BulletPoints Review: Justice League: The Tornado’s Path
Written by Brad Meltzer Pencils by Ed Benes Inks by Sandra Hope
Issues #1-6 of Justice League of America
Review by Jay Ferguson (Modern Lover)

       This storyline reminds me of something that was said in Brad Meltzer’s
previous Justice League story, Identity Crisis, that the Justice League
is a strike force. I think this storyline, as much as it involved a lot
of emotional drama between the Red Tornado and his wife, and the mystery
of who was behind everything, what this story does really well is reminds
us why the DCU needs a Justice League, because when the worst happens,
someone needs to have a plan and the strength to carry it out, to make
sure that the truly world threatening problems are contained and dealt
with. Some of these characters are personal favorites of mine, such as
Black Canary, Hawkgirl and Arsenal, but others like Vixen and the Red
Tornado I really didn’t care about before I read this. The strength of
Meltzer’s writing is that he showed how important every member of the
team was to their success and Vixen especially has an unbelievable scene
in the final issue that made me lose any of my perceptions of her as a
black female Buddy Baker, and truly showed me how great she could be.
       This story does have a slow build, as the team-building and the slow
bringing together of the various story threads takes a while, but it is
absolutely necessary to the payoff in issue #6 and it’s totally worth the
slow bringing together of the team. It is also really nice to see how
there are many various nods to the history of the Justice League
throughout this storyline, but Meltzer never forces the connections. If
you want to read a great Justice League story, told by a great
storyteller, and with some nice Ed Benes art, look no further.