SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN!
DC Comics this week is releasing a Justice League of America #1 Facsimile Edition and I am so down for it.
Murphy Anderson
How down for it am I? So down for it that we’re running Kerry’s recent riff on JLA #1 — in which he substituted their forebears, the Justice Society.
Dig this:
I particularly like the detail that it’s Issue #115. See, the last All-Star Comics issue — #57 — came out in December 1950. It was a bimonthly. So, if you do the math, this would have been Issue #115 had it never gone away.
Alternatively, you could think of this as a comic book in Barry Allen’s collection:
Showcase #4, 1956 — the birth of the Silver Age. Written by Robert Kanigher. Carmine Infantino pencils, Joe Kubert inks.
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KERRY CALLEN spent much of his career as an artist and art director, developing product for Hallmark, but has also dabbled in comics for many years. As a freelancer, he creates work for a range of needs, spanning from Mad Magazine to children illustrations. He has two graphic novels available on Amazon worldwide, Halo and Sprocket: The Definitive Collection, as well as Dirtnap: Mystic Spit.
July 28, 2024
Huge JSA fan here. Can never get too much of them. This is a great cover that should have been for sure. I love that the more traditional cowl mask was used for Hawkman. I never understood the need for a (second) set of wings coming out of his head.
July 28, 2024
I’ve often suspected that the reason for the cloth mask is probably that Joe Kubert and other artists got tired of always having to render that complex winged contraption in every panel. I can’t prove that but it is my guess.
July 28, 2024
The JSA will always be a part of the DC Universe. Kerry Callen did a wonderful job of nailing them down with that hilarious faux cover. 🙂
July 28, 2024
I’m not really a fan-fiction guy, but this idea has really gotten into my head – “what if Julious Schwartz had updated the Flash et al rather than introducing new versions, and then what would the Justice League (Society) stories have been like?” I keep saying I’m going to bust out my Official Index of the Justice League of America and re-write the summaries, just for my personal satisfaction.
July 28, 2024
This is beautiful! I love the choices for heroes on the chess board. Now I want to read this story with the JSA in it!
July 28, 2024
Oh that’s good! Reminds me of the story from the 80s or 90s when the JSA wound up depicted as chess pieces…
July 29, 2024
JLA#1 facsimile was just released by DC a few years – why again so soon?
July 30, 2024
They did B&B #28 but not JLA #1.
July 29, 2024
Kerry’s wonderful cover does beg the question as to wether there needed to be a sliver age at all. I am old enough to remember the hoopla about the return of Flash and then others. I was maybe eight and was filled with anticipation for the return of older titles I had seen at the grocery store while tagging along shopping. Was I disappointed not really. However I will say I had more knots in my stomach waiting for the first Superman Annual. Reprints. The silver age helped contribute to a style of comic book art I dearly miss. I thank Kerry for bringing it back.