JSA: Justice Be Done

Synopsis: This was originally published as JSA: Secret Files #1 and JSA #1-5.

The Justice Society of America, pulled together around the funeral of the original Sandman Wesley Dodds, reunite to fight off the menace of Mordru the Merciless.

Good Stuff: It’s pretty hard to screw this up. You have a good credible threat for a villain, and a small army of fairly interesting heroes to oppose him, and also in many ways a clean slate to work with.

Robinson and Goyer do a good job of not going for the obvious choices as the primary heroes for this arc, and the assemblage of artists maintain a nice consistency throughout the book.

Not so Good Stuff: It takes a fair amount of time for the true villain to reveal himself, and while there’s a fair amount of action prior, there’s never a true level of threat or menace up until Mordru makes his presence known. In other words, it’s kind of slow up to that point.

I give this book 7/10.