Greetings fellow JSA fans! Hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy. Got a shorter then normal set of readings for this week. We are traveling back to 2006 and the launch of a new JSA title: Justice Society of America.
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This title was the third volume of the series and was written initially by Geoff Johns with pencils by Dale Englesham and Alex Ross on cover art. The series ran from February 2007-October 2011.
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A major theme of this series, which carried over from previous ones, was the JSA being the caretakers of the superhero legacy from one generation to the next. To illustrate this the opening of the new series shows veteran JSAers the Flash, Green Lantern and Wildcat choosing a new generation of heroes to train.
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It was also during this series that the old JLA/JSA crossovers started back up. The first of these crossover stories happens just after the story we will be reading this week.
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Several new characters are introduced in this series and all of them are in some way related to former JSA members.
Letās call this meeting to order and meet these new kids!
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What to Read
*Justice Society of America (2006) #1-4
For Discussion
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How did you feel about the recruitment of descendants of original JSA members into the JSA?
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Last time we saw a group of Nazi villains and here we have another: The Fourth Reich. What did you think of them?
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Looks like Vandal Savage is stirring up trouble again. What did you think of his fight with Wildcatās son?
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Cyclone had a very rough first day as a prospective member of the JSA. How would you have handled the situation she found herself in?
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What did you make of Starman in these issues?
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We see the reason Damage has donned a mask but do you feel heās really in the right headspace to be a hero?
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At the end of this story we see Agent Graves taking up the mantle of Mr. America as Wildcat talks to his son about there is always someone willing to take up the role of a hero. Do you think that is true in real life?
And thatās all I have this week.
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Coming up the first part of next month we have a tale drawn from All Star Comics and later in the month I have a couple of holiday stories lined up. Hope to see you there!