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TV Review: Justice League Action: Shazam Slam!

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justice-league-actionWhen Batman becomes possessed, the Justice League must hunt down and defeat the Djinn to save him and the world.

The Justice League are back in animated action in Justice League Action‘s hour-long debut that has the team dealing with some escaped Djinn and eventually Black Adam. Sporting a style which feels like a blend of Bruce Timm, Imaginext, McDonlad’s toys (though Cyborg feels like a nod to the Teen Titans Go! style). It’s an interesting style that feels like an appeal to kids and based on the 6pm debut, that’s most likely the intended audience (and we’ll keep that in mind for the review).

The episode doesn’t have a ton as far as story or depth, it’s focus like the title suggests is on action. Again, not a bad thing and believe it or not a niche that isn’t filled by DC’s animated movies.

The humor is the focus on tone which is light and fun. There’s lots of jokes and everything is a quick take. Again, with a focus on kids this isn’t too shocking.

The characters are plenty which is partially the most fun of the series. Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Cyborg, the major characters are there. But, Swamp Thing, Constantine, Booster Gold, and Shazam all are part of it as well. It creates a great mix with all sorts of personalities and powers to combine.

The animated series is fight but light. It’s called Justice League Action and it shows. We’ve seen better animated series, but this is a welcome addition filling a hole that’s been there for far too long.

Overall Rating: 7

Around the Tubes

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BGBOPREB-Cv1-ds-5de97San Diego Comic-Con is over and we’re recovering. We have about a week before we need to prepare for Gen Con! Yes, another convention is being covered next week!

Until then, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

Around the Tubes

iO9 – NASA Will Put Rocket Raccoon And Groot On Its New Mission Patch – This is really cool.

Wizards of the Coast – Wizards and Transparency on Social Media – Hopefully more geek companies adopt this.

Kotaku – Marvel Ultimate Alliance Coming To PS4, Xbox One And PC On Tuesday – It’s a great game!

Inverse – Christ, Superhero: Inside Christianity’s Comic Con Booth – Always been fascinated by this at the convention.

Slash Film – ‘Justice League Action’ Will Feature 152 Different DC Comics Characters – That’s a lot of characters.

ABC News – Los Altos teen with autism creates comic book available online – Fantastic to see things like this.

Comics Alliance – X-Men Books Not Cancelled! All-New Wolverine Goes Rogue In ‘Enemy Of The State II’ – You mean sites that traffic in rumors are wrong?

The Beat – SDCC’16: Batman The Telltale Series let’s play shows you how to be your Batman – Can’t wait for this.

 

Around the Tubes Reviews

Talking Comics – Batgirl and the Birds of Prey: Rebirth #1

Talking Comics – Black Hammer #1

Cartoon Network Announces Justice League Action

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JLA_Poster_v3b[1]The world’s greatest Super Heroes return to television in Justice League Action, an all-new quarter-hour animated series from Warner Bros. Animation coming soon to Cartoon Network.

Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman lead the DC Comics Super Heroes against their most infamous foes in adventures packed with relentless thrills, fun and action. No need to wait for the good stuff to start, each eleven-minute episode jumps in with lightning-paced action and heroics. Whether defending the Earth, facing invaders from space, or battling the bizarre forces of magic, the always-rotating team of Justice League heroes, are up to any challenge. The new series is the first DC Comics-based franchise to launch on Cartoon Network since the highly-successful Teen Titan Go!, which in 2015 ranked as a Top 5 animated series among Kids 2-11, 6-11 and all key Boys. Teen Titans Go! also ranks as Cartoon Network’s #1 property for cross-platform video plays and on VOD.

Justice League Action marks the return of Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series), beloved by fans worldwide as one of the most iconic voices of Batman, to a weekly-animated television series. The series will also deliver an all-star lineup of regular and guest cast voices, including Mark Hamill as Joker, James Woods as Lex Luthor, Diedrich Bader as Booster Gold and many more portraying your favorite DC Comics Super Heroes and Super-Villains. Sam Register (Teen Titans Go!) serves as executive producer with Butch Lukic (Justice League, Batman Beyond), Alan Burnett (Batman: The Animated Series) and Jim Krieg (Green Lantern: The Animated Series) serving as producers.