Comic Title: Justice League Europe #8
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1989
On Sale Date: October 3, 1989 Shipping Date October 3, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #172

Shipping Date October 5, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #9

Direct Market Date October 5, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #119

Copyright Date October 3, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Andrew Helfer

Title: "Showdown..."
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Justice League (Post-Crisis)

Plotter: Keith Giffen
Scripter: J. Mark DeMatteis
Penciller: Bart Sears
Inker: Robert Allen Smith
Letterer: Bob Lappan
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo

Reprinted In:
Justice League International Vol. 6 TPB (2011)
Justice League International Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice League (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Doom Patrol #28)
• Animal Man (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Doom Patrol #28)
• Captain Atom (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Justice League Europe #9)
• Elongated Man (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Justice League Europe #9)
• Flash (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Flash #32)
• Metamorpho (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Justice League Europe #9)
• Power Girl (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Justice League Europe #9)
• Rocket Red (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Justice League Europe #9)

Guest Star(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Batman #440)
• Blue Beetle (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Doom Patrol #28)
• Booster Gold (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Doom Patrol #28)
• Doctor Fate (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Doom Patrol #29)
• Fire (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Doom Patrol #29)
• Guy Gardner (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Doom Patrol #29)
• Ice (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Doom Patrol #29)
• Martian Manhunter (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Doom Patrol #29)
• Mister Miracle (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Doom Patrol #29)
• Spectre (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Spectre #30)

Supporting Character(s)

• Catherine Cobert (last appearance in Justice League Europe #7; next appearance in Justice League Europe #9)

Villain(s)

• Gray Man (last appearance in Justice League America #32; no further appearances)
• Dr. Irwin Teasdale (dies in this story; last appearance in Justice League America #32; no further appearances)
• A group of infected villagers (last appearance in Justice League America #32; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Simon Stagg (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Justice League Europe #11)
• Java (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Justice League Europe #11)
• Lords of Order (last appearance in Justice League America #32; next appearance in Secret Origins #48)
• Lords of Chaos (last appearance in Doctor Fate #10; next appearance in Doctor Fate #18)

Comments:
The Teasdale Imperative Part Four

This story is continued from Justice League America #32.

Synopsis:
The Gray Man and Dr. Teasdale enter Stagg's chemical plant which contains two vats of the chemical which Teasdale used to create his zombie vampire army. The Gray Man has Teasdale order the army to kill itself on the electric fences. This causes the Gray Man to absorb their souls and grow in height and power.

The Justice League battles the giant Gray Man. They take the chemical vats away, so that more zombies can't be created. Power Girl is knocked out by the Gray Man, and the others are barely able to keep up the fight. Eventually, the Spectre arrives with representatives from both the Lords of Order and Lords of Chaos. They strip the Gray Man of his excess power and his free will.

With the Gray Man defeated, the battle is over. Teasdale was killed by the Gray Man during the fight, Stagg fled, and Power Girl is taken to the hospital.