Jsa Kingdom Come Special Magog #1

Following on the heels of the previous JSA Special regarding Superman, we follow the story of Magog.  Let’s go back a little bit.  I always liked the character of Magog in Kingdom Come.  I agree with the way they wrote him as a Superman who does what needs to be done.

In comes Geoff Johns who, back in JSA #??, gives us the birth of Magog in a way that totally took me by surprise.  In JSA Kingdom Come Special : Magog, we witness the evolution (albeit a very quick evolution) of the newborn super-being into that character that we saw in Kingdom Come.  This is a basic and classic story : well-meaning individual takes things a bit too far and is looked at as a villain in many people’s eyes.  And in this story, Magog runs into some people that have hurt and killed members of his special ops team and he shows little to no mercy.  This showcases his brand of quick, brutal and no-holds barred vengeance against those who have done wrong, just like he did with the Joker in Kingdom Come.

The writing by Peter Tomasi is keeping up with my high expectations of Tomast’s work lately and the art by Fernando Pasarin is well done.

There is also a backup story in this book which I was not expecting.  The Secret Origin of Starman by Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins.  I don’t know too much about Starman except what they have covered in JSA, but I like the character.  He’s a little dull since Gog cured his schizophrenia because I always enjoyed his random utterances and nonsensical conversations.  Many things are covered in this including the origin of his suit that was hinted at in a previous issue.  We still don’t know what his mission is in our time but I’m very interested to find out.