I enjoyed this book, but . . I do have a couple of questions. First of all . . when was all of this decided? I saw the preview, so I knew the book was coming. In the 80 pg giant it was kind of hinted around that this might be happening. But . . then, all of the sudden . . here we are. There was no special meeting? No discussion? No arguments or back-stabbing? I'm just sayin' . . usually there's an issue leading in to something like this. Did I miss something? Anyways, the team has been splintered off and it includes . . Power Girl, Magog, Hourman, Stargirl, Damage, Cyclone, Wildcat (the son), Judomaster, Citizen Steel and King Chimera. So . . my next question is . . in Blackest Night #5 Damage dies. Does this story take place before that?. . after that?. . what gives? And finally . . where's the mentors? I can't imagine that any of the 'ol-timers' would let these young'ns out on there own without supervision. Power Girl is really the only mentor there is. Sure Magog has experience . . military experience, but . . he doesn't play well with others. And, he's still relatively new to the hero game. I guess Hourman could be considered a mentor, and Stargirl too. Courtney's young, but . . she's got a lot of experience. So . . their temporary headquarters is at the Star-K ranch in upstate New York. See . . we don't know how they decided on that either. We find out this issue that the villains that have been coming after the JSA were hired by Arthur Pemberton . . Sylvester Pemberton's nephew, the original Star-Spangled Kid. Which is why he wouldn't let them touch Courtney. We find out this issue that he wanted her to himself. They actually attack them twice this issue. The first time is robots, so the All-Stars take them out pretty quickly. The second time . . it's actually a diversion. They've come to abduct Courtney, and after doing so Arthur blows up the rest of the villains.
Then, at the end of the book, we find out that this whole group is actually working for Johnny Sorrow. We don't know what they're after yet, or why they want Courtney, but . . you can bet Power Girl isn't going to rest until they find her. We also see some of the struggle between Power Girl and Magog. They still don't see eye-to-eye, and have different ideas of what this group should be, and how it should train. And, Sand is we see that Sand is having a problem. He's afraid to fall asleep because he's afraid of his dreams, and . . he's having a harder and harder time differentiating between the dreams and reality. Overall, I thought is was a pretty decent first issue. Other than the unresolved questions, I like it. Matthew Sturges did a good job with the story, and it seems like he's getting to know the characters better. I really liked Freddie Williams II's art. He did it in the same style that he used for
Final Crisis Aftermath Run! I think that it almost has a Bart Sears type style to it. It definitely shows his influence. Anyways, the book has a lot of potential. As long as they handle the characters right, and they get some good character development going.
I enjoyed this book, but . . I do have a couple of questions. First of all . . when was all of this decided? I saw the preview, so I knew the book was coming. In the 80 pg giant it was kind of hinted around that this might be happening. But . . then, all of the sudden . . here we are. There was no special meeting? No discussion? No arguments or back-stabbing? I'm just sayin' . . usually there's an issue leading in to something like this. Did I miss something? Anyways, the team has been splintered off and it includes . . Power Girl, Magog, Hourman, Stargirl, Damage, Cyclone, Wildcat (the son), Judomaster, Citizen Steel and King Chimera. So . . my next question is . . in Blackest Night #5 Damage dies. Does this story take place before that?. . after that?. . what gives? And finally . . where's the mentors? I can't imagine that any of the 'ol-timers' would let these young'ns out on there own without supervision. Power Girl is really the only mentor there is. Sure Magog has experience . . military experience, but . . he doesn't play well with others. And, he's still relatively new to the hero game. I guess Hourman could be considered a mentor, and Stargirl too. Courtney's young, but . . she's got a lot of experience. So . . their temporary headquarters is at the Star-K ranch in upstate New York. See . . we don't know how they decided on that either. We find out this issue that the villains that have been coming after the JSA were hired by Arthur Pemberton . . Sylvester Pemberton's nephew, the original Star-Spangled Kid. Which is why he wouldn't let them touch Courtney. We find out this issue that he wanted her to himself. They actually attack them twice this issue. The first time is robots, so the All-Stars take them out pretty quickly. The second time . . it's actually a diversion. They've come to abduct Courtney, and after doing so Arthur blows up the rest of the villains. 
Then, at the end of the book, we find out that this whole group is actually working for Johnny Sorrow. We don't know what they're after yet, or why they want Courtney, but . . you can bet Power Girl isn't going to rest until they find her. We also see some of the struggle between Power Girl and Magog. They still don't see eye-to-eye, and have different ideas of what this group should be, and how it should train. And, Sand is we see that Sand is having a problem. He's afraid to fall asleep because he's afraid of his dreams, and . . he's having a harder and harder time differentiating between the dreams and reality. Overall, I thought is was a pretty decent first issue. Other than the unresolved questions, I like it. Matthew Sturges did a good job with the story, and it seems like he's getting to know the characters better. I really liked Freddie Williams II's art. He did it in the same style that he used for Final Crisis Aftermath Run! I think that it almost has a Bart Sears type style to it. It definitely shows his influence. Anyways, the book has a lot of potential. As long as they handle the characters right, and they get some good character development going.
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