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JSA #37
Cover Date: August 2002
Cover Price: $2.50
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Cover Credits:
Art: Christian Alamy (Signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Geoff Johns, David S. Goyer |
| Pencils | Leonard Kirk |
| Inks | Keith Champagne |
| Lettering | Ken Lopez |
| Colors | John Kalisz |
| Color separations | Heroic Age |
| Editing | Peter J. Tomasi |
Feature Character(s):
- JSA:
- Sand
- Flash I
- Hawkman
- Power Girl
- Sentinel
- Wildcat II (next in the second story in this issue)
- Doctor Fate IV
- Mister Terrific II
- Doctor Mid-Nite II
- Hawkgirl II
- Johnny Thunder (mortal form dies; merges with Yz to become Johnny Thunderbolt)
- Atom Smasher II (next in issue #40)
- Star-Spangled Kid II
Guest Star(s):
- Black Canary II
- Captain Marvel (joins JSA between pg 19 and pg 20)
- Hourman II (joins JSA between pg 19 and pg 20)
- Crimson Avenger II (next in the second story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jakeem Thunder
- Thunderbolt (merges with Johnny Thunder to become Johnny Thunderbolt; next in issue #78)
- Joan Garrick
- Molly Mayne-Scott (last in Green Lantern Vol. 3 #110; next in issue #52)
Villain(s):
- Ultra-Humanite
- Icicle II (next in JSA: All Stars #1)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Justice League of America:
- Big Barda
- Black Lightning
- Captain Marvel Jr.
- Cyborg
- Damage
- Donna Troy
- Firestorm II
- Geo-Force
- Impulse
- Jade
- Jesse Quick
- Mary Marvel
- Plastic Man
- Red Tornado II
- Shade
- Pat Dugan (in between Superman: The Man of Steel #123 and #130)
Other Character(s):
- Joseph Thunder (first appearance; one of Johnny Thunder's older brother)
- Jordan Thunder (first appearance; one of Johnny Thunder's older brother)
- Jason Thunder (first appearance; one of Johnny Thunder's older brother)
- James Thunder (first appearance; one of Johnny Thunder's older brother)
- Jefferson Thunder (first appearance; one of Johnny Thunder's older brother)
- Jacob Thunder (first appearance; one of Johnny Thunder's older brother)
- The Fate-child's mother (see Comment for issue #44)
Synopsis: - Captain Marvel is devastated; it looks like breaking the Ultra-Humanite's hold over Johnny Thunder has killed the retired hero. Meanwhile, Sand confronts the Humanite, who exists now only as a brain. He narrowly prevents the Icicle from killing it, but the deed is instead done by the Crimson Avenger, who says that her predecessor's death has now been avenged, disappearing from the scene.
- Johnny Thunder holds on to life long enough for his friends to bid him farewell. Jakeem then demands that the thunderbolt restore him, but it can neither kill nor return to life; however, it does know of one more option and merges itself with Johnny's soul so that he lives on as Johnny Thunderbolt. Jakeem gets him to reverse all the Humanite's wishes, meaning that everyone returns to where they were before this all began and the world is mostly put to rights, although everyone still remembers what they did and the dead remain dead.
- Later, Johnny's body is buried; Captain Marvel and Hourman join the JSA; and the Icicle makes it quite clear that he only acted alongside the heroes in order to save his own life.
Credits:
| Story | Geoff Johns, David S. Goyer |
| Pencils | Peter Snejbjerg |
| Inks | Keith Champagne |
| Lettering | Ken Lopez |
| Colors | John Kalisz |
| Color separations | Heroic Age |
| Editing | Peter J. Tomasi |
Feature Character(s):
Guest Appearance(s):
- Wildcat II (next in issue #40)
Other Character(s):
- Charles Durham (deceased; in flashback)
Synopsis: - Having killed the Ultra-Humanite and avenged the death of Lee Travis, the first Crimson Avenger, his successor experiences the death of Charles Durham, wrongly convicted and executed for a crime he did not commit. She thinks of her strange guns, triggerless, knowing when to shoot, and of how they used to belong to Travis, who must somehow have rid himself of their curse. She must now seek out and kill the man who faked evidence to get Charles Durham convicted: Ted Grant, Wildcat...