Justice Society of America

The Good: Jadesidian? Obsisade? Whatever, first the pages, THEY FUSE TOGETHER. It looks badass, and is. 
Some interesting look into Jade and Kyle's past relationship. 
Some very nice dialogue all around. 
Starman's not gonna die. 
Starheart really plays up that, "Ultimate Power With the Mind of a Child" personality they alluded to in JLA # 47. 
Artwork makes a lot of things look really awesome.  
I quite liked Faust's reveal about Starheart's illusion.
 
The Bad: This arc seems a bit too long to me. A lot of things drag on needlessly. 
This one scene very oddly took the dialogue word for word form a previous one last issue. It was a refresher but it was awkwardly done. 
A few of the action scenes seem too crowded, it makes them more static and hard to read sometimes. 
Ob-Jade-Ian was talking way too much like a Black Lantern. It seemed really off to me. 
 
In Conclusion: 3.5/5 
It was the antagonists that stole the show in this issue. Starheart was interesting and awesome, and Ob-Jade-Ian was crazy and awesome, and I really couldn't focus on the sparing glances at the various heroes inner-monologues. Overall I liked it, but it was just a bit messy.

The JSA and JLA continue to team up and stop the corrupted Alan Scott.

The Good

I'm not the biggest jla/jsa crossover fan Sure, the Lightning Saga was pretty entertaining, but for the most part, I like having these two teams separated. With the crossover, both teams work together well. As weird as it is to see one of my favorite characters, Alan Scott, as the main baddie in the run, the story makes sense and doesn't feel forced. James Robinson does a nice job here of telling an entertaining story here between both teams, and even though it is a crossover, it still feels like a JSA book, which it should be. I'm really enjoying Mark Bagley's art on this run as well. It's straight to the point and tells the story. It has a classic, welcoming feel to it while still remaining contemporary.

The Bad

One thing I'm really not liking is the Obsidian/Jade hybrid character. Amalgam characters never really intrigue me, and they always feel like a gimmick. I also would enjoy this much more if it was its own four part mini-series and not part of either JSA or JLA. It bums me out a bit that this story interrupts the main JSA comic which really hasn't had time to find its own place since Johns left the series.
  

The Verdict 3.5/5

Although this book was quite entertaining and had a lot of great elements to it, I can't get over the fact that I'd much rather see this as it's own mini-series. As I stated before, JSA hasn't had time to establish itself again since Johns left the book and what it really needs is a creative team that's willing to stick with the book for a good 12 issues at least. If you're interested in this storyline, wait until it comes out in trade, since it may be hard to pick up the single issues now.

   

Story: Kyle is trying to tell Jennie that he needs to stop Alan but she won't let him. Obsidian tells Jennie to trust him and take his hand. Once they touch they both become one and they tell Kyle that he has to go through them first. The battle rages on between JSA and JLA versus Obsidian and Jennie. Dr. Midnite is trying to save Starman and has to retrieve the gem that goes in his chest. Back at Alan's green palace, Faust figures out that Alan really isn't there and Dr. Fate is holding Wild Cat, Jay, and Faust captive. Dr. Midnite frees Dr. Fate and gets the gem. Power Girl and Super Girl fight Alan in the city.  Back at the huge battle Dr. Fate appears and takes down Obsidian and Jennie. At the end Alan appears and is going to help out Obsidian and Jennie.
Writing: I liked the writing in this issue. I thought the story was pretty solid and things are wrapping up.
Characters: I liked the characters in this issue because I feel like both teams got a an equal amount of time.
Dialogue: It was okay there wasn't anything special to it. 
 
Art: Very good.
Cover: I like this whole cover scheme where each issue is going to show one big picture.
Penciling: Sometimes I feel that the characters are a little under detailed.
Coloring: Excellent.
 
My favorite scene!
I loved it when Jennie and Obsidian combined. I thought that it was awesome.
 
Reasons to and not to pick up.
Reasons to pick up: The story was good and I liked the characters. The art was pretty good too.
Reasons not to pick up: The pace has been a little slow and there wasn't too much to this issue's story.
Verdict: Pick it up. 4 out of 5.

Story:Jade and Obsidian go into one and are going to kill Kyle,while this happens it appears that the Alan Scott on the moon isn't the real one.
 
The Good
The Lightning Saga was goodcrossover between these two titles and it appears to that this one will be cool again.I like thw two teams away from each other but it is nice to see that they really work as a team.This really feels like a JSA book and it should becasue the main baddie is Alan Scott who is my third favorite JSA member and even like a baddie is cool.James Robinson finally proves himself as a good writer and makes a good issue before the conclusion.
 
Mark Bagley continues with his amazing artwork and some kind of brings retro style like an appearence and that is nice.
 
The Bad
The Jade/Obsidian hybrid was really a bad idea and I didn't like how Jade was acting.Going against Donna becasue Kyle dated her.This is a Amalgam character and most of them are gimmick.It would be nice if this story was going only in one series becasue I don't think this story is Must Be A Crossover.
 
 Overall:A good issue before the conclusion and in the last issue will happen too many things I think.
4/5