|
Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis & Kevin Maguire begin |
|
Sequence of Events |
Issue (Date) |
| Maxwell Lord allies with the Kilg%re, who helps him manipulate the
newly forming Justice League. NOTE: The Kilg%re
first appeared in Flash v.2 #3 (8.87). |
Booster Gold v.2 #9 (7.08) |
|
The new Justice League holds its first official meeting in the Secret
Sanctuary. Present are Batman, Black Canary, Blue Beetle, Captain Marvel,
Dr. Fate, Guy Gardner, J'onn J'onzz, and Mister Miracle (accompanied by
Oberon). Batman takes over leadership. Maxwell Lord IV,
head of Innovative Concepts, gives Kimiyo Hoshi (Dr. Light IV)
a Justice League signal device in hopes of persuading her to join the
League. Later, he secretly organizes a terrorist attack on the United
Nations, which the Justice League thwarts. The terrorist leader commits
suicide when his bomb fails to detonate, not realizing that Lord had surreptitiously
removed the bomb's firing pin. The League is unaware of Lord's involvement. |
JLA #1 (5.87) |
|
To conceal the truth about Captain Atom's origin, the U.S. government
creates a false "origin story" for him and "reveals" that his heroic career
began in the early 1960s and has only now been declassified. NOTE:
These stories established that the events of Captain Atom's Charlton Comics
run (Space Adventures #33-#42 and Captain Atom #78-#89)
are fictional in the DC universe. |
Captain Atom #3 (5.87), Secret Origins #34 (12.88) |
|
Maxwell Lord invites Booster Gold to join the Justice League. |
Booster Gold #16 (5.87) |
|
The League interrogates Dr. Light, hoping to learn the source of her
mysterious signal device. Meanwhile, the Gray Man becomes dissatisfied
with his role as a servant of the Lords of Order. The Silver Sorceress,
Bluejay, and Wandjina (the sole surviving members of the Justifiers of
Angor) come to Earth following the nuclear holocaust that has destroyed
their world. They attempt to dismantle the world's nuclear stockpiles,
and are duped by Colonel Rumaan Harjavti, dictator of Bialya
into attacking a Russian installation. NOTE: The
three heroes first appeared in JLofA #87 (2.71) |
JLA #2 (6.87) |
|
The Justice League clashes with the Rocket Red Brigade and the heroes
from Angor. Black Canary attacks Rocket Red #4 (Dmitri Pushkin),
knocking out his front teeth. Wandjina is mortally wounded stopping a
nuclear meltdown and the three Angorian heroes are taken into Russian
custody. The League returns to the Secret Sanctuary, where they meet Max
Lord and Booster Gold. |
JLA #3 (7.87) |
|
Thanagarian spy Fel Andar comes to Earth and claims to be "Carter Hall,
Jr." He and his wife Sharon Parker begin fighting crime
in Midway City as Hawkman (II) and Hawkwoman (I). |
Hawkworld v.2 #22 (4.92) |
|
Kimiyo Hoshi departs, but Booster Gold is admitted to the League after
helping to defeat the Royal Flush Gang — unaware that the attack
was once again organized by Maxwell Lord, who declares himself to be the
League's official press liaison. |
JLA #4 (8.87) |
|
The League battles a bioengineered "sentient cell" that is possessing
the minds of people across the globe. The cell is eventually defeated
by J'onn J'onzz, who traps it in his own body. |
JLA Annual #1 (1987) |
|
Batman and Guy Gardner finally have it out: Batman knocks Guy unconscious
with a single punch. Dr. Fate summons the League to the small town of
Stone Ridge, Vermont, which is under mystic assault by the renegade Gray
Man. In Stone Ridge, the League encounters the Creeper. |
JLA #5 (9.87) |
| Superman and Wonder Woman check in on Batman and the new JLI. |
Justice League of America v.2 #0 (09.06) |
|
The Justice League is forced to battle Captain Marvel, who is in the
thrall of the Gray Man. Meanwhile, Hal Jordan meets with Maxwell Lord
to protest Guy Gardner's involvement in the League, and Guy, waking from
being knocked out by Batman, suffers another severe blow to the head. |
JLA #6 (10.87) |
|
JLA member Laurel, the Moon Maiden, leads the Justice
League against Valkus, the Centurion. To stop him from tampering with
the time, she uses his own weapon against him. Its effect removes both
their existences from the timestream. Her former comrades retain only
dream-like memories of her. Her father, Hugh Klein, however remembers
her fully. NOTES:
Though Moon Maiden currently exists, her past was removed entirely
from the timestream. The past in which she was a JLA member
no longer exists. I placed this event based on the original Firestorm
and Jason Todd's appearances (he died in Batman #428, 1.89). There
are other appearances which contradict this placement, though; it's impossible
to reconcile. |
JLA 80-Page Giant #3 (10.00) |
| The new League encounters an alien being known as The
Weird. |
The Weird #1-4 (4-7.88) |
|
1st app. of Mikhail Denisovitch Arkadin a.k.a. Pozhar. Martin
Stein finds out he has cancer and Firestorm vows to the world to eradicate
nuclear weapons. |
Firestorm #62 (8.87) |
|
Captain Atom fights Firestorm at the behest of the government. Oberon
knocks out Gardner with a large comical mallet to keep him from going
after Firestorm. |
Firestorm #63 (9.87) |
|
Firestorm fights the Suicide Squad in Times Square; the Justice League
shows up. |
Firestorm #64 (10.87) |
|
Firestorm, the Suicide Squad and the Justice League battle in Times
Square. The Parasite is released and kills Multiplex. Firestorm takes
the battle out of midtown, defeats the Parasite and goes on to battle
Pozhar in the Nevada desert. The two halves of Firestorm and Pozhar
join hands and a new Firestorm (II) is born. |
Firestorm Annual #5 (1987) |
| 5
Years Ago |
|
Dr. Fate takes the Gray Man before the Lords of Order, who strip him
of his power and allow him to die. Hal Jordan visits the League's Secret
Sanctuary for a serious talk with Guy Gardner, only to discover that Guy's
personality has undergone a radical shift: instead of belligerent, he's
now sickly sweet. Maxwell Lord and his computer stage a bogus alien attack
to improve the League's image in the international community, enabling
him (with a little help from Superman) to persuade the United Nations
to sanction the new League as the Justice League International.
