Justice League: Trinity War (The New 52)

by Geoff Johns, Jeff Lemire, Ivan Reis (Illustrator), Doug Mahnke (Illustrator)

Overview

The event that the New 52 has been building towards since the beginning! #1 New York Times best-selling writer Geoff Johns (GREEN LANTERN, BATMAN: EARTH ONE) brings together almost two years of plot threads here in JUSTICE LEAGUE: TRINITY WAR. When the three Justice Leagues go to war with one another, who's side will everyone be on? Allies will be born, friends will become enemies and the DC Universe will never be the same.

This new hardcover graphic novel features stunning art from some of the best talents in the industry, including Ivan Reis (AQUMAN VOL. 1: THE TRENCH), David Finch (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT VOL. 1: KNIGHT TERRORS) and Mikel Janin (JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK VOL. 1: IN THE DARK).

Collects: FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2012, TRINITY OF SIN: PANDORA 1-3, TRINITY OF SIN: PHANTOM STRANGER 11, JUSTICE LEAGUE 22-23, JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK 22-23, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 6-7 and CONSTANTINE 5

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401249441
Publisher:	DC Comics
Publication date:	12/02/2014
Edition description:	52nd ed.
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	323,100
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 10.20(h) x 2.60(d)

About the Author

Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels AQUAMAN: THE TRENCH, BLACKEST NIGHT, GREEN LANTERN: THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR, JUSTICE LEAGUE: ORIGIN, SUPERMAN: BRAINIAC and BATMAN: EARTH ONE which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises in comics.

Johns was born in Detroit and studied media arts, screenwriting, and film at Michigan State University. After moving to Los Angeles, he became an assistant to Richard Donner, director of Superman: The Movie. He and his mentor Donner later co-wrote SUPERMAN: LAST SON featuring the return of General Zod.

Johns has written for various other media, including episodes of Smallville, Arrow and Adult Swim's Robot Chicken, for which he was nominated along with his co-writers for an Emmy. He is the Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment and resides in Los Angeles, California.

Editorial Reviews

"Moves forward quickly and gets the reader intrigued from the start."—YAHOO! Associated Content

"Welcoming to new fans looking to get into superhero comics for the first time and old fans who gave up on the funny-books long ago."—Complex Magazine

"Justice League is about as much fun as you can have reading a comic book."—MTV Geek

"Reis manages to impress in a major way with his visuals."—IGN

"This is what "Justice League" should and can be: heroic adventures , world-threatening calamities and human interaction. Johns has found his stride on this book and it certainly helps that the art team of Reis, Prado and Reis have come along for the adventure.."—Comic Book Resources

From the Publisher

03/31/2014
As the superhero genre moves into film and television successfully, superhero comics are increasingly left to justify their existence with huge, multilayered spectacles—event comics that offer super-cameos in sprawling stories. This collection, spanning multiple DC titles, revolves around three versions of the Justice League in conflict with the legendary Pandora, and presents more of the same in competent but unenthralling form. The story involves Pandora stealing her box back from Steve Trevor’s vault in order to recapture all the evils it unleashed and win her reputation back. Every superhero who has anything to do with a current version of the Justice League (including yet another version of Shazam that misses the mark) becomes involved in the confused scuffle. All the expected tropes are there—Superman’s goodness, Batman’s hauntedness, Wonder Woman’s nobility—masquerading as depth. A surprise ending—the best part of the book—eventually ties things up, but leaves on a cliffhanger to drive sales to the follow-up miniseries. Readers who like cameo-driven epics will best appreciate this. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly