JLA #60

 

  This adorable Christmas themed issue of JLA borrows a few pages from Princess Bride when Plastic Man tries to get his unruly nephew to go to sleep on Christmas Eve. The hero tells the story of how Santa Claus joined the League. It's clearly a rouse to get the tyke to sleep, but it makes for a comedy of errors. Of course, you know the real Santa is going to pop up by stories end.

   The story in general was written by Mark Waid, who've I've lately become a fan of thanks to his recent work on Daredevil. I'm also trying to collect the entire run of JLA. So it's very good to know that I'm going to have more great Mark Waid stories to look forward to when I get my run complete and ready to read it. The art is a little inconsistent but with the story teller being very fluid with the true, I think it works. Plastic Man goes back and forth on his tale and the varying artistic styles might be deliberate to reflect that aspect. Plus, with a character like Plas who can assume any shape, there will be times that the narrator or his characters will morph like he does.
 
 Individually, these story devices might not seem to work very well on their own. But when you put it all together, every aspect of this story worked together to form a great tale. I loved it.

Worth Consuming

Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.