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_Human by Choice_, Travis Taylor and Darrell Bain
_Justice, Volume 1_, Jim Krueger, Alex Ross and Doug Braithwaite
Two discussions of deep philosophical issues come in the form of entertainment. Taylor and Bain write a slightly disjointed narrative of an alien crash-landing on Earth and taking the form of a red-haired sex goddess who learns languages instantaneously. fights fiercely and hacks vigorously, not to mention falling deeply in love with the first man she sees. Good thing he happens to be a veteran war hero semi-genius who keeps up his shooting and has powerful connections in the military and DC. Also, it's creepily 1950s-era Heinleinesque -- but you may have gathered that already.
There are editing issues. For instance, this line is clearly left over from an earlier draft:
An account like this needn't give a detailed description of our sex life.
since a detailed description is exactly what we get. Repeatedly.
_Justice_, on the other hand, is a re-examination of the same issue that Warren Ellis tackled in _The Authority_: if superheroes are so gosh-darned super, why do they keep restoring the status quo ante? Why not use their super-intellect to cure disease, feed the hungry, solve over-population issues in one part of the world and infertility in others, stamp out poverty, und so weiter?
The villains decide to do this. Well, Lex Luthor does, and he's just so gosh-darned charismatic, a number of other notorious baddies help out too. Of course, step 2a in their plan is "get rid of the Justice League"...
_Justice, Volume 1_, Jim Krueger, Alex Ross and Doug Braithwaite
Two discussions of deep philosophical issues come in the form of entertainment. Taylor and Bain write a slightly disjointed narrative of an alien crash-landing on Earth and taking the form of a red-haired sex goddess who learns languages instantaneously. fights fiercely and hacks vigorously, not to mention falling deeply in love with the first man she sees. Good thing he happens to be a veteran war hero semi-genius who keeps up his shooting and has powerful connections in the military and DC. Also, it's creepily 1950s-era Heinleinesque -- but you may have gathered that already.
There are editing issues. For instance, this line is clearly left over from an earlier draft:
An account like this needn't give a detailed description of our sex life.
since a detailed description is exactly what we get. Repeatedly.
_Justice_, on the other hand, is a re-examination of the same issue that Warren Ellis tackled in _The Authority_: if superheroes are so gosh-darned super, why do they keep restoring the status quo ante? Why not use their super-intellect to cure disease, feed the hungry, solve over-population issues in one part of the world and infertility in others, stamp out poverty, und so weiter?
The villains decide to do this. Well, Lex Luthor does, and he's just so gosh-darned charismatic, a number of other notorious baddies help out too. Of course, step 2a in their plan is "get rid of the Justice League"...
