Justice League America #57 [Direct]
(December 1991)

DC, 1989 Series
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Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1991-10-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Andy Helfer (editor); Kevin Dooley (associate editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Extremities! (Table of Contents)

Justice League / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chris Sprouse (signed)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Maxwell Lord; Extremists [Lord Havok; Gorgon; Tracer; Doctor Diehard]

Indexer Notes

Cover art is an homage to the cover of Justice League (DC, 1987 series) #1 (May 1987).

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

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The Descent of... Despero! (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Keith Giffen (plot); J. M. DeMatteis (dialogue)
Pencils
Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Chris Wozniak
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Bob Lappan
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League America [Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Fire [Beatriz da Costa]; Guy Gardner; Ice [Tora Olafsdotter]; General Glory [Joseph Jones]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]]; L-Ron; Maxwell Lord; Justice League Europe [Crimson Fox; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Flash [Wally West]; Metamorpho [Rex Mason]; Power Girl [Kara Zor-L]; Rocket Red; Blue Jay; Silver Sorceress]; Catherine Cobert; Sue Dibny; Inspector Camus; Belina Pushkin (cameo); Tanya Pushkin (cameo); Ivan Pushkin (cameo); Injustice League [Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Big Sir; Multi-Man; Cluemaster; Clock King [William Tockman]; Mighty Bruce]; Despero; Lobo; Beefeater [Michael Morice]; Mitch Wacky; Extremists [Doctor Diehard (cameo); Dreamslayer (cameo); Tracer (cameo)]
Synopsis
Despero lands at the old JLE embassy and battles the Beefeater. Max, under the control of Dreamslayer, orders Mitch Wacky to restore the Extremists.

Indexer Notes

JLA/JLE crossover: Breakdowns, Part 9 of 15.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Justice Log / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Extremities!
    Justice League
  2. 1. The Descent of... Despero!
    Justice League
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Justice Log
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  • Tony R. Rose
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