This Week's Comic Books 7-1-09

A light week. I only would've bought one, but I took a chance on another title...

Justice League: Cry For Justice 1 (of 7): ...and boy, I won't make this mistake again. The writing is terrible. The dialogue is laughable, details of the plot (so far) are vague and the premise (some of the superheroes want to become more...shall we say, pro-active in going after villians before they cause further death and destruction) has been overdone recently. Some of those that will team up as part of this more aggressive hero grouping are obscure (Congorilla? Really?) while others (Supergirl, the new Batwoman) were barely in the book, if at all. Supposedly this miniseries will be important to some huge future events, but that's what they always say. Speaking of comic book events...

Simpsons Super Spectacular 9: "The Best Radioactive Man Event Ever!" concludes with more fun jabs at the comic book industry. The "new direction" for Radioactive Man comics is finally revealed, and Bart's response turns out to be more popular than the book itself. Some of the stories they come up with in the comics are better than those in new episodes of the TV show. This is one of them, especially if you're a comic book geek.