Even Superheroes Need Families

First Look for January 02, 2018

The Vision has created his own family with his own hands, the Justice League has made a family by inviting new members to join. Both families look out for each other and try to take care of each other no matter what, but the Vision’s family seems to be having some troubles. Virginia has lied and it could lead to some serious issues. The JLA’s issues are being caused by external forces and while they even help one another in their dreams, they must rely on a new member to save the day. In any case, even superheroes need families.

Vision #3

In and Out by Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta. Published by Marvel Comics, 2016.
Previously we saw Virginia kill the Grim Reaper after he nearly killed her daughter, Viv. In this issue, Vision enlists Tony Stark to help repair and revive Viv and basically bring her back to life. The procedure worked but that could prove troublesome for Virginia if Viv remembers anything and tells a different story than the lie Virginia has told Vision. Things are even more complicated since S.H.I.E.L.D. conducted a search for the Reaper and they weren’t able to find him anywhere – as we knew would happen.
The side stories in this issue are both pretty cool as well. As thing get complicated for Virginia with Vision, she takes some of that frustration out on kids painting graffiti on their garage door. Finally the last story deals with the everbloom that Agatha Harkness gave to Vision’s deceased ex-wife, Wanda Maximoff. Apparently Agatha woke from death with images of the Vision covered in the blood of heroes and friends and she had to consume a petal of the everbloom to see the future. We don’t see what the prophecy tells her but things look pretty ominous.

I think this might be my favorite issue of this series so far as I enjoyed the various stories and the art was really great too. I’m relay enjoying this series.

You can find first looks at other issues in this title linked in my January reading list.

JLA #9

Elseworlds by Grant Morison and Oscar Jimenez. Published by DC Comics, 1997.
In the last issue we were introduced to The Key and he did a pretty good number on the Justice League. Now he’s injected them all with a neural virus that’s sent them into a dream state. The bottom line is that he wants to take over the world like so many villains, but he’s got a decent plan – since the Justice League always wins, get them to win for you. The virus makes the League dream and when they realize they’re in a dream – as he knows they will since they always win – he’ll harness the energy of their waking out of the dream to power his entry into Negative Space where he can control the world.

The main problem with his plan though is that Green Arrow is roaming the Watchtower trying to stop him. Between that and the metabolism of Flash, he ends up failing and the Green Arrow is admitted as a new member of the JLA. This is a great issue as we see alternate versions of the heroes and with a different artist than the previous issues, the dream sequences look really cool.

You can find first looks at other issues in this title linked in my January reading list.