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| Issue |
Justice
Society of America 1 of 8 |
| Subtitle |
Vengeance
from the Stars chapter 1: Beware the Savage Skies |
| Date |
April
1991 |
| Writer(s) |
Len
Strazewski |
| Artist(s) |
Rick
Burchett |
| storyline |
1950.
Ted Knight (Starman) opened a new observatory. An
old man interrupted the ceremony with doom-and-gloom
end of the world talk. He gave Knight an old star
chart; Knight investigated it later that night.
As he looked through his telescope, a constellation
appeared to attack him.
A week later, he called the Flash. He and Jay discussed
the situation - it had virtually destroyed the observatory
and Knight believed it had also destroyed some power
stations across the country. He revealed to Jay
that he was in a wheel chair. Flash went out to
the location they discussed to find the culprit.
After he left, a man stepped out of the shadows
and congratulated him. Knight called him "master."
Flash warned workers at the Boulder Dam that they
might soon be under attack. A monster of electricity
took shape and began wrecking the facility. Flash
and the workers slowed the electric monster, then
it changed shape: from a man to a dog. Flash was
taken down and power was lost throughout the entire
country. |
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| Issue |
Justice
Society of America 2 of 8 |
| Subtitle |
Vengeance
from the Stars chapter 2: The Sack of Gotham |
| Date |
May
1991 |
| Writer(s) |
Len
Strazewski |
| Artist(s) |
Grant
Miehm |
| storyline |
As
the power outage continued, Black Canary faced off
against some looters in Gotham City. She tied them
up and left them for the police. Her police scanner
picked up more trouble nearby. She found a wrecked
police car and got the officer out. He described
four men in suits. Inside a nearby museum, she found
looters matching the description. After taking some
down, Solomon Grundy appeared.
With Orion already on the loose, the man in shadows
let loose Sagittarius from Knight's observatory.
Black Canary was eventually captured by Grundy and
the other goons. |
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| Issue |
Justice
Society of America 3 of 8 |
| Subtitle |
Vengeance
from the Stars chapter 3: Dead Air |
| Date |
June
1991 |
| Writer(s) |
Len
Strazewski |
| Artist(s) |
Mike
Parobek, Rick Burchett |
| storyline |
Unable
to broadcast due to the power outage, GBS manager
Alan Scott gazed out a window to see an energy being
atop a nearby building. He changed into his Green
Lantern outfit and went to investigate. The monster
attacked him as Black Canary was knocked out below.
As they fought, Green Lantern realized the creature
was Sagittarius.
The men who'd stolen artifacts from the museum (and
Black Canary) notified their boss. Vandal Savage
continued to taunt Knight.
Sagittarius turned into an eagle. Grundy helped
it defeat Green Lantern by throwing a telephone
booth at him. The eagle grabbed up GL and Canary
and flew away. |
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| Issue |
Justice
Society of America 4 of 8 |
| Subtitle |
Vengeance
from the Stars chapter 4: Evil of the Ancients |
| Date |
July
1991 |
| Writer(s) |
Len
Strazewski |
| Artist(s) |
Tom
Artis, