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The first issue of Justice Society of America introduced readers to a new version of the Society featuring some familiar villains turned heroes; led by the daughter of Batman and Catwoman. This future team was an interesting idea, and it looked like the series might be about to take some established characters in a new direction. However, all the team, bar Huntress, as killed, and Helena is sent backwards in time to the 1940's.
This series, much like Flashpoint Beyond and Stargirl: The Lost Children is playing around with the timeline, having characters removed from continuity being returned (allowing for the intro of 'forgotten' new characters) and is muddling things around. The result is interesting; but also somewhat confusing.
For example, this issue takes place mostly in one time period, but doesn't stick there, jumping backwards and forwards a bit between two dates in the 40's; before finally bringing Helena into the present. And at the moment it kind of feels disjointed and, dare I say, pointless. Now, I'm sure that when the whole thing is done it'll make sense, and perhaps reading this series as one collected trade will make it easier to digest, but as a month to month release it's a book I was hugely excited for that is failing to really grab me.
Part of this is that this doesn't feel like a JSA book right now. It's a story for a brand new version of what's really an old Earth-2 character. This new Huntress is taking the original Huntress' background and identity and integrating it into the main DC universe by making her from the future. And so far almost every part of the book has focused on her and her time jumping, and the titular team this book is supposed to be about has barely featured; and when we've had the team from four different time periods when they do, making it hard to really feel like they're a part of things.
I'm hoping that as the series progresses it improves in its execution, as a series I was super excited for has become one that is doing little to keep me invested. Whatever Johns is up to better end up being good to justify this quite slow start.
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