Captain Marvel resigns, Batman steps down as leader in favor of J'onn
J'onzz, and Captain Atom and Rocket Red #7 join the League. Mister Miracle's
friend Oberon becomes Maxwell Lord's assistant. NOTE:
With this issue, the title of the book changed from Justice League
to Justice League International. |
JLA #7 (11.87) |
|
When the Secret Sanctuary has pests, the Blue Beetle builds a better
mousetrap. NOTE: These events take place
concurrently with the first half of JLI #7. |
JLA 80-Page Giant #1 (7.98) |
|
Booster Gold enlists the JLI to stop an invasion by aliens from Dimension
X, a battle that costs the life of his sister, Michele. |
Booster Gold #22 (11.87) |
|
The Phantom Stranger recruits the League to help fight the rogue Dr.
Fate. NOTE: Guy is incorrectly portrayed with
his original, arrogant personality. |
Dr. Fate v.1 #3 (9.87) |
|
The Justice League moves into its new embassies in New York, Moscow,
Paris, and many other countries. They meet Moscow bureau chief Boris
Dimitravich Razumihin and Paris chief Catherine Cobert. J'onn
J'onzz reveals his fondness for Oreo cookies. NOTE: The JLA cameos in Action #595 after this. |
JLA #8 (12.87) |
|
The U.S. government's "Risk Code Status" for the JLI members is revealed:
Batman = Orange, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Mister Miracle & Black
Canary = Green, Rocket Red #7 & Guy Gardner = Red, Martian Manhunter
= Yellow. |
Captain Atom #10 (12.87) |
| MILLENNIUM |
|
Guardian of the Universe Herupa Hando Hu and Zamaron Nadia Safir summon
Earth's Green Lantern Corps, the Justice League, Infinity, Inc. and the
Outsiders to tell them that they are to help 10 chosen humans become the
progenitors of a new race of immortals. They warn the heroes that the
Manhunters will oppose them. The JLI undertakes a mission in Germany,
near the Rhine River. NOTES: This mission was
depicted only briefly in Millennium #1, not in the Justice League
series itself. Herupa and Nadia first appeared in Green Lantern Corps
#200 (5.86), but they were not named until this story. |
Millennium #1 (1.88) |
|
New JLI member Rocket Red #7 reveals that he is a Manhunter. He attempts
to kill the other members after they refuse to join him. Meanwhile, Maxwell
Lord is shot by his assistant, Ms. Wootenhoffer, who is also a Manhunter
agent, although she is killed by Lord's computer ally shortly afterward. |
JLA #9 (1.88) |
|
The Outsiders' friend Helga Jace is revealed as a Manhunter agent. She
apparently kills Metamorpho. |
Outsiders #27 (1.88) |
|
Under attack by Manhunter agents, Earth's heroes help Herupa and Nadia
seek out the Chosen. Meanwhile, Herupa and Nadia warn Harbinger that her
history of the universe has aided the Manhunters and send her into space
in search of the Manhunter homeworld. |
Millennium #2 (1.88) |
|
The JLI helps protect the Chosen from attacks by the Manhunters. |
Millennium #3 (1.88) |
|
Booster Gold discovers that his agent, Dirk Davis, is a Manhunter agent.
Davis forces Booster to speak out in favor of the Manhunters, causing
the JLI to believe Booster has betrayed them. |
Booster Gold #24 (1.88) |
|
Mark Shaw, the Privateer (formerly Manhunter III), joins the Suicide
Squad on a mission to destroy a Manhunter installation in the Louisiana
bayou. |
Millennium #4, Suicide Squad #9 (1.88) |
|
As Herupa and Nadia instruct the Chosen in their new role in the universe,
the Justice League prepares an assault on the Manhunter homeworld, Orinda.
NOTE: Orinda first appeared in Justice
League of America #141 (3.77). |
Millennium #5 (2.88) |
|
A task force including Captain Atom, Dr. Fate II,
Firestorm, Green Lanterns Arisia, Hal Jordan, and Katma Tui, Hawkman and Hawkwoman, and Superman journey to the Manhunter homeworld,
where they destroy the Manhunter Highmaster and the Manhunter generation
chambers with some inept assistance from G'nort. NOTE:
The events of Hawkworld #22-#23 established that the Hawks in this
story and several others of this period were not Katar Hol and Shayera
Thal, the Silver Age Hawkman and Hawkwoman (who were never members of
the Justice League of America in present continuity), but Thangarian spy
Fel Andar and his human wife Sharon Hall. |
JLA #10 (2.88) |
|
While the Justice League force assaults Orinda, Batman and Guy Gardner
try to bring down Booster Gold, who they still believe has betrayed them. |
Millennium #6 (2.88) |
|
Dr. Fate reveals to the Justice League that he is not the original Fate.
