Robinson, James
About the Author:
James Robinson was born in England but has lived in Southern California, USA for more than two decades. As well as writing comics, he is also a screenwriter.
AVERAGE REVIEW SCORE:
3 out of 5
(1 book)
The Golden Age: Book One - A Different Look At A Different Era
(Art by Paul Martin Smith)
An Elseworlds story in which Johnny Chambers, formerly the superhero Johnny Quick, tells the story of the decline of masked heroes in the wake of the Second World War and the fracturing of the Justice Society of America.
There were two things I particularly liked about this book and the first was the simple idea that superheroes were popular before and during WWII but when the everyday heroes without powers returned from serving on the front lines, the masked vigilantes suddenly came to seem foolish and irrelevant. It's a nice juxtaposition of how define heroes in the real world and the larger-than-life kind you see in the pages of comics books.
The other idea I enjoyed was exploring what happens to ageing superheroes when the world has collectively decided they're not needed. Its a fascinating deconstruction of the idea of superheroes, but it has to be said that this book is pretty late to that particular party and Alan Moore's iconic 'Watchmen' explores the same territory much better.
Aside from those two elements catching my attention, there wasn't much to write home about in this book, good or bad.
3 out of 5
Collaborations & Anthologies:
Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps - Volume One (here)
Fantastic Four: The End Is Fourever (here)
Original Sin (here)
Starman: A Starry Knight (here)
Superman: Last Stand Of New Krypton - Volume One (here)
Superman: Last Stand Of New Krypton - Volume Two (here)
Superman: New Krypton - Volume Four (here)
Superman: New Krypton - Volume One (here)
Superman: New Krypton - Volume Three (here)
Superman: New Krypton - Volume Two (here)