I hate to say it because I really love the JSA but compared to the last season the writing on this issue was beyond heinous. Clunky and expository and godawful, it felt like something out of the slower, lamer parts of the Silver Age.
Reading this back-to-back with the newest Runaways and its breezy, effortless dialogue nearly gave me whiplash.
So I guess this is another Astonishing and I'm out until the next arc. : P