Reviews

JSA, Vol. 4: Fair Play by Derek Aucoin, Michael Bair, Stephen Sadowski, Geoff Johns, Rags Morales

sean_from_ohio's review

3.0

Geoff Johns follows up the Sinestro Corps War with an amazing look at the beginning of Hal Jordan's career as Green Lantern and the end of the life of Hal's predecessor, Abin Sur. Seeing the beginnings of villains such as Sinestro, Hector Hammond, and Black Hand was great and conecting it all in some way to the Blackest Night is exciting. I look forward to each and every new trade. Great stuff!

scheepvaart's review

4.0

Geoff Johns takes over the writing duties full time, and does a great job with these characters. The first issue has a nice formal structure, with the scene shifting every two pages. Johns builds up the antagonism between Black Adam and Atomsmasher quite well. When most of the team gets abducted and sent to "The House," an underground den of super-powered gambling, those two teammates have to fight. Similarly, Hawkman and Sand, who are both courting Hawkgirl, also are pitted against each other.
The non-House story with Star-Spangled Girl and Jakeem Thunder teaming up against Solomon Grundy is a nice side story.