Comments on: Justice Society of America #9

By: Ninja Charro

Ninja Charro — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:04:01 +0000

I hate when comics insert What If?s or Elseworlds lines in their chronologies, and this is not the exception. However, having Knocker, er I mean Power Girl in the cover with her beatiful pair of eyes is better than having Citizen Steel with his package.

Tthere’s other thing I hated about it. the son of Wildcat. How should we call him, despite being a human cat, he acts like a pussy cat, so Wildcat Jr.? or Black Kity? Anyway.

By: ykw06

ykw06 — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:23:42 +0000

Anyone who “hates Jack Kirby” would prolly throw this book down in disgust; artistically, the entire issue is drawn in classic circa-1942 Simon & Kirby pastiche. Beautiful.

By: Russell

Russell — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:06:00 +0000

“Hate” Jack Kirby?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Off the topic but why would anyone want to kill the New Gods? I know the “some creators have done some very bad things with them” reason, but that could be said of almost every DC character.

By: Brent F.

Brent F. — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:49:06 +0000

What I really love about this book is that it’s fun and the characters do their job without letting their personal problems guide them. The personal problems are there, they’re just not the focus of the book and I love it.

By: jman

jman — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:19:12 +0000

As I’ve said before, Alex Ross is a bit of a 500lb gorilla right now in the industry. What he pitches usually gets published. I kinda hate that they shoehorned KC supes in there as well. That story’s(Kingdom Come) old even for comics standars(but was responsible for my intro to comics in the late ’90s.). I think he’s great when it comes to out of continuity stuff, but his influence in this book(and the current DCU) is overkill. Give him a mini-series once in a while(Justice is a good example of decent Alex Ross stuff), some covers here and there, and call it a day already…Also, Alan Scott really looks old here; sorry, Jay and Ted still look somewhat young, but Alan just looks like he’s gonna turn to dust here. He just needs a more mystical sort of appearance to me.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:24:43 +0000

I guess I can see bringing Superman from KC come back since they’ve already brought Starman from the same story. I do wonder why, though. My one problem with the otherwise strong title has been that the team is so powerful and so large, it’s seems hard to have a credible threat to them (and does it really take 10 members to assist the fire dept? What’s Damage going to do, explode the fire?) and now you add a hero with basically every power?

Still, I really liked this issue. I thought the pancake breakfast was so old-fashioned, it’s exactly the kind of thing you’d expect/want the JSA to be doing. The boxing match was fun. And speaking of which, I’m not hatin’ on Ross, who does some good work, but the variant cover featuring the boxing match is sooo much better than the Power Girl one.

By: Maximus Rift

Maximus Rift — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:35:30 +0000

Something new?…. In Comics?!?!?….. This is MADNESS! :p

Also, you’re not alone. I hate Wolverine and that he’s currently being “whored-out” in Marvel. Batman can still have a life without having to give up being Batman. And never was a fan of Youngblood (though I did like WILDCats and CyberForce for a little while).

By: Stacy B.

Stacy B. — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:08:23 +0000

I love the JSA. I love the DC Legacy heroes.

But I haven;t been able to get into this book and actually enjoy it since the relaunch. :-(

Maybe after Final Crisis, till then I’ll keep checking to see if it clicks with me and enjoy my back issues.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:25:31 +0000

I’ll join in on the Alex Ross hatin’.

While I enjoyed Marvels and Kingdom Come, it was more for the story (Buseik and Wiad) than the art.

I also thiink that the bait and switch with regards to Earth-2 Superman and Kingdom Come Superman was mean. Kingdom Come Superman needs to not be part of the JSA. He worked in Kingdom Come, but that’s come and gone.

By: J'osh

J'osh — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:27:09 +0000

Oh the irony. If anyone were a hater really it would be Alex Ross himself.