Justice League Vol. 1: Origin

This is the premier book of DC's New 52 when it launched a little less than two years ago.  I was just starting to branch out into what I consider the Modern DC Universe, the one that has been around since I can remember.  It started with the epic event Crisis on Infinite Earths.  The trigger for the New 52 however is the Flashpoint event which isn't all the spectacular from what I have heard but over time will achieve probably the same type of standing as Crisis on Infinite Earths due to its long lasting effects on the DC Universe.  Enough of that on to this first volume of Justice League.  The book takes place five years in the past & shows how the team first formed.  Everybody acts arrogant which I think is a by product of reducing the age of all the characters in the DC Universe.  I mean Superman having a more violent streak than I've seen in the past depictions of him, Batman showing Green Lantern his secret identity seem out of character but work in the context of all of these heroes in their youth.  It seemed that Batman & Flash wear the only characters who spoke with the voice of reason throughout this entire arc as though they had more experience than any of the other characters in the story.  Wonder Woman is channeling her inner Thor as if she saw that movie when it came out.  Aquaman appears & is made fun of by Green Lantern from the get go but in just about two panels he proves how much of a bad-ass he can be.  Even if he didn't have his own book Aquaman this would be the premier book for him along with Cyborg.  Cyborg has a true origin in this volume.  Since I was not familiar with in in the Modern Universe other than the fact that he was a member of the Teen Titans; it was nice to see real jumping on point for this character.  The antagonist Darkseid is just a panel stealing villain in every way its like Apocalypse was mixed with Thanos for Marvel.  This was a good start hopefully the characters will have matured somewhat in the second volume.