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bran
08-20-2005, 12:24 AM
Been looking to get into this comic for awile now, although not sure where to start. Should I start reading them from volume 1, or just start from the newest volume? If it's anything like the Teen Titans comic, then it should work for me well!
Sean Whitmore
08-20-2005, 12:39 AM
Been looking to get into this comic for awile now, although not sure where to start. Should I start reading them from volume 1, or just start from the newest volume? If it's anything like the Teen Titans comic, then it should work for me well!


The older issues are great, but not at all necessary to understand the rest of the series. You know who Superman is, you know who Batman is, etc. :)

Your best bet is always jumping on at the beginning of a writer's run. The current Johns/Heinberg arc began in issue #115. Before that was an eight-part arc by Kurt Busiek that began with #107. And so forth.


SEAN
ExoKnight
08-20-2005, 08:46 AM
Exactly what the guy said, 115 is a good start. Plus, most of the series is collected into tpb. I think in September the Volume 17 comes out. Each trade with the exception of a few stand alone. Morrision's early stuff is very good. Towel of Babel by Waid is excellent. I also think Waid wrote another one with Queen of Fables and Dr. Destiny which was also nice.
Rob H
08-20-2005, 09:39 AM
Pick up the Identity Crisis story arc THEN jump on with 115. It'll make a whole lot more sense, believe me.
Josh
08-20-2005, 10:01 AM
I say start from the beginning with New World Order. You can probably hop onto Amazon or just run a search on this forum and get a list of the books in sequential order. Then read Identity Crisis and THEN pick up JLA 115 and go on from there
Expletive Deleted
08-20-2005, 12:36 PM
I much prefer the bunch of titles starting with NEW WORLD ORDER, but, if you're looking to get into the monthly, you're probably better off to either start with #115 or wait until the next team comes on with #120.
Eliseu Gouveia
08-20-2005, 01:27 PM
I have to confess I was never much into JSA.
The prospect of following a book filled with 60 years olds kinda throws me off a bit.

I did however follow religiously Starman in the Tony Harris days (someone said it has ties to this team book) and am beginning to like Powergirl, so I just need a push to get into it.
Expletive Deleted
08-20-2005, 02:35 PM
Have you read Robinson's GOLDEN AGE?

If you like his STARMAN, you'll like it. And it'll give you a good feel for the JSA.
Eliseu Gouveia
08-20-2005, 02:38 PM
Iīve never even heard about it.

Who does the art?
Expletive Deleted
08-20-2005, 02:40 PM
Paul Smith.

It was a prestige format mini-series from the late '90s, and it's been collected in trade paperback form. I think it was even re-issued fairly recently.
Eliseu Gouveia
08-20-2005, 02:50 PM
Thatīs definitelly a plus.
I used to like Paul Smith a decade ago but then he must have taken a leave because his works just vanished from the shelves.

Iīll definitelly look it up, Iīm curious to see how his art combined with Robinsonīs style of writing.

The thing that worked for mw on Starman was how he could be an outsider but he drained his inspiration from his father who was a link to a glorious past, a beacon of knowledge and experience.

If they pulled the same for JSA, then I can see it working with Alan and Jay being the inspiration for newcomers like Stargirl and Peegee.