JLA vs. CSA
The Good: Crime Syndicate. They are a seriously awesome and incredibly interesting group of characters who are severely underused. They avoid all the classic 'evil counterpart' cliches, and can be really interesting characters on their own. Seriously, DC needs to make a CSA ongoing series. that's be really interesting.
Earth 2 continuity is observed. Owlman reminds Super Woman of the fact that they can't win; and everyone is written very well.
There's a whole lot of nice little touches. We get to see all sorts of little details demonstrating different aspects of each character's personality.
The plot is really interesting, there's a ton of twists and turns.
Omega is so ridiculously over the top in design. He's insanely awesome looking.
For a $4.99 issue, it's totally worth the cost. This is a nice long issue.
The Bad: I'm still not sold on Bagely's art. There's always something too static about it and I still can't get into it enough.
I love the fact that the CSA aren't like most evil counterpart's, they are their own characters. So why do they have to mirror the regular continuity so closely? Making Power Ring and Johnny Quick the newly returned originals seemed cheesy and just plain stupid. It's like Robinson was trying to make them INTO cheesy mirror versions instead of what they are. A whole ton of the CSA counterparts are DEAD who's Earth 0 regulars aren't. Just plain dumb.
In Conclusion: 4/5
James Robinson's writing is fantastic here. In addition to a really awesome and interesting storyline, there's a lot of little things that explore the characters.Using the CSA to celebrate issue #50 was a great choice, and this is an excellent jumping on point. Sure it's $4.99, but it's legitimately long enough to justify it. It's well worth the buy and I'm glad I decided to get back into JLA for this issue. I can't wait to see how this story continues to unfold.
*(100th Review! Hoorah!)
