Sunday, May 28, 2006

JSA Classified #12 - DC

I like these offshoot titles. This one and it's predecessor JLA Classified. I mean, seriously, if you have a team of 20 to 30 + members, how are you supposed to give any of them adequate time to develop a character or story in a once a month title? So, both of these titles have been nice, in that you get a chance to see a story about a character that wouldn't normally be in the spotlight. This is the 3rd part of the Vandal Savage/Green Lantern storyline. I say that because it's more a story about Vandal Savage than Green Lantern. Somehow he ended up in the middle of nowhere during the Infinite Crisis, way out in space, and had to "hitch-hike" a ride back to earth in a meteor. Now that he's back he's found out that he's dying of a brain tumor. So his dying with is to take his arch nemesis Alan Scott (Green Lantern, Sentinel, White King, whatever) with him when he goes. On top of this his donor bank of replacement organs is depleted, after all you don't live for 37,000 years without a kidney, or liver going out. Right? Also, since he's been off planet for a while, all of his hideouts have begun to crumble with decay. Add to this the brain tumor which is causing bouts if illusion, depression, anxiety and a reversion to his cro-magnum behavior, and it all comes up to be a pretty good story. Stuart Moore is the author and he is doing a fine job. As I would expect after reading his work on Firestorm. Then you have Paul Gulacy on pencils. What a great team. I used to think that Doug Moench and Paul meshed well, but guess what, Paul works well with others. I wouldn't say this is a must have book, but it is an interesting story. I don't know if it will have any long term repercussions for Green Lantern, but I think it definitely will for Vandal Savage. How can this guy be around for so long, and we know so little about him?

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