DCU Comic Book Reviews

JSA #80

Lost and Found, Part 3

February 2006

Written by Keith Champagne

Pencils by Don Kramer

Inks by Keith Champagne

Cover by Alex Ross

Synopsis

In the sixth dimension, Jakeem has just ordered Thunderbolt to kill the JSA.  Mr. Terrific tells Thunderbolt that he does not belong to anyone, except to the JSA and that he needs to act like it.  Thunderbolt ignores Jakeem’s wish.  Suddenly, Saradin attacks, plunging a knife into Jakeem’s back.  In Dr. Fate’s tower, Mordru battles with Dr. Fate.  Elsewhere, Lyta Hall’s son Daniel, the Lord of Dreaming, tells they can escape hell and come to him, but they will never return.  When Lyta sees Hector’s body, injured from an attack by creatures, she willingly takes him to the land of dreams.  The battle between Fate and Mordru passes through various elseworlds and back to Fate’s tower, but Mordru still believes he is stronger.  Meanwhile, the JSA watch as Qwsp emerges from Jakeem’s body.  It had been Qwsp who was forcing Jakeem to destroy Thunderbolt’s world.  And now Qwsp is captured by Saradin’s spell.  This allows Thunderbolt to return the JSA back to Fate’s tower at the same moment Mordru and Fate arrive.  Jakeem then injures Mordru enough for Thunderbolt to take him away.  Later, Fate decides to leave the JSA; he senses a great crisis coming....

Review

“Would it help if I said I was sorry?”

Heh.  So I was wrong (see previous review for explanation).  Regardless, this was a very lackluster ending to this storyline.  There was a lot of action, but the fight between Nabu and Mordru was not all that interesting, except for the brief pass through the elseworlds.  In the other plot, Qwsp ceased to be interesting after his initial, surprise appearance (hey, it’s Qwsp!  Yeah, so?).  However, I do like how both story elements come together at the end.  I am just not sure how feasible it would be for Jakeem to overtake Mordru so easily.  The guy essentially defeated Dr. Fate and now loses to a kid?  The sequence with Terrific convincing Thunderbolt he belonged to the JSA and not to Jakeem also felt a little forced.  It is a nice idea in theory and it does work (to a degree) in the story, but I doubt a djinn would so easily turn on his master and I sincerely doubt that any of the JSA members could make a wish like Jakeem.  And, yes, I do realize this is a comic book.  Is there a reason you ask? 

Of the elseworlds that Fate and Mordru pass through, we see Kingdom Come and Justice League: The Nail. 

-- Review by MRB 

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