Justice Society of America #3
This review was submitted by Knightwingbk
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artists: Dale Eaglesham and Ruy Jose
After last issue's amazing pages featuring Hawkman and Starman, this issue of JSA feels less great than the first two. It is still however, great. Johns is still doing great writing, and Eaglesham is still delivering the best pencils of his career, so there is nothing to hate in this book. We go back to the picnic of last issue where our Nazi villains and Hawkman appeared. These Nazis are tearing apart the people here, a speedster whizzes her arms through people, cutting them in half while others are torn apart, smashed under trees, or turned to steel statues. Meanwhile Wildcat is still talking to his lost son, as the other JSA'ers realize that the families of Golden Age heros are being killed. They only know this because Sandman appears and tells them that he had dreams about the attacks. The team splits up to go protect the next families to be targeted.
This is definately Johns' book, he has a firm grasp on each character, and their personalities come across in their dialougue. His skill of building tension is on display here as the true mastermind is revealed. Next issue looks to be an all out fight, because everything is set in motion here. If you thought the first two issues had too little action, this issue delivers! Dale Eaglesham and colorist Jeromy Cox rock on this book, there is just no better way of saying it. Everything is so vivid. Colors, reflections, motion blurs, the wind from new member Cyclone, it's all great. If you are not reading this book, and you are a DC fan or a team book fan, there is something wrong with you. B+
I actually am both a DC fan as well as a team book fan but my LCS screwed up it's order...
Steef (Probably your number 1 fan in the Netherlands)
I've got to be honest that after liking the first two issues alot I found number three to be more than a bit underwhelming. I can't help but compare what's going on in JSA to the action in it's sibling comic JLA. In JLA, the hidden villian had a deep connection to the teams past and yet was also showcased in a new way. In JSA, the revealed hidden master mind has the feeling of more of the same. I'm still more than willing to wait and see where all this is going but I have to be honest that so far there have not been any of the WOW! moments for me in JSA the way there has been in JLA.
Peace
And
Long
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Toriach
This book rocks my world.
I have always been a DC fanboy first and foremost, but over the last six months or so I've been leaning more and more towards Marvel - in my opinion they have just been putting out better comics, while DC's quality has dropped.
Then along came JSA, and restored my faith. I love this so much. And Starman is a legend.
You're going to have to take my comments with a whole shaker of salt, as I'm old enough to remember buying and reading stories of the original Justice Society off the corner newsstand.
I've collected comics off and on ever since, and still have many 1000s, mostly now from the 70s and 80s.
When I saw #3 at Borders (missed #s 1 and 2), the cover and the title obviously caught my eye, so I bought it, along with the first issue of the new Brave and the Bold.
Well obviously I came in the middle of the story, and I can see that I'm not wanted, as there was absolutely no effort made to clue the unwary reader (like me) what was going on.
Why on earth do I have to go to the Internet and read reviews on various bulletin boards to figure out what it was I was reading? What a waste of three bucks.
If this is the best the DC is putting out, the rest must be pretty pitiful indeed.