Justice League Quarterly
#16
[Newsstand]
(Autumn 1994)
DC,
1990 Series
- Price
- 3.50 USD; 4.95 CAD; 2.50 GBP
- Pages
- 84
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 070989317055 43
- Editing
- Brian Augustyn; Ruben Diaz (Assistant Editor)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Justice League Quarterly (DC, 1990 series) #16 [Direct Sales].
Paths of Glory!
General Glory / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- General Glory
Indexer Notes
Cover art credits from solicitation. Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Visions of Glory
General Glory / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- Paul Kupperberg
- Pencils
- Vince Giarrano
- Inks
- Vince Giarrano
- Colors
- Trish Mulvihill
- Letters
- Albert DeGuzman
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- General Glory [Joe Jones]; Guy Gardner; Donovan Wallace; Justice League America [Martian Manhunter (cameo); Fire (cameo); Guy Gardner (cameo)]; a street gang
- Synopsis
- Joe Jones is in the hospital after a heart attack and shares a room with Donovan Wallace. Donovan was a cop who is paralyzed by a bullet after protecting a young girl from a street gang. Joe comforts the young man with a retelling of his origin as General Glory, then begins to tell later, updated General Glory stories. Afterwards, Joe realizes his life is ebbing away. To keep Glory's path shining bright, he bestows his powers on Donovan, whose full mobility is restored. As Donovan becomes the next General Glory, Joe passes away quietly.
Indexer Notes
Framing sequence. Pages 1-9 begin the framing story; page 10 follows the last page of the second story; page 11 follows the last page of the third story; page 12 follows the last page of the fourth story; and pages 13-22 conclude the framing story.
I Fought Groout, the Creature Who Came from the Cracks in the Earth!
General Glory / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- General Glory; Commodore Pasternak; Ernest E. Ernest [Ernie] (the General's young ward); unnamed campers; Groout
- Synopsis
- Joe Jones hears a fantastic tale of a monster coming from the center of the Earth from Commodore Pasternak at the Megolopolis's Explorers Club. Determined to join the club, Joe journeys to the outskirts of town and meets Groout, a huge monster bent on conquering the earth. Only Joe -as General Glory- can prevent this.
Indexer Notes
This story is a homage to the Monster comics done by Marvel Comics in the 1950s and 1960s.
"Moolah" Murphy Goes Straight
General Glory / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Paul Kupperberg
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- José Marzán Jr.
- Colors
- Jerry Nicholas
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- General Glory [Joe Jones]; Ernie [Ernest E. Ernest]; Mavis Morgan (an investigative radio reporter); "Moolah" Murphy (a criminal); "Moolah's" unnamed henchman; Inspector McLaughlin; Benny Lenox and his gang (rivals of "Moolah" and his gang)
- Synopsis
- Joe and Ernest have a radio interview with Mavis Morgan interrupted by "Moolah" Murphy, a mobster who's going straight. It’s up to Joe and Ernest -- as General Glory and Ernie -- to find out the truth.
Indexer Notes
This story is a homage to both Batman and Superman stories of the 1950s and 1960s: it has Batman's set up with Superman's supporting characters.
Return on a Dark Night
General Glory / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- General Glory [Joe Jones]; DeeDee (a news reporter); Police Commissioner Morris Madison; the Degenerates (a militant street gang); the Green Skeleton (cameo); Ernie (cameo); Jeeves (Joe's butler); Skylar and Ernestine (two girls)
- Synopsis
- It's a dark future where Joe must decide to become General Glory again to defeat the Degenerates and bring hope to a dismal world.
Indexer Notes
This is a homage to Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" story.
The Power... and the Platitude!
General Glory / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Paul Kupperberg
- Pencils
- Danny Rodriguez
- Inks
- Andrew Pepoy
- Colors
- Greg Rosewall
- Letters
- Chris Eliopoulos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Wildbloods [Strykeheart; Wingstarr; Platoon; Thudd; Stones]; General Glory; Ernie
- Synopsis
- The Wildbloods-- a new group of heroes for this generation-- are assigned to open two cryogenic tubes holding the living legends of World War II: General Glory and Ernie! But 30 years of stasis has left the two confused and they believe the Wildbloods are attacking them. Can the Wildbloods convince them otherwise before someone gets killed-- or worse?
Indexer Notes
This story is inspired by the Image books of the 1990s, specifically Youngblood.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Paths of Glory!
General Glory -
1.
Visions of Glory
General Glory -
2.
I Fought Groout, the Creature Who Came from the Cracks in the Earth!
General Glory -
3.
"Moolah" Murphy Goes Straight
General Glory -
4.
Return on a Dark Night
General Glory -
5.
The Power... and the Platitude!
General Glory
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- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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