Some thoughts about Justice League: Endless Winter #1

A new threat is about to endanger the whole world.

The Justice League is going against a group of common supervillains only to discover a much bigger enemy has awaken to create an immense natural disaster.

What's even the point of this event?

No seriously, that's a question that I can't help but ask. After all Scott Snyder's Death Metal is still going (and that event is not even that interesting to begin with) and we're not going with yet another crossover that, believe or not, is even less intriguing that the derivative story that Snyder is currently telling.

The title of the goddamn event tells you everything you need to know. Is about a new supervillain creating an endless winter for the whole planet which seems rather similar to the 90s event Final Night except with a change of the central theme of course.

The execution itself doesn't make things much better either. Dan Abnett's classic collaborator Andy Lanning is here (which doesn't inspire much confidence because aside from Aquaman, Abnett's DC work has been far from impressive) and Ron Marz offer the set-up for what the crossover is all about. The first problem I noticed was the dialogue which can sound a bit too much "comic booky" for my taste with characters and narration emphasizing too much of the obvious.

The characterization is not that great either. Sure, the heroes are not particularly badly written but it seems like the writers are not that familiar with their voices aside from their surface traits because they don't offer much more than what everyone already knows (and Barry can sound a bit too goofy). The obscure villains get it the worst though since for some reason Catman is with a group of villains that are not the Secret Six and he's still mostly portrayed as a buffon.

There are a few cool references though like Diana's time as the God of War (anything that acknowledges Brian Azzarello's run is great in my book) and some of the heroes from the past but they're not enough to be invested into this.

Howard Porter's artwork is really good though with the classic energy you can expect from his pencils. Marco Santucci's segment is fine too.

Aside from that, nothing too exciting but I guess I can keep reading.