This is only the second issue of Justice League Odyssey I’ve read but I find it much better than the core Justice League comic. I happen to be a far bigger fan of Dan Abnett than James Tynion IV or Scott Snyder (who I vowed never to purchase again) although from a sales perspective JLO is pretty miserable. I don’t know what the threshold is for a series cancellation but with just slightly over 23k issues shipped for issue 11, I imagine JLO is at risk. The numbers were initially sliding but are now holding steady. The more pronounced trend is an improvement in scores from professional reviewers. Issue 11 had the highest aggregate score for the series at 8.1 from professional reviewers and then issue 12 took that title with an aggregate score of 8.8.
I haven’t been a huge fan of the way DC has been using Darkseid the last half decade or so. For God knows what reason, they have altered his iconic appearance to make him much more generic looking. He’s also considerably more active and hands on which diminishes his intimidation factor. I was delighted to see that at about the midway point in the comic Darkseid transforms back into his classic look. I haven’t really followed Darkseid’s evolution since he died and came back but great credit to Dan Abnett for bringing him back to where he started.
Besides Darkseid’s rebirth, not a lot happens in the comic but I still enjoyed it. Along with restoring Darkseid, it also legitimizes him as a true badass and DC really needs to do that if they’re hoping to establish him as the alpha villain in the DC extended universe or whatever they’re call their movies these days. Unlike certain other DC writers, Dan Abnett can make a story feel big without it being a pretentious mess. There is a huge WHOA! moment on the last page that is pretty shocking and, again, these moments have a lot more effect when they aren’t surrounded by headache inducing writing and horrendous characterization. I actually WANT to read the next issue.
I admit that several of my least liked writers at DC sell massive amounts of comics. The main Justice League comic isn’t setting the world on fire but its sales numbers are more than double that of Justice League Odyssey. I refuse to read anything by Scott Snyder but of the ones by James Tynion that I read I would say that Abnett’s writing is significantly better. It can be very difficult to improve a comics numbers unless there is a radical change such as a new writer but based on my limited sample size, I would say that the sales numbers between Justice League and Justice League Odyssey should be swapped based on quality of writing. Even though I don’t have much respect for professional comic reviewers maybe these improved scores might bring some attention to this comic.
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