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Issue Details

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Published 2001
Cover Price 17.95 USD; 29.95 CAD
Pages 212
Editing Nick J. Napolitano (Editor, Collected Edition); Scott Nybakken (Associate Editor, Collected Edition); Dan Raspler (Editor, Original Series); Tony Bedard (Associate Editor, Original Series [#47-49]); Stephen Wacker (Assistant Editor, Original Series [#50-54])
Notes Though released on January 4, 2002, this volume has a copyright date of 2001.

Cover Details

Characters Justice League of America [Superman; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Martian Manhunter; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Aquaman; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Paul Neary
Colors Laura Martin [as Laura DePuy]
Letters typeset
Notes Though released on January 4, 2002, this volume has a copyright date of 2001.
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #50

1 page Justice League of America foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "JLA: Divided We Fall"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana]; Plastic Man
Genre Superhero
Pencils Ty Templeton (Plastic Man figure); Mark Pajarillo (Wonder Woman figure)
Inks Kevin Nowlan (Plastic Man figure); Walden Wong (Wonder Woman figure)
Letters typeset
Notes Frontispiece.
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #50 [both figures]

2 page Justice League of America foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "JLA: Divided We Fall"

Characters Justice League of America [Flash [Wally West]; Martian Manhunter [John Jones]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike S. Miller
Inks Armando Durruthy
Colors John Kalisz; ? [as Heroic Age] (separations)
Letters typeset
Notes Title page.
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #51 [illustration]

2 page Justice League of America foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Characters Justice League of America [Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Plastic Man; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Aquaman]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike S. Miller (illustrations)
Inks Armando Durruthy (illustrations)
Letters typeset
Notes Publishing data pages. Uses two illustrations, one of which is a creation made up of two originally separate illustrations.
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #51 [illustrations]

22 page Justice League of America story "Into the Woods"

Characters Justice League of America [Flash [Wally West]; Wonder Woman; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Superman; Plastic Man; Martian Manhunter; Aquaman]; Queen of Fables; Lois Lane
Synopsis When a woman opens an ancient book, she releases the Queen of Fables, who immediately sets off in search of "the fairest of them all" -- Wonder Woman -- turning Manhattan in the dark forest of fairy tales. As soon as the JLA enters the forest, the Queen separates Wonder Woman from her teammates, and the remaining members split up into pairs to search for her. While Plastic Man and Martian Manhunter find themselves trapped in the gingerbread cottage from Hansel and Gretel, Green Lantern and Flash find Wonder Woman asleep in a glass coffin.
Genre Superhero
Script Mark Waid
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Paul Neary
Colors Laura Martin [as Laura DePuy]
Letters Ken Lopez
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #47

22 page Justice League of America story "Truth Is Stranger"

Characters Justice League of America [Wonder Woman [Diana]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Aquaman; Superman; Plastic Man; Martian Manhunter; Batman [Bruce Wayne]]; Huntsman; Queen of Fables; Hippolyta; Snow White
Synopsis Aquaman and Superman join Flash and Green Lantern, and Aquaman's kiss revives the sleeping beauty Wonder Woman. After Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman rescue Plastic Man and Martian Manhunter, the gathered heroes are surprised by the arrival of Batman, who sends the JLA into the book containing the Queen's land of fables. There the JLA meets the Huntsman who tells them how years ago sorcerers banished the Queen and her minions to Earth, where she tortured the commonfolk until her step-daughter Snow White turned the Queen into fiction by mystically trapping her in a book. With this knowledge, the JLA return to Manhattan to re-imprison the Queen.
Genre Superhero
Script Mark Waid
Pencils Bryan Hitch (pp. 1-9, 13-15, 21-22); J. H. Williams (pp. 10-12, 16-20)
Inks Paul Neary (pp. 1-9, 13-15, 21-22); Mick Gray (pp. 10-12, 16-20)
Colors Laura Martin [as Laura DePuy]
Letters Kenny Lopez
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #48

22 page Justice League of America story "Unhappily Ever After"

