Justice League of America #185 [British]

(December 1980)

Crisis on Apokolips or Darkseid Rising! (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Conway (credited)

Pencils

George Pérez (credited as George Perez) (breakdowns); Frank McLaughlin (finished art)

Inks

Frank McLaughlin (credited)

Colors

Gene D'Angelo (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Injustice Society: The Fiddler [Isaac Bowin] (Injustice Society); The Icicle [Dr. Joar Mahkent]; The Shade [Richard Swift]
Justice League of America: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Firestorm; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Superman [Clark Kent]
Justice Society of America (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)): Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); The Huntress [Helena Wayne] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); Power Girl [Kara Zor-L] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); Wonder Woman [Diana Trevor] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis))
Big Barda; Darkseid; Forager (cameo); Granny Goodness; Highfather; Lightray (cameo); Metron; Mister Miracle [Scott Free]; Oberon; Orion; parademons

Synopsis

The three teams free the gods of New Genesis and regroup, but apparently not in time as the Re-Creation Machine fires. However, due to Metron's interferance, it fires not at its intended target Apokolips, but at Darkseid himself, reducing him to atoms once again.

Reprints

• in Gerechtigkeitsliga (Egmont Ehapa, 1977 series) #15 (1981)
• in La Ligue de Justice (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #2 - La menace de Darkseid (octobre 1982) [Moins [Minus] 2 pages]
• in Justice League of America (K. G. Murray, 1983 series) #1 ([January 1983])
• in DC Comics Classics Library: Justice League of America by George Perez (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([November] 2009)
• in Crisis on Multiple Earths (DC, 2002 series) #5 ([June] 2010)
• in New Gods by Gerry Conway (DC, 2020 series) ([June] 2020)
• in Colección Héroes y Villanos (ECC Ediciones, 2021 series) #25 - Crisis en Nueva Génesis (Enero de 2022)
• in Crisis on Multiple Earths (DC, 2021 series) #3 - Countdown to Crisis ([August] 2023)

Keywords

Amulet of Anubis; Apokolips; Armagedda; Boom Tube; Bracelets of Submission; Cloak of Destiny; Fiddler's Fiddle; Fire Pits of Apokolips; Granny Goodness' Orphanage; Green Lantern Ring; Helmet of Fate; Lasso of Truth; Mobius Chair; Mother Box

Indexer Notes

Story concludes from previous two issues.

A Matter of Good Taste (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Batgirl; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

JLA Mail Room / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis (credited as Ted P. Skimmer)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-630

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Mark Lagasse, John F. Grant, Matt Kurtz, and Kevin Klemme.
Last 1/8th of the page is "Len's Line-Up," descriptions of comics on sale September 11th.