Under previous writer Geoff Johns, the Justice Society of America was (more or less) one big happy family - but it hasn't taken long for the new creative team to make that family quite a bit more dysfunctional.In this issue Wildcat and Magog get into a knock-down, drag-out fight, the All-American Kid is grilled for apparently trying to kill Mr. Terrific, and the other team members are squabbling after they narrowly won a fight with an army of super-villains.
So there's a lot of kvetching and grouching, but not much else is going on here - the issue is mostly setting up the next part of the story, where (presumably) the JSA is going to split into two different teams - one that's more traditional and one that's more proactive against the bad guys.
It's still too early to render a judgment on the work being done by writers Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges, but the wrap-up to this story should tell the tale.
I do like the art by Jesus Merino - it's professional, tells the story clearly and makes it easy to tell who's who in the army of characters in this issue.
If I gave "Incomplete" grades, this issue would get one - it's not bad, but I can't register a full decision until the whole story is laid out. But for now, I'll give it:
Grade: B-
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