JLA Vol. 3

[another_version]

Hello,
I am wondering if anyone out would recommend this series. I love Grant Morrison, and he wrote the first 41 issues, and then there are still 84 issues remaining. The reason I am wondering is because I want to hop on JLA with Robinson, after Cry for Justice. Should I pick up JLA Vol.3 1-125, or should I skip that and stick with the current volume? From what I've read online Vol.3 had some very good stories, unlike some of the recent Vol.4 stories. I am lost, because I don't know very much about these stories at all. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
_Spencer

[dumbstruck]

I can't stand Morrison's recent DC work, but this series was fantastic. Even beyond Morrison. Waid and Kelly's runs had some really, really good stories. Kind of petered out at the end, but overall worth getting.

[carabas]

But if you are looking at something even remotely like an ongoing narative from Morrison's JLA #1 to JL:CfJ #1, you needn't bother.

It's pretty much like the JLA has no past these days.

[another_version]

I'm not sure if I was looking for it to relate to the new series, I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing out on any good JLA stories, just because I wasn't reading it at the time. I ordered the first 2 trades off of Amazon, and then will go from there.

[maraxus60]

I'm not sure if I was looking for it to relate to the new series, I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing out on any good JLA stories, just because I wasn't reading it at the time. I ordered the first 2 trades off of Amazon, and then will go from there.


I collected that series from the first issue to the last, and it was the absolute best Justice League series in the past 30 years. Like someone said earlier the last 20 or so books kinda died. BUT the first 95 or so were incredible reads. Continue with the Grant Morrison stuff, you will enjoy it. WWIII was a great story, IF you can find them, DC 1 Million and Superman Our Worlds at War were great. Grant has this love affair with Superman that is just crazy. Not too long ago here, they did an article about Grants OBSESSION with the Man of Steel, HERE (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20077) is part 1, part 2 HERE (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20104) . Both are good reads, and explain ALOT of what Grant was trying to do with Superman and Final Crisis.
Good luck, and enjoy.

[Jake V]

The first 6 trades of the JLA series are Morrison's run, but there are some fill in stories by Waid that don't really measure up.

[carabas]

I'm not sure if I was looking for it to relate to the new series, I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing out on any good JLA stories, just because I wasn't reading it at the time.Oh, in that case, I can thoroughly recommend the Morrison run.

[Karl O'Neill]

Morrison's run is supreme.

MAGEDDON.

[dancj]

Morrison and Waid's runs are great. From then on it's rubbish. Kelly's run has some fans but I thought it was terrible.

[NickFury90]

Man, Doug Mahnke's come a looong way since that Kelly run.

Its too bad Hitch couldn't do all of Waid's stories >_>

[another_version]

Thanks for all the input, it looks like I will be collecting the Morrison run, and the cherry picking stories that pop out at me from there.

[dancj]

I wouldn't cherry pick from the Waid ones. They have a narrative that flows through them so it's best to read all of them. If you don't, at least make sure you read Tower of Babel before Divided We Fall