DCU: Legacies #1

The Good

This book doesn’t necessarily follow the Justice Society members themselves, but a single man who had a health obsession with the Golden Age heroes. I loved the take on this. Too many times, we just follow the team, but less often, we follow someone that looks up to them and has their own bump-ins with the heroes. This book does a great job at introducing the reader to two characters who may not get the limelight as much as the rest of the JSA, Sandman and the original Atom. The back-up story features the original Spectre and Dr Fate drawn by J.G. Jones. I was really digging the art on the back-up, even moreso than the first story featuring the Kuberts. Both stories were written by Len Wein, and they were both incredibly fun reads. The story itself was a bigger stand-out to me than the art though. Again, I like the point of view from someone who’s not a hero much more than just following a team around.

The Bad

The Kuberts have a distinct style, and most of the time I really like it, but there were times within this issue were I just wasn’t enjoying it. It was few and far between, but some panels, a couple of medium shots actually, looked a bit awkward. During the second story, I felt the art was a little too good for the writing to where I’d stop reading panels because the writing just wasn’t strong enough to keep up with the art.

The Verdict – 4/5

Look, I’m bias when it comes to Golden Age DC comics. If you put the JSA in a book, I’m going to enjoy it. But, trying to look at it from another point of view, I really think most DC fans would enjoy this book, since we don’t have the origin of these heroes in a new comic once every five years like we do with Superman and Batman. It’s a highly interesting read, and if you’ve never read a JSA book, you’ll be introduced to some awesome characters.