Justice Society of America #6

Justice Society of America #6
Writer: Geoff Johns
Penciller: Dale Eaglesham
Inker: Ruy Jose

Chapter Four of the Lightning Saga continues in the latest issue of the JSA and I have a lot of things to say. First off, the cover, love, love LOVE! In the past Alex Ross did a bunch of covers for JSA before it's "restart" and I am glad to see he is doing covers for Johns' JSA yet again. Damage is a bad-ass, people better recognize!

Ok, ANYWAY. The character list-off is done in the first couple of pages as usual, is it annoying? Yes, but given the abundance of characters I can understand and tolerate it. Superman's past with the Legion is delved into more, and this time I'm not confused as Johns, unlike Meltzer, actually understands what he is writing. The pencilling by Eaglesham I am digging as it has a bit of a 70s/80s quality about it at times

The dialogue overall was decent. I liked the bits of conversation between JLA and JSA members while walking through the swamp. The convo between Liberty Belle and Wonder Woman being one of these nice little moments. Damage talking to Hourman and Black Lightening was kind of cool too. Oh and the Starman/Swamp Thing reference was funny in and of itself. I like the fact that they explained Starman bouncing into different parallel Earths as a side-effect of the Legion's time-traveling. It cleared up his involvment in Kingdom Come a little, not to mention confirmed the events of Kingdom Come happening in Earth 22 and NOT in the main DCU. These little things, plus the ongoing main story, just made this whole issue an interesting read. The way Johns keeps the beat of the story going is great. Oh a complete random note, who did a double take when they showed that secret society headquarters buried in the swamp? I was practically yelling Legion of DOOM! and having Super-Friends/JL:Unlimited cartoon flashbacks.

Really the only thing that annoys me, after having gone over this issue, is the fact that the conclusion to this whole cross-over Lightning Saga story is going to be in Meltzers' JLA. Seriously, the issues of Meltzer's that go with this whole story feel void of feeling and are kind of confusing. It's almost as if Meltzer wakes up from bed for a couple minutes writes something, and then goes back to sleep, Johns is right beside him going "For crying out loud man, your killing me with this crap!"

Overall this issue was good, but Meltzer's writing on the JLA issues are screwing up the whole crossover.

A-