Review of Justice Society of America # 25 (DC Comics) By Eddie R

Dark times for the Marvel Family.....


If you know the saying “Absolute power corrupts absolutely”, then you know where I am going with this review of Justice Society of America #25.



We pick up where we left off on the Rock of Eternity. Black Mary Marvel is holding Billy Batson against his will and trying to force him to say her name “Mary Marvel”. Upon doing this, Billy is transformed via the magic lightning into some sort of corrupted version of Captain Marvel. For some reason, I like seeing this. To me, this feels liberating, as I got tired of the goody- two- shoes Image the Marvel Family always seems to be stuck with. This feels like real change, both on paper and symbolic.

Soon, we learn Black Adam is under a strain for sharing his powers with Isis, Mary and Billy. Adam has never done this before, and the experience has begun to change him, making him feel as if he is losing himself. He soon realizes that this transformation has also taken place in his beloved Isis, who wishes to punish everyone, both wicked and innocent, and make the Earth burn so they may start anew.
Even when Adam tries to reason with Isis, who threatens to hurt him if he tries to stand in her way, and after Adam is attacked and restrained by both Mary and Billy, Adam comes face to face with the reality of sharing his power.

“This is your family now, Adam” Isis says.... Dark days indeed, I say.

Meanwhile, we rejoin the side adventure of Jay Garrick and the ghost of Billy Batons father, in the quest to put an end to Black Adam’s corrupted power. Where they end up is quite surprising, but the who and what they discover will leave readers wondering if this is yet another set up for more change?

As the Battle between the Black Marvels, Isis, and the JSA continues, Atom Smasher manages to confront Black Adam himself, making him see that Adam’s own anger has stained his powers, and the only way to stop all this madness is to call this power back. But Adam realizes if he does do this, his beloved Isis dies. Things get even more complicated when Jay Garrick and Billy’s father appear with the only possible solution to everyone’s problems. Having to choose between the lesser of two evils, as viewed through Adams eyes, he surrenders powers and all. But the end results are much unexpected, and will leave readers to wonder how much further this corruption will spread before it is finally stopped?

Even though at the end of the story we see the aftermath of those looking for what they lost, and those looking at what they have gained, one has to wonder what the reader will get from all of this?

If the final panels indicate anything, looks like more darkness and more change.

7.5/10