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JLA: World Without Grown-Ups (Grownups)

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This graphic novel collects DC Comics' limited series of the same name. The premise: all kids 16 and under are mysteriously transported to a seperate reality from the adults. Robin, Impulse, Superboy and the rest of DC's young heroes must find a way to keep order and solve the problem. This book is great if you're looking for an alternate to all those grim comics of the late 80s and early 90s like "The Dark Night Returns" or "Watchmen". The above description lists only Mike McCone as the illustrator, but over half of the story is illustrated by the fantastic Humberto Ramos, whose artwork made the early issues of "Impulse" so great. As an added bonus, there's also a "Young Justice" story in here too, exploring the origin of The Secret. With art by Todd Nauck, no less. What more couldja want??

I wasn't sure about this book, as I hadn't read about any of these three young superheroes before.
BUT...my attention was captured pretty quickly! The new young Robin is really smart, and the team he makes with Superboy and Impulse (Flash's grandson) is surprisingly good.
I really enjoyed the characters, the humour (especially the frustration Impulse's teammates experience with him) and the awesome art.
Definitely a book to check out. The plot coulda been a bit better(though there are a couple of twists here and there), but everything else really made up for it!

This is one of my favorite JLa mini series. Robin,Superboy,and Impulse eventaully form the team Young Justice. There other team members are Wondergirl,Arrowette,and Secret.If you liked it read Young Justice 80-page Giant and the ongoing monthly series Young Justice.

Back in the sixties, the young sidekicks of some of the Justice League superheroes banded together to form the Teen Titans. There were five in the original group, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Robin, Wonder Girl and occasionally Speedy. While they were teenagers, in many ways they acted like adults, showing a maturity that was derived from their powers and responsibilities. In recent years a new iteration of the group has appeared and they are depicted as being much less mature and often impulsive. The three young heroes that star in this sequence of stories are:

*) Robin, a second-generation sidekick to Batman with the name Tim Drake.
*) Superboy, a clone that is a hybrid of Kryptonian and human DNA, he is headstrong and not always subject to effective self-discipline.
*) Impulse, the grandson of Barry Allen, also known as the Flash, he inherited his fleetness of foot but his name is an excellent description of his mental state. Rarely stopping to think, he often darts away before he has all the information.

These three young heroes face two major adventures where they are forced to work as a team and Robin emerges as the de-facto leader of the group. This is consistent with the structure of the original group, where the Dick Grayson Robin was the acknowledged leader.
The teen characters here are ones that younger children will be able to relate to as they learn to contain their youthful impulses and try to channel their energies and powers into a common and long-term purpose. While I personally believe the impulsiveness of the characters is a bit overblown, the adult JLA members show confidence in them, which is what adult parents must do when their children go down a wrong path. Therefore, there is some learning intermixed with the entertainment.

The nearly incessant references to 'kid-world' and 'adult-world' made this a hard read for me. If you still enjoy the 'Crisis on Multiple Earths' crossovers, you will enjoy this story as well. If the campy silliness of those books now makes you cringe, then skip reading this story.

its Absolutely magnificent , with each part of the stories you can enjoy, for unlike Superman & JLA comic box which mostly show you excitement and action in a too serioce Kind of way , this comic book is also Fun , which make it far batter then the other Marvel comics books I sow .

also the part of it seeing the young JLA in action together for the 1st time , though they did make superboy alot younger then he is , which isn't a problem since he fit the story very well.

It's stories like these that give comics and graphic novels a bad name.The story was bad, the charecters are one dimensional and the artwork did not come from the Joe Kubert schoolof graphic arts. Ignore this book at all costs.