"Gnort and South" Ha!
This issue was full of great jokes. I love the dialogue in this JLI. So, our story continues from the last issue with the interstellar cluster attacking Earth to "barter" goods. Gnort attacks the fleet, destroying their cloaking device, which lets the JLI see who they are attacking.
I loved that J'onn, Captain Atom and Rocket Red were all in space suits. Then Captain Atom realizes he can't use his powers without damaging the suit. Ha!
Green Flame and Ice Maiden help out in Australia, where the rest of the JLI is fighting the early advance team of the cluster. Sometimes Green Flame has green hair, and sometimes she doesn't. This confuses me.
So, L-Ron (the robot sidekick of the cluster's chief officer Manga) figures out that with all these attacks, they aren't going to make a profit on Earth, so off they decide to leave. And Scott Free accidently gets trapped in the ship in Australia and taken back to the cluster. This makes Barda very angry.
BARDA SUITS UP! Maybe this will lead to Barda joining the JLI...
I really like how some of the members are forming relationships/friendships that are going to carry through issues and issues, up to the recent reboot. I really have high hopes for the new JLI book to continue in this mode, and maybe get us another great pair of friends like Booster and Beetle, Ice and Fire.