I found it to be ... fair.
SPOILERS BELOW obviously
The hardest part of this read for me, was remembering the heroes are 'new'. Hal for example, doesn't speak like the Hal I was just reading a month or two ago. He is a little more cocky and that is how it should be, I guess, as he was an arrogant test pilot. It just seemed odd to read this different voice.
He also seems a little too adapt with his ring. If we are getting a younger Green Lantern, I would like him to have had a little more "Just learning this ring" qualities to him. Hal is throwing all kinds of stuff out there like a seasoned pro. Most of which he is not even concentrating on. Eh, would have liked a little less "I know I can do anything with this ring" and more "Ooops, I didn't mean to do that.
Also, I agree with most reviewers when they say that this is more like a BRAVE & the BOLD read, as it only contains 2 JLA characters (in costume) until the very end (And even I have to say that was a cool splash page
). Now true this is a story of the forming of the League, so you have to start with the few and grow to the many, so I understand only having a few characters.
Art wise, Lee has some great stuff in here, and then he has some not so great stuff. Lots of blending in the final ink that sometimes you have to look to see what is going on ... Ha ... I guess you always have to 'look' to 'see' whats going on, huh? Ha.
The biggest problem I have;
The transport scene. When Bat's and GL are having a conversation about using a bright Green plane to sneak to their destination. They have this talk after they arrive where they are going. Did Bats not think of this until they landed? Could they not have just used some of Bats many flight capable vehicles? Okay, perhaps this is a 'too young to have flight vehicles, Batman', couldn't Bats just ask Hal to produce a chair or some other item, smaller than a freaking plane to get them where they are secretly trying to get to?
Over all, I think I enjoyed the idea of the book more than the book itself, but still enjoyed it. The few flaws, for me, are not glaring ones, but they are there.
6 outta 10 WATCHTOWERS