JSA #13 – Jeff Lemire, Writer; Gavin Guidry, Artist; Luis Guerrero, Colorist
Ray – 9/10
Ray: After an intense twelve-issue arc that pit the JSA against an alliance of basically all their enemies, with a plot dating back to World War II, Jeff Lemire is doing something very different. He’s taking us back to before the war, before there even was a JSA, to show us the origin story of many of the heroes and how they became a team. This is especially interesting because many of these characters have been dead since the events of Zero Hour way back in 1994. This is set in the late 1930s, as Nazism is just starting to creep its way into America, and each of the heroes is following their own mission. Rex Tyler is using his guise as Hourman to investigate the mysterious StarCo, which is trying to acquire him. Wesley Dodds and Al Pratt are dealing with the mafia and trying to keep crime under control. Then there’s Carter and Shayera, who are currently archaeologists working off a map they were given by Kent Nelson.
Among the bigger names, Jay Garrick is still a professor and is deeply in love with Joan, but is keeping his identity as the Keystone Flash deeply under wraps – including when he’s met with a guy named Johnny Thunder, who keeps talking to him about genies. And then there’s Alan Scott, who is meeting with an old friend who also has dealings with StarCo – but seems to be haunted somehow and quickly leaves when Alan asks him too many questions. Over the issue, the various heroes continue to intersect, discovering a conspiracy leading back to Nazi Germany – and one that leads to at least one death by the end of the issue. 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.
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