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For those not following current events, I write this Cover Story in the wake of the UK’s landmark bad decision to leave the European Union. This isn’t a series about politics (though lord knows that’s never stopped me before) so I’m not going to devote this page to the plethora of ways in which this is a monumentally bad thing for everyone involved. Instead, I’ve decided to focus on a nostalgic look back at happier times for Europe and for myself with one of my all time favorite comic books: Justice League Europe.
Running from 1989 to 1993, Justice League Europe is my exhibit A in my argument that ‘90s
comics didn’t suck. It was
essentially a spin-off of the very popular 1987 comic Justice League International, an effort by authors Keith Giffen and
J.M. DeMatteis to bring the DCU into a more multicultural age. This was the era when genuine comedy
and flawed humanity were introduced to the DCU and it remains one of the most
creative, fun, and enjoyable eras in the company’s history.
Justice
League Europe followed in those same footsteps, adopting the ingenuous and
hilarious central gimmick of being the superhero team equivalent of Euro
Disneyland. It’s funny, it’s
dramatic, it’s action packed, it’s Justice
League Europe; and with that said, let’s dive into the shallow end and get
the cover story on the top 13 covers.
