Friday 31 July 2015

The Best of the Huntress: America vs The Justice Society #1 Review

Title: America vs The Justice Society #1
Story: I Accuse/Witness for the Persecution
Characters: Batman (Bruce Wayne), Huntress (Helena Wayne), Robin (Dick Grayson), The Justice Society
Creators: Roy Thomas (writer), Rafael Kayanan (artist)
Publication Date: January 1985
Available In: Print | Digital

Summary: Chapter 01 opens up with the Justice Society holding an impromptu meeting at their old Civic City headquarters instead of their main one in Gotham. Together, they discuss a press release from the Daily Star claiming to have a diary from Batman, exposing the team's allegiance to Hitler during World War II. Everyone, including Clark Kent (who by this point in his life is editor-in-chief of the Daily Star), are astounded by the fact that the Star printed the story. Clark begins to recount to his teammates how the diary came into the possession of the Star and what he actually read inside the diary.

Tuesday 28 July 2015

America vs the Justice Society Preview

Today, America vs the Justice Society was released in trade along with Justice Society of America: A Celebration of 75 Years.

At the moment, both trades are only available for digital download, and the print versions are only available to people who pre-ordered them online. They should, however, be available for purchase tomorrow at comic shops, along with tomorrow's new comics.

Here's an exclusive preview of America vs the Justice Society in case you are still on the fence on whether or not to get this. In my honest opinion? The fact that it's a well-crafted story that examines the history of the Justice Society on Earth-2 and allows Helena Wayne to function as a lawyer are two of the major selling points of this miniseries!

Also, I'll start reviewing this mini this week! :)


Sunday 26 July 2015

Buying Earth-2 Huntress Comics: The New 52 Trades

HUNTRESS: CROSSBOW AT THE CROSSROADS (TP)
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artists: Marcus To
Description: On the hunt for a dangerous game...The Huntress, Gotham's mysterious vigilante, will hunt down evil no matter where it takes her. This time it's to Naples to shut down a shipment of Gotham-bound illegal weapons before it can even hit the water. Helena [Wayne] cracks the container but finds it's transporting more than just guns. She uncovers a human trafficking ring, and with it, a new reason to go on the hunt. As the Huntress tracks the source up the ranks of the city's underworld, she's astounded how high the corruption goes. Once she uncovers a conspiracy of Italy's most dangerous gangsters, high-ranking government officials and foreign powers, the situation becomes especially perilous for one lone vigilante with a crossbow.
Stories Collected: Huntress (2011) #1-6
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks

WORLDS' FINEST VOL. 1: THE LOST DAUGHTERS OF EARTH-2 (TP)
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artists: George Pérez, Kevin Maguire
Description: On the parallel world of Earth-2, humanity's greatest heroes fell to the invading hordes of the planet Apokolips. During the battle, Batman's daughter and Superman's cousin -- Robin and Supergirl -- were flung to our world. They discover our Earth is eerily similar to the one they left, but at the same time unfamiliar, dangerous, and different. After five long years, the duo is stil marooned in a strange land, but under new identities. As the urban vigilante Huntress, Helena travels the world doling out nocturnal justice under a series of changing secret identities, while Karen Starr takes to the skies as the high-flying Power Girl. 
Stories Collected: Worlds' Finest #0-5
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks

WORLDS' FINEST VOL. 2: HUNT AND BE HUNTED (TP)
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artists: George Pérez, Kevin Maguire
Description: Power Girl and Huntress are heroes from another world, stranded in ours and doing their best to make a difference as they search for a way home. But when Huntress suddenly finds herself with a massive price on her head and Power Girl's company finds itself the target of corporate raiders with out-of-this-world weaponry, the Huntress becomes the hunted and Power Girl finds herself overpowered! Now Huntress must team-up with her not-quite-brother, Damian Wayne--a.k.a. Robin--to find out who's been gunning for both her and Batman. Meanwhile, Power Girl must solve the mystery of Michael Holt, her former boyfriend who seemed to disappear and now is suddenly back on the scene, only to try to take her down. 
Stories Collected: Worlds' Finest #6-12
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks

