60 WEEKS WITH THE JUSTICE LEAGUE: Week 13

Justice League International #13
May ‘88
“Collision Course”
Giffen: plot & pencils
DeMatteis: script
Gordon: inks
Lappan: letters
D’Angelo: colors
…fer: editor


Keith Giffen steps in for penciling duties in an issue that was clearly aimed at boosting sales of Suicide Squad; the whole shebang ends in a cliffhanger that wraps up in issue 10 of the other title. By now it’s probably needless to say I won’t be reading that, so we’ll just have to catch as catch can.


Nevertheless, and excepting the straight-up lousy cover, Giffen’s art suits the book well. And since he’s been providing page breakdowns since the beginning, there’s a uniformity to the layouts that helps connect this issue to the previous 12.


Apropos of nothing--or at least not much--the letter column ends with editor Mark Waid saying that “the Canary indeed departed from the League,” even though she’s in this issue. Since I’m not totally steeped in the DCU circa 1988, I can’t be positive of this, but I think that just might’ve been a spoiler.



The complete 60 Weeks with the Justice League on The Danger Digest:
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #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


All images this post copyright DC Comics. Original text copyright Jon D. Witmer/The Danger Digest.

60 WEEKS WITH THE JUSTICE LEAGUE: Week 7

Justice League International #7
Nov. '87
“Justice League … International!”
Keith Giffen: plot & breakdowns
J.M. DeMatteis: script
Kevin Maguire: pencils
Al Gordon: inks
Bob Lappan: letters
Gene D’Angelo: colors
Andy Helfer: editor


So, the whole Gray Man storyline from the past few issues was essentially a waste of time, as apparently Doctor Fate could have put the kibash on his shenanigans at any point. But whatever—only 6 of this issue’s 38 special pages is dedicated to wrapping up that storyline. What happens then, you ask? Well, sit back and enjoy this show and tell…

Superman speaks!

Hal Jordan dances!

Guy Gardner gets a new ‘tude!

J’onn goes to Disneyland!

Mister Miracle mind melds with V’ger!

Ronald F’ing Reagan!

Also, in no particular order: Doctor Fate and Captain Marvel leave the team, Captain Atom and Rocket Red join, the League is officially sanctioned by the United Nations, and the book’s title change results in a logo I find somewhat less attractive than the one on issues 1 through 7.




The complete 60 Weeks with the Justice League on The Danger Digest:
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #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, #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.