JSA #13 is a fantastic look into the modern origin of the comic's oldest team, highlighting the elements that have modernized these characters. Read Full Review

JSA #13 provides the start to an intriguing origin story, complete with the promises of conspiracy. A great time to jump in, if you're new to it. It took a few moments for me to catch onto the swing of things, with it leaping between plot threads, but when I did, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Read Full Review

This issue has a lot of common DNA with the flashback minis that Jay, Alan, and Wesley got a few years back, but with a larger cast and a common focus. It's a very interesting change of pace from the first year, and one that looks like it's going to fill in a ton of blanks. Read Full Review

Intriguing snippets of each character’s introductory storyline are interesting and well-drawn, but there’s not enough here to elevate this issue into a truly outstanding kick-off. That said, I’m interested to learn what happens next to each of these classic characters.

This was terrible. There is a laundry list of inconsistencies that make it seem like DC/ Lemire are ignorant of the JSA’s history and these characters in their early years. If you know, you know. If you don’t you probably didn’t catch them. There’s nothing worse than feeling like you know more about the characters than the writer and editor on a book.

Feels like they are just going with a whole new reimagining of the Golden Age. Too many inconsistencies- Carter and Shiera have the wrong hair color. Shiera didn’t become Hawkgirl until 1941 (All-Star #5) the thunderbolt pen thing, Rex worked for Bannermain chemicals…

…not his own company. And I just can’t with Alan Scott. This retconned version will never sit right with me. It’s been done so poorly.

Lemire already got Jay’s birthday wrong in #9 ( he wasn’t born in 1923- he’d be 17 in 1940!). The feel is very off for all of it. This is some new origin I’m guessing that’s going to ignore the Classic we know…

Lemire has not done a good job on this series so far and it’s like there’s no editorial direction or oversight- just like the Power Girl series- he can make up whatever he wants. It actually feels amateurish. It’s like a bad animated adaptation.

Sportsmaster didn’t appear until 1947, also. Just no attention to detail. No attempt to make things fit. If one is ignorant of the JSA it may be better, but for me it just feels really wrong.

And someone calls Shiera “Mrs Hall,” they didn’t get married in the golden age, let alone as early as 1940! There are so many indications this is going to ignore most of what we know outside the broad strokes.

There are so many things that are wrong it reads like a story in which Degaton has gone back in time, screwed things up and they have to be fixed…but it’s just bad writing.
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