JLA #[2] - American Dreams [First Printing]
(1997 [January 1998])

DC, 1997 Series
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Price
7.95 USD; 10.95 CAD
Pages
116
On-sale Date
1997-11-19
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
ISBN
1-56389-394-0 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
761941212463 00111
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Bob Kahan (credited) (editor - collected edition); Jim Spivey (credited) (associate editor - collected edition); Dan Raspler (credited) (editor - original series); Ruben Diaz (credited) (editor - original series); Peter J. Tomasi (credited as Peter Tomasi) (associate editor - original series); Mike Carlin (credited) (executive editor)

American Dreams (Table of Contents)

Justice League / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Howard Porter (credited)
Inks
John Dell (credited)
Colors
Liquid! (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Martian Manhunter; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Flash [Wally West]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Aquaman; Green Arrow [Connor Hawke]; Tomorrow Woman; Zauriel
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

JLA: American Dreams (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Howard Porter (credited)
Inks
John Dell (credited)
Colors
Liquid! (credited)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Martian Manhunter

Indexer Notes

The Martian Manhunter figure is from the cover of this reprint.

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

Justice League / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Porter (credited)
Inks
John Dell (credited)
Colors
Liquid! (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; The Flash; Green Lantern; Martian Manhunter; Aquaman

Indexer Notes

The characters' images are from the cover.

Woman of Tomorrow (Table of Contents: 4)

Justice League / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison (credited)
Pencils
Howard Porter (credited)
Inks
John Dell (credited)
Colors
Pat Garrahy (credited); Heroic Age (credited) (separations)
Letters
Ken Lopez (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Martian Manhunter; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Tomorrow Woman (introduction, death); Damage; Hitman; Max Mercury; Robin [Tim Drake]; T. O. Morrow; Professor Ivo; Artemis (cameo); Aztek (cameo); Green Arrow [Connor Hawke] (cameo); Java (cameo); Joey Mason (cameo); Steel [John Henry Irons] (cameo); Supergirl [Linda Danvers] (cameo); Plastic Man (cameo); Warrior [Guy Gardner] (cameo)
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Fire in the Sky (Table of Contents: 5)

Justice League / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison (credited)
Pencils
Howard Porter (credited)
Inks
John Dell (credited)
Colors
Pat Garrahy (credited); Heroic Age (credited) (separations)
Letters
Ken Lopez (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Aquaman [Arthur Curry; Orin]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Martian Manhunter; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Zauriel; Abnegazar; Key; Ghast; Neron; Animecus (cameo); Mangatron (cameo); Rath (cameo)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearances of Animecus, Mangatron, and Zauriel.

Haven on Earth (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Grant Morrison (credited)
Pencils
Howard Porter (credited)
Inks
John Dell (credited); Ken Branch (credited)
Colors
Pat Garrahy (credited); Heroic Age (credited) (separations)
Letters
Ken Lopez

Genre
superhero
Characters
Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Martian Manhunter; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Zauriel; Abnegazar; Asmodel; Key; Ghast; Neron; Rath (cameo)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Asmodel.

Imaginary Stories (Table of Contents: 7)

Justice League / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison (credited)
Pencils
Oscar Jimenez (credited)
Inks
Chip Wallace (credited)
Colors
Pat Garrahy (credited); Heroic Age (credited) (separations)
Letters
Ken Lopez (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Aquaman [Arthur Curry; Orin]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Arrow [Connor Hawke]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Key; As hallucinations -- Batman [Tim Drake]; Joker; Selina Kyle-Wayne; Robin [Bruce Wayne, Jr.]; Tomar Re; Steve Trevor; Baroness Paula von Gunther
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Indexer Notes

Much of this issue has the heroes in a series of Elseworld type fantasies.

Elseworlds (Table of Contents: 8)

Justice League / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison (credited)
Pencils
Oscar Jimenez (credited)
Inks
Chip Wallace (credited); Anibal Rodriguez (credited as Haníbal Rodríguez)
Colors
Pat Garrahy (credited); Heroic Age (credited) (separations)
Letters
Ken Lopez (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
JLA [Aquaman [Arthur Curry; Orin]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Arrow [Connor Hawke]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Martian Manhunter; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Wonder Woman [Diana]]; Key; Injustice Gang [Lex Luthor; Joker; Circe; Doctor Light [Arthur Light]; Ocean Master]; Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance] (cameo flashback); Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo flashback); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo flashback); As hallucinations -- Batman [Tim Drake]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle-Wayne]; Joker; Robin [Bruce Wayne, Jr.]; Steve Trevor; Baroness Paula von Gunther
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The original pages 22-23 are cut for this reprint. These pages later appeared as a prologue in JLA: Rock of Ages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Justice League / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Howard Porter (credited)
Inks
John Dell (credited)
Colors
Liquid! (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Artemis; Green Arrow [Connor Hawke]; Hitman; Plastic Man; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Tomorrow Woman; Aquaman [Arthur Curry; Orin]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Martian Manhunter; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Neron; Zauriel; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Key
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reprints the covers from JLA (DC, 1997 series) 5-9. Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. American Dreams
    Justice League
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. JLA: American Dreams
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Justice League
  5. 4. Woman of Tomorrow
    Justice League
  6. 5. Fire in the Sky
    Justice League
  7. 6. Haven on Earth
    Justice League
  8. 7. Imaginary Stories
    Justice League
  9. 8. Elseworlds
    Justice League
  10. 9. ["The heroes of the Justice League can also be found in these books from DC"]
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Justice League
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