Cover Credits |
Penciller: Kerry Gammill Inker: Josef Rubinstein |
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Comic Title: Justice League Annual #2
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date:
March 22, 1988 Shipping Date March 22, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #2
Shipping Date March 22, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #137
Newsstand Date April 14, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #137
Copyright Date March 22, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 48
Editor: Andrew Helfer
Story |
Title: "Hit or Miss"
Pages: 38
Feature(s):
Justice League (Post-Crisis)
Plotter: Keith Giffen
Scripter: J. Mark DeMatteis
Penciller: Bill Willingham
Inker: Josef Rubinstein
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo
Reprinted In:
Justice League International Vol. 5 TPB (2011)
Justice League International Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2017)
Justice League International:Born Again TPB (2020)
Feature Character(s)
- Justice League (last appearance in Justice League International #14; next appearance in Justice League International #18)
- Batman (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #440; next appearance in Justice League International #18)
- Blue Beetle (last appearance in Justice League International #14; next appearance in Justice League International #18)
- Booster Gold (last appearance in Justice League International #14; next appearance in Justice League International #18)
- Green Flame (last appearance in Justice League International #14; next appearance in Justice League International #15)
- Guy Gardner (last appearance in Justice League International #14; next appearance in Justice League International #18)
- Icemaiden (last appearance in Justice League International #14; next appearance in Justice League International #15)
- Martian Manhunter (last appearance in Justice League International #14; next appearance in Justice League International #18)
- Mister Miracle (last appearance in Justice League International #14; next appearance in Justice League International #18)
- Rocket Red #4 (last appearance in Justice League International #14; next appearance in Justice League International #18)
Supporting Character(s)
- Oberon (last appearance in Justice League International #14; next appearance in Justice League International #18)
- Big Barda (last appearance in Justice League International #14; next appearance in Justice League International #18)
- Catherine Cobert (last appearance in Justice League International #8; next appearance in Justice League Europe #1)
Villain(s)
- Joker (last appearance in Batman #415; next appearance in Batman:The Killing Joke #1)
- Colonel Rumaan Harjavti (last appearance in Justice League International #9; next appearance in Justice League International #16)
- The 1000 (last appearance in Booster Gold #12; no further appearances)
- Jahan, Akbar, Herb, and several unnamed employees of Colonel Harjavti (no further appearances)
Comments:
This story shows Green Flame and Ice Maiden as members, so the story must take place after Justice League International #14. However it must also take place before Justice League International #15 since Mister Miracle was sent into space in that story. It cannot take place after his return because Colonel Rumaan Harjavti, who appears in this story, died while Scott was in space. Therefore it must take place between those two issues even though events in those stories leave little time for these events to take place between them.
Synopsis:
The Joker meets Colonel Rumaan Harjavti. They come to an agreement in which the Clown Prince will kill the Justice League while Harjavti will use his country's resources to learn Batman's secret identity. The Joker is given some of Harjavti's men which he uses to follow the League members as they conduct their daily lives.
Blue Beetle and Booster Gold take jobs as repo men. Their first assignment is to take possession of a tank which belongs to STAR Labs. However, the tank is in the possession of the 1000. They steal the tank and drive it to a barbecue at Scott Free's house. The other members of the team attend also.
While the League enjoys the barbecue, the Joker takes over the tank and crashes the party. The 1000 also shows up to take back the tank. The League is able to disable the tank and capture the villains just as Batman is arriving. The Joker demands to be taken back to Arkham, but after seeing the carnage, Batman continues driving without stopping.
Two weeks later, the Joker visits Harjavti in Bialya.
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