FREE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA THE SILVER AGE: VOL 1 PDF Various,Gardner F Fox | 144 pages | 23 Feb 2016 | DC Comics | 9781401261115 | English | United States Justice League of America: The Silver Age Vol. 1 by Gardner F. Fox Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Fox. Mike Sekowsky Illustrator. Bernard Sachs Illustrator. Wonder Woman. The Flash. Green Lantern. The Martian Manhunter. Green Arrow. As individuals, their names are legend. Together, they are even greater than the sum of their parts. They are the Justice League of America, and they stand for truth, justice and the American way! Since they were first commissioned by renowned DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz inthe Justice League has thrilled audiences across the globe in tales that span time and space. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Other Editions 1. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Justice League of Americaplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Justice League of America. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jun 18, Matt rated it it was amazing. Awesome artwork and good, solid writing with classic storylines and adventures are captured in this collection. The Justice League is pretty damn cool. Justice League of America the Silver Age: Vol 1 members are all awesome and the fact that we get to read comics with all of them in single issues feels like a treat. I like the teamwork they employ to best their enemies and problem solve. I also found it Interesting that Batman and Superman are not that involved in these particular issues and don't show up in some of them. It gives the res Awesome artwork and good, solid writing with classic storylines and adventures are captured in this collection. It gives the rest of the members some time to shine even though I would've liked to have seen them all play major roles, it was still great to see the other members do their thing. Snapper Carr is such a snapshot of what teens were perceived to be like in the 's. He serves Justice League of America the Silver Age: Vol 1 the overly cheesy, comic relief. I had a lot of fun with this one. The Justice League rocks! Jul 27, Shannon Appelcline rated it it was ok Shelves: comicscomics-dc. The Marvel comics of the '60s entirely innovated the comic book field, but Justice League of America the Silver Age: Vol 1 easy to forget that now, decades later. But you can understand what they did a little better when you read a comic from just before the Marvel Age, like this JLA reprint. It similarly collects together the most notable heroes of a superhero universe and has them form a super-team to ba The Marvel comics of the '60s entirely innovated the comic book field, but it's easy to forget that now, decades later. It similarly collects together the most notable heroes of a superhero universe and has them form a super-team to battle super-super-villains. But what a difference Stan Lee's point of view makes These JLA comics have a very repetitive and honestly, both unbelievable and dull structure: the characters come together to learn about a problem. They then split up into teams of one or two characters to face the problem in small increments. And then they join together as a team to finish the story. Sometimes there's a clever twist, such as in JLA 1 when Flash accidentally sends the Justice League to worlds of doom, or in JLA 5 when we get some unreliable narration, but it's still the same 'ole same 'ole. The trope was probably a hold-over from All-Star Comicswhich used the JSA as a framing device to tell solo stories of its heroes, but even All- Stars had abandoned the idea a few years before the end of its run. Granted, by modern standards the stories of The Avengers a few years later aren't Justice League of America the Silver Age: Vol 1 storytelling, but they had considerable more variety and variability to their plotting and storytelling than this dusty device. The other structural problem in these early JLA issues is their very weak characterizations. The comics are basically all about beating up the foes. Even if the heroes of the Avengers were often one-note, they still got that one note and occasionally even a subplot. In comparison, the JLA gets zero notes most of the times: they're simply tools to fight against the baddies. These are characters that have survived through the ages and been major characters Justice League of America the Silver Age: Vol 1 strong arcs in many different eras. They're not necessarily great here, because of their own weakness of characterization, but they contain the seeds of greatness. And some of these comics are charming, like the magical story in JLA 2where the JLA have to fight fantasy monsters to bring back science and all the weird luck, mystery and riddling of the Amos Fortune story in JLA 6. There's also a lot of beautiful imagery, ike the cosmic barge of Kanjar Ro JLA 3 and the image of Aquaman surfing the ocean on a giant shell. But, it's not enough to keep this first volume of the JLA from being unfortunately dull. The first appearances of the JLA. Lots of fun. And I forgot how Superman and Batman are non-participating members. They show up briefly only a few times. Fun reads. Good DC Silver Age stories. Aug 06, Kevin Findley rated it really liked it Shelves: comics-graphic-novelsjla. Light-hearted tales of heroes standing tall for everything right and good. Science fiction stories in the vein of Brunner and Smith with a dash of Asimov and Heinlein thrown in. To me, that describes these first stories of the JLA. There was also an introduction of another idea that has been a boon and bane to comics in general: Continuity. Within these issues, there are recurring villains that call back to previous adventures in detail. Opponents from the team members solo adventures are present Light-hearted tales of heroes standing tall for everything right and good. Opponents from the team members solo adventures are present as well and bring that history with them also. I point this out, because previously there might be a footnote or a brag about a previous run-in, but there were never any details. Here, Kanjar Ro and others along with the heroes make the details part of the new adventures. One group even tricked several members to go Justice League of America the Silver Age: Vol 1 the future to see if an opponent was still in jail. As mentioned in other reviews, sitting down to read them all at once is a mistake. There are recurring storylines and some the dialogue is Justice League of America the Silver Age: Vol 1 stilted. You have to wonder if the kids of the creators had a good laugh at their parents because they honestly thought that's how Snapper Carr and other teenagers really spoke. Even Justice League of America the Silver Age: Vol 1 those drawbacks, this is a volume that fans of comics in general and the Silver Age specifically should read and reread again. It sets up the next twenty-five years of adventures and brings the separate DC titles into a real universe, Justice League of America the Silver Age: Vol 1 eventually a multiverse that entertained millions of fans. Find it! Buy it! May 26, Robert S rated it liked it Shelves: graphic-novels. Its all about the action, although superheroes outside of the big two Batman and Superman get a lot of time here. This volume is a fun afternoon read which may not have aged like fine wine but still worth reading. Silver Age: Justice League of America Vol 1 1 | DC Database | Fandom Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. NOOK Book. Home 1 Books 2. Add to Wishlist. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Members save with free shipping everyday! See details. Wonder Woman. The Flash. Green Lantern. The Martian Manhunter. Green Arrow. As individuals, their names are Justice League of America the Silver Age: Vol 1. Together, they are even greater than the sum of their parts. They are the Justice League of America, and they stand for truth, justice and the American way! Since they were first commissioned by renowned DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz inthe Justice League has Justice League of America the Silver Age: Vol 1 audiences across the globe in tales that span time and space. Product Details About the Author. About the Author As much as any writer, Gardner Fox helped create the tone and feel of the Batman stories of the s. Fox was an attorney who began his prolific and innovative second career as a writer in the late s on Batman and went on to create such Golden Age classics as the original Flash, Hawkman, Starman, Doctor Fate, and the Justice Society of America.