Justice League International Annual #4 [Direct]

([August] 1993)

Bloody London (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League International / comic story / 54 pages (report information)

Script

Gerard Jones

Pencils

Mike Parobeck

Inks

Luke McDonnell

Colors

Gene D'Angelo

Letters

Clem Robins

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice League International [Doctor Light [Kimiyo Hoshi]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Maya [Chandi Gupta]; Metamorpho [Rex Mason]; Power Girl [Kara Zor-L]; Tasmanian Devil [Hugh Dawkins]]; Lionheart [Richard Plante]; Lord Elgin Whitestone; Sue Dibny; Parasites [Gemir; Pritor; Glonth]; Mr. Major (mentioned); Lester Piggott (mentioned); Prince Charles (mentioned); Camilla (mentioned); King Henry I (mentioned); King Richard I (mentioned); Alf

Synopsis

Richard Plante, a modern day descendant of King Richard I is recruited by a shadowy British agency to become Lionheart, England's newest champion. His first assignment: to track down the serial killers loose in London. This brings him into conflict with the Justice League, who are also investigating the murders.

Keywords

BBC [British Broadcasting Company]; Big Ben; British agency; Goat in Boots (pub); House of Plantagenet; Huang-Chi (restaurant); Justice League Castle; Saracen's Mead (pub); Savoy Hill (mentioned); Scotland Yard; St. Paul's; statue of King Richard

Indexer Notes

The serial killers in the story are the aliens Glonth, Pritor, and Jemin. They are monsters that can assume human form and drink spinal fluid for sustenance. This is a part of the "Bloodlines" story running through all of DC's annuals this year.