Hence, Supes would suddenly be electro and Wallace West and Hippolyta would abruptly fill in for Flash and Wonder Woman, with only brief asides to explain why. Where the previous League had gotten deeply into the member’s psyches, this uniquely opted to leave their personal lives for their individual titles. This was a harbinger of the widescreen comics movement that THE AUTHORITYand THE ULTIMATES would later make famous. And big was, in all regards, the operative word. You got second and third stringers who were easier to relate to, perhaps, but readers at this point were missing the basics of a league consisting entirely of the Big Guns. JUSTICE LEAGUE books prior to this were largely off-shoots of the great work Giffen, DeMatteis and Maguire had done to humanize the team in the 80s. This was his first high-profile assignment on a big title, and it arrived with a thunderclap.
Grant Morrison might be better known now for BATMAN and FINAL CRISIS, but my first introduction to the warp savant was in ‘97’s JLA. Oh for the days when Kyle was the sole Green Lantern, Wally was the de facto Flash, Aquaman had a beard, a harpoon hand and a 'tude, and Superman had more in common with Tron… #1, DC One Million #1-4, Green Lantern #1000000, Starman #1000000, Detective Comics #1000000, JLA #1000000, Adventures of Superman #1000000, Martian Manhunter #1000000, Resurrection Man #1000000, Superman: Man of Tomorrow #1000000, DC One Million 80-Page Giant, JLA: Earth 2, JLA: Classified #1-3, Secret Origins #46.I think I'll always have a soft spot for "Electro-Supes" because of how that costume was used for most of this. This omnibus collects Morrison's entire JLA epic, including the JLA: Earth 2 graphic novel, illustrated by Frank Quitely and reintroducing the Crime Syndicate of America! Collects JLA #1-17, #22-26, #28-31, #34, #36-41, JLA: Secret Files #1 New Year’s Evil Prometheus #1, JLA/WildC.A.T.S. In 1996, writer Grant Morrison joined forces with artist Howard Porter to relaunch the Justice League of America in the new series JLA by gathering DC's greatest heroes-Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, the Flash, and Martian Manhunter and propelling these icons into inventive stories with the highest of stakes! Now based on a Watchtower on the moon, the JLA took on revamped versions of classic threats including the White Martians, the Injustice Gang, and the Key along with new foes like Prometheus and Mageddon.
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