Comments on: Review: Justice Society of America #22

By: j smith

j smith — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:47:32 +0000

Pretty good tie up and inspired panels to Kingdom Come future. It had more emotion and depth in Ross’s future scenarios than many comics that came out for the year.I say kudos.

By: David

David — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:55:01 +0000

That’s a really good point, wyntermute. Pretty pathetic that we have to consider providing a conclusion – a basic point in *all* storytelling – to be the BRIGHT side in all this. But a good point nonetheless.

By: ~wyntermute~

~wyntermute~ — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:40:24 +0000

Y’know, you can say this didn’t advance the characters you mentioned, which is true. You can say this is an attempt to Kash in on Kingdom, which is true. You can even say it was kinda out of sync with the rest of the DCU, which is true (I dunno really, I just wanted a 3rd statement to complete the “which is true” trifecta).

HOWEVER, at least this was the “end” of a storyline. It was what we were promised, and what we got. Unlike a certain Morrisomebody’s “Conclusion” to a certain R.I.P., this actually ties off the loose threads and cleanses the palate for whatever’s coming next. This is why, though I’m not really that attached to writers/artists/creators as much as I am their characters, Geoff Johns is a “winner” in my books. I’m not even trying to imply that this will be a “classic” that we regard fondly in 15 years. I’m just sayin “This is an exit”.

By: doubledumbassonyou

doubledumbassonyou — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:22:37 +0000

@Matthew

Great Star Trek V call back.

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:36:41 +0000

It’s actually the Legion briefly seen in Kingdom Come, a variation on the Archie Legion with some pre-Crisis members…

By: Steve McSheffrey

Steve McSheffrey — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:26:42 +0000

I won’t be buying this again until Johns is gone (especially since Black Adam’s returning and Johns seems to think BA can still be an anti-hero after killing a whole freaking country) so I have to ask which reboot Legion was shown? Does it place the Archie Legion or the Threeboot Legion as the Legion of Earth-22?

By: Eye-Roller Lass

Eye-Roller Lass — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:16:06 +0000

Good issue. I particularly liked the last pannel, with the Legion of Superheroes. Looks like most of them are the Reeboot Legion, but I saw a few of the good old ones, like Bouncing Boy and Timber Wolf.
Nice.

By: shamon

shamon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:53:41 +0000

the ending made up for all of this I liked how it was shown that superman is still alive during legion time because i been wondering for years why he not around and what happen to him. alex ross art always great.

By: Salieri

Salieri — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:52:12 +0000

Earth-22: you have to be insane to live there, but you can’t get there unless you’re sane!

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:38:44 +0000

Wowza. My copy remains at the funny book store, due to the recession, so I’m glad you’re here to tell me what happened.

The whole storyline has left me cold, and I think your examination of the “point” of it is spot on. The story took a year and did nearly nothing to advance the characters. Unfortunately, I think we could say that about most of the mainstream comics out there.

The most interesting thing about the mess was the return of Earth-2, but even that was handled as little more than a tangent. I wouldn’t be surprised if Bill Willingham doesn’t touch it in his next run. I don’t know if I’d even be surprised of this year’s big storyline will feature the Watchmen.