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My main problem was Mary Marvel going evil the third time. One of the points that Morrison clearly expressed in Final Crisis was that she was possessed by Desaad. The thing was that the Desaad was possessing was a great explanation for Face Heel Turn in Countdown. It could have been explained that Desaad was influencing her using mind control or Apocalyptian technology to control her before he took over her body in Final Crisis. When Mary Marvel appeared in JSA, I actually believed that Geoff was going to pull off something like this, he is DC's Mr. Fixit after all. That's why I was disappointed when she was turned evil AGAIN, when more good would have been done by redeeming and doing a 'Redemption' arc with her. Moreover, Mary Marvel and Freddy would have been perfect members for a JSA spin-off team like Infinity Inc or that new team.

As for Supergirl beating her, remember she was corrupted by Desaad who likely didn't have much experience with Mary's power set and thus was not able to wield her power to the fullest. Moreover, there was the fact that Darkseid's descent to earth was causing time anomalies and the earth to fall into a black hole and the Multiverse itself to break down. I wouldn't be surprised if that was somehow affecting the Magic wielders on earth at that time.

I have other gripes such as the wasted potential of the JLA line-up (the McDuffie line-up) and DC's reliance on constant mini-series for characters like Red Tornado and Vixen when a lot of character work/development could have been done on the JLA itself and how I think not all character development should occur in a character's respective books but on the JLA/JSA as well, but I'll leave that for later.