I can't imagine how exciting it must have been to see all of these characters gathering together in one place for early fans of the superhero. The story inside, therefore, may have been a bit disappointing. Rather than a team adventure, we basically get the guys sitting around and telling stories of their solo exploits. And while the stories are good, the Hawkman and Spectre tales in particular, it's hardly what we've come to expect from a team-up book. The closest we get to any action involving everyone is when Johnny Thunder accidentally unleashes his thunderbolt.
But...
It was a cool look at the Golden Age of superheroes, an age I don't pay a lot of attention to because I think I've only seen the mediocre stuff. There's a style we associate with the Golden Age, one that gets picked up by such titles as Big Bang or Supreme, but the variety of art styles presented in this comic show that that iconic style is only a part of what was going on. The art on the Spectre tale, in particular, with its mixture of superhero and storybook, was fabulous.
More to follow.
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