Justice Society of America vol. 2: Long Live The JSA (Justice Society of America

by Geoff Johns, Marco Santucci (artist), Mikel Janín (artist)

First, in a tie-in to the Dawn of DC, the new team tries to find its footing, but how will they handle coming face-to-face with a group of sidekicks they didn’t realize existed?! And when the JSA and the Lost Children face a new threat, it raises the stakes to a whole new level! As Huntress settles in, the Justice Society encounters a long-lost the Justice Society Dark! Collects Justice Society of America #6-12.

Genres: Dc Comics, Comics

Kindle Edition

Published February 18, 2025

About the author

Geoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career writing Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. and JSA (co-written with David S. Goyer) for DC Comics. He worked with Richard Donner for four years, leaving the company to pursue writing full-time.

His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.

Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.

Reviews

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

The direct follow-up to the Stargirl miniseries, this second volume of JSA is good but a step down from the first. SOme of that I think is the fact the series was ending and so much was crammed into 7 issues. Helena Wayne tries to convince the JSA to recruit people she was able to reform in her time and the results very greatly. Add in guests from the future and you have a lot going on maybe too much at times. There are tons of characters but I think Helena, Salem, Alan, and Ruby standout but there are so many characters I would like to see more from. The art, by multiple artists was very good. Overall, this was a good read and a better series but it was easy to be overwhelmed by the amount of characters and storylines (some not even collected here).

[Daniel Butcher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who doesn’t enjoy a story of second chances?

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

So wonderful to get 12 bonus issues of JSA from Geoff Johns, something that I never expected to see. This is very much of a piece with his previous volumes, as he's once again welcoming a new generation of heroes into the JSA, this time a combination of the Lost Children and villains of the future. It's a good story with lots of connections to the Golden Age series of publications that DC put out around this time. (It'd be nice to see a collection of them all at some point, as a JSA by Johns omnibus V4.)

The only problem with this is the ending. We get to issue #11 and suddenly everything goes into hyperdrive. Huntress' story is dealt with in a single issue and then suddenly the last issue is just a big homage to Stargirl with way too many double-page spreads to be any type of actual story. (Apparently Johns was suddenly leaving and there was going to be a follow-up by another author and then there wasn't.)

Anyway, good story and good to ahve the conclusion even if the landing isn't quite stuck.

[Gabriel Rojo · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's true that the ending feels a bit rushed because of Johns' departure, but it still brings all plotlines to a satisfactory conclusion and drives the theme (which was the same as in the Stargirl TV series) home. It's not that he needed more issues - he would have needed less decompressed writing in the ones he already had. Still, an enjoyable read for JSA fans.

[Eva B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the JSA forever and always and I also love to see the blend of the old Golden Age heroes and the time-displaced sidekicks and redeemed villains on the team. Also choose your team: post-divorce Avengers with Hank and Janet, or a JSA team with Alan Scott and the child of the situationship that betrayed and tried to kill him?

[Dr. Steven R. Nozik · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful Artwork; Confusing Mess of a Story

Long time fan of the JSA and LSH. Loved the beautiful rendering but I had no idea how to make sense of the story, familiar characters inhabited by new people I had never heard of, and shifting timelines. This story needed a strong editing hand which it didn’t get.

[Will Cooper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yep, really loving more JSA by Geoff Johns! Huntress from the future's gotta turn those baddies into goodies and it's run to read and great artwork!