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JSA: The Liberty File #1
JSA: The Liberty File, Book 1
Set during World War II, the Batman teams up with the Clock and the Owl in Egypt to locate Jack the Grin, who may have information regarding a Nazi superweapon called the Super-man.
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64 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2000
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February 13, 2010
This was very good. Part of the Elseworlds series, which is basically a speculative series from DC for their characters. This time, we get members of the JSA, including Batman (known here as The Bat) working as agents for the Allies during World War 2. Joker is reimagined as Jack the Grin, an albino, which I thought made for an interesting detail; he is still as mad as ever. The art is very good on this, complements the story very well, and you get a good feel for the era the comics present. This is the first of a two-part story. Overall, a very good work, and I think that, while fans will enjoy it, more casual readers will like it as well.
September 1, 2022
great read
March 7, 2025
Choppy storyline but worth reading if for nothing else the great artwork on the retro Joker and Batman.
May 12, 2022
An Elseworlds story set in the Second World War which sees American special agent superheroes the Bat, the Clock and the Owl team-up to pursue Jack the Grin, who holds information about a secret Nazi superweapon.
For the most part I've found Elseworlds stories to range from bland to terrible, often going no further in their thinking than the (to rob a phrase from the competition) What If...? scenario their premise is based on.
Thankfully, that's not the case with this story.
What we get here is a solid noir story which captures the spirit of elements of the DC Universe whilst also tapping nicely into the stories of the era its set in.
The Bat is suitably antagonistic in regard to working with other heroes but the three main characters make for a nice balance of characters (even if they're hard to tell apart visually when they're out of costume). I like the alternate take on the Joker too, Jack the Grin, who is clearly the Joker but who also feels authentic to the 1930s/40s noir genre.
This book is pretty short, but actually very enjoyable.
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For the most part I've found Elseworlds stories to range from bland to terrible, often going no further in their thinking than the (to rob a phrase from the competition) What If...? scenario their premise is based on.
Thankfully, that's not the case with this story.
What we get here is a solid noir story which captures the spirit of elements of the DC Universe whilst also tapping nicely into the stories of the era its set in.
The Bat is suitably antagonistic in regard to working with other heroes but the three main characters make for a nice balance of characters (even if they're hard to tell apart visually when they're out of costume). I like the alternate take on the Joker too, Jack the Grin, who is clearly the Joker but who also feels authentic to the 1930s/40s noir genre.
This book is pretty short, but actually very enjoyable.
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