Shaded.
Story: Dark things continues into JSA. Jay Garrick, Wild Cat, Faust, and Dr. Mid-Nite are searching the Shade's mansion. They are searching for Obsidian because he has gone missing. Obsidian and Shade share the same power. They see a light up ahead wich is unusual because why would Shade have light. They see what it is and it's Dr. Fate and Obsidian under some sort of spell. They attack them and win. Obsidian and Dr. Fate leave in a dark vortex and Dr. Mid-Nite jumps in after them. All at the same time the JSA All-Stars are trying to stop these crazy crimes across the country. Mr America and Lightning are fighting a meta human on Alkatraz. Batman tells him that meta humans who have any power will be hypnotized by the Star heart and it will make them go crazy. They stop him. The teams send Starman to go and get Alan but Alan rips Starman's gem right out of his chest. Miss Martian starts acting funny and turns into a white martian. Power Girl punches her to knock her out. At the end Mr. Miracle arrives to help.
Writing: I did like the writing in this issue. I thought it was entertaining.
Characters: This is where I have a problem. In this first issue of the Dark Things arc in JSA, JSA had the JSA as a guest appearance and some JSA characters were used a lot, but in this issue the JSA characters barely got any parts.
Dialogue: This dialogue really didn't interest me because it was coming from characters I don't really care about.
Art: The art is okay.
Cover: Well I can tell that the Dark Things issues are all gonna make one cover so I do like that.
Penciling: I really don't like the character penciling. Some times it lacks a lot of detail.
Colors: I do really like the coloring though.
Favorite pages and why.
4-9: The whole Obsidian scene was really cool.
20: Seeing Miss Martian turn into a White Martian was really cool.
Reasons to and not to pick up.
Reasons to pick up: If you want to see what's happening. If you are a very big fan of the JSA then I think this is the perfect issue for that. I think the story was pretty good in this issue as well.
Reasons not to pick up: The cross over was not handled properly because the JLA did not get enough parts. Also I am not too crazy about this art.
Verdict: BARELY Pick it up. 3.5 out of 5.
Writing: I did like the writing in this issue. I thought it was entertaining.
Characters: This is where I have a problem. In this first issue of the Dark Things arc in JSA, JSA had the JSA as a guest appearance and some JSA characters were used a lot, but in this issue the JSA characters barely got any parts.
Dialogue: This dialogue really didn't interest me because it was coming from characters I don't really care about.
Art: The art is okay.
Cover: Well I can tell that the Dark Things issues are all gonna make one cover so I do like that.
Penciling: I really don't like the character penciling. Some times it lacks a lot of detail.
Colors: I do really like the coloring though.
Favorite pages and why.
4-9: The whole Obsidian scene was really cool.
20: Seeing Miss Martian turn into a White Martian was really cool.
Reasons to and not to pick up.
Reasons to pick up: If you want to see what's happening. If you are a very big fan of the JSA then I think this is the perfect issue for that. I think the story was pretty good in this issue as well.
Reasons not to pick up: The cross over was not handled properly because the JLA did not get enough parts. Also I am not too crazy about this art.
Verdict: BARELY Pick it up. 3.5 out of 5.
