---
id: "codex://object/artifact-jsa-collage-wip-001"
archive_id: "artifact-jsa-collage-wip-001"
slug: "artifact-jsa-collage-wip-001"
url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/artifact-jsa-collage-wip-001/"
type: "artifact"
title: "JSA Collage - Work in Progress"
summary: "Panels originally separated across multiple pages now collide within a single composition."
date_published: "2026-03-08T00:10:00.000Z"
date_modified: "2026-03-08T00:10:00.000Z"
status: "published"
visibility: "public"
language: "en-US"
axes: {}
themes:
  - "collage"
  - "comics"
  - "signal"
  - "observation"
constellations:
  - "Archaeological Objects"
tags:
  - "collage"
  - "comics"
  - "signal"
  - "observation"
keywords:
  - "Artifact"
  - "collage"
  - "comics"
  - "signal"
  - "observation"
  - "Archaeological Objects"
author:
  id: "nathan-davis"
  name: "Nathan Davis"
  designation: "Archive Operator"
  role: "Archive Operator"
  handle: "@nathandavis"
  avatar: "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg"
  bio: "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
contributors:
  - id: "nathan-davis"
    name: "Nathan Davis"
    designation: "Archive Operator"
    role: "Archive Operator"
    handle: "@nathandavis"
    avatar: "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg"
    bio: "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
relations:
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/artifact-jsa-collage-001"
    slug: "artifact-jsa-collage-001"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/artifact-jsa-collage-001/"
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/jsa-collage-evolution-001"
    slug: "jsa-collage-evolution-001"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/jsa-collage-evolution-001/"
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/under-load"
    slug: "under-load"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/under-load/"
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/deck-under-load-ii"
    slug: "deck-under-load-ii"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/deck-under-load-ii/"
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/archive-box-stamped-fragments"
    slug: "archive-box-stamped-fragments"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/archive-box-stamped-fragments/"
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/codex-archive-system-v3-plus-notes"
    slug: "codex-archive-system-v3-plus-notes"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/codex-archive-system-v3-plus-notes/"
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/codex-archive-system-v3-notes"
    slug: "codex-archive-system-v3-notes"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/codex-archive-system-v3-notes/"
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/codex-archive-system-v2-7-notes"
    slug: "codex-archive-system-v2-7-notes"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/codex-archive-system-v2-7-notes/"
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/go-live-milestone"
    slug: "go-live-milestone"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/go-live-milestone/"
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/heart-does-not-dream"
    slug: "heart-does-not-dream"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/heart-does-not-dream/"
  - kind: "connection"
    target: "codex://object/jsa-collage-evolution-001"
    slug: "jsa-collage-evolution-001"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/jsa-collage-evolution-001/"
    role: "first update"
    display: "feature"
  - kind: "connection"
    target: "codex://object/artifact-jsa-collage-001"
    slug: "artifact-jsa-collage-001"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/artifact-jsa-collage-001/"
    role: "resolved artifact"
    display: "inline"
  - kind: "connection"
    target: "codex://object/artifact-jsa-signal-fracture-001"
    slug: "artifact-jsa-signal-fracture-001"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/artifact-jsa-signal-fracture-001/"
    role: "mastered variant"
    display: "inline"
media:
  - kind: "image"
    src: "/media/artifacts/jsa-collage-wip-001-1.jpg"
    role: "hero"
    alt: "Primary full-frame view of the JSA collage in unfinished state."
  - kind: "image"
    src: "/media/artifacts/jsa-collage-wip-001-2.jpg"
    role: "gallery"
    alt: "Secondary view of layered comic panel fragments and torn joins."
  - kind: "image"
    src: "/media/artifacts/jsa-collage-wip-001-3.jpg"
    role: "detail"
    alt: "Detail view of compressed panel collisions and speech fragments."
  - kind: "image"
    src: "/media/artifacts/jsa-collage-wip-001-4.jpg"
    role: "detail"
    alt: "Detail view of layered comic geometry and adhesive seams."
  - kind: "image"
    src: "/media/artifacts/jsa-collage-wip-001-5.jpg"
    role: "process"
    alt: "Process-stage view emphasizing extraction marks and edge behavior."
---
This object documents an in-progress collage assembled from fragments of a recent *Justice Society of America* issue.

Comic panels were physically cut, torn, and recombined into a dense visual surface. The objective is not narrative continuity but visual signal extraction.

Edges remain visible and irregular to preserve the evidence of physical extraction.

Visible fragments include Doctor Fate, Wonder Woman, Golden Age Flash, Hawkman, combat panels, explosion bursts, civilians, and architectural fragments.

Panels separated in their source layout now collide inside one field. Sequential storytelling collapses into simultaneous action.

One retained speech fragment reads:

> "Don't break out the party hats yet, whiz kid. We have a problem."

In this composition, it behaves less as dialogue and more as a structural caption.

Materials remain intentionally unflattened. Surface reflection and layer height are part of the object behavior.

Current stage: stable but unfinished. Plausible next moves: mount to board, edge trim, archival scan, or expansion into a larger series.