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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published February 2007
Cover Price 3.99 USD
Pages 52
Editing Stephen Wacker; Eddie Berganza; Harvey Richards (Assistant Editor)
Notes Cover is homage to the cover of All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940-41).

Cover Details - "Cover - A"

Characters Damage; Cyclone; Obsidian; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman; Dr. Mid-Nite [Pieter Cross]; Sandman [Sandy Hawkins]; Jakeem Thunder; Power Girl; Starman [Thom Kallor]; Stargirl; Citizen Steel; Liberty Belle [Jesse Chambers]; Hourman [Rick Tyler]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Ross (painted)
Inks Alex Ross (painted)
Colors Alex Ross (painted)
Notes Cover is homage to the cover of All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940-41).
Reprinted in Justice Society of America: The Next Age (DC, 2007 series) #[nn]

Cover Details - "Cover - B"

Characters Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Power Girl; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Flash [Jay Garrick] (in photo); Stargirl (in photo); Damage (in photo); Hawkman; Sandman [Sandy Hawkins] (in photo); Starman [Thom Kallor] (in photo); Wonder Woman (in photo); Obsidian (in photo); Mr. America [Trey Thompson] (in photo); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (in photo); S.T.R.I.P.E. (in photo); Hourman [Rick Tyler] (in photo); Superman (in photo); Liberty Belle [Jesse Chambers] (in photo); Jakeem Thunder (in photo); Thuderbolt (in photo)
Genre superhero
Pencils Dale Eaglesham
Inks Dale Eaglesham
Colors Tanya Horie; Richard Horie
Notes Incentive cover shipped in 1:10 ratio to Alex Ross cover. Cover is an homage to cover of All-Star Squadron #1 (September 1981).
Reprinted in Justice Society of America: The Next Age (DC, 2007 series) #[nn]

40 page Justice Society of America story "The Next Age, Chapter 1"

Characters Stargirl; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Power Girl; Hourman [Rick Tyler]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Pieter Cross]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Sandman [Sandy Hawkins]; Jakeem Thunder; Thunderbolt; Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman; Mr. America [Trey Thompson]; Liberty Belle [Jesse Chambers]; Atom [Al Pratt] (cameo); Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (cameo); Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (cameo); Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson] (cameo); Hourman [Rex Tyler] (cameo); Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton] (cameo); Robin (of Earth-2?; cameo); Black Canary [Dinah Lance] (cameo); Hawkgirl [Kendra Saunders] (cameo); Atom-Smasher (cameo); Hourman [Matthew Tyler] (cameo); Rebel; Catalyst; Maxine Hunkel; Starman [Thom Kallor]; Ma Hunkel; Obsidian; Tommy Bronson; Commissioner Gordon [cameo]; Dawnstar [from the Legion of Super-Heroes, cameo]; Superman of Earth 2? [cameo]; Superman [from Kingdom Come, cameo]; Catman? [in photo]; S.T.R.I.P.E. [in photo]; Captain Marvel [in photo]; Zauriel [in photo]; Firestorm [Jason Rusch, in photo]; Nightwing [in photo]; Ragman [in photo]; Blue Beetle [Jaime Reyes, in photo]; plus other unidentified candidates for membership in photos
Synopsis Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman approach Wildcat, Green Lantern, and The Flash to request that they reactivate the Justice Society of America as a group to train heroes. The trio of JSAers consider who to include in the revived JSA and Damage, in a new costume, Cyclone, and a mysterious Starman are recruited. Green Lantern and The Flash also introduce Wildcat to a relative. Meanwhile, Mr. America trails a killer and ends up making a shocking entrance at JSA headquarters.
Genre superhero
Script Geoff Johns
Pencils Dale Eaglesham; Alex Ross (painted)
Inks Art Thibert; Alex Ross (painted)
Colors Jeromy Cox; Alex Ross (painted)
Letters Rob Leigh
Notes Page 9 references the covers of All Star Comics #3, All-Star Comics #58, and JSA #1. Maxine Hunkel's line "It's time to try...defying gravity" is a reference to a lyric from the musical Wicked. Despite her appearance on the cover, Maxine Hunkel has not yet chosen the codename or costume of Cyclone. Starman's dialogue references the two series Legion of Super-Heroes and 52. Alex Ross painted one of the panels of the final page.
Reprinted in Justice Society of America: The Next Age (DC, 2007 series) #[nn]