After slamming 52 earlier today, it's a relief to say something good about a DC comic. I just read Justice League of America # 8, the first of the 5-part JLA/JSA crossover. And... wow.
The two teams start off hanging out together, as a few of them are engaged in a friendly game of Capture the Flag, a couple others are playing chess matches against a blindfolded Mr Terrific - the 3rd smartest man on the planet, we're told - and Batman and Black Lightning are busy examining the Legion of Super-Heroes member they've just discovered in the Batcave. So much of this comic is aimed at the longtime fan that I'm not sure how well it works for anyone else.. but as one of those greying readers, I don't care!
It looks like the central plot is going to revolve around seven LSH members having been stranded 1000 years in their past - which means the 21st century - and the JLA and JSA having to find or rescue them, and then figure out how they got here. We know that the (JSA villain) Ultra-Humanite is involved, and that a trip to Arkham Asylum is imminet. In other words: total geekout storyline, allowing series writers Meltzer and Johns to scratch their fanboy itches bigtime. As an example: this issue ends with the two super-teams splitting up into smaller groups to begin the search, which was a staple of the original crossovers from the 60s and 70s.
This is the sort of comic that reminds me why I still love the genre so much!
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