WORLDS' FINEST VOL. 3: CONTROL ISSUES (TP)
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artists: Emanuela Lupacchino, Robson Rocha, R.B. Silva
Description: To their foes, they're called Power Girl and Huntress. To their friends--and the best friends they have are each other--they're Karen Starr and Helena Wayne. But what they really are is women without a world. Transported to an unfamiliar Earth by the minions of Apokolips, this dimension hopping duo remains dogged by Desaad, Darkseid's most sadistic servant. Their fear fuels his madness--and is a crucial component of his next sinister plot. And with all of they've lost, their fear is plentiful. But it's a fear they must overcome. Desaad will stop at nothing until Huntress becomes the hunted...and until Power Girl is rendered powerless. Will the remain the World's Finest...or will they reach their final battle?
Stories Collected: Worlds' Finest #13-18
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks

WORLDS' FINEST VOL. 4: FIRST CONTACT (TP)
Writer: Paul Levitz, Greg Pak
Artists: Diogenes Neves, Jae Lee, R.B. Silva
Description: Huntress and Power Girl hail from another Earth, one where Huntress's father Batman and Power Girl's cousin Superman fell in battle saving the world from Darkseid. Exiled to another world, the two heroes have never sought out the men who seem so familiar to and yet so different from the family they lost...until now. With Power Girl's powers out of control, Huntress knows that Batman is the only person on this Earth who might be able to save her. But when Power Girl's affliction spreads to Superman, two of the most powerful heroes on Earth suddenly become two of the biggest dangers to humanity.
Stories Collected: Batman/Superman #8-9, Worlds' Finest #18-21, Annual #1
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology DC Entertainment | iBooks
WORLDS' FINEST VOL. 5: HOMEWARD BOUND (TP)
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artists: R.B. Silva, Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham, Yildiray Cinar
Description: Five years ago, Helena Wayne and Karen Starr were stranded on our world while their own fell to the invading armies of Apokolips. They’ve survived ever since by maintaining new identities as Power Girl and Huntress, all the while striving to return to Earth 2. Today, they’ve finally found their way home. With the resources of Starr Enterprises, Power Girl is able to recreate the portal the Kazien used to peer into the dimension of Earth 2. But when they try to turn the machine on, the city of Boston is inadvertently plunged into a blackout.
Stories Collected: Worlds' Finest #22-26, Worlds' Finest: Futures End #1, Secret Origins #7 and #9
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks
WORLDS' FINEST VOL. 6  (TP)
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artists: Jed Dougherty
Description: TBD
Stories Collected: Worlds' Finest #27-32
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks
BATGIRL VOL. 5: DEADLINE (HC)
Writer: Gail Simone
Artists: Fernando Pasarin, Jonathan Glapion, Robert Gill, Javier Garrón
Description: For months, Batgirl has fought socialite Charise Carnes, a.k.a Knightfall, whose mission is to eliminate crime in Gotham -- by any means necessary. Charise and her cronies have already killed or maimed legions of Gotham's small-time criminals. Now she's planning her great endgame. In one stroke, Knightfall and her army of hired assassins plan to whipe out every criminal in Gotham's Cherry Hill district, Permanently.
Stories Collected: Batgirl #27-34, Annual #2, Batgirl: Futures End #1
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks
BATMAN/SUPERMAN VOL. 2: GAME OVER (HC)
Writer: Greg Pak
Artists: Brett Booth, Jae Lee, R.B Silva 
Description: The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel uncover a plot by the Toymaster to use a secret, potentially deadly element in his new video game, the characters created by players manifest in real life.  The ultimate fighting game results--and a world-wide network of players must team up to create the most powerful, skilled Super Heroes imaginable with one goal: To kill Batman. When Batman and Superman are corned by the Toymaster and Mongul, they are pitted against on another in a battle to the death, with their only hope being the The Worlds' Finest.
Stories Collected: Batman/Superman #5-9, Annual #1, Worlds' Finest #20-21
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks
BATMAN/SUPERMAN VOL. 3: SECOND CHANCE (HC)
Writer: Greg Pak
Artists: Jae Lee, Karl Kerschl, Marc Deering, Diogenes Neves 
Description: Batman and Superman: the two greatest heroes the world has ever known. Surely, together, there’s no menace they can’t face. A microscopic planet so small it can float in a person’s veins. A Doomsday-infected Superman. A time-traveling chaos demon. The onslaught of threats is putting the pressure on the world’s finest. But when a rescue mission goes wrong, both heroes awake as blank slates, all memory erased.Now Gotham City is faced with a Superman without his moral compass and a Batman without his vendetta. Without the two super heroes to rely on, who remains to remind them who they truly are?
Stories Collected: Batman/Superman #10-15
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks
EARTH-2 VOL. 1: THE GATHERING (HC)
Writer: James Robinson 
Artists: Nicola Scott,
Description: Earth's greatest heroes have defeated grave threats from Apokolips, but not at a grave price. Left in their stead is a group of young, untrained hereoes who pick up the pieces in the dusty aftermath. The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl and the Atom are humanity's nascent guardians, but not the ones we've all known and revered. These are different heroes, in a strange and foreign world with dangerous new villains. This is Earth-2.
Stories Collected: Earth-2 #1-6
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks

