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JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #9

Prologue:  Thy Kingdom Come

November 2007

Written by Geoff Johns

Pencils by Dale Eaglesham

Inks by Ruy Jose

Covers by Alex Ross & Dale Eaglesham

Synopsis

In Brooklyn, the Justice Society of America is holding a charity function for the local firefighters after Ted Grant (aka Wildcat) destroyed one of their fire engines in a battle against Vandal Savage.  Part of the charity includes a boxing match between Ted and his son, Tommy.  However, the fight is interrupted by an alarm for a fire.  The firefighters and the Justice Society answer the call.  When they get there they find Goth who is the source of the fire, with the blaze coming from within him.  And he is about to erupt.  The heat from the fire, however, is so great that neither Power Girl nor Alan Scott can effectively remove Goth from the building.  Starman provides a solution:  he creates a black hole and sends Goth into it.  He is able to do it, and extinguish the fire, but in the process knocks himself unconscious.  He is then carried away from the building by the Kingdom Come Superman.

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

I loved this issue and the reason that I loved it is because Johns showed the team essentially just hanging around and being who they are.  This was not an action-filled comic by any means.  Johns is really just marking time to get to the cliffhanger so he can start the next storyline, but he uses that time wisely, mostly because we know how this issue was going to end (uh, the title kinda gives it away, dont’cha think?).  But before then Johns does a great job of showing all of the members of Justice Society interacting with each other and the people at the charity function through great dialogue or sometimes wordless moments (like Jay on the left hand side of page 4, or Starman carrying the single bucket of water into the burning building or Nate’s disappointment to being told to stay behind, or the overall mess in the kitchen).  Even the two-page splash of the heroes next to the fire truck racing to the fire reveals a lot of the characters, uh, character, like Alan Scott’s regal pose, Stargirl’s relaxed posture, or Liberty Belle and Hourman’s on-the-edge position.  Above all else comics is a visual medium and Eaglesham imbues so much character and definition into the book that it comes alive even without Johns’ dialogue or plotting.  All of this is just a pure joy to behold and I think Johns and Eaglesham’s joy in working on this title shows through onto the pages.   

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