http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/new-52-justice-league/
Description: The premier book of the relaunch Justice League of America is DC's #1 team book, their Avengers before the Avengers if you will. The first arc of this comic will take place 5 years prior to the rest of the DCnU launch books, with the exception of Action Comics, and will be a new take on the formation of team. With that come new founding members: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman, and Marti-errrr, Cyborg. Questioning yet promising new former Titan aside, Justice League is a necessary fresh launch on the series, after the previous 60 issue run failed to significantly impress even once in its 5 year run, due to poor editorial decisions and tie-in fatigue, and a lack of interesting and meaningful stories that rarely affected the DCU at all, inexcusable considering its supposed importance. With this new series, DC is promising to return Justice League to the biggest, most important and explosive series in their lineup, and thus have put their most popular talent on the job.
Creative Team: Geoff Johns is DC's big summer blockbuster super-star, savior of the Green Lantern franchise and writer of half the major event books since just over half a decade ago. He's pretty much become the face of DC next to the intricate mind-bending writing of Grant Morrison. What you're going to get here is a lot of action and big stories and really just straight up entertainment overall. And the full page spreads, OH THE FULL PAGE SPREADS. And don't get me started on the 2-page spreads, devoted to one dynamic picture with one beloved cheesy one liner that just makes you happy that comic books exist, the kind of stuff you want to tear out of the book and thumbtack to a wallboard or something.
Jim Lee is the most famous name in comic books. He's pretty much defined the public's perception of a majority of superheroes with his designs being used on everything from backpacks to clothing to toys. He was the artist on the highest selling comic book in history, X-Men #1. He's got that gritty 90's appeal without any of the negative connotations that come with it, bringing a sleek and dynamic style with his work. There's a reason that almost half the comic artists of today are considered Jim Lee rip-offs, he has DEFINED what is considered generic comic book artwork, but barely anything has come close to the original. That's the issue, Jim lee isn't bringing anything special to the table. He's simply a great artist. But that's really what Justice League needs, recognizability, and Jim Lee's work will forever be the defining look of comic books for readers of the 90s.
Accessibility: Very easy. Justice League as it will be starting out is going to be an origin story. There's no history to worry about. It's not going to be something anyone will have to potentially worry about until the second arc when it starts running alongside the rest of the books.
Recommendation: Required reading. It's going to be the pillar of the DC Universe and pretty much unskippable, and thankfully you'll more than likely want to stick with it in the first place.
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~LtM