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JSA #5
Cover Date: December 1999
Cover Price: $2.50
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Alan Davis
Inks: Mark Farmer
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Credits:
| Story | David S. Goyer, Geoff Johns |
| Pencils | Derek Aucoin |
| Inks | Michael Bair |
| Lettering | Ken Lopez |
| Colors | John Kalisz |
| Editing | Peter J. Tomasi |
Feature Character(s):
- JSA:
- Sand (next in Day of Judgment #3)
- Hourman III (appears in Hourman #3- #7 between pgs 2 and 3; next in Hourman #8)
- Sentinel (next in Day of Judgment #1)
- Wildcat II (next in Day of Judgment #1)
Guest Star(s):
- Mister Terrific II (last in Spectre Vol. 3 #62; next in Young Justice: Sins of Youth #1)
Villain(s):
- Geomancer (first appearance; next in issue #9)
- Obsidian (in between issues #1 and #7)
- Ian Karkull (in between issues #1 and #7)
- The Council (last in Detective Comics #443; behind the scenes; next in JSA Annual #1)
Guest Appearance(s):
- John Stewart (in between Green Lantern Vol. 3 #117 and #122)
- Merayn Dethalis (in between Green Lantern Vol. 3 #117 and #132)
Other Character(s):
- Doctor Iker (last in Adventure Comics #64/3; reformed villain and current Tylerco employee; next in issue #41)
- Rebecca Tyler (first appearance; head of Tylerco; next in issue #41)
- James Rice (last in Infinity, Inc. #12; next in issue #7)
Comment(s):
- At some point between this story and his next appearance in Young Justice: Sins of Youth #1 Mr. Terrific II joins the JSA.
Synopsis: - Finding himself transformed into the substance he is named for, Sand seeks help at Tylerco, where he is assisted by Dr Iker, a former enemy of Hourman, and Rebecca Tyler, Hourman's grand-neice. It seems that as a result of an accident many decades ago, Sand is now a silicon-based lifeform, and is developing a number of related powers. While at Tylerco, he also encounters Michael Holt, the new Mr. Terrific, and invites him to meet the Justice Society.
- On his way back to the Justice Society's headquarters which are being remodelled by John Stewart, Sand senses a disturbance in the Earth's geomagnetic fields and is drawn to its source in Kinambura, Africa. Here he discovers a costumed villain called Geomancer threatening the locals in an attempt to get them to leave, an action he has been paid to take by a group called the Council. Using his new abilities, Sand is able to defeat him. Meanwhile, in Milwaukee, James Rice is confronted by his foster son Obsidian, who attacks him with his shadow powers. This is apparently the first action in a campaign to get to Sentinel, Obsidian's biological father.