The assembled heroes assault the final Manhunter stronghold on Earth,
located in a subterranean cavern beneath the ocean. The Manhunters are
stopped from destroying the Earth by Booster Gold, who turns on his erstwhile
allies. |
Millennium #7 (2.88) |
|
Booster Gold turns against the Manhunters, but Dirk Davis empties the
bank accounts of Booster Gold International, leaving him penniless. Booster
tries to persuade Rip Hunter to give him another time machine so that
he can return to the 25th century, but the JLI persuades him to stay and
continue his heroic career. NOTE: This was
the final issue of Booster Gold. |
Booster Gold #25 (2.88) |
|
The Chosen are transformed into superbeings by Herupa and Nadia, who
die from the effort. The Chosen, accompanied by Harbinger, strike out
on their own as the New Guardians. |
Millennium #8 (2.88) |
| Booster Gold comes from the future to collect evidence of Max Lord's
existence, but the videotape he grabs doesn't stay with him. |
(Booster Gold v.2 #33, 8.10) |
|
Batman infiltrates Belle Reve prison in disguise and uncovers proof of
the existence of the Suicide Squad and its use of costumed villains for
covert operations. Although he is checkmated by Amanda Waller, preventing
him from publicly exposing the Squad, he vows to bring them down. |
Suicide Squad #10 (2.88) |
|
Dmitri Pushkin, Rocket Red #4, is assigned to replace the Manhunter Rocket
Red #7 as the Russian member of the Justice League International. |
Secret Origins #34 (12.88) |
|
Maxwell Lord's injuries are repaired by his sentient computer. Rocket
Red #4 joins the Justice League, which battles the Construct and encounters
Metron. |
JLA #11 (3.88) |
|
The JLI learns the history of Maxwell Lord and his sentient computer,
which is revealed as a sentient "information retrieval" unit of Metron's
that has run amok, and discover Max's machinations in organizing and publicizing
the new League. Max eventually destroys the computer, nearly sacrificing
his life in the process, but winning the League's trust. Meanwhile, the
Dome, governing organization of the Global Guardians, loses its funding,
putting its members, including Dr. Mist, Tuatara, Green Flame, and Icemaiden II, out of a job.
Green Flame and Icemaiden apply for membership in the JLI. NOTE:
This is the first appearance of Tora Olafsdotter, the second Icemaiden,
who is not the same as Icemaiden I (Sigrid Nansen). The original Icemaiden
first appeared in Super Friends #9 (12.77); her first in-continuity
appearance was in DC Comics Presents #46 and her first post-Crisis
appearance was in Infinity, Inc. #34. |
JLA #12 (4.88) |
|
Traumatized after having brutally killed Columbian drug lord Xavier Cujo,
former JLA member Vixen joins the Suicide Squad. |
Suicide Squad #12 (4.88) |
|
Ted Kord relinquishes control of Kord, Inc. to his father, costing him
his personal fortune. As the Blue Beetle, he ends his solo career in Chicago
to devote his full time to his work with the JLI. NOTE:
This was the final issue of Blue Beetle. |
Blue Beetle #24 (5.88) |
|
Batman leads the JLI on an illegal mission into Russian to rescue Nemesis
(Tom Tressor) from imprisonment, bringing the League into conflict with
Red Star and the Suicide Squad. NOTE: Nemesis
was left behind on a Squad mission to Russia in Suicide Squad #7
(10.87). |
JLA #13 (5.88) |
|
The JLA is called to prevent the Suicide Squad from rescuing their comrade
Nemesis, left behind in the Soviet Union on a previous mission (Suicide
Squad #7). The League and the Squad eventually agree that the JLA
will take custody of Nemesis, who then escapes. J'onn J'onzz has a tearful
reunion with Vixen. Batman and Rick Flag refuse the terms of the deal
and engage in a brutal hand-to-hand battle that leaves Flag hospitalized.
Batman leaves, angrily. NOTE: This was Black
Canary's final mission with the JLI. Though Batman says that he "quits,"
he remains with the JLI for some time. |
Suicide Squad #13 (5.88) |
| Barbara Gordon is crippled by a shot in the spine by the Joker, ending her career as Batgirl. In response, the JLA installs special security equipment in the homes of their family and friends. |
Batman: The Killing Joke (1988); Identity Crisis #4 (11.04) |
|
Black Canary is kidnapped and tortured by drug smugglers, suffering injuries
that later cause her to lose her "canary cry." |
Green Arrow: Longbow Hunters #2 (9.87) |
|
Superman and Batman discover each other's secret identities. |
Adventures of Superman #440 (5.88) |
|
The Martian Manhunter learns his true origin: he is the last survivor
of a plague which wiped out his race. False memories were implanted by
Dr. Erdel when J'onn was brought to Earth. NOTE: This story retroactively eliminates his history between JLofA #71
(the death of his people) through #228-230 (his return to Earth). Further,
this series was the first to claim that his vulnerability to fire was
purely psychological (which is now partially true; he now has a psychosomatic
vulnerability to fire). The destruction of the satellite headquarters
was retconned into a simple alien invasion. |
Martian Manhunter v.1 #1-4 (5-8.88) |
|
1st app. Lord Manga Khan, L-Ron. The Global Guardians' Green Flame
and Ice Maiden II join. |
JLA #14 (6.88) |
|
