A solid trade that any fan of DC Comics can pick up and enjoy. Rebirth continues to be just that for DC and a breath of fresh air for the superhero genre.

Bryan Hitch brings the Justice League into Rebirth with Justice League Vol. 1: The Extinction Machines. If you liked Hitch's Justice League of America: Power and Glory then you'll like this, too. Hitch writes a pared-down League and knows the strength of this title comes from getting these characters on the page together; in his teamings, Hitch evokes the Silver Age Justice League "pair off" structure, and even the Super Friends or Justice League cartoons. Tony Daniel graduates well to the "big leagues" following Jason Fabok on this title. As with Power and Glory, Bryan Hitch's Rebirth Justice League Vol. 1: The Extinction Machines is a self-contained and epic one-off.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I used to read comic books a lot when I was younger, but haven’t really touched a comic since. When I saw this comic Justice League: Extinction Machine (Rebirth) I figured this would be a good place to start. Honestly I really enjoyed the graphics more than the storyline, since there was just not much in there to give whatever was supposed to be happening any depth. Other than that it was ok.

This was just not for me. I didn't like the characters. I didn't like the plot. I was confused and bored most of the time and when I got about 30% through I just skimmed read the rest. I won't be continuing on with the series.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me read and review this book.

I really don't understand why you hand over one of your biggest titles to a guy who's barely written anything. Yes, he's been a top notch artist for years but I've never even come across anything he's written. Hitch writes and draws the rebirth issue. Hitch's artwork in this is not very good. He seems to be using a simpler style and everything just looks a little sketchy without the detail work he's normally fantastic at.

Tony Daniel pencils the main story and his artwork is very good. Definitely good enough to anchor a top tier book. The writing in this however is not good. Nothing is explained. The Justice League repeatedly lucks out and we get no reasons why anything is occurring. The beginning of this book feels like the plot was stolen directly from the "God" arc Hitch drew in the Authority. Thousands of aliens start crashing into earth and taking over people. Then separately all these people are taken over by something called the "Kindred" and combine into giant wannabe Doc Manhattan types. We get no explanation what the aliens are or want, what the Kindred is, where the bombs in the Earth's crust came from, why there's aliens that look like Cyborg on this other planet where the aliens come from. All of it just happens. Batman's pretty much useless and the only reason the JL save the day is because Aquaman found some magic crystals. What I did like about the book is how the rest of the JL is reluctant to trust this new Superman.

After reading my first Flash comic book, I tried to keep my excitement and my expectations under control, because I feel like the hype surrounding these comics, both due to the various forms they exist in, and the fans themselves, can influence the experience of reading them a lot. And as I manage to do that, and as I read more and more of the stories from the DC universe, I'm starting to understand why are these comic books so well-loved.

I really enjoyed this book a lot. I was able to understand most of what was going on, even without knowing some of the most important details, like Superman's backstory. The story is a pretty simple one, with someone attacking Earth, trying to destroy the planet, and the superheroes trying to save the day. But I loved the aspect of "stolen powers". The creatures attacking the planet kept going on and on about how each superhero stole the powers they had, making some of the guys from the team doubt themselves a little bit. It was a really interesting idea, seeing all these really famous characters doubting themselves and also seeing how they dealt with it all. I am also intrigued by the fact that, even though they saved the day, the heroes didn't manage to find out who was attacking the planet. I liked that a lot, because it just means I'll definitely check the next volume out.

As far as the art goes, that one was fantastic. Each panel was more beautiful than the previous one, and there wasn't too much text, which I also liked. There were panels where the art seemed a bit different and it seemed as if the drawings for certain characters had some changes in them, but other than that I pretty much liked this issue. I'm curious to see what some of the older versions of the Justice League looks like, as opposed to this one. All in all, I was pretty surprised to how enjoyable I found this book, and I'll definitely keep an eye out for the next volume.

'Justice League, Volume 1: The Extinction Machines' is part of the DC Universe: Rebirth. It promises a big huge story with the title and the lead in, but then turns pretty mediocre.

The first issue included is the Rebirth issue and it's a pretty good story packed in an issue. The Justice League, now with two newer Green Lanterns, face a pretty big problem. The new Superman of this timeline has to decide if he should join the team or keep his family safe.

This storyline is mirrored to some extent in the main story which is from Justice League 1-5. Weird alien beings show up and possess humans to fight for them. They also somehow manage to do things like steal all of the speed from Flash. There is something in space and something that has existed at the Earth's core, so the team has to split up. For the thing at the Earth's core, it can only be dealt with by Superman, but Batman is reluctant to trust this new Superman, but he doesn't really have a choice.

