60 WEEKS WITH THE JUSTICE LEAGUE: Week 20

Justice League International #20
Dec. ‘88
“If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be -- Apokolips!”
Keith Giffen: plot/breakdowns
J.M. DeMatteis: script
Ty Templeton: pencils
Joe Rubinstein: inks
Bob Lappan: letterer
Gene D’Angelo: colorist
Little Andy Helfer: r.i.p.
Featuring The New Gods created by Jack Kirby


Honestly, my favorite thing about this issue is that it has a one-page ad for a four-issue Plastic Man miniseries that’s very near and dear to my heart:


In the book proper, though, Templeton does a solid job filling in for Maguire. The story finds Manga Khan, having arrived at Apolokips, in the process of opening trade negotiations, using Scott Free (a.k.a. Mister Miracle) as his one and only bargaining chip. Things go south for Manga, however, when it’s discovered that a certain group of Leaguers have followed him to the home of Darkseid himself.


Those Leaguers manage to breach Granny Goodness’ orphanage, but a swarm of Para-Demons (please note, I'm using the spelling from this particular comic) forces Barda to boom back to Earth for reinforcements. With no time to explain, she grabs the rest of the team from the New York embassy and booms them all back to Apokolips to join the fight. All of them, anyway, who were in the room.



The complete 60 Weeks with the Justice League on The Danger Digest:
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #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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