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JLA: YEAR ONE #1
Cover Date: January 1998
Cover Price: $2.95
Publication Date: 1997-11-12
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Cover Credits:
Art: Barry Kitson
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Credits:
| Plot | Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn, Barry Kitson |
| Story | Mark Waid |
| Art | Barry Kitson |
| Lettering | Ken Lopez |
| Colors | Pat Garrahy |
| Color separations | Heroic Age |
| Editing | Peter J. Tomasi |
Feature Character(s):
- Justice League of America
- Flash II (last in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #32)
- Black Canary II (last in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #32)
- Aquaman (last in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #32; next in Adventure Comics #265/2)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #32; next in Showcase #24)
- Martian Manhunter (last in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #32; next in Detective Comics #274/3)
Villain(s):
- Locus (first appearance; terrorist group committed to genetic research for at least ten years prior to this story)
- Appellaxians
- Crystal Creature (alluded to)
- Fire-Lord (last in flashback in Justice League of America #9)
- Glass Man (in flashback)
- Golden Roc (last in flashback in Justice League of America #9)
- Mercury Monster (in flashback)
- Stone God (in flashback)
- Wood King (in flashback)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Captain Paulson (Barry Allen's superior at Central City Police Labs; chronologically earliest appearance)
- Dinah Drake Lance (last in flashback in Birds of Prey #100/2; next in issue #4)
- Tom "Pieface" Kalmaku (Hal Jordan's mechanic and friend at Ferris Aircraft; earliest chronological appearance; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #2/2)
- Carol Ferris (Hal Jordan's boss and CEO of Ferris Aircraft; last in Showcase #23/2)
- Diane Meade (detective in Middleton, Colorado and partner to John Jones)
- General Wade Eiling (in between flashback and main story in Captain Atom #1)
Other Character(s):
- Jack (first appearance; one of Barry Allen's co-workers)
- Detective Paris Jackson (first appearance; one of Barry Allen's co-workers)
- Perez (first appearance; a Coast Guard officer and friend of Aquaman)
- Lora Denton (first appearance; an FAA investigator working at Ferris Aircraft: next in issue #4)
- Hermie (first appearance; an employee of PDQ Deliveries in Star City)
- Lou (first appearance; an employee of PDQ Deliveries in Star City)
- Sherman (first appearance; a Star City police officer)
- Ferris Aircraft crew
Location(s):
- Central City
- Coast City, CA
- Florida Everglades
- Middleton, CO
- Star City
Comment(s):
- This story begins the day after the Appellaxian invasion.
- Black Canary II gives her age as nineteen in this story.
Story Reprinted in:
- JLA: Year One ([July] 1999)
- Dollar Comics: JLA: Year One #1 ([May] 2020)
Solicitation:
- Learn how the five founding members of the JLA—the Flash, Green Lantern, Black Canary, Martian Manhunter and Aquaman—were able to pull together as a team, earning the respect of the public and defeating foes like Vandal Savage, scientist T.O. Morrow and the Brotherhood of Evil!