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By Keith Giffen<\/strong>, J.M. DeMatteis<\/strong>, Kevin Maguire<\/strong>, Al Gordon<\/strong> & various (DC Comics) When the continuity altering shenanigans of Crisis on Infinite Earths<\/strong> produced such spectacular commercial success, DC felt more than justified in revamping a number of their hoariest icons for their next fifty years of publishing. As well as Superman, Flash, and Wonder Woman, the Justice League of America was earmarked for a radical revision.<\/p>\n Editor Andy Helfer assembled plotter Keith Giffen, dialoguer (?) J.M. DeMatteis and neophyte penciller Kevin Maguire to produce an utterly new approach to the superhero monolith: they played them for laughs.<\/p>\n Combining a roster of relative second-stringers Black Canary, Blue Beetle, Captain Marvel, Dr, Fate, Guy Gardner\/Green Lantern, and Mr. Miracle with heavyweights Batman and Martian Manhunter – as nominal straight-men \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and later supplemented by Captain Atom, Booster Gold, Dr. Light, and Rocket Red, they mixed high-speed action with quick-fire humour for a truly revolutionary – and popular – delight.<\/p>\n Introducing the charismatic and manipulative Maxwell Lord, who used his wealth and influence to recreate the super-team, the creators unfolded a mystery that took fully a year to play out. The team passed the time fighting terrorist bombers (#1, ‘Born Again’<\/em> inked by Terry Austin), displaced Alien heroes determined to abolish Nuclear weapons (#2-3 ‘Make War No More’<\/em> and ‘Meltdown’<\/em>) and good old fashioned super-creeps like the Royal Flush Gang (#4 ‘Winning Hand’<\/em>).<\/p>\n ‘Gray Life, Gray Dreams’<\/em> and ‘Massacre in Gray,’<\/em> guest-starring the Creeper, was a supernatural threat dealt with in issues #5-6, and Lord’s scheme bears fruit in #7’s ‘Justice League\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 International’<\/em> as the team achieves the status of a UN agency, with rights privileges and embassies in every corner of the World.<\/p>\n These are wonderfully light yarns full of sharp badinage and genuinely gleeful situations, perfect for the Ghostbusters<\/strong> generation. That the art is still great is no surprise, and the action still engrossing is welcome, but to find that the jokes are still funny is a glorious relief. Track this down and discover even after twenty years why fans still greet each other with the secret mantra \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bwah-Hah- Hah!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a9 1987, 1989 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, Al Gordon & various (DC Comics) ISBN: 0-930289-40-4 When the continuity altering shenanigans of Crisis on Infinite Earths produced such spectacular commercial success, DC felt more than justified in revamping a number of their hoariest icons for their next fifty years of publishing. As well as Superman, Flash, … <\/p>\n
\nISBN: 0-930289-40-4<\/p>\n