Mar. '90
"Gnort by Gnortwest"
Giffen: plot & breakdowns
DeMatteis: script
Artis: pencils
Nichols: inks
Bob Lappan: letters
Gene D'Angelo: colors
Kevin Dooley: shop steward
Andy Helfer: foreman
Mar. '90
"Bringing Up Baby"
A slice of sentimentality, courtesy of ...
Keith Giffen - plot
Bill Loebs - script
Bart Sears - art
Bob Lappan - letters
Gene D'Angelo - colors
Kevin Dooley ... etc, etc ...
Offering Adam Hughes a brief respite, Tom Artis takes on the penciling duties for this JLA filler issue starring everyone's favorite Green Lantern, G'nort (who, it should be noted, now uses an apostrophe in his name, even if that fact isn't reflected in the story's title). Adam Hughes he is not, but Artis does a fine job with an entertaining one-off pitting G'nort against intergalactic villain the Scarlet Skier.
Freshly released from a prison sentence G'nort sent him to, the Skier is out for revenge, and naturally the two wind up tussling near the League's New York embassy. By issue's end there's an uneasy camaraderie developing between G'nort and the Skier, but more significant is the introduction (via a flashback narrated by G'nort) of Mister Nebula, planetary designer and DC's answer to Galactus.
Meanwhile, as warned in the credits, JLE does indeed get sentimental, with Metamorpho continuing to fight for his son, Simon Stagg himself growing a heart and learning to love his grandson, Animal Man leaving the League to deal with the loss of his family, and Rocket Red's family arriving at the Paris embassy. All that, plus Silver Sorceress and Blue Jay regain their powers, but it's a bittersweet victory, as the Sorceress opens a portal to return to their homeworld, while ol' Blue stays behind, determined still to make a difference in this broken world of ours.
And all readers shed a single tear, for truth, for justice, and for the memory of Wandjina. Never forget.
More cover credits from the letters pages: JLA's "Justice Log" tells us, "This issue's cover was brought to you by Adam Hughes with official Bob Le Rose coloring," and JLE's "Europinion" notes, "Bart, of course, with Bob Le Rose coloring. Yes, last issue's cover was by Kevin Maguire (who's doing all the covers for the new Superboy book) and inked by Bart."
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, #34/10, #35/11, #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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