JSA Vol. 2: Ragnarok is the second of what we now know to be just four JSA volumes by Jeff Lemire. That takes some of the pressure off, turning an ongoing series that needs a status quo and motivations into essentially an extended miniseries.
And JSA does improve here over the first volume, though in no small part because some of the cruft of the beginning’s questionable decisions was already resolved going into the second.
There are clever ideas in Ragnarok, along with some things I still question. I do wish, before he finishes, Lemire might establish a purpose for the Justice Society beyond just battling back the old enemies who come after them for revenge. But in all a good showing, even with shades of Geoff Johns' previous JSA title; I’m more enthusiastic going into the third and final books than I was before.
