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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published September 2003
Cover Price 5.95 USD; 9.50 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Tom Brevoort (editor); Mike Carlin (editor); Dan Raspler (editor); Stephan Wacker (associate editor); Andy Schmidt (assistant editor); Marc Sumerak (assistant editor)
Notes ISBN 0-7851-1389-4 Story continues in Avengers / JLA #2.

Cover Details

Characters Thor; Iron Man; Batman; Superman; Wasp; Wonder Woman; Captain America; Atom; Terminus; Starro the Conqueror; Jack of Hearts; Warbird; Plastic Man; She-Hulk; Martian Manhunter; Hawkeye; Yellowjacket; Vision; Aquaman; Quicksilver; Flash; Triathlon; Green Lantern; Scarlet Witch
Genre superhero
Pencils George Pérez
Inks George Pérez
Colors Tom Smith
Letters John J. Hill (logo design)
Notes wraparound cover
Reprinted in JLA / Avengers: The Collector's Edition (DC / Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn]; in JLA / Avengers (DC, 2008 series) #[nn]

48 page JLA; Avengers story "Book One: A Journey Into Mystery"

Characters Thundra; Akron; Weaponers of Qward; Crime Syndicate [Ultraman; Superwoman; Power Ring; Johnny Quick; Owlman]; Infinity; Grandmaster; Krona; Terminus; the JLA [Martian Manhunter; Flash; Superman; Wonder Woman; Green Lantern; Batman; Aquaman; Atom]; Spectre [Hal Jordan]; Starro the Conqueror; The Avengers [Jack of Hearts; Warbird; She-Hulk; Yellowjacket; Vision; Thor; Iron Man; Captain America; Triathlon; Wasp; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Quasar; Hawkeye]; Cameos: Lobo; The Imperial Guard; Thanagarians; Skrulls; Mongul; the Brood; the Khunds; the Watcher; Dr. Doom; Magneto (an image on a tattered poster); Hulk; Punisher; denizens of Monster Island [Fin Fang Foom; Mole Man's Monster; Tricephalus; Vandoom's Creature]; Metron; Loophole; Captain Marvel; Supergirl; President Lex Luthor; Booster Gold (picture in an ad); 3 Flashes [Jay Garrick; Barry Allen; Wally West (as pictures in a newpaper)]; Impulse (a picture in a magazine)
Synopsis Twin universes become imperiled due a game being played by the Grandmaster and Krona. Their pawns: The Avengers and the JLA.
Genre superhero
Script Kurt Busiek
Pencils George Pérez
Inks George Pérez
Colors Tom Smith
Letters Comicraft
Notes Cameos of the various weapons that the heroes are gathering: The Bell, Jar, and Wheel; the Medusa Mask; the Spear of Destiny; the Eternity Book; the Orb of Ra; Green Lantern's power battery; the Soul Gems; the Casket of Ancient Winters; the Evil Eye; the Wand of Watoomb; the Ultimate Nullifier; the Cosmic Cube
Reprinted in JLA / Avengers: The Collector's Edition (DC / Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn]; in JLA / Avengers (DC, 2008 series) #[nn]