Justice Society of America Vol. 2: Thy Kingdom Come, Part 1

Justice Society of America Vol. 2: Thy Kingdom Come, Part 1
by Geoff Johns, Alex Ross

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Author: Alex Ross, Geoff Johns
Illustrator: Dale Eaglesham
Illustrator: Fernando Pasarin
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-02
ISBN: 1401216900
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: DC Comics

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Book Review: The Final Straw
Summary: 3 Stars

This is it. I can't take it anymore. I have been purchasing the Justice Society books for years now and have been a fan for more than a quarter of a century but this is the last JSA book I will buy until the quality improves significantly. 'Thy Kingdom Come' is an absolute mess. My biggest issue is the claim that this book is a sequel to "Kingdom Come". That would be a total lie. The Kingdom Come version of Superman ends up traveling to Earth 1 thanks to an overly convenient localized black hole. It doesn't even make sense since Superman's disappearance contradicts events from Kingdom Come. To market it as a sequel to one of the all time great DC comic stories is a rip-off.

There are so many characters coming and going that it's impossible to keep track. As if the JSA's roster wasn't bloated enough they add at least four more unnecessary members. One new hero, the grandson of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, naturally has super powers just like everyone with even the slightest tangential tie to original Justice Society. He's currently serving in the Middle East and wait `till you hear this backstory. He was on a mission to protect an Iraqi museum from looters (this truly is another universe) when one of the artifacts burned a brand into his arm and now he can project energy bolts using some ridiculous hunk of metal he holds in his hand.

The other three new members include a female Judomaster, the grandson of Amazing Man and (Good Lord) Citizen Steel. So here is Citizen Steel's story and it's a doosy. The original WW II Commander Steel had a body composed of steel thanks to war injuries so naturally the JSA fates will bestow upon his progeny steel related powers. In the previous book a villain named Reichsmark disgorged a vomit of molten metal onto Nate Heywood causing horrible burning and... oh right, no actually it makes him super strong and impervious to damage. Yeah, that's just kinda the way things work here. Nate is unable to reign in his awesome new strength so the geniuses at the JSA decide to cover his body in molten metal thus dampening his power by forcing him to resist the metal envelope with every movement. Not only does his metal cover appear totally lifelike it is forged as an exact duplicate of the costume Commander Steel wore. Having never served in the military Nate takes on the identity Citizen Steel. It hurt me to write that.

But the award for the dumbest new hero goes to Mr. America. The new Mr. America is literally a guy who knew the old Mr. America and decides to take on the role after Mr. America is killed. Is this all it takes to become a superhero. Just throw on a mask and suddenly you can become an exceptional fighter with amazing athleticism. This is insulting to the intelligence of the reader and diminishes comic book heroes.

In the end it doesn't matter because the JSA cycles through characters faster than a stack of tissues during flu season. The comic would improve if they would dump the horrible Cyclone, the badly misused Starman and that Werecat son of Wildcat. This reboot needs a reboot.

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Summary of Justice Society of America Vol. 2: Thy Kingdom Come, Part 1

The worlds first super-team is renewed by a new generation of heroes, promising to uphold the legacy of their predecessors and inspire other heroes across the world. This second volume, written by Geoff Johns, the acclaimed writer of INFINITE CRISIS, focuses on the individual members of the team.Nathan Heywood, the grandson of Commander Steel, awakens to find himself transformed into the teams newest member, Citizen Steel.All American powerhouse Liberty Belle races to stop the Justice Society's troubled young recruit, Damage, from making the worst mistake of his life.Plus, the secrets of 52 begin to reveal themselves to the Justice Society.

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