The Justice League (aka the Justice League of America, aka the JLA, aka Justice League International, aka Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)) is a collection of the DC Universe's greatest heroes (and also Green Arrow).
I talked about why I love the JLA in this piece here. Now I’m breaking down each and every issue of the comic book, from their very first appearance, with Atom-sized summaries. Enjoy!
PREVIOUSLY
The fifth issue of Justice League of America sees writer Gardner Fox go completely off the deep end, hurling a myriad of random story ideas into one increasingly mind-boggling plot. In no particular order, the JLA has to deal with Green Arrow’s purported betrayal, a shrinking ray-powered prison break, the sundial quicksand of King Clock, sky waterfalls, Professor Menace’s robot villain duplicates, invisible force fields, fish hook arrows, Green Lantern impostordom, gravitron-will-deadener rays and cosmic generators. And when I say ‘no particular order’, I mean, of course, ‘precisely that order’. Eventually the real Green Lantern saves the day, defeating a rookie Doctor Destiny with a startling combination of pluck and light bulb changing. (This is not a joke.)
Fun With Comics!
MVP
It’s Green Lantern. How many Green Lanterns does it take to change a light bulb? Two. (One to change the bulb, one to give us the editorial note that ‘Due to a necessary impurity, Green Lantern rings are powerless against the color yellow’.)
Top Panel
You’ve gotta love a villain with the self-confidence to declare themselves a ‘master thief’ despite never having stolen a thing.
Villain Cryptic Crossword Clue
A criminal many would consider dotty, insane (6, 7)
Next issue: LUCK GLANDS!