Batman discovers that J'onn's Martian physiology is addicted to Chocos
cookies. To overcome it, J'onn physically drives the addiction from himself
and destroys it. NOTE: This may be a fictional
tale, used as a parable by J'onn about the danger of addiction. He told
the tale to Kyle Rayner, perhaps to help him avoid Hal Jordan's fate. |
Martian Manhunter v.2 #24 (11.00) |
|
Booster and Beetle attempt to infiltrate Sumaan Harjavti's Bialyan villain's
paradise. When they're captured, the JLI calls in its reserves to rescue
them and clean up Bialya. |
JLA: Incarnations #6 (12.01) |
|
Harjavti hires the Joker to kill the entire JLI; he fails. The JLI attend
a cookout at the home of Mr. Miracle and his wife, Barda. NOTE: This story doesn't realistically fit between any two issues of
JLI. |
JLA Annual #2 (1988) |
|
Mr. Miracle abducted by Manga Khan for barter with Apokolips. |
JLA #15 (7.88) |
|
Captain Atom fights the air elemental Red Tornado. Mister Miracle discovers
Cap's silver skin is of extra-terrestrial origin. Guest
stars: Swamp Thing, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Mister Miracle,
Black Canary, Brainwave and Black Racer. |
Captain Atom #17 (7.88) |
|
A team goes undercover in Bialya as the Queen Bee II
kills Harjavti and takes power with the aid of Jack O'Lantern, Owl
Woman and Wandjina. NOTE: This Queen
Bee is no relation to the original. |
JLA #16 (8.88) |
|
Wandjina again disappears in an explosion. |
JLA #17 (9.88) |
|
Manga Khan hires Lobo to attack the League. Guy's personality returns
to normal. |
JLA #18 (10.88) |
|
Captain Atom "tricks" Blue Beetle into helping him clear his name with
a false casebook featuring cases involving Cap and the original Blue Beetle
(Dan Garrett). Later Beetle reveals that he knew all along. |
Captain Atom #20 (10.88) |
|
Black Canary officially resigns. Batman persuades (the imposter) Hawkman
and Hawkwoman to "rejoin." Green Flame and Icemaiden change
names to Fire and Ice. Superman declines an offer to rejoin
the JLA. RETCON: Written before Hawkworld
re-established the Hawks' history, issues #19-24 originally featured Katar
and Shayera Hol as the Hawks. They were later retconned into Thanagarian
spy Fel Andar and his wife Sharon. |
JLA #19 (11.88) |
|
Rocket Red dons new armor from Apokolips. |
JLA #20 (12.88) |
|
The team frees Mr. Miracle on Apokolips and Darkseid returns them to
Earth. Manga Khan cancels Lobo's contract and Lobo returns to his dolphins. |
JLA #21 (Wtr.89) |
| INVASION! |
|
The Dominators and Khunds, fearing the unpredictability
of the human meta-gene, decide to destroy the Earth. As a test, they open
fire on a group of humans, seven of whom survive (one of these is Snapper
Carr). Joining their Alliance are the Thanagarians, the Daxamites,
the Gil'Daan, Durla, Okaara, the Citadel and the Psions.
On the Starlag, Adam Strange is imprisoned with Vril Dox II
& Garryn Bek and the Omega Men. On Earth,
the Daxamites discover they have super powers in the absence of red sunlight.
Tasmanian Devil is captured by the Khund and Okaaran ground forces who
land in Austrailia. NOTES: Vril Dox II is the ancestral grandfather of the Legion of Super-Heroes' Brainiac 5.
The 1st historical app. of the Dominators was Adventure #361, the
Khunds in Adventure #346. PRE-ZERO
HOUR: The Gil'Daan were called the
Gil'Dishpan. Legionnaires #62 explains this as a mistranslation. |
Invasion! #1 (1988) |
|
Aquaman & Aqualad lead the Atlantean army, the Doom Patrol and
the Sea Devils against the Gil'Daan. The Doom Patrol's leader, Celsius, is killed. |
Doom Patrol #17 (Hol.88) |
| Animal Man fights a Thanagarian and recieves help from Hawkman II (Fel
Andar) NOTE: The tale was originally written
with Katar Hol as Hawkman, before Hawkworld. |
Animal Man #6 (Hol.88) |
|
At Captain Atom's request, Superman asks the Alien Alliance for a cease
fire. |
Adventures of Superman #449 (Hol.88) |
|
Captain Atom is elected Commander in Chief of Earth's Super-heroes. CAMEOS:
Black Canary, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold , Mister Miracle, and Flash. |
Captain Atom #24 (Hol.88) |
|
Acting on Maxwell Lord's orders, a strike force consisting of Firestorm,
Firehawk, Power Girl and Starman battle the Invasion in the South Pacific. |
Firestorm #80, Starman v.1 #5 (Hol.88) |
|
The Daxamites fall to an unfamiliar element in Earth's atmosphere. One
of them sacrifices himself to send a message back to Daxam convincing
them to join Earth against the Alliance, effectively ending the invasion.
1st app. of the Durlan, Lyrissa Mallor and Strata. Primus
of the Omega men dies. NOTES: The Daxamite
who died is later revealed as Lar (Valor) Gand's father Kel; the deadly
element is lead. |
Invasion! #2 (1988) |
|
Wonder Woman, Guy Gardner, and Rocket Red fight the aliens in the South
Pacific to save Wonder Woman's friend Etta Candy. |
Wonder Woman v.2 #25 (Hol.88) |
|
Oberon wards off Imskian invaders in the New York embassy and the team
battles the alien invasion. GUEST APP: Wonder
Woman. |
JLA #22 (Hol.88) |
|
The new Injustice League (Big Sir, Clock King, Clue Master, Major
Disaster, The Mighty Bruce, Multi-Man) attack. The Dominators detonate
the gene bomb. |
JLA #23 (1.89) |
|
Barbara Gordon comes online as Oracle II.
