60 WEEKS WITH THE JUSTICE LEAGUE: Week 12

Justice League International #12
April ‘88
“Who is Maxwell Lord?”
Keith Giffen: plot and breakdowns
J.M. DeMatteis: script
Kevin Maguire: pencils
Al Gordon: inks
Bob Lappan: letters
Gene D’Angelo: colors
Andy Helfer: nervous breakdowns


Despite the cover’s rather heavy-handed suggestion, Maxwell Lord is indeed a man. To be exact, a wealthy businessman, who just so happens to have partnered with a machine that became self-aware. Naturally, zaniness ensued.

A flashback wades through the duo’s machinations over the past year’s worth of books, and ultimately Max destroys the machine and earns the League’s … forgiveness? Respect? Decoder ring? Something like that. Anyway, the issue is most important for revealing that Green Flame (a.k.a. Fire) and Ice Maiden (a.k.a. Ice)--who will soon become major players in this series--want into the League. Enjoy these two pages in all their glory:

Who the hell is that angry, cigar-dropping man in the last panel? I don’t know, and it doesn’t matter. These two pages are fantastic.

Finally, this issue’s nostalgia alert is brought to you by your public TV station:


The complete 60 Weeks with the Justice League on The Danger Digest:
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25/1, #26/2, #27/3, #28/4, #29/5, #30/6, #31/7, #32/8, #33/9, #34/10, #35/11, #36/12, #37/13, #38/14, #39/15, #40/16, #41/17, #42/18, #43/19, #44/20, #45/21, #46/22, #47/23, #48/24, #49/25, #50/26, #51/27, #52/28, #53/29, #54/30, #55/31, #56/32, #57/33, #58/34, #59/35, #60/36


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