JLA: Classified #21 [Newsstand]

(Late June 2006)

After the Fire! The Hypothetical Woman Conclusion (Table of Contents: 1)

JLA / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Gail Simone

Pencils

José Luis García-López (pp. 1-17); Sean Phillips (pp. 18-22)

Inks

Sean Phillips

Colors

David Baron

Letters

Pat Brosseau

Genre

superhero

Characters

The JLA [Wonder Woman; Flash [Wally West]; Superman; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Batman]; Azir Tuzik; General Dvory Tuzik; Starro microbe; Hypotheticals [Soldat; Marieke; Velocista; Dybbuk; Jin Si; Ghost Lion]; Kitty Faulkner; Hypothetical Woman [Sybil]; General Zod (cameo; image summoned by Ghost Lion); 2 other Phantom Zone villains (cameos; images summoned by Ghost Lion); Amazo (cameo; as part of Tuzik's weaponry); Gold (of the Metal Men; cameo; as part of Tuzik's weaponry); Chen

Synopsis

During the final battle against the Hypotheticals, the JLA take control of the Starro virus and the Hypotheticals join them against General Tuzik. Tuzik plays his ace and transforms himself into a metahuman, complete with alien weaponry. But the potions he ingested were not meant for humans. As he kills Sybil, she frees the Hypotheticals to go on to their afterlife. The General dies and his son takes over for him, hoping to erase the memory of his father.

Reprints

• in JLA: The Hypothetical Woman (DC, 2008 series) ([March] 2008) [see note]

Indexer Notes

The last five pages are pencilled by Sean Phillips (uncredited), but are replaced by actual Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez artwork in the reprint, as confirmed with editor Anton Kawasaki at DC.