NOTE: Oracle's true identity remained a secret
until Suicide Squad #38 (with a clue in #26). This story occurs
concurrently with Invasion #2. |
Suicide Squad #23 (1.89) |
|
Metamorpho is reconstituted by the Dominabors' gene bomb. Fire and Max
are critically affected. A rogue Dominator detonates a gene bomb in Earth's
atmosphere, removing the super powers of all meta-humans. The Omega Men
provide transport to the Dominion homeworld where the Martian Manhunter
pries the bomb's antidote from it's creator's mind. Snapper Carr forms
the Blasters. NOTE: Fire is mistakenly
called "Green Flame." |
Invasion! #3 (1989) |
|
Captain Atom, the JLA, Amanda Waller, and others are given awards at
a ceremony in New York City. |
Captain Atom #25 (1.89) |
|
Guy Gardner is sent by the JLA to seek out Swamp
Thing's aid against the Dominators' technology. Guy instead encounters
Abby, and sights a fleeing starship (containing an alien mother and unborn
child), which he callously destroys with his ring. |
Swamp Thing #81 (1.89) |
|
Morpheus, Lord of the Dreaming is freed from his prison. Learning that
the JLA may know where to find his ruby, he enlists the aid of Mr. Miracle
and J'onn J'onzz. He finds the ruby in the possession of Dr. Desitny,
who has been calling it his Materioptikon. In destroying the ruby, Destiny
releases all it's power back to Morpheus. |
Sandman v.2 #1-7 (1-7.89) |
|
Top Secret: Blue Beetle, Booster Gold and Mister Miracle use New
Genesis technology to track Captain atom and demand the truth about his
origins. (#26) Captain Atom reveals his true origin to Blue Beetle, Booster
Gold and Mister Miracle. They help him work to clear his name. (#27) Cap
suceeds in clearing his name. Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, and Mister Miracle
cameo. First mention of JLE in Captain Atom. (#28) |
Captain Atom #26-28 (2-4.89) |
|
Justice League Europe founded. Roster: Animal
Man, Captain Atom, Elongated Man, Flash III, Metamorpho, Power Girl,
Rocket Red. The imposter "Hawkman & Hawkwoman" resign. NOTES: Animal
Man, Metamorpho and Power Girl are first-time members. After this, Martian
Manhunter installs Animal Man's JLA security system (Animal
Man #9, 3.89) |
JLA #24 (2.89) |
|
The Martian Manhunter tries to recruit Ray Palmer, the Atom, for the
new JLA; he declines. Batman also tries to recruit Hal Jordan, but Palmer
interrupts, convincing Jordan (who was already unsure) not to join. |
Power of the Atom #9 (2.89) |
|
Fel Andar's wife reveals to J'onn their charade as Hawkman and Hawkwoman
before she dies. He and Max agree not to reveal it to anyone. |
Hawkworld v.2 #22-23 (4-5.92) |
| 4
Years Ago |
|
Beetle and Booster trail the vampire Caitiff, who apparently
commits suicide. NOTE: In pre-Crisis continuity,
Caitiff was the the first vampire of Earth-1 (Action #577, 3.86). |
JLA #25 (4.89) |
|
Helena Bertinelli debuts as the Huntress. |
Huntress #1 (4.89) |
| Bart Sears begins as penciller (JLE
#1-28 + JLA #59) |
|
As the new team moves into the Paris embassy, a Nazi war criminal dies
on their doorstep. 1st app. of Interpol agent, Inspector Camus.
NOTE: Wonder Woman appeared only in this
story and left without rejoining. |
JLE #1 (4.89) |
|
Hypnotized via telephone, Blue Beetle tries to kill Max. GUEST APP: Huntress. NOTE: Name of the book
changes to Justice League America. |
JLA #26 (5.89) |
| Blue Beetle slips into a coma when Amanda Waller tries to remove the
Queen Bee's mental blocks. GUEST APP: Nabu. This
story takes place before Suicide Squad #26. |
JLA #27 (6.89) |
|
The Queen Bee lures the JLE into conflict with three mind-controlled
Global Guardians: Wild Huntsman, Rising Sun and Tuatara. The Guardians
fall into comas upon capture. |
JLE #2 (5.89) |
|
Jack O'Lantern blows up the Global Guardians' Paris headquarters (the
Dome) and frames the JLE for its destruction. With the help of Ice, the
JLE make the connection between the Guardians and the Queen Bee. |
JLE #3 (6.89) |
|
Linda Strauss discovers that she can becomes Dr. Fate independent of
her husband Eric. |
Dr. Fate v.2 #8 (7.89) |
|
Guy and Ice's first date is interrupted by the Black Hand. Big Barda
begins training Fire to use her increased powers. |
JLA #28 (7.89) |
|
Nabu (in the body of Kent Nelson) removes Beetle, Booster and Fire's
mind blocks. GUEST APP: Barda. |
JLA #29 (8.89) |
|
Max psychically "pushes" the Huntress into joining the League.
A street punk who stole Barda's mega rod goes on a rampage and is killed
in a fight with the League. |
JLA #30 (10.89) |
|
The Queen Bee kills her Dominator ally (who was the engineer for her
mind control). With the Dominion technology, she engineers retractable
talons for Owl Woman. Finally, she imprisons Jack O'Lantern after he botches
a mission (he is presumed dead). Captain Atom sends the JLE into Bialya
as a demonstration of power, and a temporary truce is made. |
JLE #4 (7.89) |
|
Sapphire Stagg unsuccessfully seeks a reconciliation with Metamorpho
(who after his revival had forgotten about his family). In Rex's absence,
she has married her father's henchman, Java. |
JLE #5 (8.89) |
| Animal Man and his wife decide to
take a Parisian holiday, but the JLE ends up fighting the Time Commander. |
Animal Man #16 (10.89) |
|
The JLE and Injustice League enroll in the same beginning French course.
1st app. Crimson Fox. |
JLE #6 (9.89) |
|
G'Nort guest stars; he helps Mr. Miracle against the mob. |
Mr. Miracle #6 (7.89) |
|
Blue Beetle and Booster Gold throw Mister Miracle and Big Barda a housewarming
party... not realizing they want to keep their identities a secret. |
Mr. Miracle #7 (8.89) |
|
Both Leagues tour the worldwide JLI embassies, and the island of KooeyKooeyKooey.
