Sunday, January 31, 2010

Blackest Night JSA #2 - DC

The last issue ended with the JSA being attacked outside their headquarters by various Black Lanterns . . both reborn 'heroes' and 'villains'. Meanwhile, Mr Terrific is on the inside trying to figure out how to fight these atrocities. 'By combining the power of Alan's ring, Jannie's lightning, Courtney's cosmic rod and Dr Fate's unique energy . . we can create a device with the right kind of light that can break our stalemate with the Black Lanterns.' However, it appears that the Black Lanterns are getting smarter in reaching their objectives. This issue focus' on the three that have the strongest emotional connection to members of the team . . Damage, Johnny Quick, and Lois Lane of Earth-2. They appeal to the emotional side of their former team-mates convincing them that they're being forced to act out of character, and against their own will. Lois goes straight for Power Girl, Johnny rekindles his connection with Jesse, and Grant appeals to the emotional side of Atom-Smasher and Judomaster. I'm not sure what happened to Johnny and Jesse, but Lois makes her way inside the headquarter, with Karen's help, and Damage convinces his former friends that he can prove that he's still on their side. He convinces them to let him get close enough to the mansion that he can attract the rest of the Black Lanterns to him, and blow them up. However, it's a much bigger blast than even Damage is capable of, and . . it opens up a hole in the side of the mansion. Michael is the first to put it all together. 'Dammit. I knew somehow they'd outfox us. A simple explosion can't kill them. Alan, shield my work-table. For all the good it'll do . . he meant to blast a path in here. Not to stop me, but to reach . .' Kal-L of Krypton . . arguably the most powerful Black Lantern out there. Apparently this was their plan the whole time. I'm just wondering why Johnny had to lure Jesse away? James Robinson and Tony Bedard both write this book, and they did an incredible job. The story was fantastic, and the characterization was perfect. Eddy Barrows and Marco Marz do the pencils. Both of these guys have come a tremendous way in a short period of time. The art in this book looked incredible. I can't wait to see how this one is wrapped up next issue. I think this is arguably one of the best spin-offs of this 'event' so far. A classic in the making.

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