Very funny and cracky. I loved this and I was laughing at least half of the time. And I love Booster and Beetle.

This volume collecting Justice League International #14-22 overlaps [b:Justice League International, Book One: Born Again|45420891|Justice League International, Book One Born Again|Keith Giffen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1621957026l/45420891._SY75_.jpg|70170247] (that ends with a cliffhanger in issue #17). The fate of Mister Miracle is resolved, involving a trip back to Apokolips. With an early appearance by Lobo, the rough-talking interstellar bounty hunter, there's lots of fun and action to fill every issue. The stories get a bit bogged down by having to shoehorn in some action from not one, but two DC-wide crossovers, but Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis manage to keep things light, with humor throughout. Kevin Maguire, assisted by Steve Leialoha (#14, 15) and Ty Templeton (#20, 21), does a great job differentiating the physical personalities of the various characters. This acclaimed series from the late 1980s shows that superhero comics don't need Batman and Superman to be successful.

This book only gets better. As the title evolves, Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMattheis found the voice for each of the Justice Leaguers, and the result is fantastic.
This set is quite action packed, but always colored with the playfulness of these wonderful characters, and that doesn’t fade away when the roster starts to change.

I wish they're done a better job with the printing. For a nifty hardcover, some of the lettering is unclear, or even unfinished, and though I prefer a flat-paper to the current glossy stuff, the pages here are positively brittle.

Still, great stories. Bruce, Ted, Michael and Beatriz going undercover in Bialya is a great arc, balanced nicely by the fun cosmic adventure of J'Onn, G'nort, Red and Barda chasing Scott across the cosmos. Vol. 2's Max Lord stories, issues 11 and 12, are still among the series' highlights for me.

Normal Guy Gardner is back. Huzzah.

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ugh.

At least Barda was in this one.