Welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn. In this episode, Linkara looks at the infamous Justice League mini-series by James Robinson!

ORIGINAL INFO: Trust me – by the end of this, there will be crying.

Originally uploaded January 3rd, 2011.

RUMINATIONS: I friggin’ hate this comic.

Basically everything I say in these episodes is true – the hype around the comic, the constantly-shifting editorial stances on it and what form a James Robinson Justice League title would take (eventually Robinson would work with the regular JLA, but brought on more former Teen Titans to the group, but sadly it seemed to get bogged down in pointless crossover after pointless crossover [seriously why are we still doing events centered around Doomsday?]). The team membership kept shifting, the point of the book was forgotten, and in the end it was used as the platform to relaunch the Green Arrow family. And dear lord was it SO botched. The effects of that are still felt today with Arsenal and his stupid trucker hat in Red Hood and the Outlaws. Robinson is a fantastic writer and has a real appreciation for the legacy of the DCU. He’s killed characters before, but he always did it with a sense of appreciation for the character, tried to do right by them.

And then this crap, with retcons, nonsensical plans, and the death of a little girl so that Arsenal can start doing drugs again with his stupid cyborg arm. Yaaaay.

As for plot stuff, we’ll get more into that next week, but what I will say for now is that as soon as Joe had unveiled his new set – the Angry Joe Space Station – I knew I wanted him on the action and he graciously accepted, providing a pivotal piece of the finale to the Vyce arc.