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Justice Society of America # 6

By Hervé St-Louis
June 9, 2007 - 11:57

This is the latest chapter of the Lightning Saga, a cross over between the Justice League and the Justice Society. Liberty Belle, Hourman, Damage, Black Lightning and Wonder Woman are looking for the seventh hidden Legionnaire in the swamps and encounter the future girl, Triplicate Girl and Computo, and evil artificial intelligence designed to destroy all law abiding super heroes. But the rest of the League and the Society arrive to lend a hand. Can Computo be destroyed in time?

The Computo story is a hallmark of older comic books with ridiculous villains and motivations. Although the writing for The Justice Society is quite evolved, the characters nonetheless play their part in this contrived story. Fortunately, the story is more complex than that and the real threat is where the heroes focus their attention. With such a large cast, it’s difficult for the characters to shine and receive proper attention. Still, Johns inserts some characterization to some of them. It seems, that is mandated that Red Arrow will now chase after Hawkgirl every time they make an appearance.

Eaglesham continues to be the most appropriate artist for this series. I just love how his characters look like they come from a 1940s comic book. But more than that, Eaglesham proves that he can draw an interesting swamp and good backgrounds. Another thing that I liked about his work, is that the characters interacted visually without needing writer Johns to add any captions. For example, how Star Girl helps Maxine gives a hint of their friendship. The colouring by Jeremy Cox also has to be mentioned. It’s a perfect complement to Eaglesham’s work.

7/10

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