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Justice League Unlimited > #12 (First
Print- August 2005; DC Kids Digest November 2006)
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"Old School"
Script-
Adam Beechen
Pencils -Carlos Barberi
Cover Art- Ben Caldwell
Inks- Walden Wong
Colors- Heroic Age
Letters- Pat Brosseau
Editor- Tom Palmer Jr.
Cover Artist- Ben Caldwell
Feature-
Flash and Jay Garrick (the first Flash)
Active
Roster- Fire (colored with Blonde Hair), Capt. Atom, Blue Beetle, Wonder
Woman, Atom, red Tornado, Superman, Elongated Man, Firestorm, Batman, Green
Lantern, J’onn, stargirl, Zatanna, Ice, Green Arrow, Aquaman, Steel
Villain:
Mirror Master |
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Synopsis- SPOILER ALERT!!! |
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Jay Garrick, the
first Flash, visits an elementary school but gets a cold shoulder from one
of the kids, disbelieving that he’s the Flash. Elsewhere, the Mirror Master
traps Flash, being the only leaguer he hasn’t trapped yet. Suddenly sensing
a disturbance in the speed force, Jay bolts and gets to the Watchtower. He
finds the watchtower empty and investigates. Apparently the entire league
teleported down with its staff following a bomb scare. But now someone has
them trapped in the teleporter beam. Jay realizes that it is the Mirror
Master’s doing and battles him. However, he messes up Jay’s vision causing
him to lose balance and perception. Jay quickly fixes this and rescues
Flash. Soon, Flash knocks out the Mirror Master and they are able to release
the leaguers. Jay asks Flash (and presumably the league) to join him back at
the elementary school. There Flash proceeds to tell the kid from earlier how
Jay, the First Flash saved the whole Justice League. |
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Continuity Peg- |
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Continuity References- |
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Jay tells the kid
that he is part of the Justice Society. Of course this begs the question-
who is this Justice Society, if their members are all in the league. Also
this issue states that Wally West is the 2nd Flash. Of course
this may just be the point of view of the child. But then again Wally West
was the police scientist in ‘Flash and Substance’.
We see the original
Javelin once again for some reason. Oh well, they never decommissioned it
anyway. |
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Continuity Go Bye Bye |
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Fire is mis-colored
as a blonde, now looking a tad like Black Canary. |
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Review
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Seems to be more of
an ‘Adventures in the DCU’ story arc than a JLU one, but it does try to tie
in with the rest of the JLU albeit while raising many questions. A lot of
people find the sudden inclusion of the Justice Society very uncomfortable,
but it isn’t all too far-fetched when you think about it. I’d rave once
again about Barberi’s art but then again when wasn’t he brilliant? |
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Notable for |
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- introducing the
first Flash and mentioning the Justice Society.
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Previews |
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Quotes |
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