Tuesday 21 July 2015

Buying Earth-2 Huntress Comics: Pre-Crisis Trades

HUNTRESS: DARKNIGHT DAUGHTER (TP)
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artist: Joe Staton
Description: The Huntress is on the prowl...she is unique in comics...the daughter of a hero and a villain: The Earth-Two Batman and Catwoman. Helena Wayne was trained by her parents to become a superb athlete, and studied law with the hope of bringing criminals to justice. But after Catwoman is blackmailed to resume her life of crime, leading to her death, Helena dons a costume and crossbow to become the Huntress to avenge her mother! Now the Huntress's classic origin and first few years of solo adventures are finally collected, written by Paul Levitz with art by Joe Staton and others, with an introduction by Levitz!  
Stories Collected: DC Super Stars #17, Batman Family #18-20, Wonder Woman #271-287, #289-290, #294-295.
Digital: Unavailable :(


JUSTICE SOCIETY VOL. 2 (TP)
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artist: Joe Staton 
Description: The heroes of the Golden Age return! They were the world's first super-team: the Justice Society of America. Headlining the ALL STAR COMICS title of the 1940s, the JSA eventually faded into obscurity--until their much-demanded revival in the '70s! Now you can thrill to the continuing adventures of Superman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Wildcat, and younger heroes Robin, Power Girl, Star-Spangled Kid, and the Huntress!
Stories Collected: All-Star Comics #68-74, Adventure Comics #461-466
Digital: Unavailable :(




CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS VOL. 5 (TP)
Writer: Gerry Conway
Artists: Dick Dillin, George Pérez 
Description: The Justice League of America teams up with their heroic predecessors, The Justice Society of America, in this new collection featuring three adventures that have never been reprinted before. First, the two teams face the unexpected threat from some of DC's war and Western characters, including Jonah Hex and Enemy Ace. Then, the teams must find the traitor within their own ranks. And finally, the JLA and JSA join forces with The New Gods to stop the evil might of Darkseid.
Stories Collected: Justice League of America #159-160, #171-172, #183-185




CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS VOL. 6 (TP)
Writers: Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas
Artists: Don Heck, Jerry Ordway
Description: The Justice League of America teams up with their heroic predecessors, The Justice Society of America, in this new collection featuring three adventures that have never been reprinted before. First, the two teams face the threat of Gorilla Grodd and the Secret Society of Super-Villains. Then, the JLA and JSA battle alongside the All-Star Squadron against the Crime Syndicate. In the third epic in this book, the teams take on the Crime Champions of Earth-1.
Stories Collected: Justice League of America #195-197, #207-209, All-Star Comics #14-15
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks




