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Title:
Justice League of America 27
Synopsis:
Synopsis for The ”I” Who Defeated the Justice League!
At the most recent Justice League meeting, all members are present except for Batman, Aquaman and the Atom who are busy with other cases. With no imminent dangers, the League decides to check their mail. They find letters from Bruce Wayne (puzzling Superman who knows Batman’s secret identity) asking the League to check out word of an invisible thief, a letter from Ray Palmer asking to check out a mysterious self-firing cannon, and a letter from C. King to check out a disappearing island. The present Justice League members decide to look into the reports.
When Green Arrow, Flash and Snapper Carr appear at Wayne Manor to ask about the letter, they find out that Bruce Wayne did not write the letter, prompting Bruce to drop his current case to help out his fellow Leaguers solve the mystery. The same situation happens when Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter visit Ray Palmer, and Superman and Green Lantern visit C. King (Aquaman in an assumed disguised to try and catch smugglers.)
In Gotham City, Batman helps Flash, Green Arrow and Snapper try to capture the ”invisible” thief from robbing an art gallery however they are captured by strange tentacles coming out of an inter-dimensional portal and sucked away before they can solve the mystery. The same thing happens when Atom, Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter detect a strange explosion that happens at the same time as the cannon going off, and Superman, Green Lantern and Aquaman try to learn the secret of the disappearing island.
The League finds themselves in another universe and are standing before an omnipotent being who they begin referring to as ”I”. I has brought the JLA to his reality to effect the group so that if they ever fought in groups of two or more, they would fail, as their continued team-work and success caused a ”Robber-Energy” that threatened to render I inert should the group have one more successful mission. Unable to kill them, I did the next best thing: Make it impossible for them to use their powers in unison. Unable to defeat I one-on-one the entity returns them back to their own reality.
There, Snapper comes up with a way to beat I: By having having Green Lantern revive Amazo and forcing the being to use all it’s powers it copied from the JLA. This causes the same reaction and I is rendered inert, and with I defeated, the JLA are able to work as a team again. They work together to defeat Amazo, and return his inert body into their trophy room. With the threat of I ended, the group then solves the mysteries they began:
The invisible thief was the art collector, who was so afraid of somebody stealing his work would hide the paintings in his sleep. The cannon going off was a diversion hiding the sound of an underground tunnel being blasted by crooks to make a tunnel into a bank vault, and the floating island was really a disguised submarine used by smugglers.
Justice League of America Vol 1 27
Justice League of America Vol 1 #27
May, 1964
Cover Artists
Mike SekowskyMurphy Anderson
The ”I” Who Defeated the Justice League!
Writers
Gardner Fox
Pencilers
Mike Sekowsky
Inkers
Bernie Sachs
Editors
Julius Schwartz
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Justice League of America # 26 Justice League of America # 28
Appearing in The ”I” Who Defeated the Justice League!
Featured Characters:
Justice League of America
Aquaman
Atom
Batman
Flash
Green Arrow
Green Lantern
Martian Manhunter
Superman
Wonder Woman
Supporting Characters:
Snapper Carr
Antagonists:
I (First appearance)
Amazo
Starro (Cameo)
Doctor Light I (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
Robin
Jason Markham (Single appearance)
Locations:
Secret Sanctuary
Gotham City
Wayne Manor
Items:
Vehicles:
Kanjar Ro’s Cosmic Boat (Cameo)
Notes
The Doctor Light flashback is from Justice League of America Vol 1 #12
Starro and Kanjar Ro’s Cosmic Boat are just cameos in the JLA’s Hall of Souviners
This issue is reprinted in Justice League of America Archives Volume 4.
https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Justice_League_of_America_Vol_1_27
At the most recent Justice League meeting, all members are present except for Batman, Aquaman and the Atom who are busy with other cases. With no imminent dangers, the League decides to check their mail. They find letters from Bruce Wayne (puzzling Superman who knows Batman’s secret identity) asking the League to check out word of an invisible thief, a letter from Ray Palmer asking to check out a mysterious self-firing cannon, and a letter from C. King to check out a disappearing island. The present Justice League members decide to look into the reports.
When Green Arrow, Flash and Snapper Carr appear at Wayne Manor to ask about the letter, they find out that Bruce Wayne did not write the letter, prompting Bruce to drop his current case to help out his fellow Leaguers solve the mystery. The same situation happens when Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter visit Ray Palmer, and Superman and Green Lantern visit C. King (Aquaman in an assumed disguised to try and catch smugglers.)
In Gotham City, Batman helps Flash, Green Arrow and Snapper try to capture the ”invisible” thief from robbing an art gallery however they are captured by strange tentacles coming out of an inter-dimensional portal and sucked away before they can solve the mystery. The same thing happens when Atom, Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter detect a strange explosion that happens at the same time as the cannon going off, and Superman, Green Lantern and Aquaman try to learn the secret of the disappearing island.
The League finds themselves in another universe and are standing before an omnipotent being who they begin referring to as ”I”. I has brought the JLA to his reality to effect the group so that if they ever fought in groups of two or more, they would fail, as their continued team-work and success caused a ”Robber-Energy” that threatened to render I inert should the group have one more successful mission. Unable to kill them, I did the next best thing: Make it impossible for them to use their powers in unison. Unable to defeat I one-on-one the entity returns them back to their own reality.
