Justice Society of America, Annual #1

When we last left the JSA, they were in the middle of dealing with a Gog that wasn't exactly acting like the villain they had been told he was. This version of Gog appears to be less troublmaker and more peace bringer. He's has been traveling across Earth fixing all the worlds probelms and the superheroes aren't left out of this equation. Dr. Midnite has his eyesight returned to him, Starmans bad case of the crazies is cured and Power Girl is transported back to the alternate Earth she had orginally arrived from.

JSA Annual #1 deals with Power Girl's return to Earth-2 and her interactions with her former teammates. Naturally, it's a confusing situation for both Power Girl and the JSA (named the Justice League Infinity here), but everyone seems pretty happy and excited to have her back. Parts of this end up being a fascinating read. It's always nice to see the multiverse come into play somewhere outside of the big epic DC events (ie. Countdown, Final Crisis, etc). On Earth-2, Batman is no longer alive and Huntress (who happens to be Bruce Wayne's daughter here) has dedicated her life to following in her fathers line of work. Dick Grayson is still Robin and there are a few nice tense moments between him and Huntress where you learn that they are ex-lovers who never really got over each other. Huntress teams with Power Girl to take out a geriatric Joker who, now confined to a wheel chair, is still somehow the main threat to the superhero community.

The story then starts to meander a little bit when another Power Girl shows up and calls foul on the identity of the recently arrived one. Our Power Girl is now on the run from a JSI who has been convinced that she is some kind of imposter. Starts to become a teensy bit lame at the end. Not sure where Geoff Johns is going with this, but this story is continuing into JSA #18 so fingers crossed that it all ends up making sense. Johns has done an excellent job with this relaunch thus far, so I'm on board for the time being.

- TFM