Air #14, Batman/Doc Savage Special #1 (preview), Batman: Streets of Gotham #5, DCU: Halloween Special 2009, DCU: Halloween Special 2009, Ex Machina #46, Justice League of America #38, Power Girl #6 (Conner cover), Power Girl #6 (Variant cover), Power Girl #6 (interior), Superman/Batman #65, Tiny Titans #21.

Intro
Captain America #600 (BUY IT)
Power Girl #2 (SPLIT VERDICT)
Batman: Streets of Gotham #1 (BUY IT)
Ultimate Spider-Man: Requiem #1 (BUY IT)
Brave and Bold #24 (DON’T BOTHER)
Invincible #63 (BUY IT)

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Special thanks to Comic Smash for providing Diana & Shola’s books for review and Midtown Comics for providing Jon’s.

Flash: Rebirth #1 is out today. Power Girl #1 is out in May!

Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray; Art by Amanda Conner; Covers by Adam Hughes and Amanda Conner

In her own ongoing series at last! Straight from the pages of JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Power Girl starts life anew by building herself a secret identity. But a major villain from her past has other plans in store for the Super Hero, and to get his way, he’s holding Manhattan hostage!

From the fan-favorite writing team of Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray (JONAH HEX, TERRA) and featuring the vivacious art of Amanda Conner (JSA CLASSIFIED, TERRA) comes this rip-roaring new series!

* DC Universe
* 32pg.
* Color
* $2.99 US

Writer: Geoff Johns
Pencils: Dale Eaglesham
Inks: Nathan Massengill

Art: 7/10
Story: 8/10
Overall: 7.5/10

The Good

Johns understands and gets the JSA members like no other writer. His strong character work affords him the ability to create plenty of excellent chemistry between the JSA’ers. It’s so easy for the reader to lose themselves in this story as these characters seemingly spring to life. The scene where Power Girl refuses to let go of Alan and Jay once they arrived back home was perfect. It was touching and poignant without ever crossing the line and becoming overly dramatic.

The incredible long range vision and wonderfully complex and detailed plot lines on the Justice Society of America is impressive. There are very few titles that can rival the depth and range of the plotting that we get on the JSA.

Johns manages to nicely fold the Earth-2 plotline into the larger Gog plotline. On the surface, it appears that Johns places the Gog plotline on hold while he wraps up the Earth-2 plotline. But, upon closer review, Johns slyly uses the Earth-2 plotline to further the Gog plotline by pushing two of Gog’s biggest critics closer to accepting this seemingly benevolent god.

Johns gives an excellent and impressively concise and clear re-cap of the history of the Multiverse. I found it interesting that the Multiverse expands just like the universe does. This would suggest that the new Multiverse will continue to expand and will eventually keep growing past the original 52 worlds. This would seem a logical way to bring back the original Multiverse that had an infinite amount of Earths. I have a feeling that the Multiverse will certainly not be limited by the original 52 Earths that we saw at the end of 52.

Johns ends Justice Society of America #20 with a fantastic hook ending. The adventure on Earth-2 and the sight of their loved ones alive once again appears to be enough to get Alan Scott to finally buy into Gog. Alan has been the leader of the faction of the JSA who do not trust or believe in Gog. That appears to be changing. I am curious to see how Mr. Terrific reacts to Alan’s question.

The Bad

I only have one minor complaint. I thought that the Earth-2 Power Girl began channeling a bit too much of her inner Superboy-Prime with the maniacal way that she interrogated our Power Girl and the general over the top presentation of Earth-2 Power Girl’s character.

Overall

Johns continues to impress with this title as Justice Society of America remains one of DC’s best and most consistent titles on the market. If you enjoy incredibly complex plotlines along with quality character work then you should give JSA a try. This title is balanced enough in terms of action and drama that should make it appealing to a large percentage of comic book readers.

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SUPERMAN/BATMAN SERIES 5: VENGEANCE 2
The best-selling action figure line continues!
Designed by: Ed McGuinness
Advance-solicited; on sale February 13, 2008
Supergirl 6.5″
Power Girl 6.5″
Batman/Superman 6.75″
The Joker & Mr. Mxyzpltk 2-pack 6.75″ h & 4.5″h approx.