INFINITY INC: THE GENERATIONS SAGA VOL. 1 (HC)
Writer: Roy Thomas
Artists: Jerry Ordway
Description: Shunned by their parents and mentors in the Justice Society of America, Infinity, Inc. is a team made up of the best and brightest new heroes from the next generation of DC Comics. Collecting a 1980s classic at last, INFINITY INC. follows the adventures of the Justice Society of America’s sons and daughters as they pick up the role of crime-fighters from their parents. Denied membership by the JSA due to a lack of experience, the young cast of Infinity Inc. decides to train themselves – including heroes Power Girl, Huntress, Jade, Obsidian, Nuklon, others.
Stories Collected: All-Star Squadron #25-26, Annual #1, Infinity Inc #1-4.
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks

AMERICA VS. THE JUSTICE SOCIETY (TP)
Writer: Roy Thomas
Artists: Jerry Ordway,  Rafael Kayanan, Rich Buckler, Alfredo Alcala, Howard Bender, and others
Description: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Years after his death, Batman’s diary is made public only to excuse his old teammates, the Justice Society of America, of being Nazi collaborators with Hitler himself. Not wanting to fight their own country, the Justice Society surrender themselves to the law and now stand trial for crimes they did not commit. Who is the mastermind behind framing the World’s Greatest Superheroes? And why would they tarnish their pillars of society?
Stories Collected: America vs the Justice Society #1-4
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS (HC)
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Artist: George Pérez
Description: This is the story that changed the DC Universe forever. A mysterious being known as the Anti-Monitor has begun a crusade across time to bring about the end of all existence. As alternate Earths are systematically destroyed, the Monitor quicklyassembles a team of super-heroes from across time and space to battle his counterpart and stop the destruction. DC's greatest heroes, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Aquaman, assemble to stop the menace, but as they watch both the Flash and Supergirl die in battle, they begin to wonder if even all of the heroes in the world can stop this destructive force.
Stories Collected: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-12.
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks

LAST DAYS OF THE JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Writer: Roy Thomas, Danette Thomas
Artists: Michael Bair, Tom Grindberg, Mike Gustovich, Luke McConnell, David Ross
Description: Green Lantern, the Flash, Starman, the Atom, Doctor Fate, Power Girl and the rest of the JSA were once the celebrated champions of Earth-2. But then came the Crisis, a cataclysm so great that it reached across realities, destroying all parallel worlds and leaving only one Earth. The Universe was saved, but the Justice Society was left in a world that is already filled with other heroes. But just as the team is on the cusp of disbanding, they receive a dire message from the Spectre, sending them on perhaps their greatest mission ever...
Stories Collected: Last Days of the JSA, and more.
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: THY KINGDOM COME PART 2 (HC)
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artists: Alex Ross, Dale Eaglesham, Jerry Ordway
Description: The Kingdom Come Superman continues to crusade against evil alongside his new Justice Society teammates – but is he the only one who can stand against the threat of Magog? And what are Gog's true motives?
Stories Collected: Justice Society of America #7-18, Annual #1
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks


JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: THY KINGDOM COME PART 3 (HC)
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artists: Alex Ross, Dale Eaglesham, Jerry Ordway
Description: Picking up where PART II left off, the Justice Society begins to dissolve as Gog vows to bring peace to Earth in a way that frightens some and thrills others. Torn between Gog's desire to help the world and the moral cost it comes with, it's old guard vs. the new as the line that was drawn is crossed.
Stories Collected: Justice Society of America #19-22
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS (HC)
Writers: Gardner Fox, Roy Thomas, James Robinson, Geoff Johns
Artists: Various
Description: Comic book history was made in 1940 with the introduction of the Justice Society of America in ALL-STAR COMICS. Hour-Man, Doctor Fate, The Spectre, The Sandman, The Atom, The Flash, The Green Lantern and Hawkman all became acquainted with one another and the world met its first super-hero team! In the seventy-five years since their inaugural meeting, new generations of heroes including Superman, Wildcat, and Wonder Woman have come to the table with the purpose of protecting the DCU with their combined crime-fighting powers! Stories Collected: Various from 1940-2011
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks
CONVERGENCE: INFINITE EARTHS BOOK ONE (TP)
Writers: Justin Gray, Len Wein, Dan Abnett, Jerry Ordway, Paul Levitz
Artists: Claude St. Aubin, Denys Cowan, Tom Derenick, June Brigman, Ben Caldwell
Description: The past and present of every alternate DC Universe collide here in literally the biggest story in DC Comics history! Starring the characters from CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, this CONVERGENCE tie-in title features heroes and villains from the 1970s and 1980s, as they fight amongst one another for alternate Earth supremacy!
Stories Collected: Action Comics #1-2, Detective Comics #1-2, Justice Society of America #1-2, Infinity Inc #1-2, World's Finest Comics #1-2
Print: Amazon | My Comic Shop
Digital: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment | iBooks