It's a story that screams "Epic! Epic! Epic!" and seems to head in that direction, but the outcome has a weird new age feel that takes the punch out of the story. I think I would have preferred a smaller story perhaps that dealt with the new team dynamics a bit more than just throwing them into a life or death struggle for the sake of the entire planet, but perhaps that was the only way to get the new Superman engaged with the team.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

This was my first graphic novel to be able to review from Netgalley and it did not disappoint. It has all the action and all the characters that you have gotten to know and love over the years, whether in movies or in comics, all coming together. It was a very quick and enjoyable read and I would recommend it to anyone prepping themselves for the Justice League movie that is set to come out later this year.

The JLA members are overwhelmed by large squids. Even Aquaman can’t control them. It might be time to deputize all the world’s fishermen to handle the crisis -- I hear that nets are pretty handy for catching squid -- but instead the JLA turns to the new Superman, who in this incarnation looks a cross between Elvis and Sylvester Stallone before they got fat. Of course, Superman’s wife has to talk him into it, otherwise he’d be watching football and doing ordinary guy stuff that wives never want guys to do.

Eventually the JLA gets busy saving the planet from squid and other instruments of destruction, but before long a bunch of zombies steal their powers. OK, maybe they’re not zombies. They’re called the Kindred and their eyes glow and they shamble like zombies. And there are some big insect monsters in Gotham. OK, maybe they’re not insects.

Anyway, New Superman needs to journey to the center of the earth. Not the best vacation spot, maybe even worse than Atlantis.

Meanwhile, some big fellows wander around in various countries, each a different hue. They are apparently talking to the Kindred and they want Wonder Woman to join them. They probably noticed her because she’s being superheroic instead of watching football or vacationing at the earth’s core.

Anyway, all of the important forces, not like gravity and electromagnetism, but the really important ones like the speed force and magic and the color spectrum, have something to do with a threat to shake the world apart. And the big fellas seem intent on doing something on Earth they call a purge. You know that can’t be good. But there’s no sense calling out the entire JLA for anything that’s less than Earth threatening, and the purge falls into that category so the JLA goes to work. I like the fact that each hero finds a role to play, and not necessarily an obvious role.

I’m not quite sure the story makes sense, but I liked it anyway. The art is a bit uneven -- well, more than a bit, it’s really uneven -- but that’s become typical at DC. The story isn’t spectacular, but it’s a basic superhero story about superheroes doing what they do. That’s what I like, even if this one doesn’t succeed as well as some of the other Rebirth stories.

ARC from Netgalley.
3.5 Stars.
Justice League Rebirth deals with an alien invasion.... but why? The events of this comic, while very filled with action and amazing art, seem to have no effect on the individual titles. The enemy is cool... but never seen before and more than likely not heard from again. They (even after much toil and struggle) still win the day.... but how?
This title is good and has been for quite a while. But I'm going to need a few more answers if I'm going to just accept the things that are contained within.
Recommend.

Justice League, Volume 1: The Extinction Machines is the first of the Justice League tales to emerge since the DC Rebirth. Superman is dead and a new Superman, from a different universe, has taken up resident with his son and his wife, Lois. But the team has little time to mourn and even less to adjust as the world is besieged by aliens bent on takeover.

New members try to find their way into the team as ancient forces joined with aliens to enslave mankind. The new Green Lantern duo alongside the Flash and Aquaman. Batman and Wonder Woman and the Cyborg try to trust the new Clark Kent, an uneasy alliance. Without their Superman, the Justice League finds itself without a true leader, their morale compass wavering. But the JL has no time, the world is in peril and its heroes must find their way.

As a start, this is a weak offering. Tony Daniel's penciling is the star of this book as the story is disjointed and its telling hesitant. Like the challenge is too big for its narrator. As the series moves forward, one hopes this book will gain steam and become the flagship of DC it should be. With its movie counterpart coming out soon, it needs to be

I am not gonna lie, for my first ever Justice League story, I was kinda disappointed. I absolutely love all of these characters and I know that they work well together but in The Extinction Machine, at times I got confused as to what was going on. Also, it was not just the storyline that got me confused, at times the artwork was subpar. I guess I just expect the best when it come to the Justice League.

Lets start with the art style. Majority of the time it was okay, nothing amazing but not bad either. But at the start, the facial expressions, especially for Aquaman and Wonder Woman seemed very forced. Also, the images did not take my attention to where it should have been. I constantly found myself distracted by other stuff going on and not able to truely bring myself to focus on the point of the panel.

