Like he did last month, comic reviewer Don MacPherson takes a closer look at the latest issue of Justice League … including the “preview” cover and the final cover:
Regular cover: The originally released “silhouette” teaser cover image doesn’t match with the final version. The silhouettes in the Hawkgirl and Red Tornado positions are as they should appear, but the silhouette in the Black Lightning position is completely different. The hairstyles for the silhouettes in the Vixen and Black Canary slots are different than they appear in the final version. Arsenal’s red bow is colored green in the silhouette version, which is perhaps the most glaring example of misdirection on DC’s part to hide the identities of various team members. Similar efforts to misdirect readers with changes to the original cover images for the first issue were made.
It also merits note that Hawkgirl has yet to appear in the story at all.
I had no idea who Cavalier or Captain Stingaree were before reading this … but now I know who the happy couple are.
September 28th, 2006 at 9:26 pm
As a point of clarification, Capt. Stingaree does not appear in JLA #2. He’s referred to briefly in the script and in a manner that makes me highly doubt he’ll be turning up.
September 29th, 2006 at 1:14 am
Thanks Don!
September 29th, 2006 at 1:05 pm
The funniest thing to me was the terrible (or terribly rushed) alteration to Arsenal’s costume–it’s clearly Green Arrow’s costume colored red. There’s even a big “G” on the belt!
Overall, I’m enjoying Melter’s run about as much as I enjoyed Bob Harras’ run.