Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Dr. Gym'll's Cultural Rarities The All-JSA (2024) Thread!

So, I thought the first issue of Jeff Lemire's JSA series was promising, far better than anything in the last series!

I liked the "second generation" lineup for the main team, and I really dug the new Chair!

I'm not blown away by it, but it looks like this could be a good series, if it doesn't get too caught up in the massive event of the week and stuff.

Anyone else read it?

I haven't read it yet, but you've just sold me on giving it a fair chance. Thanks, EDE.

It odes do a good job of grabbing you right out of the gate. I'm certainly looking forward to the next issue so that's good.

I get it next week.

I know diamond had a stranglehold, but the books mostly showed up on time.

Sucks.

The biggest complaint I'm seeing people having about it is that it's a bit soap-operaish, which I kind of get, but it just reads to me like classic Marvel dysfunctional family team dynamics, and there's a specific reason given, even beyond the incredibly stressful situation the team is in, why things are discordant. So I'm not really taking that too seriously as a problem.

I agree. The discordant nature of the team felt a bit weird at first but tying it back to their recent experience with Waller and the trauma that induced made sense and nice to see that one of these events actually has ongoing consequences.

Read #3 today and I'm still really enjoying this series!

Love the Demons Three!

Not really up on current Hawk continuity but intrigued by what's being portrayed here.

Iffy on the possible Jade/Sand relationship, which kind of felt like three pages of filler, but whatever.

Beth's discovery in Jakeem's blood was cool!

The Wildcat pep talk scene went on a bit long, but I really wanted to see him actually don the Helmet of Fate!

Definitely interested in the "new" character who popped up at the end!

I'm super behind (as aways) on my monthlies. The most recent issue of the Johns JSA I read was #8. Overall, I've enjoyed that volume, especially because the delays don't hurt my experience when I binge-read about 6 months worth of comics at a time. I like overall what Johns did thru issue 8, except that Degaton seemed beaten rather quickly after a lot of buildup.

I'm definitely getting the new volume and look forward (eventually) to start reading it. I'm curious as to whether Lemire follows what Johns set up, such as the new ret-conned legacy characters and the reformed villains.

You're definitely making me interested! thanks for sharing your thoughts, folks!

Haven't gotten to this series yet. At this point, I can only commit to one monthly series, and it's looking like Absolute Wonder Woman is going to be it. But hopefully, when the first trade of Lemire's JSA comes out, my library will have a copy. In the meantime, I'm enjoying the comments in this thread.

Oh...so I take it you dropped Birds of Prey? I finally got that first trade and hope to read it soon. Any feedback you can share on why you no longer get it would be appreciated over on the BoP thread.