JLA: Golden Perfect (Book 10) [Paperback]

Joe Kelly (Author), Doug Mahnke (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (February 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563899418
• ISBN-13: 978-1563899416
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.3 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,190 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #83 in Books > Children's Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Superheroes

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Joe Kelly is one of comics' hottest writers, with highly acclaimed runs on Daredevil, Deadpool, X-Men and Superman to his credit.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Joe Kelly takes over the JLA, November 2, 2003

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R. SHARIFF "rayhans1282" (Jamaica, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JLA: Golden Perfect (Book 10) (Paperback)

This collection marks the arrival of a new creative team to handle the JLA, Joe Kelly (writer) w. Mahnke and Nguyen providing the art. In my opinion they do a pretty decent job of filling the rather large shoes of previous writers such as Grant Morrison and Mark Waid. The first story shows the JLA saving the world in a two minute warning. In this story I really enjoyed the diplay of personality of every JLA members before they were called in, i.e. Green Lantern no having enough money to buy a frappachino, then Superman leaving Lois, Batman training w/ Wonder Woman while trying to solve three other cases at the same time. The next story is the Golden Perfect which centers around the breaking of Wonder Woman's lasso and the subsequent alteration of all facets of reality...okay so, it's a little farfetched but still enjoyable. The final and the best story in my opinion is the "Dark Nut Strikes Again". It is a "team-up" (if you can call it that) between Plastic Man and Batman. We find out about the rather tumultuous civil life of plastic man where he has abandoned his son, who has joined up w/ a gang. The boy also has inherited his father's pliable powers. Anyways, Batman scares the boy straight out of the gangsta wanna-be phase. In the story, Batman even comments on how he thought Plastic Man would have made the best father becuse he would always keep his kids laughing. It is really a great story. In my opinion as a JLA reader from the very beginning, Joe Kelly writes the best plastic man. I highly recommend this trade.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, June 9, 2003

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JLA: Golden Perfect (Book 10) (Paperback)

When a child is stolen from under the Amazons' protection, Wonder Woman and the rest of the Justice League of America (Superman, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Plastic Man, and the Atom) set out to reunite the child and his mother. Finding that the boy is heir to an ancient, hidden civilization, Wonder Woman uses her lasso (the Golden Perfect) to discover the truth. But when the lasso breaks, truth and order become uncertain throughout the whole universe. And now it is up to Wonder Woman to fix the Golden Perfect and the JLA to fix the universe.

As an added bonus, two other stories bracket Golden Perfect: Two Minute Warning, which gives the JLA two minutes to save the world; and Bouncing Baby Boy, in which the improbable duo of Bat Man and Plastic Man must work to save a boy from a life of crime.

This was a really good graphic novel. The graphics were short of excellence, but the story was fantastic! While Flash and the Atom were somewhat minor characters, Plastic Man was used to his absolutely funniest best. It's been a while since I've seen Plastic Man so well represented! My nine-year-old son and I both loved this book, and highly recommend it to you!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fun read, August 9, 2006

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symbolik machine "Joe" (all over the place) - See all my reviews

This review is from: JLA: Golden Perfect (Book 10) (Paperback)

Wonder Woman has always been a great character, but it always kinda bugged me the whole "lasso of truth" thing. After reading this, I found a new appreacation for her and her golden perfect lasso. Basically, some Amazons come to the aid of a woman whoes child has been "kidnapped". Wonder Woman and the JLA go to a small, xenophobic country and finds the child in question to be a "Buddah" type. When the lasso is used on the magican-dictator of said country, it reveals he's teling the truth and the child must remain in the country and not with his mother. But WW refuses to believe it and the lasso breaks. Then, pretty much, all hell breaks loose as reality becomes "subjective".

I really dug how the JLA changed due to "public opinion" (especially Batman).

I got it from the library, but I am going to add this to the collection, it was an enjoyable enough read.