From Cinescape
A New Halloween, With New Horrors
Dateline: Wednesday, October 27, 2004
By: TONY WHITT
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Kurt
Busiek! Writing for the JLA! Writing a story that ties in directly to JLA-AVENGERS! Waa hoo! The fun starts in JLA #107 ($2.25) this week!
From The Fourth Rail
CRITIQUES ON INFINITE EARTHS: JLA #107
First Look Reviews
for 10/27/2004
by Don MacPherson
"Syndicate Rules, Part One: Maintenance Day"
Writer: Kurt Busiek
Pencils: Ron Garney
Inks: Dan Green
Colors: David Baron
Letters: Jared K. Fletcher
Editors: Mike Carlin
Price: $2.25 US/$3.50 CAN
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It's been quite a while since this title had a stable creative team. Since Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke's lengthy run on the book, we've seen such creators as Denny O'Neil, Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Chuck Austen and Tan Eng Huat bring the Justice League's adventures to life, but without a regular creative team, the title seemed to lack direction. Now we've got one of the strongest super-hero writers in the industry, Kurt Busiek, at the helm, and that brought with it a lot of promise. Unfortunately, this opening chapter in his first story arc felt more than a little padded and disconnected from what the title promises to be the main storyline. But more than anything else, this issue is hindered by inconsistent, sketchy artwork.
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SNAP JUDGEMENTS: JLA #107
First Look Reviews
for 10/27/2004
by Randy Lander
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Brian Bendis is methodically destroying my favorite old school superhero team comic, so I was in the market for a new one. As if by magic, Kurt Busiek is the new regular writer on JLA, and very few modern writers do old school superheroes better. The first issue merely hints at what might be coming up, with references to the JLA/Avengers series, but the tone of the book is just what I was looking for. The story specifics so far are a little more questionable, with Busiek treating the Flash in a way that seems more in-line with his animated counterpart than his DC Universe version, and the actual plot reading a little like a by-the-numbers first issue, but it's a fun look at a day in the life of the JLA and serves as a pretty good mission statement of the kind of thing we'll be seeing during Busiek's run. My big question mark was actually Garney's artwork, but as it turns out, I'm also pretty happy with the style he's using here. The new JLA isn't a home run out of the gate, but it is a solid superhero outing that bears watching.
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From Diamond
Shipping This Week: October 27, 2004
Monday, October 25, 2004 9:22:54 AM
The following products are expected to ship to comic book
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AUG040395 JLA #107 $2.25
From Pulse
JLA #107
(Oct 2004)
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JLA #108
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Topic: THE CRIME SYNDICATE, THE JLA, & KURT BUSIEK
posted 08-23-2004 12:14 PM
BY JENNIFER M. CONTINO
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For those who didn't realize, besides JLA/Avengers, Busiek's worked with the original JLA before. "I actually first wrote the JLA in 1983 - #224, a fill-in introducing Paragon, a villain I seem to get asked about a lot these days - so I've had a while to get over the intimidation factor of working on Earth's Mightiest Heroes," Busiek replied when asked about any added pressure he might feel working on such a high profile team. "And since then, I've written Spider-Man, the Avengers and more - not to mention the JLA and the Avengers together. So it's still a thrill to do it, but it's not like it's the first time."
Busiek has read and enjoyed the Justice League through various incarnations. He told us some of his favorite JLA creators. "Steve Englehart, Len Wein, Giffen/deMatteis ... Dillin/Giordano, George Perez, Don Heck, Adam Hughes, Ty Templeton ... there's plenty more, of course, including sterling runs on the current series, but that's a pretty damn good list off the top of my head."
From Newsarama
AT PLAY IN THE DCU: KURT BUSIEK TALKS JLA
07-14-2004 04:35 PM by MattBrady
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JLA #107
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JLA #108
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“The offer to write the book came first,” Busiek told Newsarama. “The plan to springboard off of some of the developments in JLA/Avengers was a natural, but it came after I started working stuff out. In fact, there are two big developments happening at once -- the whole question of Krona and the Cosmic Egg, and the CSA [Crime Syndicate of Amerika] storyline. The Krona part was something I came up with early on, but the CSA epic was pitched later, as a separate mini-series, and it got folded back into the main book along the way.”
While Busiek readily cops to leaving elements behind in JLA/Avengers that could be readily exploited, he had no idea that he’d be the one to do the follow-up, and be doing it so relatively shortly after the original story ended. “I like it when things can unfold -- when you can see what happens next, as a result of whatever major events the characters have been through,” Busiek said. “So I wrote it with the idea that there could be follow-ups, but no idea whether I'd be doing those follow-ups or not. Had I been doing a regular Marvel book, there are things that could be done on that side, too, but I guess that'll be up to them at this point.”
Inter-company crossovers, fairly rare creatures now, used to be much more plentiful, but nearly without exception, they occurred “somewhere else,” in a dimension where both the Teen Titans and X-Men operate, for example, following up on plot threads from JLA/Avengers in JLA is a rarity – an event in itself in that it continues in one of DC’s flagship titles.
Given that the ongoing JLA series won’t be changing it’s name to JLA/Avengers, some careful storytelling will be necessary for Busiek. “You won't be seeing any flashback panel with the Avengers in 'em, that's for sure,” the writer began. “Beyond that, you'll get to see how it works in October. Or, well, September, actually, since Ron and I have a CSA story in the JLA Secret Files that serves as a prologue to this story, and to a number of other things.”
Setting up the story a little – if you’re one of the seven regular readers of JLA who passed on JLA/Avengers, Busiek offered a quick rundown of how things ended up the way they are at the beginning of “Crime Syndicate of Amerika”:
“A short JLA/Avengers finale synopsis: Krona wound up with enormous power over both the Marvel and DC universes, and tried to collapse them both, which would have resulted in a new Big Bang and Krona's chance to witness the mysteries of universal birth. He's got an itch to know how that happens. The heroes managed to stop his machinations, though, and in the end, Krona ended up trapped in a collapsing whirlpool of n-space and energy, resulting in a Cosmic Egg, one which will eventually hatch into a new universe. It's infused with the essence of Krona, making him a part of the process. So he'll get to know his answers from inside. Trouble is, nobody knows when the Egg will hatch, or what sort of universe will be born from it.”
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From Newsarama
DC's OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS
07-12-2004 09:58 PM
written by Matt Brady
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Kurt Busiek takes over JLA with issue #107, teaming with Ron Garney and Dan Green on art. The solicitation reads: “Fan-favorite writer Kurt Busiek (ASTRO CITY) joins the JLA art team of Ron Garney & Dan Green for “Crime Syndicate of Amerika,” an 8-part story that explodes from the pages of Busiek’s JLA/AVENGERS!
“Research has continued on the mysterious “space egg” left behind at the end of JLA/AVENGERS, leading the JLA to take steps to ensure that Krona stays put in his “prison.” But this distraction could prove fatal, since the real threat at the moment may come from another Earth!”
From DC Comics
JLA #107
Monday, July 12, 2004 3:59:39 PM
Written by Kurt Busiek; art and cover by Ron Garney
Fan-favorite writer Kurt Busiek (ASTRO CITY) joins the JLA art team of Ron Garney and Dan Green for "Crime Syndicate of Amerika," an 8-part story that explodes from the pages of Busiek's JLA/AVENGERS! Research has continued on the mysterious "space egg" left behind at the end of JLA/AVENGERS, leading the JLA to take steps to ensure that Krona stays put in his "prison." But this distraction could prove fatal, since the real threat at the moment may come from another Earth!
DC UNIVERSE | 32pg. | Color | $2.25
On Sale October 27th, 2004
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