Mike Carlin (credited) (editor - original series); Michael Siglain (credited) (assistant editor - original series); Bob Joy (credited) (editor - collected edition)
Coldcast [Nathan Jones]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Manitou Raven; Menagerie [Sonja]; Sister Superior [Vera Lynn Black]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Kasumi [Batgirl; Cassandra Cain]; Naif al-Sheikh; Dawn; Christopher Jones; Mister Terrific [Michael Holt] (cameo); Hawkgirl [Kendra Saunders] (cameo); Power Girl [Karen Starr] (cameo); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (cameo); Black Canary [Dinah Lance] (cameo)
Synopsis
The JLE infiltrate the alien drug gang, the Aftermath, as members of Coldcast’s crew, but the JSA also come looking for the Aftermath. Manitou Raven obtains the Eye of Eighteen Pupils in order to find out who in the Elite killed Hi-Shan Bat.
JSA [Justice Society of America; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkgirl [Kendra Saunders]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Power Girl [Karen Starr]]; Ms. Morphine
Justice League Elite [Coldcast [Nathan Jones]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Kasumi [Batgirl; Cassandra Cain] (identity revealed); Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Manitou Raven; Menagerie [Sonja]; Naif al-Sheikh; Sister Superior [Vera Black]]; JSA [Justice Society of America; Dr. Mid-Nite [Pieter Cross]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkgirl [Kendra Saunders]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Power Girl [Karen Starr]]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Aftermath (first appearance, villain); Mr. Wolfwood (villain); Christopher Jones (villain)
Synopsis
The JLE try to engage the JSA without blowing their cover and without serious injury to either side, but Major Disaster causes Coldcast’s electromagnetic powers to overload and that, in turn, causes Kasumi to gravely injure Hawkgirl. The two teams disengage without further incident, but Batman tells Batgirl she must leave the team. For passing their test the JSA, Coldcast’s crew gets a face-to-face meeting with the head of the Aftermath.
Coldcast [Nathan Jones]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Manitou Raven; Menagerie [Sonja]; Sister Superior [Vera Lynn Black]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Kasumi [Batgirl; Cassandra Cain]; Naif al-Sheikh; Dawn; Aftermath; Wolfwood; Christopher Jones
Synopsis
Manitou Raven learns that his wife Dawn is having an affair with Green Arrow. The back-up members of JLE try to find the location of the undercover members of JLE. Aftermath reveals that every 1 in 200,000 users of his enhanced heroin becomes a portal to the Source Wall and he intends to use them to take possession of the Worlogog, a blueprint of the universe.
Coldcast [Nathan Jones]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Manitou Raven (death); Menagerie [Sonja]; Sister Superior [Vera Lynn Black]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Kasumi [Batgirl; Cassandra Cain]; Naif al-Sheikh; Dawn; Aftermath (death); Wolfwood; Christopher Jones; Manchester Black
Synopsis
Christopher realizes his brother Nathan is setting him up, so he shoots him just as the back-up members of the JLE arrive at Aftermath’s lair. Manitou Raven tells Green Arrow that he knows that he and Dawn are sleeping together before he sacrifices himself by taking the brunt of an explosion. Aftermath reaches the Source Wall, but is killed while trying to take possession of the Worlogog. The Worlogog falls into Vera’s hands, but at that point her mind is taken over by her supposedly deceased brother, Manchester.
Coldcast [Nathan Jones]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Kasumi [Batgirl; Cassandra Cain]; Naif al-Sheikh; Dawn; Wolfwood; Christopher Jones; Manchester Black; Superman (cameo); Batman (cameo); Wonder Woman (cameo); Martian Manhunter (cameo); Green Lantern [John Stewart] (cameo); Plastic Man (cameo)
Synopsis
Manchester tries to use Eve, the human form of the Worlogog, to change the past and kill Superman, but she is unable to do it. Flash saves most of the people in Aftermath’s lair before it is destroyed. Green Arrow tells Dawn that Raven knew of their affair. Major Disaster returns Raven’s hatchet and medicine staff to Dawn and apologizes for not being able to get his powers to work. Menagerie goes missing. Coldcast and Kasumi escape into the Shadow realm until Coldcast is healed. On their return to the Foundry, Coldcast is arrested by the JLA for the murder of Hi-Shan Bhat.
Coldcast [Nathan Jones]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Naif al-Sheikh; Dawn; Manchester Black; Superman (cameo); Batman (cameo); Wonder Woman (cameo); Martian Manhunter (cameo); Green Lantern [John Stewart] (cameo); Plastic Man (cameo)
Synopsis
Coldcast is imprisoned for the killing of Hi-Shan Bhat. After failing to kill himself, Major Disaster is visited by a raven and decides to get treatment for his alcoholism. Dawn gives Raven’s hatchet to Naif al-Sheikh. Manchester uses Eve to destroy London and draw out Superman. In anger, Dawn strikes the floor with Raven’s medicine staff and his spirit tells her to speak his magic phrase, “Inukchuk.”
Coldcast [Nathan Jones]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Kasumi [Batgirl; Cassandra Cain]; Naif al-Sheikh; Dawn; Manchester Black; Superman (cameo); Batman (cameo); Wonder Woman (cameo); Martian Manhunter (cameo); Green Lantern [John Stewart] (cameo)
Synopsis
Dawn assumes Raven’s mantle and becomes Manitou Dawn. The JLA fail to stop Eve and Manchester Black. Raven calls on Nathan, Booker, Cassandra, Oliver and Naif to help Vera Lynn regain control of her mind so they can stop Eve. When Cassandra breaks Nathan out of prison, they realize that Menagerie used her creatures to control Nathan so that she could get him to kill Hi-Shan Bhat. The JLE regroup and confront Eve and Manchester Black in London.
Sister Superior [Vera Lynn Black]; Coldcast [Nathan Jones]; Menagerie [Sonja]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Kasumi [Batgirl; Cassandra Cain]; Naif al-Sheikh; Manitou Dawn; Manchester Black (death); Superman (cameo); Batman (cameo); Wonder Woman (cameo); Martian Manhunter (cameo); Green Lantern [John Stewart] (cameo)
Synopsis
Raven’s spirit confronts Vera Lynn with the truth that she is a good person at heart by using the Eye of Eighteen Pupils. At the same time the JLE are able to reset Eve using Raven’s medicine stick. With Vera in control, she uses Eve to return everyone back to life. The JLE hunt down Menagerie (Sonja) to Costa Rica where she confesses that she used Coldcast to kill Hi-Shan Bhat because of her hatred of Manchester Black for what he did to her sister, Pamela, the original Menagerie. Naif and Vera go off to plan the next version of the Elite.