Jan. '90
"Club JLI"
Yes, they're at it again ... Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, Adam Hughes, Art Nichols, Bob Lappan, Gene D'Angelo, Kevin Dooley and that fun-lovin' kid from Brooklyn, Andy Helfer, have once more joined forces to hurdle the boundaries of good taste and bad jokes!
Jan. '90
"After the Fox!"
Another Giffen/Loebs/Sears/Marcos/Lappan/D'Angelo/Dooley/Helfer piece o' work!
The fun train keeps on rolling right into the 1990s, and what better way to welcome the new decade than with a relaxing jaunt to Club JLI? Advertised (mostly falsely) as being "fully sanctioned by Maxwell Lord" and "a wholly owned subsidiary of the Blue and Gold Entertainment Group," Beetle and Booster funded the project by emptying the League's coffers right under Max's nose; Kilowog then built the island facilities in a mere three days.
Desperate for a break, the Injustice League's very own Major Disaster and Big Sir arrive at Kooey Kooey Kooey to exploit the latter's knack for counting cards. And quite a knack it is, as the duo breaks the bank overnight.
However, as the aptly named Major Disaster is about to leave with the winnings, the island "wakes up," destroying Club JLI--and scattering Disaster and Big Sir's money--with a violent series of Earthquakes. What's more, the destruction wipes out the teleport tubes, leaving everyone still on the island stranded--at least until next month.
Meanwhile, in Paris, Bruce Wayne's bat-sense is a-tingling, but not because of the casino's plight. Instead, he's distracted by the theft of a globe full of cash during a charity auction co-hosted by Vivian D'Aramis, who just so happens to be the Crimson Fox.
Slipping out of the event and into her crimefighting duds, the Crimson Fox ably wrestles the thieves' helicopter down, crash-landing it in Captain Atom's room at the JLE's Paris embassy. The Captain's not exactly enthusiastic about this turn of events, but despite his misgivings, it looks like Crimson Fox will be a regular in these pages.
It's a solid start to 1990, with good writing, mostly great art (there are a handful of dicey panels in JLE, I won't lie, but overall both books look swell) and one of the best covers of JLA's run. Speaking of covers, the credits from "Justice Log" go like this: "This issue's cover was pencilled and inked by Adam with coloring by the unquenchable Bob Le Rose." And from "Europinion": "Bart pencilled and inked the cover all by his widdle self. Bobby Le Rose colored it."
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, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25/1, #26/2, #27/3, #28/4, #29/5, #30/6, #31/7, #32/8, #33/9, #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
All images this post copyright DC Comics. Original text copyright Jon D. Witmer/The Danger Digest.
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