Mild Mannered Reviews – Justice League Incarnate #2

Justice League Incarnate #2 [of 5]

Scheduled to arrive in stores: December 21, 2021
Cover date: February 2022

“Worlds Gone Mad”

Writers: Joshua Williamson and Dennis Culver
Artists: Kyle Hotz, Paul Pelletier, Andrei Bressan and Norm Rapmund
Cover: Gary Frank
Variant Covers: Jorge Fornes

Reviewed by: James Lantz

Roll Call:
The Flash of Earth-0
Batman of an unknown Earth
Superman of Earth-23
Aquawoman of Earth-11
Captain Carrot of Earth-26
Thunderer of Earth-7
Dino-Cop of Earth-41

As Orion, Aquawoman and Dino-Cop must help prevent the House of Heroes from falling into Kalibak’s hands, the rest of the Justice League Incarnate is searching for Darkseid on the darkly supernatural Earth-13. They encounter Hellblazer, Fate and other beings including Superdemon, this world’s amalgam of Etrigan and Superman.

The Techno-Psychic Demento has commenced a cosmic séance to help the Justice League Incarnate find Darkseid. Flames engulf them, transporting the team of multiversal heroes to a place worse than Hell. It’s a war zone where Darkseid is battling the angel Asmodel. Meanwhile, the crack in the multiverse has been found. Unfortunately, the Batwoman Who Laughs from Earth-11 has arrived as a servant of the Great Darkness. She must be imprisoned in the House of Heroes while the Justice League Incarnate moves to seal it. Otherwise, there will be more chaos than our heroes can handle.

Orion is moving the team base through a multiversal bleed in an attempt to keep his brother Kalibak from taking its Monitor technology. Yet, the Batwoman Who Laughs’ attack causes the House of Heroes to lose control. To make matters worse, the self-destruct sequence must be activated to stop the horde of villains aboard the station. As for Superman’s faction of the League, they’ve been separated. Each member is in a different Earth.

Story – 4: This series has a lot of potential. The series so far and this issue has been very good. However, it still feels like two issues are being crammed into one. Perhaps it would be better as a twelve issue maxi-series. Too much is going on for just one issue. This was the same problem I had with #1. Maybe even two writers are too many for this book. Then again, it could come down to editorial decisions. Whatever the case may be, this comic is good. Yet, there’s room for improvement.

Art – 4: The art, while an improvement to that of the first issue, doesn’t quite deserve a perfect score. Some panels in Earth-13 look a bit off. Perhaps Kyle Hotz was working to meet a deadline. Again, the art is good, but minor imperfections prevent it from being great.

Cover Art – 5: Gary Frank has drawn another great cover. This particular one makes me want to see his art on a new Demon series.