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Justice League of America - JLA: Exterminators (DC COMICS) (Justice League of America (Graphic Audio))

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This may not be a standard-style audio book, but it is so much more: it is truly an audio graphic novel! Imagine that all of the sound effects, dialogue and thought processes that are in a graphic novel and they are well represented here!
I have been a fan of DC audio books since Kingdom Come, but this one really made my car shake (listened to on a trip out of state). You could feel Superman's punches, and the overall pandemonium of multiple heroes attacking alien's is astounding.
One thing: if you are a stickler for continuity, you will need to consider that in this version of the League, Young Justice and Red Tornado are still active (which means Superboy is alive and Bart is still Impulse, along with the Secret being active). It was neat trying to piece together who was involved (mentions of Doom Patrol as well as other teams were all over the place) and hearing the actor's representations of such iconic heroes is actually very good.
This is a must buy and just so you know, I already have the next volume purchased and awaiting me in my car as we speak - I was that excited.
Great job by Graphic Audio and if you like this, check out their other fantastic DC audio graphic novels - 52 was the last one before this. They are well worth it!

While there is a good chunk of narration on this, the action is actually driven by multiple voice actors reading dialogue with sound effects and music. Kind of strange, like it's the audio track of a movie you can't see. As I understand it, a chunk of the dialogue was actually written just for this recording, and isn't actually from the book. I liked this format, and I thought most of the voice acting was very good. But if you're looking for a "normal" audiobook where someone just reads what the author wrote, this isn't it. Still, I'd recommend it for anyone who wants to try out something new (or who is a Justice League fan).

5 CDs
5 Hours
28 Actors

Graphic audio published the audio version of a DC Comics graphic novel featuring the Justice Leauge of America. Graphic Audio boasts that it is "A Movie In Your Mind" and while that may be a bit of an exaggeration, it is every bit as good as those old radio plays that, if you're lucky, a local radio station may play from time to time. Graphic Audio has 28 actors (if my count was correct as they named them all), music, lots of special effects and they use them all to create a thoroughly engrossing story.

There is nothing particularly new in "JLA: Exterminators". A wave of new "meta-humans" are popping up all over the globe with one thing in common (besides super powers): they were all in the UK about 10 years previously and were exposed to something that gave them these new powers.

The Flash and The Green Lantern become friends with a new meta-human with telekenisis and the audience is given a perspective on both sides of this issue - the old superheroes and the new ones, some good and some bad. I was reminded of that old TV show, Greatest American Hero, as their new friend, Ian, struggles with the desire to be a regular guy and the desire to use his new powers for good.

Later, things start to go even more haywire and giant monsters begin stomping around in just about every metropolitan area in the world, including Metropolis, Hong Kong, Long Beach, Edinburgh, Paris and especially London. Somehow, Gothem City is not pestered by this homage to Godzilla movies. These monsters are tough and the JLA has to call out anyone and everyone to stop them (except the military, which is featured big-time in a similar problem 10 years ago but is strangely absent while Superman gets thrown through entire buildings).
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The audiobook features The Flash, The Green Lantern, Aquaman, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Martian Manhunter throughout. The Atom gets extended focus later on and eventually everyone gets called in including the retired versions of Flash and Green Lantern, Nightwing, the Titans, Steel, Black Lightning, Superboy, Wonder Girl, the Blue Beatle and pretty much everyone in the DC universe except for the Bizarro world folks.

In the end, Superman, Batman and the Martian Manhunter spend way too much time agonizing over whether or not to destroy these giant monsters that are destroying buildings by the minute and killing untold thousands. That over-thinking is not something that generally plagues Batman, but in this case it got annoying. For the record, I am all for killing giant alien monsters that are destroying the world's urban centers - without delay! The Flash and The Green Lantern respond by blowing off this psychological self doubt by asking if they should have gone ahead and let them destroy the cities? No, is the answer. Then move on.

I've done a lot of critical observations here but the question is, is this an entertaining audiobook?

Yes!

Lots of fun - very entertaining. The multi-actor old-fashioned radio play format works very well.