Justice League of America #217 [Newsstand]

(August 1983)

All the Elements of Disaster! (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Kupperberg (credited)

Pencils

Chuck Patton (credited)

Inks

Romeo Tanghal (credited)

Colors

Anthony Tollin (credited as Tony Tollin)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

J-8821

Feature Logo

Justice League of America

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice League of America: Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; The Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Firestorm; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Red Tornado; Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]; Zatanna
Justice League of America: Superman [Clark Kent]
Ronnie Raymond; Prof. Martin Stein; Nuidis Vulko (cameo); The Elementals (villains); Garn Daanuth (villain)

Synopsis

An unknown force transforms three humans into elemental avatars of earth, water, and air, who begin a reign of destruction. The Justice League tracks their origins to Atlantis, where the team faces off against the ancient sorcerer Daanuth who is trying to raise the sunken city to the surface..

Reprints

• in Gerechtigkeitsliga (Egmont Ehapa, 1977 series) #27 (1984), #27 (1984), #27 (1984), #27 (1984), #27 (1984)
• in Justice League of America [So Much Fun] (DC, 1987 series) #217 ([August] 1987)

Keywords

Atlantis; Justice League Satellite; Los Angeles; Metropolis; Midway City; Pacific Ocean

Indexer Notes

Garn Daanuth is the evil brother of the hero Arion in ancent Atlantis, apparently still alive in present times.
Batman is no longer a member of the JLA, having resigned to join the Outsiders. (Batman and the Outsiders #1 is also on sale in April 1983.)

Cross Swords with Champions! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Remco Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

JLA Mail Room / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis (signed)

Pencils

Dick Dillin (logo illustration); ? (logo illustration)

Inks

? (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-1395

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Tim Smith, Geoffrey Smith, Stephen Scott Beau Smith, Mark Welch, Wm. Decker, Jim Planck, Frank Cwiklik, Mike Colavolpe, Duane Davis, Billy Morrell, John Brittan, Chris Thomas, and Yvette C. Hossack.