Steve Trevor and his team are in present day (that's five years later to me and you) Maryland fighting an army of monster spores. Of course they are overwhelmed and the people on the ground call for the Justice League to come and save the say. The "real heroes" show up to do just that.
This team does not really act like a team. I don't quite get it. How can five years pass and everyone is behaving as if they just met a week ago? There is Hal making wisecracks and ribbing Batman (and undermining him) and the others standing around saying nothing much or reacting to generic things. There is no clear leader here, by the way.
Anyway, the League manages to save the day and Steve Trevor, as Liasion, is there to clear up their mess, shield them from too much scrutiny and keep the government off their backs. One wonders why he is even doing this? Does he really think them so great? We are treated to the return of Etta Candy. Etta is now a young, professional woman of Afro-American origin and she is there to be Trevor's new aide.
Steve features a lot in this book and, in fact, he is fleshed out more in these pages than the League themselves. They all come across as demanding, bickering children who don't have any consideration for anyone but themselves. Wonder Woman is irritated by them and she is probably the only one who seems to act like an adult. She clearly matured in five years. It's very odd than the men seem to have regressed. Aquaman and Superman are lucky they get a couple of panels because they don't get to utter a word.
We get to find out in the end why Steve is putting up with a desk job and all this liaison rubbish. He is in love with Diana and wants to be near her. Etta suggests to him to tell her how he feels and he confirms he already did. Well, isn't he a selfless soul or just a plain, love-sick sap. Well, she is very hot, Colonel. Am I supposed to feel sorry for you now?
This book as far as a Justice League book goes was disappointing. I expected the Justice League. A team that feels like a real unit. Five years has passed. I was interested to see how the heroes would relate to each other. It was as if time had stood still for them and I am amazed at how chaotic everything feels with them. It's good they are building Steve Trevor but he should not be built up at the expense of the others who are like cardboard cutouts. There is a Wonder Woman book for him. If they are trying to make him into the next Nick Fury...they could have been a little more original than that.
Anyway we get a glimpse of their next villain and he has Steve Trevor in his sights as a way to destroy the League.
The Shazam back up was okay. I'm not a huge fan of Billy Batson. But guess it's there, so I'll read it.
Gene Ha's art is not as good as the art he did in Action Comics. He's okay with expressions but the art is not clean enough for me.
I give this issue 2.5 stars. I want to read Justice League. Not A Day In The Life Of Steve Trevor.
Best Panel: I really am not that enamored with anything in this issue. Superman says little and it is not worth remembering. But at least he shares a panel with Diana along side him. So, I'll put that up.
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