DC Comics & Justice Society Of America #1 Spoilers & Review: Future, Present & Past Collide In A Bloodbath, But Is JSA Relevant Heading Into 2023?!

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DC Comics and Justice Society Of America #1 Spoilers and Review follows.

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Future, Present and Past Collide In A Bloodbath, But Is JSA Relevant Heading Into 2023?!

What To Expect:

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JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #1
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by MIKEL JANÍN
Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
’90s Cover Month variant cover by JOE QUINONES
1:25 variant cover by JERRY ORDWAY
1:50 variant cover by STEVE LIEBER
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

The JSA returns in this monthlylimited series by writer Geoff Johns and artist Mikel Janín with “Justice Society of America: The New Golden Age Part One”! The world’s first and greatest superheroes return! Or do they? A long-lost hero from the JSA crashes into our era with a grave warning… but it’s too late. A mysterious and malevolent enemy has invaded the entire history of the JSA, and an all-new team must come together to defeat it. But what deadly secret does this messenger from beyond keep? Where are they from? And why is all of this happening now? Only the Time Masters know…

In addition the main cover and solicitation above the title has a few variant covers below.

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Now onto the story that springs from the New Golden Age #1 one-shot (full spoilers here).

Spoilers and Review:

The book opens in 2048 and a Justice Society of America (JSA) unlike any previous iteration.

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The team is anchored by this generation’s World’s Finest in Power Girl aka Karen (Starr perhaps still a Kryptonian Supergirl) and Huntress aka Helena Wayne, but is rounded out by villains including long-standing JSA villains and new characters like Harlequin’s Son and a Red Lantern.Justice Society of America #1 spoilers 2

They are looking for a missing Doctor Fate, who readers know what happened to in the pages of the New Golden Age #1 one-shot.

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Power Girl is easily killed by time villain Per Degaton who explains how we did it so easily with Kryptonite.

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Per Degaton dispatches the Justice Society of America in a bloody spree

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That leaves only Huntress alive and standing.

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However, he uses time against her and her only saving grace is her mother Catwoman aka Selina Kyle.

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Catwoman throws a mystical snow globe Huntress’s way.

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That snow globe looks familiar in look and a concept for those that read the Flashpoint Beyond mini-series whose final issue led to this New Golden Age (Flashpoint Beyond #6 [of 6] full spoilers here).

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Huntress is thrust into the timestream and we see various eras in that journey.

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However, she arrives in 1940 and is greeted by Johnny Thunder and the Thunderbolt.

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She arrives at the time the Justice Society of America was forming as they debuted in All-Star Comics #3 in late 1940.

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We did see that first moment in 1940 revisited and augmented in the New Golden Age #1 one-shot with interesting implications for this series that was originally billed as an ongoing series, but is now a 12-issue maxi-series.

Next Up:

Justice Society of America #2 (of 12) in stores on December 27, 2022.

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JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #2
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by MIKEL JANÍN
Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
1:25 variant cover by TOM RANEY
1:50 foil variant cover by MIKEL JANÍN
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 12 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 12/27/22

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THE NEW GOLDEN AGE CONTINUES! Huntress has arrived in the present day, but the Justice Society of America are not what she remembers. Can she get to the bottom of what’s happened to the world’s first superhero team? Will the helmet of Fate hold the answers Huntress seeks?

The Pulse:

I an intrigued by this series and it certainly begins very differently than any other JSA series I have read as a long-time long-in-the-tooth fan. Compelling characters, intriguing premise, pleased that Huntress is once again the “child” of Batman and Catwoman. Not what I expected from a JSA series written by Geoff Johns, but in a good way. Doesn’t read like his previous JSA work. Solid art from Mikel Janin from front to back including that Jerry Ordway flashback. I’ll be back for Justice Society of America #2. Without all the needed first issue set-up, for such an ambitious series, next issue should be unfettered and able to have readers’ imaginations soar. 7.5 out of 10.

John is a long-time pop culture fan, comics historian, and blogger. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief at Comics Nexus. Prior to being EIC he has produced several column series including DEMYTHIFY, NEAR MINT MEMORIES and the ONE FAN'S TRIALS at the Nexus plus a stint at Bleeding Cool producing the COMICS REALISM column. As BabosScribe, John is active on his twitter account, his facebook page, his instagram feed and welcomes any and all feedback. Bring it on!