purchase; strangely enough, this was the best pencilled portion of the book; I did not enjoy the art before or after the fight. And wasn’t the explanation for the Asura deities a bit too much?

    Please check my mini-review here:

    http://bit.ly/QaoIeV

    Comments and feedback are always welcome!

  24. Avatar photo WheelHands says:
    July 20, 2012 at 11:26 pm

    I gave this a 3/5, and that was generous. Without the art, it would’ve been a solid 2-.

    I’m givin’ Johns til the end of this arc to do something worth $3.99.

  25. Avatar photo monsterduc1000 says:
    July 21, 2012 at 8:31 pm

    Again, Jim Lee was easily outperformed by Gary Frank. Story was well done on both parts.

  26. Avatar photo robbydzwonar says:
    July 22, 2012 at 2:38 am

    getting this

  27. Avatar photo sitara119 says:
    July 22, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    one of the few books worth my 4dollars.
    it baffles my mind to hear so much negativity.
    i love the art. lee and frank are fuckin’ awesome.
    and aside from an interesting new villain, i enjoy the back and forths between the team members. i especially appreciate the sense of humor that johns is displayin’. flash and lantern are the new blue and gold(toned down a bit, but still) and i think that’s great. i love the old Justice league Int. and i feel there’s a slight tip of the hat to that generation.
    WW has been nicely highlighted throughout this relaunch and this issue was no exception. she is one BAD MOTHERFUCKER! it says so on her wallet.
    5/5

  28. Avatar photo daningotham says:
    July 23, 2012 at 10:09 am

    I really liked this issue. I think I would buy this even if there was no dialogue just to look at the art. The art in this series has been the best I have ever seen I think. Awesome job! I’m liking both stories too. Who didn’t laugh out loud when Cyborg asked if he was dancing the line between alive and dead and Batman said, “Of course not.” LOL I kind of hope they don’t start a Shazam solo title because then I will have to check that out too. 😉

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