Characters Justice League of America [Martian Manhunter; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Superman; Aquaman; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Plastic Man]; Queen of Fables; Paul Bunyan; Hippolyta (cameo)
Synopsis The JLA plan to force the Queen back into the book in which she was previously trapped, but find Manhattan overrun with storybook creatures and the Queen occupying Wonder Woman's Wonderdome. Using her lasso of truth, Wonder Woman forces the Queen to see the world as it is, a world of technology and discovery, not the land of fantasy she once knew. Shattered, the Queen tries to return to the realm of fairy tales in the mystical book, where she can retain some semblance of power, but Flash tricks her, and traps her in a book completely lacking in imagination.
Genre Superhero
Script Mark Waid
Pencils Bryan Hitch (pp. 1-8, 12-13, 21-22); Javier Saltares (9-11, 14-20)
Inks Paul Neary (pp. 1-8, 12-13, 21-22); Chris Ivy (9-11, 14-20)
Colors Laura Martin [as Laura DePuy]
Letters Kenny Lopez
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #49

38 page Justice League of America story "Dream Team"

Characters Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Wally West]; Martian Manhunter [John Jones]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Aquaman]; Dr. Destiny
Synopsis Superman relates to Batman a recent JLA case and the effect the distrust Batman brought into the group had on their teamwork. The six other members had split up to handle three different emergencies where they all encountered Dr. Destiny. They quickly realized that they faced not the villain himself, but his dream self, who had brought dream logic to the waking world. The Manhunter put the six to sleep and as a team they forced the physical Dr. Destiny to wake up and swap places with his dream self once again. Convinced that he needed to restore trust to the group, Batman brings the rest of the group to the Batcave where he and Superman greet their teammates in their civilian guises. The four other JLAers who have secret identities change to theirs as well, just as the Batmobile enters the cave, driven by Batman!
Genre Superhero
Script Mark Waid
Pencils Bryan Hitch (pp. 1-2, 17, 21 [bottom half of page only], 32-38 [bottom half of 32]); Phil Jimenez (pp. 3-9); Ty Templeton (pp. 10-16); Doug Mahnke (pp. 18-24 [top half of 21 only], 32 [top half of page only]); Mark Pajarillo (pp.25-31)
Inks Paul Neary (pp. 1-9, 17, 21 [bottom half of page only], 32-38 [bottom half of 32]); Kevin Nowlan (pp. 10-16); Drew Geraci (pp. 18-24 [top half of 21 only], 32 [top half of page only]); Walden Wong (pp.25-31)
Colors Laura Martin [as Laura DePuy]
Letters Ken Lopez
Notes Inking credits confirmed with Kevin Nowlan, Drew Geraci, and Anton Kawasaki.
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #50

22 page Justice League of America story "Man and Superman"

Characters Justice League of America [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Flash [Wally West]; Martian Manhunter [John Jones]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Aquaman]; Linda Park; Woozy Winks; Joseph Stinton
Synopsis All six JLAers with secret identities come face to face with people who are apparently them in their civilian IDs. When J'onn J'onzz verifies that they are in fact who they believe they are, the civilians return to their lives while the heroes deal with a homeless man with god-like powers. Though the heroes easily handle the situation, their other identities are not as easily adjusting to life without super-powers.
Genre Superhero
Script Mark Waid
Pencils Mike S. Miller
Inks Armando Durruthy
Colors John Kalisz (colors); Heroic Age (separations)
Letters Ken Lopez
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #51

22 page Justice League of America story "Element of Surprise"

Characters Justice League of America [Aquaman; Martian Manhunter [John Jones]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Flash [Wally West]; Wonder Woman [Diana]]; Joey Stagg; Terry Berg; Simon Stagg; Sapphire Stagg; Metamorpho [Rex Mason]; The Cathexis
Synopsis As the heroes and their secret identities drift further apart, the JLA must deal with a crisis in their own circle, as a horrific version of Metamorpho seemingly comes back to life to reunite with his son Joey Stagg. While trying to protect the Stagg family, the JLA encounter The Cathexis who inform them that a sentient energy called ID from their dimension is lose in the JLA's dimension and has granted Joey's wish for his father's return. Once Joey has wished away his father, and things have returned to normal, The Cathexis suggest that not only is ID responsible for many of the strange occurrences around the globe but that it is also responsible for separating their private selves from their hero selves.
Genre Superhero
Script Mark Waid
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Paul Neary
Colors Laura Martin [as Laura DePuy]
Letters Ken Lopez
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #52

22 page Justice League of America story "It Takes a Thief"

Characters Justice League of America [Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Aquaman; Martian Manhunter [John Jones]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Flash [Wally West]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana]]; The Cathexis; ID; Linda Park; Alfred Pennyworth
Synopsis As Eel O'Brian gathers their secret identities, the heroes work with the Cathexis to subdue ID. But once the Cathexis have regained control of ID, they reveal their true nature, putting the entire JLA out of commission. Only the human halves of the Leaguers now stand against them.
Genre Superhero
Script Mark Waid
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Paul Neary
Colors Laura Martin [as Laura DePuy]
Letters Ken Lopez
Reprinted in JLA (DC, 1997 series) #53

22 page Justice League of America story "United We Fall"

Characters Justice League of America [Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Aquaman; Martian Manhunter [John Jones]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Flash [Wally West]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana]]; The Cathexis; ID; Linda Park; Lois Lane
Synopsis Eel O'Brian tries to use the ID to reunify the Leaguers, but he is only partially successful. The Cathexis turn Aquaman into a real fish-man and separate Wonder Woman's soul from her clay body, but when they do they unleash the spirit of truth that is her essence, by which she makes the partially merged Leaguers acknowledge that they are only parts of a whole, and they become unified again. Flash uses ID to restore Aquaman and convert The Cathexis into something the League can easily handle.
Genre Superhero
Script Mark Waid
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Paul Neary
Colors Laura Martin [as Laura DePuy]
Letters Ken Lopez
Reprinted in JLA (DC, 1997 series) #54

1 page Justice League of America cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Justice League of America [Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Superman]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Paul Neary
Notes Cover presented without any trade elements.
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #47

1 page Justice League of America cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Justice League of America [Wonder Woman [Diana]; Aquaman; Flash [Wally West]; Martian Manhunter; Superman; Plastic Man; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Paul Neary
Notes Cover presented without any trade elements.
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #48

1 page Justice League of America cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Justice League of America [Wonder Woman [Diana]; Flash [Wally West]; Superman; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Aquaman]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Paul Neary
Notes Cover presented without any trade elements.
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #49

1 page Justice League of America cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Justice League of America [Superman; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Martian Manhunter; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Aquaman; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Paul Neary
Notes Cover presented without any trade elements.
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #50

1 page Justice League of America cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Justice League of America [Superman [also as Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Martian Manhunter; Batman [also as Bruce Wayne]; Aquaman; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Plastic Man]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Paul Neary
Notes Cover presented without any trade elements.
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #51

1 page Justice League of America cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Justice League of America [Superman; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Martian Manhunter; Aquaman; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Paul Neary
Notes Cover presented without any trade elements.
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #52

1 page Justice League of America cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Justice League of America [Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Flash [Wally West]; Superman; Martian Manhunter]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Paul Neary
Notes Cover presented without any trade elements.
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #53

1 page Justice League of America cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Justice League of America [Superman; Plastic Man; Martian Manhunter; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Paul Neary
Notes Cover presented without any trade elements.
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #54

1 page Justice League of America (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "The League has reached its breaking point. It could collapse at any moment."

Characters Justice League of America [Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]]; Dr. Destiny; Queen of Fables; The Cathexis
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bryan Hitch (Superman, Batman, Queen of Fables & The Cathexis); Phil Jimenez (Dr. Destiny)
Inks Paul Neary (all illustrations)
Letters typeset
Reprinted from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #50 [Superman, Batman & Dr. Destiny]; from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #47 [Queen of Fables]; from JLA (DC, 1997 series) #54 [The Cathexis]