Some thoughts about Future State: Justice League #1

Who can defeat the Justice League?

The heroes of the future prefer to stay distant from each other in their personal lives but  a new threat will force them to stay together.

This was one of my most anticipated books from the Future State line, not only because it was a wider exploration of many heroes from this era but also because the now fan-favorite writer Joshua Williamson was in charge and I'm happy to say that both premise and execution are a success.

Williamson opens the story with an appropriate exposition about the main characters that doesn't feel as exposition at all and is pretty humourous in how it's handled. Speaking of which, this surprisingly involves characters like Cobalt Blue and the Ultra-Violet Lantern and at first I was like "Really?" but I was willing to give them a chance since Williamson might come up with a good twist to terrible ideas and he actually did.

He killed them! :D

Yeah, this story starts immediately the right way.

But that's far from the only positive since the author creates an interesting situation where the team prefer to keep their secret identities from each other due to something that happened to the old team. This plot plays with the mystery about what happened in the past as well as how the new cast handles this status quo and the writer manages to create interesting situations because there are a few members that are actually close to each other despite of their rules which developes compelling dynamics and personalities.

The story escalates pretty quickly once that the true villains are revealed and I never knew that Williamson was that much of a fan of Grant Morrison's work but here we are and makes me excited for what's coming next.

Robson Rocha's artwork is pretty vibrant and follows the story precisely.

There's a second segment about the Justice League Dark written by Ram V and it's more about what happened to the classic team... Well, "James Tynion IV's classic team" which is not a good sign but at least the write provides a few intriguing changes for them and shows what they had to due to survive in future where they're hunted by Merlin. It's compelling enough but not as good as the main story. Marcio Takara's artwork is pretty solid.

Overall, a worth reading installment, if anything for Williamson's take.