JSA Annual 1 2008

[aeka]

Power Girl returns to post-Crisis Earth-2, only to notice a few considerable differences. One them involves her long lost best friend, Helena Wayne/Huntress, who doesn't seem well...herself lately.

14 pages out of 40






Somewhere in between swinging on rooftops and finding her way back to JSI, Helena Wayne!Huntress runs into her old friend, Power Girl, who crash-lands back on Earth-2 after a fight with Gog on New Earth. Needless to say Huntress is both surprised, shocked, and happy to see that her best friend is Back.

While waiting on her friend who's being attended to at JSI headquarters, Huntress runs into Earth-2 Dick/Robin who sort of tells him what's on her mind.



Power Girl wakes up and gets reacquainted with post-Crisis Earth-2 JSA (which she finds out is now called JSI, a merger between JSA and Infinity, Inc). She's still, however, feeling rather disoriented by the turn of events and wishes to get back in touch with her JLA mates back on New Earth. She finds her old apartment just as it used to be, but can't seem to sleep. So she catches up with Huntress and have a bit of pep talk.













(Joker is a fan of WATCHMEN? I approve! ♥)

And of course, Helena and Joker's desire to kill one another is exclusively mutual. Maybe Wayne could learn a thing or two from Bertinelli on how to effectively kill someone...no need. Power Girl takes the blow for her.





More cozy d'awwww moments between Huntress and Power Girl. (Really shipping them here ♥).







And of course, this super d'awwww scene gets ruined by the presence of another Power Girl who recognises this version of the Huntress. Needless to say both Huntress and Power Girl 2 gang up on the original, but that's a story for another day.

Comments

[shanejayell]

Dawwww.

Good story.
(And likely to be retconned in the DCnU. DAMN YOU DC!!)

[aeka]

Ugh, don't remind me. Is it bad that I'm still hopeful for an eventual crossover between Earth-2!Huntress and the main continuity one? I've always wanted to see what Bertinelli's reaction would have been to find out her original counterpart was the daughter of Batman and Catwoman.

[shanejayell]

It'd make a good story. *nods* Especially considering Huntress' need for approval from Batman.

[aeka]

Yeah seriously. Though one would think Bruce would have become a bit nicer to Bertinelli especially after learning from Earth-2 Superman that his daughter with Catwoman on that Earth was the original Huntress of the same name. Then again, New Earth!Bruce is still something of a dick to his fellow superheroes. :/

[shanejayell]

But does New Earth Bruce know? I don't think it's been addressed, anyway.... I'm not even sure if he knows about Earth 2, actually.

[aeka]

He does know and even Selina confirms that.

[shanejayell]

Huh! It's been a long time since I read Infinite Crisis, sorry.

Damn, you'd think he WOULD look at Helena in our world and think... 'what if?'

[aeka]

Or wonder the same about baby Helena and even question the kid's paternity. Not sure if Bruce told Selina about Helena Wayne before naming her kid that.

[darkblade]

He then looks over at Damian and thinks "Never Again."

[darkknightjrk]

Why would he? Just because she shares a first name doesn't mean she's magically a daughter he never had. If anything, it would make him look at Selina in a different way.

[starwolf_oakley]

Alex Luthor said in INFINITE CRISIS that if the first Crisis hadn't happened, Helena Bertinelli and Kyle Rayner would have been of Earth-8. Which means on that Earth, Kyle Rayner would have been Earth's first Green Lantern. Which is REALLY trippy. I have to wonder how Kyle's life as a hero would have been WITHOUT everyone in the JLA thinking about Hal Jordan.

[aeka]

Alex Luthor said in INFINITE CRISIS that if the first Crisis hadn't happened, Helena Bertinelli and Kyle Rayner would have been of Earth-8.

Now you got me thinking if this means Selina's baby Helena from her solo series would have still become the Huntress if that were the case.

[icon_uk]

As Kyle says to Guy in Morrisons JLA run, when Guy makes some corny crack about the JLA needing "a real Green Lantern": "I AM the real Green Lantern. You save the world a few times, you'd be amazed how quickly people come to realise that".

[thatnickguy]

"You're against the Springer generation, man." =D

[q99]

Earth 8 would be an interesting place.

Hm, someone should do an elseworld...

[darkknightjrk]

"(And likely to be retconned in the DCnU. DAMN YOU DC!!)"

It has a shot--note the writer of this annual.

[shanejayell]

So far, no JSA at all in DcnU. I ain't holding my breath.