Justice League of America 80 Page Giant #1 - DC

Well . . it appears that this whole issue was about setting up the Time-Commander with more power. But we don't really know if that's a good thing, or a bad thing . . yet. Basically, what happens is . . Snapper and Cheetah get together for a date. What? You didn't forget that they had sex during the Crisis, did you? It happened in Resist!. Anyways, so now, I guess, they hook-up every now and again. So he's in the Justice League cave when Epoch attacks. The JLA attacks, but he scatters them through time So Snapper, and Cheetah, work with the Time-Commander to try to bring them back. TC tells Snapper that Epoch is here to consolidate his power. TC poses a threat to him, so he's here to kill his grand-mother, who's just been born. Snapper has to get to the controls for Epoch's suit, on his right hand, and remove them. He does so, and saves the day, but then Barbara tells him 'This isn't his grand-mother. There is no blood relation between him and that newborn. I have the heightened olfactory senses of a cat, and my powers come from a god of fertility . . the smells are totally different.' It turns out he tricked Snapper into giving him the controls for Epoch's power, and then he distracted him so he could retrieve his hourglass from the cave. However, before doing that, he did return the Justice League. So maybe he's not all bad? I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Anyways, this framing story was brought to us by Rex Ogle and Mahmud Asrar. But inside of that story were a bunch of team-ups of various members scattered across history. Green Lantern and Red Arrow get together in the old west. There they meet Cinnamon. That story is brought to us by JT Krul and Ardian Syaf. Next we have Vixen and John Stewart stuck in Camelot. There they meet the Shining Knight. This story is created by Rich Fogel and Eric J. Zatanna and Black Canary return to New York, 1939. There they meet the Crimson Avenger and Det Richard Drake, Dinah's father. The creative team is Josh Williamson and Bit. Green Arrow and Firestorm find themselves on a deserted island in the 40's. They end up helping out the Bride, and come face to face with Ra's al Ghul. This was by Chuck Kim and Justin Norman. Steel and Wonder Woman find themselves on a pirate ship in the high-seas. Wonder Woman had arrived earlier and is the Pirate Princess. Together they defeat Starro when he shows up on the shore-line. Derek Fridolfs and Jon Buran provide the creatives for this story. And finally, Superman and Doctor Light are stuck in feudal Japan. They help bring about the origin of Samurai, and give him a few gifts. This story is by Amanda McMurray and Daxiong. Besides furthering the character of the Time-Commander, I assume that this was kind of a test for all of this new talent also. Overall, I thought the book was fantastic. The stories were short, and a bit limited. But I think that wasn't mostly due to constraints of space, rather than talent. And all of the artwork looked terrific. Oh yeah, also the cover was by Jay Anacieto. It was a good book. I'm not sure what the affects will be on the future of the League, but . . we'll see. Sooner or later.