Justice Society of America #3
Posted on February 17, 2007 at 9:35 pm by Justin Copp
I like the JSA. I never really read anything before this new series launched and I couldn’t care less about the whole legacy thing, but the team has come together nicely. That said, some of the reviews I have read so far have been complaining about the bad guys in this first arc. The JSA are fighting some Nazis. What’s wrong with that?
The little two line prologue that intros each issue talks about how they’re a WWII-era team, so I say fighting Nazis makes perfect sense. Calling them the Fourth Reich seems a little obvious, but the Nazis were not known for sublety. Reichsmark’s power of turning anyone he touches into a metal statue is pretty bad-ass. The Nazis have kind of hokey dialogue, but you can’t make the Nazis seem cool, that’d come across bad. But I say as villains for the JSA, Nazis are awesome.
And you can quote me on that. “Nazis are awesome.”
Also, Starman being crazy is crazy awesome, especially when Sandman shows up and calls a meeting and Starman starts singing “Mr. Sandman”. And then whispering “52!”
I give this book fifty-two swastikas.
February 19th, 2007 at 9:29 am
I think jsa might be some of Geoff “Jeff” John’s best team-centric writing. Like the Titans Tomorrow arc he’s forced to develop new stuff rapidly while showing off that he memorized his entire Encyclopedia Of The DC Universe, but because he has to make time for a whole team, he doesn’t really dwell on anything too long.
Starman is like the DC version of deadpool. Only instead of being so sociopathic, he just gets all foreshadowy.
I also liked when Stargirl and Cyclone totally made out.
February 19th, 2007 at 9:50 am
So Pippi Longstocking and Stargirl made out for a solid ten minutes, that’s not so bad.
Starman is like DC’s new version of Deadpool, only instead of being impolite, he’s all foreshadowy.
Overall I think that the book is, in my experience, Geoff John’s best team-based writing. I mean he’s developing stuff new stuff, moving the plot forward quickly, and keeping everything tied down to all the more obscure parts of the DC universe, so it’s pretty much Geoff doing what he does best.
And I am down with Nazi-punching. It’s wacky that a team of evil nazis happens to be so diverse.