Justice League of America: Road to Rebirth Review

Finished reading Justice League of America: Road to Rebirth, being a precursor to the DC comics series writer Steve Orlando gives members of the Justice League of America their own spotlight story before they come together to form the new team under the leadership of Batman. The book opens up with a story centring around Ivy University student and protégée of Dr Ray Palmer, Ryan Choi as the two work together to make scientific breakthroughs while Ryan also helps Ray in his work as the Atom. However one day Ray goes missing which leads to Ryan having to pick up the mantle of the Atom in hope to find his mentor. The next story co-written by Jody Houser sees public figure Mari McCabe finding herself reluctantly dawns the mantle of Vixen that has been passed down by her ancestors, when a young girl from an enrichment program of Mari's blamed her for not doing enough to help causes Mari to personally help the girl by finding her missing mum. The following story tells the origin of young superhero the Ray who after years being lock in his own home due to his powers being light based, runs away from home in order to explore the world and when he arrives back in his home town he decides to become a hero. The penultimate story which is also co-written by Jody Houser has Killer Frost dealing with the aftermath of the events in Justice League vs Suicide Squad as Caitlin finds herself having to cope with being stuck in Belle Reve a while longer as she constantly tries to prove that she can keep her powers under control. The final story of the book sees Batman and Killer Frost setting up a base in Happy Harbour as the two begin to recruit heroes to be a part of the Justice League of America. Overall this was a good book as dives into the origin and backstories of the team members and where they are before forming the Justice League of America. The structure of how the series begins works greatly as it allows for the characters who haven't had much development or attention within DC for a while and helps to set up stories to return to in the future. The art work throughout the book works extremely well for each individual stories thanks to the way each art team fits the tone and character at the centre of the stories. 7/10.