My experience with the Golden Age tales of the JSA was limited to reprints I loved as a kid-- I had read the first appearance of the JSA in an oversize tabloid I had as a child and the excellent "Case of the Patriotic Crimes" which was reprinted in a Justice League 100-Page Spectacular back in the early 70s. And the reprint of the JSA vs. Evil Star story from another JLA 100-Pager.
So anyhoo, I bought The Vol. 1 archives over a year ago, didn't really get into it, and put it away. But recently I pulled it out and have been reading it before bed. It's pretty fun and I am enjoying it.
I still think I will prefer the later stories when both Wonder Woman and Black Canary were on the team, and I have yet to read a Golden AGe tale that is better than the excellent "Case Of The Patriotic Crimes".
Anyone else collecting the All-Star archives?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I've got them all, with the exception of the final volume which just came out.
The best stuff is in the later volumes - I'd say about 7-9, but there are good moments in all of them.
(EDIT: FYI, "Case of the Patriotic Crimes" was reprinted in Volume 9)
[ March 02, 2005, 08:08 PM: Message edited by: Outdoor Miner ]
Posted by MLLASH on :
Yeep! NINE volumes out already? I didn't realize there were so many. Might make it a little hard for me to get 'em all, that's a lotta cash there.
What are your favorite volumes?
I was tickled that "...Patriotic Crimes" was also reprinted a few years back in the Justice Society 100-Page Spectacular DC released, back when they were doing nifty new 80-page and 100-Page editions of those books, loaded with groovy reprints.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
There are eleven volumes out now, actually. The most recent volume completes the Golden Age run.
If pressed for favorites, I'd say the first two, and 7-9. But I'm just happy to be just one volume away from finally having all the early stories featuring my all-time fave super team.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
I haven't picked any of these up yet, nor own any of the original stories. Sounds interesting...
Do either of you guys have a favorite JSAer based on these stories yet?
Posted by Nightcrawler on :
I've got them all too, including the last volume. I'm still reading through the last one in my spare time.
But, like Lash I think I enjoy the last two volumes the most because of BC and WW. Of course, those are my last reads. I haven't read the others since they came out and probably need to read through them all again to decide.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
So you two are telling me that you like icky girls in your stories?
(pssst...me too!)
Posted by The Walking Dev on :
I could sell you the 2nd one pretty cheap.
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: Do either of you guys have a favorite JSAer based on these stories yet?
Not based on these stories, no. I've always liked Green Lantern, Flash, Spectre, and Dr. Mid-Nite. Mid-Nite's solo stories are some of the more mediocre ones throughout the All-Star run, but that never put me off the character.
Posted by MLLASH on :
Hmm. I pulled out the 4 recent 100-Page Spectacular dealies DC did. "...Patriotic Crimes" is actually in the JLoA one, from 1999. The JsoA one (2000) has some groovy stuff too, though 95% Silver-Age stuff.
I couldn't resist the Love Stories one (2000).
And I adore the one with the Neal Adams cover that came out last year.
Has it really been 4-plus years since DC released some of these? Dang.
The all-reprint 80-page Annuals I got were the first SECRET ORIGINS one (1998), Green Lantern (1998), Teen Titans (1999) and Shazam Family (2002). Were these formats not successful? I know at $7 for the 100-pagers, that could seem pricey to some. Sill cheaper than an archive, though.
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