J'onn and Batman investigate the murder of J'onn's friend. GUEST APP: Dr. Light. NOTE: Contains six
Who's Who entries for the embassy employees. |
JLA Annual #3 (1989) |
|
Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, and Mister Miracle take on Professor Ivo's
androids. |
Mr. Miracle #8 (9.89) |
|
1st appearance of Maxi-Man (later of the Conglomerate). |
Mr. Miracle #9 (10.89) |
|
Seeking to make Superman her consort, Maxima of Almerac arrives
on Earth |
Action #645 (9.89) |
|
Adam Hughes begins as artist |
| THE TEASDALE IMPERATIVE |
|
Part 1: Dr. Fate II (Linda Strauss) joins. New costumes for Fire
and Ice. GUEST APP: Spectre. |
JLA #31 (10.89) |
|
Part 2: Both teams investigate the spread of vampirism in Eastern
Europe, a plot of the new Gray Man and Dr. Irwin Teasdale. |
JLE #7 (10.89) |
|
Part 3: Teasdale commands his hordes to attack his former employer:
Simon Stagg. |
JLA #32 (11.89) |
|
Part 4: Power Girl is critically injured by the Gray Man, who
is eventually defeated by the Spectre. After this mission, Batman apparently
adopts part-time status. |
JLE #8 (11.89) |
|
Kilowog joins as the JLI "Super-Fixit Man." GUEST APP: Aquaman. |
JLA #33 (12.89) |
|
Superman aids Power Girl's surgery, who recovers, but loses her vision
powers and some strength and invulnerability. |
JLE #9 (12.89) |
|
Katar Hol's 10-year exile is ended. The young girl he saved has been
adopted by the deceased Shayera Thal's father and become a Wingman herself;
he named her Shayera as well. Together, they usurp Byth's power. |
Hawkworld v.1 #3 (1989) |
|
Beetle and Booster drain the JLI's bank account to open "Club JLI,"
a resort on KooeyKooeyKooey. Major Disaster drains the club's assets with
a winning streak in the casino. |
JLA #34 (1.90) |
| Aquaman helps anchor Kooey to an underwater volcano, but Club JLI is
destroyed. Max reveals his former mental coercion to the Huntress. NOTE: Afterwards,
Kooey becomes a U.S. protectorate and is again traumatized by the appearance
of a mysterious island from another dimension (Suicide Squad v.2
#6-8; 4-6.02). |
JLA #35 (2.90) |
|
The JLE's first encounter with Crimson Fox. |
JLE #10 (1.90) |
|
Metamorpho breaks into Simon Stagg's property to see his infant son.
Stagg employs the Metal Men and Guy Gardner to defend him. Blue Jay and
Silver Sorceress shown in a Soviet meta-human research facility. Dmitri's
family joins him in Paris. |
JLE #11 (2.90) |
| After the deaths of his family, Animal
Man quits the JLE at their funeral. NOTE: They
were all resurrected with no memory of their deaths in Animal Man #26. |
Animal Man #20 (2.90) |
|
Silver Sorceress returns to her homeworld and Blue Jay escapes the Soviets.
Animal Man resigns. |
JLE #12 (3.90) |
|
Captain Atom reveals to the JLE that his public origin is a sham. They
react with indifference. |
Captain Atom #38 (2.90) |
|
The JLA help Dr. Fate (Linda) battle Wotan. |
Dr. Fate v.2 #15 (3.90) |
|
G'nort and his arch-enemy the Scarlet Skier come to Earth. CAMEO:
Lyrissa Mallor of L.E.G.I.O.N. |
JLA #36 (3.90) |
|
The Injustice League reforms. To keep them in check, Max sets them up
(with G'nort and the Scarlet Skier) as "Justice League Antarctica." |
JLA Annaul #4 (1990) |
|
Mr. Miracle, Oberon, and the Funky Flashman are shanghied by Lord Manga
Khan for an intergalactic tour. Khan leaves a robot behind on Earth in
Miracle's place. |
JLI Special #1 |
|
The robot duplicate of Mr. Miracle takes his place at the NY embassy.
Booster Gold resigns. |
JLA #37 (4.90) |
|
Crimson Fox joins. |
JLE #13 (4.90) |
|
The Queen Bee rebuilds the Dome in Bialya and brainwashes the Global
Guardians into her service. She stages a battle alongside the JLI to make
them look credible. To round out the membership, she creates an android
Dr. Mist and finds a new Jack O'Lantern (II).
Only Jack and Owl Woman are not brainwashed. 1st app. Impala, Little
Mermaid, Thunderlord. GUEST APPS.: Tasmanian
Devil, Dr. Light. |
JLE Annual #1 (1990) |
|
The JLI goes to the Cannes Film Festival. |
JLE #14 (5.90) |
|
Thanagarians Katar Hol and Shayera Thal arrive on Earth, where the media
dubs them Hawkman (III)
& Hawkwoman (II).
1st app. of the new Thanagarian Administrator, Andar Pul. NOTE: A younger Pul was depicted during the Silver Age event as
a Wingman; he is the uncle of Fel Andar. |
Hawkworld v.2 #1 (6.90) |
|
Despero returns to Earth, terminating Steel's life support and killing
Gypsy's family. Vivian (Crimson Fox) D'Aramis cancels a magazine article
about the JLI written by Wally Tortolini. 1st app. Maxi-Man. |
JLA #38 (5.90) |
|
Despero destroys the doppleganger of Mr. Miracle, which the JLA still
believes is real. |
JLA #39 (6.90) |
| "Mr. Miracle's" funeral. J'onn uses an illusion to trick Despero
into unconciousness. Booster recruits Gypsy for the Conglomerate. GUEST
APPS: Superman, Orion. |
JLA #40 (7.90) |
|
Superman entrusts Batman with Luthor's kryptonite ring, instructing him
to use it should Superman ever become a danger to Earth. |
Action #654 (6.90) |
| THE EXTREMIST VECTOR |
|
Part 1: On the planet Angor, the Extremists (Dreamslayer, Gorgon,
Tracer, Lord Havoc, Dr. Diehard) sense the Silver Sorceress' presence
and extract Earth's location from her mind. New costume for Power Girl.
