JSA #14 – Jeff Lemire, Writer; Gavin Guidry, Artist; Luis Guerrero, Colorist
Ray – 9.5/10
Ray: Jeff Lemire has turned the clock way, way back for this arc, picking up with the
Justice Society as they go on their individual adventures in the years before the founding of the first superhero team. These include the Flash, who is getting involved in criminal networks as they plague his city. He seems to be having a pretty normal time, but the same can’t be said for Green Lantern, who has just come into his associate’s office to find him murdered. The police quickly get there – accompanied by Detective Jim Corrigan, better known as the Spectre. This is the era where the avatar of God’s vengeance still had a much more human touch, spending most of his life among us and solving crimes. While he’s not nearly as direct, it’s clear that he knows more than he’s letting on about this case – and about Green Lantern’s powers, the second most powerful thing in this world right now.
Hawkman and Hawkwoman are being hunted by supervillains in the jungle, with the ongoing backup of their multiple lives, but the tension is real. And Hourman and Sandman are investigating Hourman’s former company and discovering that it’s been taken over by Nazi mad science – and they’re not alone. My favorite segment, though, had to be the one featuring the Atom, as he tracks the American Nazi leader trying to incite the working class against immigrants in the leadup to the Second World War. But he’s not the only one watching – Hippolyta, the Golden Age Wonder Woman, has infiltrated the meeting as well, and she doesn’t have much patience for this rough-and-tumble superhero. This clears up a few things about Wonder Woman’s overall timeline, and adds a new heavy hitter to the JSA’s roster. Overall, this run continues to be just as good as the first year of the book.
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