Ah, it was Eric Trautmann who wrote JSA vs Kobra, and Gena Ha on art. I quite liked both. I'd like to see how they can do with another JSA story, perhaps emphasizing other JSAers than Mr. Terrific, who I thought he got right.
I’m not sure to what extent in continuity the JSA are after Death Metal, Hawkman, and Flash, but I will say I am happy that today’s Batman #104 makes it canonical that Wildcat trained Batman to fist fight. I honestly really enjoyed that part of Batman: the brave and the bold cartoon so I’m happy to see that here.
"It's fun and it's cool, so that's all that matters. It's what comics are for, Duh."
Words to live by.
Well, pre Flashpoint he was also trained by Wildcat, so it's not that big a step. Wildcat seemed to teach a lot of heroes to box prior to Flashpoint. But I'm getting a bit tired of waiting for DC to remember they even exist. That title should be their priority, but not a hint of a hint of a possible new JSA book at the farthest point on the distant horizon that they've revealed anything about yet.
I love the JSA as they have been in their most recent series (not the nu52 stuff). However, I expect a writer to want to "fix" and/or "improve" what they are writing. The issue is that the writer does not change the concept in a way we like. Every franchise and concept out there has some parts of it that are musts. Although we can mostly agree on this, defining those points exactly is up to interpretation. I would hope that if DC comes up with a new JSA book, that writer would want to not copy what went before. They should also not settle for "almost as good". And yes, that is much more difficult to pull off than it seems.
Ted: ... And then you punch them real hard.
Pieter: Ted, I'm blind.
Ted: ... Have you tried punching that problem?
Pieter: No, Ted, I haven't. It's not that kind of problem.
Ted: How's your footwork?
Pieter: Ted.
Ted: Pieter I don't know why you come to me for combat training can we just get a beer?
And then they listen to boxing matches on the radio while drinking a brew and discussing CTE.
He did teach PG to box, leading Magog once to complain about her feet leaving the floor, (a reference to her ability to fly, when Magog was boxing her). A minor amusing moment. But...how did Wildcat teach PG how to box, and how did she learn Krav and Thai boxing....given that to properly learn them, you have to spar....and who is PG going to spar with? Only Diana among the super-super set is fast and strong enough and good enough to spar with, and she is busy doing other things.