The Tales of the Justice Society of America Thread

[Fanboyimus Prime]

[Dan North]

So I just AHEM aquired almost all of the JSA appearances ya'll are covering and I am reading along with you.

[NewFun#6]

[Dan North]

All Star is very uneven but I really like it at the same time, it's very odd.

[panpan23]

Regarding Marv Wolfman vs. Geoff Johns ...

I actually really enjoyed Infinite Crisis at the time and for the most part still do but definitely see its faults. I think, though, that when we start comparing it to its predecessor, especially comparing Marv Wolfman to Geoff Johns, we also have to consider the higher-ups at that point as well. I don't think that Dick Giordano would have let Geoff Johns get away with some of what Dan DiDio has. I also don't think that back in 1985, Johns would have been able to point to whatever book and say, "I want that!" like my son does whenever we're in the toy aisle at Target, and actually get to do what he wants.

Wolfman went through a really rough writer's block in the late 1980s and when he finally recovered in the early 1990s he found himself at the mercy of editors who sometimes were great to him and sometimes completely dicked him over and from what I've read he's still pretty bitter about it. Johns has had the luxury of "carte blanche" since about 2003-2004. And honestly? I wish someone would give him an editor instead of letting him be his own editor (more or less). Jim Shooter, Len Wein, Mike Carlin, the Black Lantern Julius Schwartz ... ANYONE. The guy is becoming the Stephen King of comics.

That's my incoherent rant, anyway. Keep up the great work on all of your various podcasts and the hours of free entertainment they provide.

Oh, and Grant Morrison wasn't fucking around with the DCU back in 1985 either. Alan Moore was ... but at least his stories made sense.

[RHagen]

I agree with everything in the post above this one.

BRING BACK THE EDITORS!

[NewFun#6]

[Dan North]

Comics, Squadron from what I have skimmed looks fantastic.

[Dan North]

Could you guys post a list of the titles you plan on reviewing? I am currently assembling ahem pile of Tales reading.

[RHagen]

IIRC, Scott and Mike will continuing to cover 'All-Star Squadron', which will be joined by Infinty, Inc. around the 23rd issue of the former book. There will probably be a special series of episodes covering 'America vs. the JSA' mini-series.

Once the Crisis hits, they'll likely be covering that in detail, as it really impacts Earth-2. Following that, there should be an episode covering the 'Last Days of the Justice Society'.

Then they'll likely begin their coverage of 'Young All-Stars', the post-Crisis successor series to 'All-Star Squadron' as well as the last portion of 'Infinity, Inc.' After that is the early 90's JSA revival series, then comes James Robinson's 'Starman' and 'JSA' after that. Not sure if 'Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.' will be included. Finally, they'll probably cover 'Justice Society of America', 'Power Girl' and "JSA All-Stars'.

That's 6 or 7 ongoing series, 2 mini-series and a couple of one-shots.

[NewFun#6]

[Dan North]

I can't find a good place to *purchase* issues 45-66 of All Star Squadron and Young All-Stars. I also have the Flash of Two Worlds and some other earler Earth 2 stuff on the *pile* just to have. Damn Carmine Infantino draws some big-headed Flash... I mean DAMN!

[Dan North]

I can't find a good place to *purchase* issues 45-66 of All Star Squadron and Young All-Stars. I also have the Flash of Two Worlds and some other earler Earth 2 stuff on the *pile* just to have. Damn Carmine Infantino draws some big-headed Flash... I mean DAMN!

[NewFun#6]

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[JonathanCrites]

I placed a hold online for the first volume of the All Star Comics revival (collects All Star Comics #58-67 and DC Presents #29). I listened to the first two episodes of Tales of the JSA on Monday and wanted to read along and Vol 1 is now waiting on me at the library. Vol 2 is also in the catalog, it covers All Star 68-75 and Adventure Comics #461-466. I'll get it when I get to those episodes...

[JonathanCrites]

Ok, picked the Justice Society Vol. 1 trade up from the library and listened through the first 3 episodes. I thought first two issues were a pretty good start but I thought the art was pretty average. Flipping ahead, it looks to get better in the next set of issues (featuring the villain Vulcan). Also, this trade has a prologue before the first issue explaining the difference between Earth-1 and Earth-2; is this from the issue #58 of All Star Comics? Interesting start, great to hear how much you guys enjoy this stuff and I look forward to reading more!

[ljacone]

BTW guys. The Sgt Rock toys did in fact have bad guys to fight. Their name... THE BAD GUYS.

http://www.treasuresntoys.com/webcampkobadguys.htm

[NewFun#6]

[panpan23]

Jim Shooter has a fun blog entry today that winds up with a story about an intra-office shooting game (like assassins or something) but starts with how during the 1970s there was a lot of tension between people at Marvel, specifically Len Wein/Marv Wolfman vs. Roy Thomas.

I was wondering how much of that translated over to DC when they were gearing up for Crisis on Infinite Earths, especially considering what Crisis did to the All Star Squadron ...

Food for thought, I guess.

[JonathanCrites]

So, not sure if anyone is interested, but over at Instocktrades.com, all the DC Archives are 50% off right now. Including about eleven volumes of the original All Star Comics series. So, for about $25/volume you can get a lot of the old All Star comics in pretty hardcovers.... . I don't like the way InStock organizes their site anymore - you have to use the little drop down next to the DC section to filter just Archive Editions and then find what you are looking for. They also have a bunch of the Golden Age heroes individual Archive Editions too.