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JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #29


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  1. Avatar photo oldmanlogan88 says:
    July 27, 2009 at 6:34 pm

    i think  im going to treat this as a new book

  2. Avatar photo zattaric says:
    July 27, 2009 at 7:59 pm

    @ oldmanlogan88  That sounds like a plan.

  3. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    July 27, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    @oldmanlogan, zattaric Add me to that list.

    Much as I love these characters, Willingham and Sturges have a pretty bad track record with Superhero books. I’m also not inspired with confidence that DC is splitting this book in two, either. My only problem is that without this book I’ll be missing at least 7 characters I care about (Stargirl, Jay, Alan, Wildcat, Liberty Belle, Hourman, Mr. Terrific). 

  4. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    July 27, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    I’m giving this one issue.

  5. Avatar photo SteenAR says:
    July 27, 2009 at 10:01 pm

    Quick Question… 

     

    Do you guys think I should do some background research before picking this up? 

  6. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    July 27, 2009 at 10:05 pm

    @steenAR I’ve been reading the JSA books for roughly 6 years now, so if you have any questions I can answer them if need be. Also check out the wikipedia for Justice Society, if so inclined.

  7. Avatar photo WinTheWonderboy says:
    July 27, 2009 at 10:45 pm

    I’m kinda worried. I hope this is good.

  8. Avatar photo NealAppeal says:
    July 28, 2009 at 12:56 am

    The whole mystery egg idea seems so ridiculous that I am oddly intrigued.

     

    @SteenAR you’ll be fine.

  9. Avatar photo Garrett says:
    July 28, 2009 at 3:00 am

    I’m not keen on the split teams two book idea either. I was going to keep buying, but I’m going to drop unless I hear amazing things about this.

  10. Avatar photo kwisdumb says:
    July 28, 2009 at 3:31 am

    I trust Willingham and Sturges enough to give this an arc. Excited.

  11. Avatar photo dirtyharry2030 says:
    July 28, 2009 at 5:02 am

    Bill Willingham on JSA/ Going to have to pick this one up andf give it a go, although I have not read any JSA before.

  12. Avatar photo cromulent says:
    July 28, 2009 at 5:36 am

    Yup, put me down for at least one story arc, but I got enough monthly books that if this doesn’t blow me away, I wouldn’t mind dropping it.

  13. Avatar photo optra08 says:
    July 28, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    Could this be the surprise of the week?

  14. Avatar photo kwisdumb says:
    July 28, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    @optra08: It very well could be. I have to say the more I think about this the more excited I become.

  15. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    July 28, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    @kwisdumb Oddly, the more I think about this the more leery I am.

  16. Avatar photo TomO says:
    July 29, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    Definitely looking forward to Jesus Merino on art.  I loved his collaborations with Carlos Pacheco, so I’m geeked to see him stick around the DC stables.

  17. Avatar photo MarkS says:
    July 29, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    I’m just glad it’s still $2.99

  18. Avatar photo magnum240 says:
    July 29, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    Not a bad start.  I still need to see more, though.

  19. Avatar photo 0157h7 says:
    July 29, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    I have never read JSA and I picked this up. I enjoyed t and look forward to the next issue.

  20. Avatar photo skeets says:
    July 29, 2009 at 7:37 pm

    I’m with magnum240. Didn’t blow me away, didn’t disappoint. I’ll check out the next issue. 3/5

  21. Avatar photo ProjectX2 says:
    July 29, 2009 at 9:09 pm

    I was disappointed. The exposition at the start seemed really jarring to me. It wasn’t terrible but it wasn’t exactly great either. I’ll stick with it and hope Willingham and Sturges can figure out what they’re doing.

  22. Avatar photo InfectiousFunk says:
    July 29, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    2 more issues before i drop it, i believe in second chances, and i apply that to arcs.

  23. Avatar photo InfectiousFunk says:
    July 29, 2009 at 10:23 pm

    Also… Magic egg, i just saw that in a book… Ah, great Fables crossover, handed off by Dex. I liked that,

  24. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    July 29, 2009 at 11:01 pm

    Oh boy… that brought out my review writing. 2/5. Dropped. Sad to see it go. I’ll miss you Stargirl.

  25. Avatar photo kwisdumb says:
    July 29, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    I wasn’t into the exposition, and I thought a few of the characterizations were off-base, but other than that it was solid. 3/5.

