Comic Title: Justice League of America #44
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1966
On Sale Date: March 10, 1966 Newsstand Date March 10, 1966
Source: Direct Currents, Action Comics #336, Page 31

Copyright Date March 10, 1966
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1966

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July and Oct.; (semi-monthly, Nov.)
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Plague That Struck the Justice League"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Justice League of America (of Earth-1)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Mike Sekowsky
Inker: Frank Giacoia

Reprinted In:
Justice League of America Archives Vol. 6 HC (2000)
Showcase Presents:Justice League of America Vol. 3 TPB (2008)
Justice League of America:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice League of America (last appearance in Justice League of America #43; next appearance in Doom Patrol #104)
• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #336; next appearance in Superman #186)
• Batman (last appearance in Batman #180; next appearance in Teen Titans #3)
• Flash (last appearance in Flash #161; next appearance in Detective Comics #351)
• Green Lantern (last appearance in Detective Comics #350; next appearance in Green Lantern #45)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Justice League of America #43; next appearance in Doom Patrol #104)
• Aquaman (last appearance in Aquaman #27; next appearance in Aquaman #28)
• Martian Manhunter (last appearance in House of Mystery #158; next appearance in House of Mystery #159)
• Green Arrow (last appearance in Justice League of America #41; next appearance in Justice League of America #45)
• Atom (last appearance in Atom #24; next appearance in Atom #25)
• Hawkman (last appearance in Hawkman #13; next appearance in Hawkman #14)

Supporting Character(s)

• Snapper Carr (last appearance in Justice League of America #43; next appearance in Justice League of America #45)

Villain(s)

• Unimaginable (as Dr. Bendorion in this story; last appearance in Justice League of America #42; no further appearances)
• Alien warriors of the Unimaginable (no further appearances)
• A gang of crooks possessing super-powers (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Metamorpho (last appearance in Metamorpho #5; next appearance in Metamorpho #6)

Comments:
The Justice League attends the wedding of Mento and Elasti-Girl in Doom Patrol #104 following this story.

Synopsis:
The five JLA members who fought the Unimaginable alongside Metamorpho suddenly double in size, the first symptom of a plague they have contracted from micro-organisms within the intangible villain. Returning to the Unimaginable's world, they battle more of his creature-warriors, and meet Dr. Bendorion, an alien physician who comes to Earth to help cure them.

When super-powered criminals run riot, the unaffected members must battle them, while their comrades are in quarantine. They confuse the crooks by switching powers - Hawkman and Green Arrow exchange weapons, Aquaman uses Wonder Woman's lasso, and the Amazon hurls the Martian Manhunter, who uses his shape-changing ability to resemble a boomerang. The plague-stricken heroes are forced into action when the Aurora Borealis is transformed into a menace, but Batman suspects the agency behind all these unexplained events, and sends Flash back to the Secret Sanctuary to investigate.

They discover that Dr. Bendorion is actually the Unimaginable, scheming to blackmail the JLA into accepting him as a member. His supposed cure is actually a device that will doom all life on Earth unless the heroes agree to admit him. However, Flash has secretly disconnected his device, and the League overwhelms him.

The true cure for the plague turns out to be absolute rest, and the stricken members are soon back to normal size.