I would have been able to forgive them if it was purely the art style that was a tad off, sometime it does come down to personal presence. But when the storyline does not make up for it, well then we have a problem.

The storyline is the Justice League are fighting an ancient evil that is never fully explained. I am still trying to understand what they were actually trying to do (apart from destroy Earth obviously). What didn’t help was that from the start I was confused. I am not 100% sure if I missed some required reading before reading this volume though as it seems to flow on from a previous issue. And it does not really redeem itself from their. The only saving grace is Aquaman, and we do not get to see much of him. The rest of the team are not doing any damage to this thing (even after reading it, I am still not sure what it is, but it defiantly unmemorable) and Aquaman is trying to take care of the oceans whilst actually making progress against these new enemies.

I feel like this storyline is going somewhere great, but I do wish that this first volume was better. I will find out whether it was necessary to read this first volume or not I guess.

This story was just okay. The art was fabulous and the story was full of action. But, it felt like action just for action. I'm hoping to see good things come out of this in further issues.

We’re once again slated with a new team book origin story… I was more familiar with the New 52 line up and that was a true origin story. This is an established team with a couple new features. I don’t know the new Green Lanterns. But Green Lantern stories have never really been my thing. And the Superman isn’t involved with the Justice League… Yet. Until a new big bad is in town.

The start to this title seems so similar to the New 52 reboot, except I think I liked that one more. I remember enjoying that book coming out every month and being engaged. It was a struggle to read the last half of this trade.

The first issue had great promise. I loved the pages introducing Superman. And I’ve heard great things about his solo title, so that’s exciting. The first issue was really strong. I loved it and I thought I was going to love the whole trade…. Except it fell flat.

The villain was 2-dimensional at best. With no clear motive, except destruction, and the defeat was anti-climatic and sudden. I was intrigued by Aquaman’s storyline, but it was never referred to in the book. And I would be shocked if it was mentioned in the next issue.

Maybe I’m learning team books are not my thing, but I did not like this.

But I want to keep reading the series. I like all the characters. I just don’t like the story. So this is a definite trade wait for me.

Justice League Volume 1: Extinction Machines collects Justice League Rebirth and issues #1-5.

I enjoyed the interactions among the Justice League members, and the new, awkward relationship with the “new” Superman. However, I have to admit at being confused about the villains in this book. The story seemed to drag and was never explained well. The League members would lose powers at times which added suspense. But I wasn’t exactly sure what the “extinction machines” were or their motivation. The dialog was a bit much, and I have to admit I started skimming.

I’m still excited about this new team and the Rebirth story. I hope the next volume has a better story arc that holds my interest a bit better.

I received a copy of this graphic novel/comic from the publisher (DC) through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Very interesting story line. Surreal almost at times. The artwork was imaginative and blended well with the prose. Really enjoyed this title and would be interested in reading the next in this series.

Clearly comics have moved beyond the concept of a story revolving around one big fight and address larger themes like environmental issues and human psychology. Even Superman has limits, both physical and emotional.

Well done.

I was glad to hear Geoff Johns was leaving Justice League as I wasn’t a fan of his New 52 run and I still wanted to read a great Justice League comic. My optimism was soon dampened though after hearing Bryan Hitch was taking over. Have you read his Image series Real Heroes? The premise is what if actors playing superheroes actually got superpowers and had to save the world for reals. Sounds ok, right? I couldn’t get through the first issue, it was so, so bad - it even gave me a headache!

The good news is Hitch has gotten better since then - marginally. He’s gone from being unreadable to just a poor writer, an improvement but not enough of one. His first Justice League Rebirth book is still pretty bad.

I can broadly summarise the plot as that tired old cliche of aliens wanting to destroy Earth and the superheroes having to stop them. The details of how they plan to do this or how the Justice League stop them, why the aliens want to do this and who they are though are nebulous at best, and that’s what I mean about bad writing ruining the book for me.

There are giant insect aliens and giant Doctor Manhattan-types made of people, and I think they’re at war with one another, maybe, or possibly there’s another alien species against them, but the Justice League are hitting every alien in sight regardless. It’s impossible to get too invested in a plot that’s such nonsense.

I suppose Hitch should get some credit for utilising all the members of the Justice League in the story - they all have a part to play and they effectively work together as a team to beat the bad guys. But they get such dull, static roles: Wonder Woman stands inside one of these giants so we can see their perspective, Aquapants is hanging onto some magic singing crystals that’ll save the day (really), Superman’s got to punch something right hard, and the Lanterns have a green pipeline of something to defeat the baddies. When they all align, it’s like that board game Mouse Trap but with superheroes, all doing their thing one after the other like clockwork! It’s very contrived.

