Justice Society of America #22

DC Comics
Justice Society of America #22
By Hervé St-Louis
January 7, 2009 - 20:20

DC Comics
Writer(s): Geoff Johns, Alex Ross
Penciller(s): Dale Eaglesham, Alex Ross
Inker(s): Nathan Massengill
Colourist(s): Hi-Fi
Letterer(s): Rob Leigh
Cover Artist(s): Alex Ross, Dale Eaglesham
$2.99 US

It’s the end for Gog and his exile is about to begin. But who will throw the long lasting and crucial punch to defeat this demagogue?

I was beginning to fear the Kingdom Come Superman would remain a fixture in the regular DC Universe. With DC Comics’ passion for unqualified alternate, derivative, and redundant characters, that might have been a possibility. I’m glad in the end that Jones did the right thing and put all the toys back in their box. I found the entire storyline too long and I’m glad it’s finally over. One problem with it is that I was able to skip some issues and some of the special and the annual, and not miss much in terms of the plot. If individual chapters don’t matter, why even bother. The epilogue to the Kingdom Come series was also unnecessary. Did we really need another closer on that series? At this point, I ask myself if this series is about the Justice Society or just a who’s who in the DC Universe. I miss the energy and high pitched action that made the preceding series so popular with readers.

I don’t like Alex Ross’ work, so I’ll skip any comments on that. Ok, I won’t. I think Alex Ross’s work hurts the comic book page. He does not draw (or paint) for comics. He does simply creates panels and links them together. His painterly style breaks the flow of reading, and bringing no closure between panels. Eaglesham is a great artist and does for this series, everything that Alex Ross doesn’t.

Rating: 7/10