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Justice League Unlimited > #01 (First
Print- September 2004; DC Kids Digest December 2005) |
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"Divide and Conquer"
Script: Adam Beechen
Pencils: Carlo Barberi
Inks: Walden Wong
Colors: Heroic Age
Letters: Nick J. Napolitano
Editor: Tom Palmer, Jr.
Active
Roster- Supergirl, Zatanna, Hawkgirl, Wonder Woman, Capt. Atom, Flash,
Batman
Villains: Brainiac and Despero
This story does not fit
into JLU continuity. |
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Synopsis- SPOILER ALERT!!! |
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Various members of the Justice League are
concerned with how the more physically stronger heroes -- in this case,
Superman, Captain Atom, and Wonder Woman -- suddenly go on the attack during
missions, causing massive structual damage in their beserk states. None of
them know why they're doing this, nor can they remember anything about
rampages afterwards. Despite testing on the three heroes, the Justice League
cannot deduce what the cause of the problem is
Batman realizes that someone is doing a covert attack on the League, but
Superman, Captain Atom, and Wonder Woman announce that they are leaving for
isolated areas, not wanting risk anyone else or cause more damage. The
remaining members of the League decide wait for the attacker to show, and
sure enough, two of them appear: Despero and Brainiac. They had the more
physically powerful members infected with a nanovirus that they could use to
control them, hence the sudden rampages, and plan to use them further to
attack the Earth. Despero has Brainiac absorb the data of the Watchtower
computers while he decides to take care of the remaining League members
using the infected heroes.
It is then that the Justice League plays their trump card: Superman, Captain
Atom, and Wonder Woman didn't really leave. Zatanna used some of her magic
to make them invisible, and the three heroes reappear. She also uses her
magic to get rid of the device that allowed Despero to control the nanovirus
within them. Despero and Brainiac are quickly subdued. Batman ends the issue
noting that there are no "weak links" in the Justice League: it was the
magic of the petite Zatanna that saved them all, rather than mere fists or
fighting.
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Continuity Peg- POSITIVE |
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Continuity References- |
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Braniac appears, apparently for the
second time since his Asteroid was destroyed ('Twilight'). The first was in
Static Shock 'A League of Their Own.' |
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Continuity Go Bye Bye |
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Despero oddly shows up, despite having
been well defeated the episode "Hearts and Minds". Also, Hawkgirl shows up
in her original costume, to say nothing of even returning to the League
after the events of "Starcrossed". |
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Review
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Not too terribly exciting, but it's the first issue, so I'll cut them some
slack. It's basically one of those tales with a moral of the story at the
end, and it proceeds to do the message well enough. Better stories will come
later in the series.
Barberi's art is decent. It's a different take on Timm's work, but it works
well for the lighter tone of the series. The coloring was awfully dull,
though. Mostly white and lighter blue hues, and it didn't contrast so well
with the costumes of the various League members. I also don't know who in
the chain of command was responsible for the space backgrounds seen in some
panels: sometimes it looks like white polka-dot on navy blue backgrounds.
Still, all of these are minor quibbles at best. A good outing for the new
team taking care of the latest DCAU comics. |
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Notable for |
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- being the first issue, mainly.
- appearing in some three packs of
Justice League action figures (those exclusive to the retail chain Target)
- being DC's offering in the Free Comic
Day for 2006.
- being the first issue of DC Kids to
feature DC's new 'spin' logo.
- appearing with the Target 3-pack
figures
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