  26. Avatar photo DarkKnightJared says:
    July 30, 2009 at 12:35 am

    Read through it, because I wanted to see what the big JSA buzz is all about. It was pretty damn average, story-wise, and kinda creepy in this sense–after reading it, my first thought was, "Okay, so the right-wing writer’s first issue in a run has the gay guy incompasitated in an egg, and we see the athiest be brutally stabbed. This…will not end well."

    …I’m going to start a flame war with this, aren’t I?

  27. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    July 30, 2009 at 1:49 am

    @DarkKnight I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt that way. I saw a solicit for the issue with Mr. Terrific in a body bag and my gut instinct was "Well, that seems oddly political." However, I kept those feelings out of judging the book as best as I could. While I don’t mind Willingham’s politics being shown in a book, it has been known to be an issue before. (My friend still calls that era of Robin "The Neo-Con Years"). And the really heavyhanded statement about war came off as jarring and out of left field. I couldn’t cope with all this jiggery-pokery in the book. Again, no idea where the story will go, but this left a bad taste in my mouth. 

  28. Avatar photo skeets says:
    July 30, 2009 at 2:03 am

    really guys? …really?

  29. Avatar photo DarkKnightJared says:
    July 30, 2009 at 2:22 am

    @skeets

    I don’t mean it as a "screw that guy" kinda thing, it could very well be unintentional. I just found it odd, is all.

    Plus Mr. Terrific’s one of my faves of the JSAers, so seeing him die would probably annoy me greatly.

  30. Avatar photo optra08 says:
    July 30, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    Solid 2.5/5 i really tried to like this book but……. how many isssues of this team?

  31. Avatar photo burn says:
    July 30, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    geoff johns cant write everything.. im looking forward to seeing this arc through.

  32. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    July 30, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    @burn That’s not my problem. Eric Trautman is doing a bang-up job of the JSA with his JSA vs. Kobra miniseries. Indeed, some other writers have used the JSA in their books to great effect. Kieth Champagne did a good job when he wrote some fill in issues during Infinite Crisis as well. It’s not like I’m mad it’s not Johns, I’m mad it’s bad.

  33. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    July 30, 2009 at 7:18 pm

    I’ll give this another issue in the hopes that the damage done to Mr. Terrific’s jacket forces him to wear something a bit less….shitty.

  34. Avatar photo CaptainSweatpants says:
    July 30, 2009 at 8:16 pm

    JSA will probably be a bit inconsistent all through this arc due to it’s having to build the foundation for the twin series launch. That is not an excuse but you can tell both writers had a lot of ideas and I have a feeling Sturges’ book is going to be a lot like Waids "Smartass" Legion. If that comes to pass I just hope the younger team exists independent of this title. King Chimera is too much like Amadeus Cho from the Hulk book and IMO he cannot leave fast enough. To borrow from Scooby-Doo, this book would be okay if not for these kids.

  35. Avatar photo WinTheWonderboy says:
    July 31, 2009 at 1:19 am

    This wasn’t bad. But, it was faaaaarrrrrr from good. The story has potential but, the exaction was bad. Some of my problems include, A lot of the cast were written way out of character, at times the dialogue was eye rollingly bad, the art was very "meh" and they did nothing to make me like the new characters at all. I’ll continue to read to see were this goes. I just hope at least one of the two upcoming books is better than this. Until then at least I have the excellent JSA Vs. Kobra mini. 

  36. Avatar photo Paul Montgomery (@fuzzytypewriter) says:
    July 31, 2009 at 6:30 am

    This one hurts.  

    JSA vs. Kobra will be my JSA book for now. I’ll try All Stars when it launches, but otherwise…

  37. Avatar photo Tex says:
    July 31, 2009 at 11:02 am

    I didn’t expect it but I had a lot of fun reading this. Maybe I enjoyed it more than I should have as I was expecting the worst, but it entertained me none the less.

  38. dredscott33 says:
    August 1, 2009 at 8:15 am

    Remember when that one guy asked if Final Crisis #7 was a good jumping on point? That was funny.

  39. Avatar photo theegreatone says:
    August 2, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    Let’s see if it gets better.

  40. kortum22 says:
    August 2, 2009 at 11:29 pm

    I didn’t think it was horribl, it had some interesting points…Ill stay with it for awhile

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