Justice League International, Vol. 4
The 1980s adventures of the Justice League of America continues with this new, fourth volume of off-the-wall adventures. In this volume, the team works on a captured alien spacecraft, unaware that the new Injustice League is pursuing them in their own stolen ship from Thanagar, Hawkman's...
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The 1980s adventures of the Justice League of America continues with this new, fourth volume of off-the-wall adventures. In this volume, the team works on a captured alien spacecraft, unaware that the new Injustice League is pursuing them in their own stolen ship from Thanagar, Hawkman's homeworld. And then, while Booster Gold and Blue Beetle are hired to track a vampire, the team's promoter, Maxwell Lord, learns that he may have super-powers of his own. Plus: The Joker puts in an appearance, threatening the team through their private lives.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781401221966 (1401221963)
Publish date: March 17th 2009
Publisher: DC Comics
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Series: Justice League International (#4)
New readers just won't be able to see Maxwell Lord's discovery that he can influence the thoughts and actions of others without getting a chill. I honestly can't tell if it was meant to be read that way, or if I'm bringing too much baggage from later events to the book.
Now this is what I love about 80s comics -- possibly my favorite period for superheroes. There's this wonderful rhythm to superhero stories from this time, where things were flowing into each other more than they had before, but there were still no thoughts toward collecting them in a trade later, s...