JSApril presents: DC 2,000

It’s April 2025 and comics podcasters and bloggers around the world are celebrating the 85th anniversary of the Justice Society of America. Go back 25 years, though, and comics were celebrating the arrival of a new century. The JSA series which made the team a hit with a whole new audience had just begun – […]

JSApril is coming

Eighty-five years ago the face of comics was changed forever. A crowd of individual heroes became a group. A society. The Justice Society of America. The Green Lantern, the Flash, the Hawkman, the Spectre, the Atom, the Sandman, the Hour-Man and Dr Fate met for dinner and tagalong Johnny Thunder suggested they swap stories of […]

JSA #5 review

The new Injustice Society of America ambushed the JSA, determined to steal some of their magical talismans. Heroes were hurt, others retreated to the extradimensional Tower of Fate where they’ve been under siege from demons summoned by the wizard Wotan. JSA-ers who weren’t present for the assault gathered in the brownstone to puzzle over what […]

JSA #3 review

Hawkman died last issue. Don’t worry, it’s kind of his thing. Usually he reincarnates immediately, but this time he’s been dragged down to Hell. Dragged down by demons with familiar names. In the Earth realm, meanwhile, Justice Society of America leader Jade is given some comfort as she ponders the whereabouts of Hawkman and other […]

JSA #2 review

Ah, who doesn’t like a homage to All-Star Squadron #1, promising an issue in which the leaders of a Justice Society team picks the latest line-up. Well, it’s a promise that remains unfulfilled here, as there’s nothing remotely resembling such a moment. What we get is the resolution of last issue’s cliffhanger. But not straight […]

JSA #1 review

It’s a new start for the Justice Society of America. Since last we saw them there’s been a reorganisation, with some members out, others returning and a new leader. This new series begins with a quick recap of the history of the team before we join some of the current members in St Roche, once […]

The New Golden Age #1 review

Well, this made me happy. A romp through the DC Universe beginning with the first meeting of the Justice Society of America… … and ending with a 31st-Century version of the team. In between we see vignettes from the Fifties, Seventies, ‘13 years from now’ and ‘18 years from now’. Linking the various time periods […]

Podcast Plugtime – A World on Fire: An All-Star Squadron Podcast

One of the best series of the Eighties was All-Star Squadron. Roy and Dann Thomas’s love letter to DC’s Golden Age, it followed the heroes of the Forties from Pearl Harbor onwards as they fought Hitler and co on the Home Front – well, mainly. As well as the Justice Society of America, 7 Soldiers […]

Scooby-Doo Team-Up #39 review

In Washington DC, Velma, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Scooby-Doo are at the opening of what’s presumed to be a time capsule, found at the Lincoln Memorial. They’re wary because the message on top says, in no uncertain terms, DO NOT OPEN. So of course it’s opened at a ceremony with all the trimmings. And guess […]