There, Snapper comes up with a way to beat I: By having having Green Lantern revive Amazo and forcing the being to use all it’s powers it copied from the JLA. This causes the same reaction and I is rendered inert, and with I defeated, the JLA are able to work as a team again. They work together to defeat Amazo, and return his inert body into their trophy room. With the threat of I ended, the group then solves the mysteries they began:
The invisible thief was the art collector, who was so afraid of somebody stealing his work would hide the paintings in his sleep. The cannon going off was a diversion hiding the sound of an underground tunnel being blasted by crooks to make a tunnel into a bank vault, and the floating island was really a disguised submarine used by smugglers.
Justice League of America Vol 1 27
Justice League of America Vol 1 #27
May, 1964
Cover Artists
Mike SekowskyMurphy Anderson
The ”I” Who Defeated the Justice League!
Writers
Gardner Fox
Pencilers
Mike Sekowsky
Inkers
Bernie Sachs
Editors
Julius Schwartz
Previous Issue Next Issue
Justice League of America # 26 Justice League of America # 28
Appearing in The ”I” Who Defeated the Justice League!
Featured Characters:
Justice League of America
Aquaman
Atom
Batman
Flash
Green Arrow
Green Lantern
Martian Manhunter
Superman
Wonder Woman
Supporting Characters:
Snapper Carr
Antagonists:
I (First appearance)
Amazo
Starro (Cameo)
Doctor Light I (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
Robin
Jason Markham (Single appearance)
Locations:
Secret Sanctuary
Gotham City
Wayne Manor
Items:
Vehicles:
Kanjar Ro’s Cosmic Boat (Cameo)
Notes
The Doctor Light flashback is from Justice League of America Vol 1 #12
Starro and Kanjar Ro’s Cosmic Boat are just cameos in the JLA’s Hall of Souviners
This issue is reprinted in Justice League of America Archives Volume 4.
https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Justice_League_of_America_Vol_1_27
Cover Date:
05/1964
Publisher:
DC Comics
Barcode:
555221448566
Issue Number:
27
Year:
1964
Variant Number:
1
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Cover Price:
$.12
Era:
Silver Age
Genre:
Superhero
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Language:
English
Type of Comic:
Magazine
Characters:
Robin (Dick Grayson)
Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) Creators Mort Weisinger & George Papp 1st App. Adventure Comics #250 (July, 1958) Death/Resurrection Green Arrow (Vol. 2)#100/101 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Oliver_Queen_(New_Earth)
Aquaman, Atom, Batman, Flash (Barry Allen), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Manhunter from Mars, Superman, Wonder Woman & Snapper Carr
Antagonists: I (First appearance) Amazo, Starro (Cameo) Doctor Light I (Flashback only)
Jason Markham (Single appearance)
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Date Added:
2018-07-02 22:17:07
Series:
Justice League of America Vol 1
Story Arc:
Rise of the Olympian
Date Added:
2018-07-02 22:17:07
Created By:
Gardner Fox
Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) Mort Weisinger & George Papp
Dick Grayson Creators Bob Kane, Bill Finger & Jerry Robinson Superman #76 (May, 1952) dc.fandom.com/wiki/Richard_Grayson_(Earth-One)
Wonder Woman (Diana of Paradise Is. Earth-One) Creators William Moulton Marston · Harry G. Peter 1st App. Wonder Woman #98 (1958) Death Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (1986) https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Diana_of_Paradise_Island_(Earth-One)
Superman- Kal-El (Earth-One) Mainstream Universe, 1950s-1986 Creators Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster. 1st App. More Fun Comics #101 (January, 1945) https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Kal-El_(Earth-One)
Batman (Bruce Wayne) Creator Bill Finger & Bob Kane 1st App. Detective Comics #27 (May, 1939) https://batman.fandom.com/wiki/Batman
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Creators John Broome & Gil Kane 1st App. Showcase #22 (October, 1959) https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Hal_Jordan_(New_Earth)
Justice League of America Creators Julius Schwartz & Gardner Fox 1st App. The Brave and the Bold #28 (March, 1960) https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Justice_League_of_America_(New_Earth)
Aquaman (Orin, Arthur Curry) Mainstream Universe, 1950s-2011 Creators Mort Weisinger, Paul Norris & Ramona Fradon 1st App. Adventure Comics #211 (April, 1955) https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Orin_(New_Earth)
Flash (Bartholomew Henry ”Barry” Allen) Creators Robert Kanigher & Carmine Infantino (1st App. Showcase #4 (October, 1956) https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Barry_Allen_(New_Earth)
Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) Creators Mort Weisinger & George Papp 1st App. Adventure Comics #250 (July, 1958) Death/Resurrection Green Arrow (Vol. 2)#100/101 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Oliver_Queen_(New_Earth)
Martian Manhunter (J’onn J’onzz (Earth-One)) Creators Joseph Samachson & Joe Certa 1st App. Detective Comics #225 (November, 1955) “ https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/J%27onn_J%27onzz_(Earth-One)
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Writer:
Gardner Fox
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Penciller:
Mike Sekowsky
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Inker:
Bernard Sachs
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Cover Artist:
Mike Sekowsky & Murphy Anderson
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Editor:
Julius Schwartz
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