As an aside, I’m really fed up of newcaster talking heads being used as the Greek chorus, it’s so done and unimaginative. You can always tell the age of a writer when you see this crap deployed because it was everywhere in the ‘80s and ‘90s when it felt more fresh. And Cyborg is once again there to be the info dump guy - another sign of bad writing, when you need a character to vomit exposition just to make sense of the unnecessarily convoluted plot. The ending to this one too is so unsatisfyingly abrupt thanks to Aquapants’ Deus Ex Machina.

While Hitch is yet another artist who can’t write, his art remains good and I enjoyed the opening issue he illustrated. Tony S. Daniel’s art, while not his best, is also decent here with strong lines and a good eye for interesting page composition.

Unfortunately there’s not a lot of positives about this one besides the art and almost-robotic utility of the characters; Justice League remains a title with a lot to be desired. And back I go to now waiting for Bryan Hitch to leave the title and hopefully someone good picking it up!

Earthquakes are quaking the whole world. At first slowly, then more quickly as the extinction machines wake up by the kindreds' words. Insect like creatures are attacking those who belong to the justice league. The justice league must work separately with these two enemies. They are being stretched thin. The Batman decides to ask the new 52 Superman to help even though Batman is suspicious of him.all of the justice league members are reaching the end of their ropes trying to keep earth from being destroyed. Will they save earth?

I am not as familiar with justice league as many others are. I am more aware of the individual superheroes as I read them faithfully. The artwork is great. At times, I found the story to be confusing but in the end it made sense. I look forward to reading more of these volumes as they continue. It is a fascinating story and suspect the future volumes will be too.

From the publisher: A part of DC Universe: Rebirth!

Spinning directly out of the events of DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH, a new day dawns for the Justice League as they welcome a slew of new members into their ranks. The question remains though, can the world's greatest superheroes trust these new recruits? And will the members of League be able to come together against an ancient evil that threatens to reclaim not just the world, but the entire universe!

Masterful storytelling, epic action, and unbelievable art come together in JUSTICE LEAGUE from best-selling comic book writer Bryan Hitch (JLA) and superstar artist Tony S. Daniel (BATMAN, DETECTIVE COMICS). Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE: REBIRTH #1 and JUSTICE LEAGUE #1-5.

Rebirth honors the richest history in comics, while continuing to look towards the future. These are the most innovative and modern stories featuring the world's greatest superheroes, told by some of the finest storytellers in the business.

Honoring the past, protecting our present, and looking towards the future. This is the next chapter in the ongoing saga of the DC Universe. The legacy continues.

With Justice League Vol. 1: The Extinction Machines, Bryan Hitch has done a terrific job. The Justice League, at least with this membership (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, and two Green Lanterns), needs to face world crisis-level events. The Extinction Machines qualifies.

As the League begins to work together following Rebirth, the Green Lanterns and the new Superman are trying to find their way. They begin by facing a nasty foe called a Reaper, who warns them that something worse is coming. The main story arc deals with this "something worse". As earthquakes rock the world, large groups of people become "possessed", speaking about stolen powers, words, speed, and light, and something known as the Kindred. Meanwhile, strange bug-like alien creatures are landing all over the world, looking to start the Purge. The Justice League is split up, trying to deal with all these issues at once. As they realize they need help, Batman is forced to call on the new Superman, whom he is very suspicious of. Superman has his own doubts, as he has grown accustomed to hanging in the background.

Hitch does a fine job escalating the threats with each successive issue. They are truly worthy of being dealt with by the Justice League. He also gives each character his/her own star turn, making sure that no one is underused. Of particular note is his characterization of Superman, and how he is trying to reconcile his past with this new (to him) group of heroes that have previous relationships with the now-deceased New 52 Superman. Batman and Wonder Woman in particular are struggling. Additionally, both Green Lanterns are relatively new and inexperienced, and their development into stronger characters gets off to a good start. Flash, Cyborg, and Aquaman all play their roles well. Finally, Hitch has set up future storylines nicely with his first Justice League arc.

I enjoyed Justice League Vol. 1. Bryan Hitch is off to a good start on one of DC's flagship titles, and the future looks bright as well. I highly recommend this book to fans of the Justice League, as well as new readers looking for a good jumping on point.

I received a preview copy of this book from DC Comics and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.