JLA: The Nail #3

(November 1998)

The Nail, Book Three of Three (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Davis (credited)

Pencils

Alan Davis (credited)

Inks

Mark Farmer (credited)

Colors

Trish Mulvihill (credited as Patricia Mulvihill) (colors); Heroic Age (credited) (separations)

Letters

Pat Prentice (credited as Patricia Prentice)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice League of America [Wonder Woman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkwoman [Shayera Thal]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Martian Manhunter; Aquaman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Superman]; Dr. Fate; Phantom Stranger; Demon; Deadman; Spectre; Matt Cable; Abigail Cable; Alec Holland; Metal Men [Tin; Platinum; Lead; Gold; Mercury; Iron]; Emil Hamilton; Will Magnus; Liberators; Hawkman [Katar Hol] (statue); Vicky Vale (cameo); Batwoman [Selina Kyle]; Alfred Pennyworth; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor; Krypto; Superman [Kal-El]; Ultra, the Multi-Alien; Beast Boy; Elongated Man; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Green Lantern Corps [Arrkis Chummuck; Tomar Re; Katma Tui; Arisia]; Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris]; Outsiders [Geo-Force; Black Lightning; Katana; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]]; Man-Bat (cameo); Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein] (cameo); Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl (cameo); Chief (cameo); Robotman [Cliff Steele] (cameo); Negative Man (cameo); Mento (cameo)]; Big Barda (cameo); Mr. Miracle (cameo); Metron (cameo); Black Orchid (cameo); Nightshade (cameo); Lana Lang (cameo); Ragman (cameo); Creeper (cameo); Astral Mage (cameo); Animal Man (cameo); B'Wana Beast (cameo); Congorilla (cameo); Jade (cameo); Dolphin (cameo); Hawk [Hank Hall] (cameo); Dove [Don Hall] (cameo); Mera (cameo); Vulko (cameo)

Synopsis

Wonder Woman and Hawkwoman are subdued by Luthor's Liberators, but Green Lantern’s ring reveals that they are not robots, but cloned Kryptonian replicants. While the JLAers release their compatriots, Lois discovers that Luthor found Kal-El's ship and traces of his DNA from which he created the Liberators. In Smallville, Jimmy, who has been grafted with Kryptonian DNA, joins the Liberators in the fight with the JLA. When a mysterious Amish man tries to stop the fight, Jimmy incinerates his parents. The Amish man and Jimmy fight until Jimmy's Kryptonian DNA graft fails and he crumbles to dust.

Reprints

• in JLA - Die neue Gerechtigkeitsliga Sonderband (Dino Verlag, 1997 series) #11 - Der Nagel - Eine Welt ohne Superman (1999)
• in Justice League of America: The Nail (DC, 1998 series) (1998 [February 1999])
• in Justice League of America: Another Nail (DC, 2004 series) (2004 [February 2005]) [few panels]
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #26 - JLA - Der Nagel
• in Justice League of America: The Nail The Complete Deluxe Edition (DC, 2017 series) ([December] 2017)
• in Justice League of America: The Nail The Complete Collection (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)

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

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For want of a nail...

Reprints

• in Justice League of America: The Nail (DC, 1998 series) (1998 [February 1999])
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #26 - JLA - Der Nagel

Indexer Notes

This is a modification of the image used on the back cover of the prevous issue, with the fire now exposing the Superman shield beneath the JLA logo.