NOTE: Like the Sorceress' first team, the
Justifiers, these villains may be Marvel knock-offs of Dormammu, Dr. Octopus,
Sabretooth, Doctor Doom & Magneto respectively. |
JLE #15 (6.90) |
|
Part 2: The Extremists kill several Rocket Reds and critically
injures one of the Rubikskova sisters in the Moscow embassy. The surviving
sister teleports Bluejay to the Paris embassy. |
JLE #16 (7.90) |
|
Part 3: Dreamslayer sends the JLE to Angor. The Extremists build
a Palace in Israel and comandeer many of the world's nuclear weapons. |
JLE #17 (8.90) |
|
Part 4: The JLE find the Silver Sorceress and battle their way
through the androids of Wackyworld. It's creator, Mitch Wacky,
awakens from his self-induced suspended animation. |
JLE #18 (9.90) |
|
Part 5: Wacky returns with the JLE to Earth and deactivates the
Extremists—who were androids, except for Dreamslayer. Silver Sorceress
casts a spell which destroys his body. GUEST APP:
Dr. Light. |
JLE #19 (10.90) |
| Max dreams (drunkenly) that he is the crimefighter "Maximum Force." |
JLA #41 (8.90) |
| A JLA membership drive: Orion and Lightray join. Manga
Kahn returns Mr. Miracle and Oberon to Earth and trades his assistant L-Ron
for the de-evolved Despero. Mr. Miracle takes a leave of absence, effectively
resigning. This is the Huntress' last JLA mission. El Diablo, Starman IV
and Hawk & Dove refuse membership. |
JLA #42 (9.90) |
|
The JLA attends the funeral of Ray Palmer. In truth, he'd faked his death
for an undercover assignment. Adam Cray takes his place as the Atom
(III). NOTE: Cray is killed in Suicide Squad #61 by Blacksnake, which
prompts Palmer's return. |
Suicide Squad #44 (8.90) |
|
Jilted journalist Wally Tortolini wins a host of weapons from a group
of super-villains. |
JLA #43 (10.90) |
|
Wally Tortolini vs. the mob, the JLA, and miscellaneous villains. |
JLA #44 (11.90) |
|
The Beefeater (Michael Morice) runs afoul of Kilowog in the Paris
embassy and accidentally destroys it. Blue Jay and Silver Sorceress join.
1st app. General Glory (in flashback). |
JLE #20 (11.90) |
| The JLE relocates to a castle in England; Catherine Cobert promoted
to JLE Chief (not just Paris embassy). She purges Wonder Woman from their
database and lists Animal Man as inactive. |
JLE #21 (12.90) |
|
Claire Montgomery (Max's ex-wife and rival) unveils her own hero group:
the Conglomerate (Booster Gold, Praxis, Gypsy, Maxi-Man, Vapor,
Echo, Reverb). They face off against Hector Hammond. NOTE: Chris Sprouse art. Praxis first appeared in Spectre v.2 #24; Maxi-Man
in Mr. Miracle v.2 #9. |
JLQ #1 (Wtr.90) |
|
Guy's birthday. Oberon takes a leave of absence. |
JLA #45 (12.90) |
|
1st app. John Fox, the Flash of the 27th Century, who later joins
the 853rd Century's Justice Legion A. |
Flash Special #1 (1990) |
|
Mr. Nebula comes to Earth to reclaim the Scarlet Skier for his herald.
Nebula's origin is revealed (he is Kirtan-Rodd). Fire & Ice vs. Captain
Cold & Heatwave. |
JLQ #2 (Spr.91) |
| GLORY BOUND |
|
Part 1: Forgotten war hero General Glory (Joseph Jones)
is reborn. |
JLA #46 (1.91) |
|
Part 2: NOTE: Shows scenes which
occur concurrently with Mr. Miracle #25 (3.91). |
JLA #47 (2.91) |
|
Part 3: Partial origin of General Glory. JLA vs. the Überbot. |
JLA #48 (3.91) |
|
Part 4: General Glory arrested. |
JLA #49 (4.91) |
|
Part 5: General Glory joins, upon revelation of his amnesiac past.
Orion and Lightray resign. |
JLA #50 (5.91) |
|
The origin of the Crimson Fox. 1st app. of her nemesis, Marucie Puanteur.
Power Girl's cat is kidnapped and implanted with a surveillance device
by Metawise Inc., a company which sells information about super-heroes. |
JLE #22 (1.91) |
|
Origin of Crimson Fox, revealing her identity as twins Vivian and Constance
d'Aramis. |
JLE #23 (2.91) |
|
JLE vs. the Conquer Worms. |
JLE #24 (3.91) |
|
Puanteur and the giant worms defeated. |
JLE #25 (4.91) |
|
The Huntress seeks the League's help, vowing afterwards to give up heroing. |
JLI Special #2 (1991) |
|
Kilowog and Mitch Wacky travel back in time, hoping to prevent the Extremists'
creation. NOTE: Many other members of Silver
Sorceress & Bluejay's Justifiers are shown: Bowman (Hawkeye), Tin
Man (Iron Man) and others resembling Marvel characters (Wolverine, Nick
Fury, Wasp, Goliath, Spider-Man). |
JLQ #3 (Sum.91) |
|
Monster Party: Party at Mister Miracle's house! Guest stars many
Justice League members. |
Mr. Miracle #26-27 (4-5.91) |
|
Starro returns, feigning to need the League's help to return to his home
planet. But he blows up his rocket ship and "rains down" on
London, possessing half of England. |
JLE #26 (5.91) |
| Starro possesses the Martian Manhunter. The JLI discovers they can defeat
hiim by freezing the central entity. |
JLE #27 (6.91) |
| The JLI contacts Manga Khan, who adds Starro to his "collection." |
JLE #28 (7.91) |
|
G'nort returns to Earth for a night out on the town. |
JLA #51 (6.91) |
|
The former members of "Justice League Antarctica" return to
crime as the Injustice League. |
JLQ #4 (Aut.91) |
|
Max is shot and critically injured. |
JLA #52 (7.91) |
|
Armageddon 2001: Waverider sees a future for the JLA: weddings
for Ice & Guy, Oberon & Fire. |
JLA Annual #5 (1991) |
|
BREAKDOWNS |
|
Part 1: The shady Rolf Heimlich replaces Max as U.N. liaison to
the League. |
JLA #53 (8.91) |
|
Part 2: Heimlich fires Captain Atom and Elongated Man and appoints
Blue Jay leader. Captain Atom is captured by the Global Guardians in Bialya.
