Comic Title: Justice League of America Archives Vol. 5 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1999
On Sale Date: August 11, 1999 Direct Market Date August 11, 1999
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Direct Market Date August 11, 1999
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Direct Market Date August 11, 1999
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Direct Market Date July 21, 1999
Source: Previews, Vol. 9 #5 (#125)

Copyright Date July 23, 1999
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1999

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 240
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Case of the Disabled Justice League"
Pages: 25

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Mike Sekowsky
Inker: Bernard Sachs

Reprinted From:
Justice League of America #36 (1965)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice League of America (last appearance in Justice League of America #35; next appearance in Justice League of America #37)
• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #325; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #150)
• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #340; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #150)
• Flash (last appearance in Flash #153; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #60)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Wonder Woman #154; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #60)
• Aquaman (last appearance in Justice League of America #35; next appearance in Aquaman #22)
• Martian Manhunter (last appearance in House of Mystery #151; next appearance in House of Mystery #152)
• Green Lantern (last appearance in Green Lantern #37; next appearance in Green Lantern #38)
• Green Arrow (last appearance in Justice League of America #33; next appearance in Justice League of America #38)
• Atom (last appearance in Atom #19; next appearance in Atom #20)
• Hawkman (last appearance in Hawkman #8; next appearance in Hawkman #9)

Villain(s)

• Brain Storm (last appearance in Justice League of America #32; next appearance in Superman #294)
• Fred Storm (last appearance in Justice League of America #32; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A doctor, a blind boy, a crippled boy, an asthmatic boy, and two other handicapped boys (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Snapper Carr ()
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Helen Keller, John Milton, Demosthenes, and Ludwig von Beethoven ()

Comments:
Batman is the chairman of the JLA meeting in this story.

Synopsis:
To entertain a group of handicapped boys, Superman, Flash, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and Hawkman stage a mock battle against a monster who is actually Batman transformed by the power ring, only to find themselves suffering from the identical handicaps as the youngsters. Superman becomes blind, Flash's two legs merge into one, Green Lantern is afflicted with stuttering, Green Arrow becomes armless, and Hawkman contracts asthma.

Overcoming the Batman-creature, the super-heroes discover that Brain Storm is responsible for their afflictions, and race off to battle him, determined to overcome the handicaps as an object lesson to their hospitalized charges, who watch via a power-ring created TV screen. They defeat more of Brain Storm's stellar-powered creations, and are rewarded with the curing of their ailments, only to be transformed into obedient duplicates of the villain himself. Atom, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, and J'onn J'onzz unite with a recovered Batman to battle the six-fold Brain Storm menaces.

As the captive heroes are changed first into six Flashes, then six Green Arrows, and so on, their teammates are able to identify the real heroes by the way they use their powers. Eventually, the heroes are able to identify the real Brain Storm by process of elimination, and defeat him, removing his steallar helmet.

Back at the hospital, Flash draws a parallel between this case and a similar one years before, involving the Justice Society with the handicapped.