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Supergods by Grant Morrison

Supergods is the new book by Grant Morrison. However, if you were just expecting a normal, perfectly straight-forward history of the comic book medium you would be surprised, but I hope not disappointed, by its contents. This is the history of comics according to Grant Morrison – part history, part autobiography, part polemic, part manifesto and part bonkers. The subtitle (“What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human”. ) warns you not to expect a scholarly dissertation or dispassionate exploration of the superhero in popular culture. This book oozes passion for its subject and is rarely neutral on any issue.

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Want to read JLA #1 for free?

I’m talking about the Grant Morrison/Howard Porter version. You see the latest DC series to be released digitally is the 1997 Big-Seven relaunch of the Justice League. The first issue is free to read (so far JLA #2 and JLA #3 are available at 99 cents each). The first JLA four-part arc introduced the Hyperclan. There is a scene in Brightest Day #6 that shows the Martian Manhunter checking up on a spaceship in the Still Zone, this is the story of how it got there.

JLA Solicitations for June 2010

It’s seems that the year has barely started – March already?? – and DC is already releasing their preview solicitations for June. The biggest JLA news is the start of a 5-part JLA/JSA crossover which appears to feature on complications with the Starheart – the mystical force that power’s Alan Scott’s unique mystical Green Lantern. We see Jesse Quick on the cover of JLA #46 in the version of her father’s costume she adopted in Flash: Rebirth and used in the James Robinson penned Blackest Night: JSA.

Justice League: Generation Lost #3-4

Written by Keith Giffen and Judd Winick • Issue #3 art by Fernando Dangino • Issue #4 art by Aarom Lopresti • Covers by Tony Harris & J.D. Mettler • 1:25 variant covers by Kevin Maguire

DC’s biweekly Justice League event continues here! The heroes of the once-great Justice League International – Booster Gold, Captain Atom, Fire and Ice – have reteamed in order to stop a threat to all mankind. But will the heroes of the DCU take this group of misfits seriously? And what happens when Blue Beetle – a new hero with an old legacy – joins the team? And whose side is he really on? Be here to find out!

Issue #3 on sale JUNE 9 • Issue #4 on sale JUNE 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

Justice League of America #46

Written by James Robinson; Art by Mark Bagley and Rob Hunter; cover by Mark Bagley and Jesus Merino

“Brightest Day” continues with the start of an all-new, 5-part JLA/JSA crossover! The return of one hero heralds the release of the powerful Starheart that empowers Green Lantern Alan Scott. Now this chaotic force is unleashed on Earth, causing magic to go wild – and new metahumans to emerge! It’s more than one super-team can handle, but can even the combined efforts of the Justice League and the Justice Society contain the light and dark power wielded by one of their own? Witness the transformation of the moon and a journey into the Shadow Lands that will corrupt a hero!

Continued in next month’s JSA #41, this epic event features a 5-part connected cover spotlighting both teams in glorious action illustrated by Mark Bagley with inks by Jesus Merino!

On sale JUNE 30 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US

As well as the developing Brightest Day storylines June also sees the release of a brand new Green Arrow series. I wouldn’t normally mention it in these postings of JLA blurbs, but the cover by Cry For Justice’s Mauro Cascioli is absolutely beautiful: