raul grau
May 3, 2004, 04:32 am
<img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/xovers/dc/thejusticesocietyreturns.jpg" align=left alt="The Justice Society Returns!"></a>Published in: All Star Comics (2nd series) & Various DC Specials, May 1999
Writers: James Robinson (All Star Comics, Adventure Comics, Sensation Comics), David Goyer (All Star Comics, Adventure Comics, Sensation Comics), Chuck Dixon (Thrilling Comics), Geoff Johns (Star Spangled Comics), Ron Marz (All-American Comics), Tom Peyer (Smash Comics), Mark Waid (National Comics)
Pencilers: Eduardo Barreto (All-American Comics), Scott Benefiel (Sensation Comics), Russ Heath (Thrilling Comics), Michael Lark (All Star Comics #1), Aaron Lopresti (National Comics), William Rosado (All Star Comics #2), Stephen Sadowski (Smash Comics), Peter Snejbjerg (Adventure Comics), Chris Weston (Star Spangled Comics)
Major Characters Involved: Hourman I, Stalker, Doctor Occult, Green Lantern I (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=30343), Starman I (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=29573), Atom I, Johnny Thunder (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?postid=817194#post817194), Hawkman I (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?postid=853808#post853808), Hawkgirl I, Wildcat II (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?postid=817821#post817821), <a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26757">Wonder Woman I</a>, Doctor Mid-Nite I (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=31798), Mister Terrific I (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?postid=804687#post804687), Flash I (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=29842), Sandman II, Sandy (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=29973), Star Spangled Kid I, Stripesy, Hourman III
Plot: Stalker and his disciples attempt to bring an end to war by wiping out all life on Earth.
Reading Order:
Part 1 - All Star Comics (2nd series) #1 - Hourman (Rex Tyler) leads a force of mystical crimefighters into an ambush. Stalker comes to Earth, intending to wipe out all human life. After a confrontation with the Justice Society, Stalker sends his disciples to wreak havoc in several locations. The JSA divides into smaller units to track down the disciples.
All-American Comics (2nd series) #1 - Green Lantern (Alan Scott) and Johnny Thunder attempt to guard the Yalta Conference.
Adventure Comics (2nd series) #1 - Atom (Al Pratt) and Starman (Ted Knight) weather a nuclear holocaust in the New Mexican desert.
National Comics (2nd series) #1 - In Dresden, Flash (Jay Garrick) battles an explosive disciple while Mister Terrific (Terry Sloan) tries to end the Allied bombing.
Sensation Comics (2nd series) #1 - Wonder Woman (Hippolyta) and Hawkgirl (Shiera Saunders) tackle a water behemoth which houses a disciple.
Smash Comics (2nd series) #1 - At a secret biological research site, Doctor Mid-Nite (Charles McNider) and Hourman (Rex Tyler) race to keep a plague contained.
Star Spangled Comics (2nd series) #1 - The Disciple in New York City steals the sanity of those he encounters, including the Star Spangled Kid. With their partners incapacitated, Sandy and Stripsey must work together to defeat the disciple.
Thrilling Comics (2nd series) #1 - Hawkman (Carter Hall) and Wildcat (Ted Grant) battle a disciple who is attempting to vaporize Africa.
Part 2 - All Star Comics (2nd series) #2 - The JSA and their allies attack Stalker in force at his Antarctica fortress. Hourman (Rex Tyler) finally solves a mystery from his youth.
Related Issues:
Zero Hour #3-2 - The original Justice Society of America falls before the temporal madman Extant in their final battle.
Notes:
This story is set in February of 1945, several years before the initial retirement of the Justice Society of America.
Stalker was last seen prior to this crossover in the 1975 Stalker series. His origin is retold in All Star Comics (2nd series) #1.
The fight with Cyclotron that Atom (Al Pratt) mentions throughout the crossover took place in All-Star Squadron #21-26 and All-Star Squadron Annual #2. He began to exhibit aftereffects of his exposure to radiation in All-Star Squadron #27.
Tex Thompson, the 1940s hero known as both the Americommando and Mister America, appears to perish in an explosion in National Comics (2nd series) #1.
Speed Saunders, formerly a Golden Age DC detective, is revealed in Sensation Comics (2nd series) #1 to be the first cousin of Hawkgirl (Shiera Saunders).
Throughout Star Spangled Comics (2nd series) #1, there are references made to the Silicoid Gun which will eventually transform Sandy into a silicon-based lifeform, as show in Justice League of America #113.
Among the temporal images witnessed by Rex Tyler in All Star Comics #2 are his battle with Baron Blitzkreig in All-Star Squadron #35, Hourman II (his son, Rick Tyler), and the JSA fighting Surtur to avert Ragnorok in The Last Days of the Justice Society #1.
The epilogue to the story in All Star Comics #2 takes place during the battle between Hourman (Rex Tyler) and Extant in Zero Hour #3. Hourman III shows Rex a glimpse of the new generation of the JSA, which first comes together in JSA #1.
Writers: James Robinson (All Star Comics, Adventure Comics, Sensation Comics), David Goyer (All Star Comics, Adventure Comics, Sensation Comics), Chuck Dixon (Thrilling Comics), Geoff Johns (Star Spangled Comics), Ron Marz (All-American Comics), Tom Peyer (Smash Comics), Mark Waid (National Comics)
Pencilers: Eduardo Barreto (All-American Comics), Scott Benefiel (Sensation Comics), Russ Heath (Thrilling Comics), Michael Lark (All Star Comics #1), Aaron Lopresti (National Comics), William Rosado (All Star Comics #2), Stephen Sadowski (Smash Comics), Peter Snejbjerg (Adventure Comics), Chris Weston (Star Spangled Comics)
Major Characters Involved: Hourman I, Stalker, Doctor Occult, Green Lantern I (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=30343), Starman I (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=29573), Atom I, Johnny Thunder (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?postid=817194#post817194), Hawkman I (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?postid=853808#post853808), Hawkgirl I, Wildcat II (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?postid=817821#post817821), <a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26757">Wonder Woman I</a>, Doctor Mid-Nite I (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=31798), Mister Terrific I (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?postid=804687#post804687), Flash I (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=29842), Sandman II, Sandy (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=29973), Star Spangled Kid I, Stripesy, Hourman III
Plot: Stalker and his disciples attempt to bring an end to war by wiping out all life on Earth.
Reading Order:
Part 1 - All Star Comics (2nd series) #1 - Hourman (Rex Tyler) leads a force of mystical crimefighters into an ambush. Stalker comes to Earth, intending to wipe out all human life. After a confrontation with the Justice Society, Stalker sends his disciples to wreak havoc in several locations. The JSA divides into smaller units to track down the disciples.
All-American Comics (2nd series) #1 - Green Lantern (Alan Scott) and Johnny Thunder attempt to guard the Yalta Conference.
Adventure Comics (2nd series) #1 - Atom (Al Pratt) and Starman (Ted Knight) weather a nuclear holocaust in the New Mexican desert.
National Comics (2nd series) #1 - In Dresden, Flash (Jay Garrick) battles an explosive disciple while Mister Terrific (Terry Sloan) tries to end the Allied bombing.
Sensation Comics (2nd series) #1 - Wonder Woman (Hippolyta) and Hawkgirl (Shiera Saunders) tackle a water behemoth which houses a disciple.
Smash Comics (2nd series) #1 - At a secret biological research site, Doctor Mid-Nite (Charles McNider) and Hourman (Rex Tyler) race to keep a plague contained.
Star Spangled Comics (2nd series) #1 - The Disciple in New York City steals the sanity of those he encounters, including the Star Spangled Kid. With their partners incapacitated, Sandy and Stripsey must work together to defeat the disciple.
Thrilling Comics (2nd series) #1 - Hawkman (Carter Hall) and Wildcat (Ted Grant) battle a disciple who is attempting to vaporize Africa.
Part 2 - All Star Comics (2nd series) #2 - The JSA and their allies attack Stalker in force at his Antarctica fortress. Hourman (Rex Tyler) finally solves a mystery from his youth.
Related Issues:
Zero Hour #3-2 - The original Justice Society of America falls before the temporal madman Extant in their final battle.
Notes:
This story is set in February of 1945, several years before the initial retirement of the Justice Society of America.
Stalker was last seen prior to this crossover in the 1975 Stalker series. His origin is retold in All Star Comics (2nd series) #1.
The fight with Cyclotron that Atom (Al Pratt) mentions throughout the crossover took place in All-Star Squadron #21-26 and All-Star Squadron Annual #2. He began to exhibit aftereffects of his exposure to radiation in All-Star Squadron #27.
Tex Thompson, the 1940s hero known as both the Americommando and Mister America, appears to perish in an explosion in National Comics (2nd series) #1.
Speed Saunders, formerly a Golden Age DC detective, is revealed in Sensation Comics (2nd series) #1 to be the first cousin of Hawkgirl (Shiera Saunders).
Throughout Star Spangled Comics (2nd series) #1, there are references made to the Silicoid Gun which will eventually transform Sandy into a silicon-based lifeform, as show in Justice League of America #113.
Among the temporal images witnessed by Rex Tyler in All Star Comics #2 are his battle with Baron Blitzkreig in All-Star Squadron #35, Hourman II (his son, Rick Tyler), and the JSA fighting Surtur to avert Ragnorok in The Last Days of the Justice Society #1.
The epilogue to the story in All Star Comics #2 takes place during the battle between Hourman (Rex Tyler) and Extant in Zero Hour #3. Hourman III shows Rex a glimpse of the new generation of the JSA, which first comes together in JSA #1.