Throughout high school and college, he and future writer Scott McCloud practiced making comics. This was the first part of a continuity-heavy four-part story arc Busiek was drawn to the copious history and cross-connections with other series.

He began to read them regularly around the age of 14, when he picked up a copy of Daredevil #120. Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer notable for his work on the Marvels limited series, his own title Astro City, and his four-year run on Avengers.īusiek did not read comics as a youngster, as his parents disapproved of them. With the Society returned, seeking vengeance, the League is forced to question the fine line between hero and vigilante.Ĭollects JLA #107-125 and JLA SECRET FILES 2004. As chaos reigns across Earth, the two super-teams must band together before the might of the Weaponers of Qward.Ĭloser to home, Batman has learned the truth behind the Justice League’s darkest secret: that they used magic to alter the minds of the Secret Society of Super-Villains.

The beginning of the end starts with an incursion from the antimatter universe by the Crime Syndicate of America, the JLA’s evil dimensional counterparts. While no one knows the Infinite Crisis that is coming, the members of the JLA can feel it, and it’s starting to wear on their already-frayed nerves. The Earth has survived catastrophe after catastrophe, from alien invasions to the sun dying, but it has never reached a turning point quite like this, and neither has the JLA.

Gem City Books is an authorized distributor of new, unsold retailer returns and publisher overstock booksīooks which are not in New condition are likely remainder books and may include a remainder mark. For more information on Remainder Books, CLICK HERE.In this follow-up to the best-selling IDENTITY CRISIS and prelude to the epic INFINITE CRISIS, Kurt Busiek (ASTRO CITY, JLA/AVENGERS), Geoff Johns (JUSTICE LEAGUE), Allan Heinberg (WONDER WOMAN) and others tell the story of the final days of the JLA! But as their true nature comes to light, only the World's Greatest Super Heroes can stop them! Standing side by side, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash, Green Lantern and the Martian Manhunter take on alien posers and come to realize that Earth needs a protectorate made up of only the mightiest icons! Relive the legendary 1990s JLA series, written by comics mastermind Grant Morrison (FINAL CRISIS) with stunning art by Howard Porter and others, in this amazing oversized softcover collecting JLA #1-9 and SECRET FILES AND ORIGINS #1! The action begins as the JLA reunites to stop the Hyperclan, who have come to Earth posing as a new group of super heroes.

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