Collecting a three issue arc by Si Spurrier and a two issue arc by Jeff Loveness， this interstitial collection of Justice League bridges the gap between Robert Venditti's run and the Justice League's role in Death Metal。Si Spurrier is one of my favourite writers， but even I can admit that his arc here isn't great。 It poses some interesting thought experiments about the Justice League governing an alien planet， as well as a strange class system， but it does a lot of setting up without following t Collecting a three issue arc by Si Spurrier and a two issue arc by Jeff Loveness， this interstitial collection of Justice League bridges the gap between Robert Venditti's run and the Justice League's role in Death Metal。Si Spurrier is one of my favourite writers， but even I can admit that his arc here isn't great。 It poses some interesting thought experiments about the Justice League governing an alien planet， as well as a strange class system， but it does a lot of setting up without following through to the ultimate conclusion。 It's all a bit wishywashy， and it gets very wordy （and not in the good way that Spurrier is known for）。 The art here is Aaron Lopresti， who does a fine job， especially on the extra-sized issue 50， but he doesn't get a lot to play with other than aliens， aliens， and more aliens。The next two issues are much better however - Jeff Loveness does a For The Justice League That Has Everything by introducing the Black Mercy to the team。 It's not a particularly inspired set-up， but it works really well - Loveness does some great character work， and it's propped up nicely by Robson Rocha's gorgeously detailed artwork。A tale of two halves， this volume of Justice League works well enough as a fill-in between two bigger storylines， but it's definitely a bit lopsided in terms of quality。 。。。more