George Perez's Upcoming Work on JSA

[kybearfuzz]

I picked up my comic books from the local shop today. On my way out I picked up the Comic Shop News freebie and noticed the cover. The Golden Age Superman fighting the Gentleman Ghost. I took a long look at the artwork below and nearly screamed like an excited school girl. It's the cover of JSA #82 by George Perez.


The Golden Age Superman versus the Gentleman Ghost, JSA #82 cover
The inside story about the upcoming issues, beginning in February, is just as good. Paul Levitz will write a six-issue stretch of the comic with George Perez penciling the issues. It definitely reminds me of comics of my youth.

The cover does make me wonder about the end result of DC's current Infinite Crisis storyline. Apparently, JSA #82 will be a story with the Golden Age Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Three characters I thought were forever gone from DC stories. I am very much looking forward to this.

For those of you who want to see the artwork preview pages for this issue can find them here. It's a four page PDF file.

/comic geek

Oh, and one last thing, does anyone know what has happened to fellow comic book guy xlgmeat? He's not posted in a while. Just curious.

Comments

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I did love the Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline and how it recharged the DC Universe, despite getting rid of some of my favorite heroes of the Golden Age.

However, I have to admit that making Hippolyta the WWII Wonder Woman was one thing I didn't enjoy that much. I think I would have preferred Diana to have gone back in time herself to be the Golden Age Wonder Woman (it would have even made sense from the TV series with both being Diana).

[dendren.livejournal.com]

I wonder if things had worked out better if they had gone with the original plan of having all the earths combined at the end of Crisis, but have everyone remember they had been separate previously. That way they could retain the history they had built but still start anew. We'll never know I spose.

And I do agree that it would have been cooler if it had been Diana thrown back into WW II, but I have to admit I like the difference in Polly's attitude too.

Can't wait to see what happens next, that's for sure :)