Justice League of America #196 [Direct]

(November 1981)

Countdown to Crisis! (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League of America / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Conway

Pencils

George Pérez (breakdowns); Romeo Tanghal (finished art)

Inks

Romeo Tanghal

Colors

Carl Gafford

Letters

Ben Oda

Job Number

J-7580

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice League of America [Batman (of Earth-1); Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]; Wonder Woman (of Earth-1)]; Justice Society of America [Superman (of Earth-2); Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Johnny Thunder (of Earth-2); Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt]; Secret Society of Super-Villains [Ultra-Humanite (leader, in albino ape form); Brain Wave [Henry King]; Floronic Man [Jason Woodrue; Plant Master]; Killer Frost [Crystal Frost]; Cheetah (of Earth-1) [Deborah Domaine]; Signalman [Phil Cobb]; Rag Doll [Peter Merkel]; The Mist [Kyle]; The Monocle [Jonathan Cheval]; Psycho-Pirate [Roger Hayden]]

Synopsis

The Ultra-Humanite is pleased that the other 9 heroes are rounded up by the Secret Society on Earths 1 and 2 by their foes and placed in suspended-animation containers in limbo. He then goes to capture his longtime arch-foe, The Earth-2 Superman, whom he succeeds in capturing and places in the last open container. Soon his plan will be completed and he will rule over Earth-2 (minus its heroes) alongside the other Earth-2 Society members.

Reprints

• in La Ligue de Justice (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #7 (novembre 1983)
• in Superman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #12 (1985)
• in Superamigos (Editora Abril, 1985 series) #13 (12 de maio de 1986)
• in DC Comics Classics Library: Justice League of America by George Perez (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([June] 2010)
• in Crisis on Multiple Earths (DC, 2002 series) #6 ([August] 2013)

Indexer Notes

Part two of annual JLA/JSA team-up. Story continues from the previous issue; story concludes in the following issue.

Clean Sweep (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Red Tornado [superhero] / 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

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-849

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Kent A. Phenis, Paul Gadzikowski, and Dan Coakley.