Mog Elffoe said:
JLA--I haven't liked anything that the most recent team has done. I don't find Joe Casey's writing to be coherent or consistent at all. I thoroughly despised the entire Obsidian Age storyline, and I dislike the new members Faith and Manitou Raven intensely. What's the big deal with Faith anyway--has she done anything at all? Aside from flight and some sort of emotion boosting ability what are her powers? I don't know. Does anyone?
I didn't like the first arc that much, but Obsidian Age worked for me. You're right, Casey doesn't seem to make it a point to explain everything that's going on, which gets confusing when there are new characters. That said, I don't have any problem with the new members, Faith, Manitou Raven, Major Disaster, Firestorm & Atom.
Faith is a telekinetic (that's her primary power), by the way.
The new characters each bring something character-wise to the team, that wouldn't have worked with most of the more established members. There really are very few females who fit in with the JLA's big guns, in terms of power-level, and reputation/status. So why NOT make a new one? Faith is a very different character from Wonder Woman, the only other female presence, she's meant to be the sexy, sassy one (which Diana is not). Similarly, Major Disaster is this JLA's Guy Gardner, the guy who makes crude comments and isn't as much a boy scout as the others, but is still a good guy in the end. He's doing the book in a slightly more Avengers style (mixing the big guns with lesser known heroes, mixing up personalities, trying to add interesting character dynamics).
Grant Morrison and Mark Waid are tough acts to follow. I think Casey's doing a fine job, but I can see why his style doesn't work for some people.
