When I was looking through the titles of the new 52 I was excited to see that Booster Gold would still have a place. I like his character and had been following his regular title. My only question was, "How the heck did Booster get chosen to lead the JLI when Batman was involved?". That got answered pretty quickly in he first issue - Batman isn't an official member. Having read Justice League #1 last week I now that the League has been acting for about 5 years but Batman seems to have really changed how he views other heroes. He actually approves of Booster's appointment.
So... Booster is the leader. They've dialed back his maturity a bit so that he's more the publicity loving celebrity seeker that he was when he first appeared. There's glimmers of a hero here but mostly he seems to be in it for the fame.
Guy Gardner walks out of the first meeting. He still seems to be the hot head I remember. I may have to glance at some of the Green Lantern titles to find out how DC now justifies the number of Lanterns Earth has.
Rocket Red and August General in Iron seem to be there to be the augmentative duo. It's China vs Russia all the time.
The women of the group are much less defined. Godiva is the flirt, Ice is the one that is a bit of a peacemaker and Fire and Vixen and just there. I hope in future issues they all get a fleshing out. The friendship between Fire and Ice was always a favourite of the old JLI and I'd like to see it continue. Plus, this League has most of the female characters in the DCU, I'd hate to see them merely be caricatures.
Things I liked: I like the line-up. I think it's a good collection of heroes with an international bent.
Things I didn't like: I don't think Batman needs to. E part of this team. It feels like he's there just to have an "A lister" on board.
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