JSA Presents: Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.

by Geoff Johns

Other authorsLee Moder, Dan Davis

Paperback, 2007

Status

Available

Call number

741.5973

Publication

DC Comics (2007), Paperback, 192 pages

Description

Written by Geoff Johns Art and cover by Lee Moder & Dan Davis Collecting issues #1-8 of the STARS AND S.T.R.I.P.E. series that kicked off Geoff Johns' DC career and introduced Courtney Whitmore, the Star Spangled Kid! When Courtney discovers her stepfather was the sidekick of the Star-Spangled Kid, she begins acting as the all-new Star-Spangled Kid! He retaliates by donning an 8-foot suit of armor to keep her out of trouble, and adventure ensues! Advance-solicited; on sale June 20 - 192 pg, FC, $17.99 US

User reviews

LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey

Well - some interesting bits. But really annoying because it keeps jumping around - it's only the stories in her own book, I guess, and a lot of her development as a hero happens in crossovers. The first couple stories are directly connected, how she ended up being Stars (she keeps changing her

name - not really surprising, though). Then there's a random villain introduced - and a major gap in the story, by the next one here she's an established member of the JSA, and the guy with the bugs doesn't show up again. I don't know if he's still in the wings or was dealt with in the gap. Then a series of random crossovers - with the Marvel Family, with the Teen Titans, and not exactly a crossover but a cameo from just about every hero there is. The Marvel Family story ends as the two of them (Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E) go off on an adventure, finishing the story begun here - but that's in another book, we don't get a clue what happened from this book. The last story - before the cameo - the villain who's been established throughout her storyline comes out and is knocked right back, too easily to feel right. There are, as I said, several interesting bits (mostly to do with early heros), but it's so scattered and gappy that I can't muster much interest. I also dislike the artist's style - it's very angular and weird distortions for effect all over the place - almost stylized. It's hard to see them as real people. Not wonderful. Oh yeah, and it ends with laying up serious trouble for later - he can grow inside a dead person, what's he going to do in a constant flow of energy? The new kid's amusing - is he going to end up being the new Stripesy? Lots of questions, and if I see the next book I might pick it up. but this one was frustrating enough I'm not going to bother to hunt it up.

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