Planetary Brigade - Giffen & DeMatteis [Boom]
Super-hero
satire very much in the vein of their very well done JLA and JLI work,
only with Boom Studio characters, nearly each one of which is a very
thinly veiled pastiche of a classic JLA character. The exception to
this is the Mauve Visitor, who despite being a take on the Martian
Manhunter is much more fully fleshed out and interesting than the
cardboard Superman and Batman stand-ins. This book contains two
three-issue limited series, one involving a man who has unfortunately
become a portal for demons and the other (much more akin to the JLA
material) about the group's dealing with supervillain Mister
Master and their acceptance of the repentant villain Purring Pussycat.
The snappy banter puts the book at just over the average rating. [3.5]