Wednesday 15 July 2015

Pre-Crisis Earth-2 Justice Society Trade Pre-Orders

In two weeks, DC Comics will be releasing two Classic Justice Society trades to celebrate the 75th anniversary of this team's existence: America vs The Justice Society and Justice Society of America: A Celebration of 75 Years.

I don't know what stories will be collected in the Celebration of 75 Years trade, but judging by the names listed in the credits, it'll include stories from the pre-Crisis Earth-2 up to the Geoff Johns run of the post-Crisis Justice Society of America title. I do, however, highly recommend America vs the Justice Society since it explores the history of the Justice Society on the pre-Crisis Earth-2. It's also the only story where we see the pre-Crisis Helena Wayne functioning as a lawyer. So Helena Wayne fans! If you want to know what the character was like prior to the New 52 and DCYou, here’s your chance to meet her! :)

Here are some links!

AMERICA VS. THE JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA TP
Written by ROY THOMAS
Art by RAFAEL KAYANAN, RICH BUCKLER, JERRY ORDWAY, ALFREDO ALCALA, HOWARD BENDER and others
Cover by JERRY ORDWAY
On sale JULY 28 • 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US
Digital Pre-Order: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment
Print Pre-Order: Amazon

Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Years after his death, Batman’s diary is made public only to excuse his old teammates, the Justice Society of America, of being Nazi collaborators with Hitler himself. Not wanting to fight their own country, the Justice Society surrender themselves to the law and now stand trial for crimes they did not commit.

Who is the mastermind behind framing the World’s Greatest Superheroes? And why would they tarnish their pillars of society? Written by the legendary Roy Thomas with illustrations by an all-star team of Jerry Ordway, Rafael Kayanan, and others, this classic tale collects AMERICA VS. THE JUSTICE SOCIETY #1-4.

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS HC
Written by GARDNER FOX, GEOFF JOHNS and others
Art by various
Cover by JOHN CASSADAY
On sale JULY 28 • 400 pg, FC, $39.99 US
Digital Pre-Order: Amazon | Comixology | DC Entertainment
Print Pre-Order: Amazon

Comic book history was made in 1940 with the introduction of the Justice Society of America in ALL-STAR COMICS. Hour-Man, Doctor Fate, The Spectre, The Sandman, The Atom, The Flash, The Green Lantern and Hawkman all became acquainted with one another and the world met its first super-hero team!

In the seventy-five years since their inaugural meeting, new generations of heroes including Superman, Wildcat, and Wonder Woman have come to the table with the purpose of protecting the DCU with their combined crime-fighting powers! From their first momentous team up by Gardner Fox and Everett E. Hibbard, to their modern member rosters by David Goyer and Geoff Jonns, JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS collects stories that unite DC Comics heroes over time and throughout the ages, from such legendary talents as Roy Thomas, Dennis O'Neil, Paul Levitz, Robert Kanigher, James Robsinson, and more!

Wednesday 8 July 2015

Earth-2: Society #2 Preview

EARTH-2 SOCIETY #2
Written by DANIEL H. WILSON
Art by JORGE JIMÉNEZ
Cover by JORGE JIMÉNEZ
After the shocking assassination of one of Earth-2’s most prominent leaders, humanity’s survivors struggle to believe their world can last. Can even Superman help build a society better than their previous world?
JULY 08 | RATED T | $2.99 PRINT | DIGITAL