Jack O'Lantern allies against the Queen Bee with Sumaan Harjavti. |
JLE #29 (8.91) |
|
Part 3: Harjavti and Jack O'Lantern reveal their involvement in
Max's shooting and a plot to overthrow the Queen Bee. Heimlich fires Blue
Beetle and Ice. Tasmanian Devil joins and Dr. Light rejoins. |
JLA #54 (9.91) |
|
Part 4: The fired Leaguers go undercover
to Bialya. Heimlich revealed as Queen Bee's drone. Little Mermaid
is accidentally
killed by Jack O'Lantern. Manga Khan sells a device which controls Despero
to a band of alien conquerors. |
JLE #30 (9.91) |
|
Part 5: Harjavti detonates an explosion, revealing Queen Bee's
secret complex and killing Jack O'Lantern II.
The Guardians regain their free wills. Owl Woman escapes. Heimlich exposed.
After this, Captain Atom is presumed dead in Armageddon 2001. |
JLA #55 (10.91 |
|
Armageddon 2001: Waverider tests the JLE for information about
Monarch, discovering Metawise's cat-assisted surveillance, which they
then terminate. |
JLE Annual #2 (1991) |
|
Armageddon 2001: Monarch is revealed as Hank Hall (a.k.a. Hawk).
Captain Atom is blasted into the distant past. |
Armageddon 2001 #2 (1991) |
|
Armageddon 2001: The League and many other heroes search through
the wreckage of S.T.A.R. labs to find survivors in the aftermath of Captain
Atom's "sacrifice." First appearance Lex Luthor II
(a clone). |
Action #670 (10.91) |
|
War
of the Gods: Near Ice's home in Norway, she and Fire fight Norse
gods. |
War of the Gods #2 (10.91) |
|
Professor Ivo steals the powers of Geo-Force, Valor, Red Star, Rebis
and Starman to kill himself. Wielding Guy's power ring, Ice goes to Ivo's
island home and cures him; Ivo is cured of his deformity and turns himself
over to authorities. Freed from the Queen Bee's control, the Global Guardians
regroup in Bialya under Harjavti's leadership. He sets them against the
Hero Group of Lower Pluxa. |
JLQ #5 (Wtr.91) |
|
Part 6: The U.N. revokes the JLI's charter. The League encounters
Thor, Loki and Baldur in Ice's homeland. The aliens who control Despero
attack the Khunds. The Khunds destroy them, which sets Despero free —
free to return to Earth! Inspector Camus helps expose Rolf Heimlich as
the Queen Bee's pawn. |
JLE #31 (10.91) |
|
Part 7: Tasmanian Devil and Dr. Light return to their home countries.
Both Leagues regroup at their old mountain HQ. Lord Manga Kahn hires Lobo
to kill Despero. |
JLA #56 (11.91) |
|
Guy Gardner feels he needs to toughen up his image (likely due JLI's
current instability) and fights Goldface. NOTE: This is a Breakdowns tie in with JLA #56. |
Green Lantern v.2 #18 (11.91) |
|
Part 8: The disembodied Dreamslayer possesses Max and reclaims
the Extremist androids. Manga Kahn hires Lobo to retrieve Despero. |
JLE #32 (11.91) |
|
Part 9: On KooeyKooeyKooey, Dreamslayer forces Mitch Wacky to
reactivate the Extremists. Despero arrives on Earth. |
JLA #57 (12.91) |
|
Part 10: Despero destroys much of mid-town Manhattan. Mitch Wacky
revives Lord Havoc using parts from all the Extremist androids; Dreamslayer
then kills him. L-Ron and Kilowog develop a new control device for Despero
(the original was designed by L-Ron). |
JLE #33 (12.91) |
|
Part 11: Blue Beetle destroys Lord Havoc in the tail of a rocket
booster. Kilowog uses L-Ron's circuitry to make a control collar for Despero.
NOTE: Bart Sears pencils. GUEST
APP.: The Conglomerate. |
JLA #58 (1.92) |
|
Part 12: L-Ron's parts are used for Despero's control unit, and
the robot's consciousness is imprinted in Despero's body. GUEST
APP.: The Conglomerate. |
JLE #34 (1.92) |
|
Part 13: Dreamslayer critically injures Silver Sorceress and
enslaves the JLA. NOTE: Bart Sears pencils. |
JLA #59 (2.92) |
|
Part 14: Silver Sorceress dies defeating
Dreamslayer in a psychic battle; she's buried on KooeyKooeyKooey.
Dreamslayer's
essence is relegated to his own "realm of terrors." Max returns
to full health. L-Ron returns to Manga Khan's service. |
JLE #35 (2.92) |
|
Part 15: J'onn takes a leave of absence. Oberon and Max
return to the team. General Glory departs. NOTE: Kevin Maguire pencils. |
JLA #60 (3.92) |
|
Postscript: Catherine Cobert accepts a promotion at the U.N.
All remaining members abandon the League. Despero awakes in L-Ron's
old body
and is quickly dispatched. Rocket Red, Metamorpho and Blue Jay depart.
Kilowog returns to the Green Lantern Corps. |
JLE #36 (3.92) |
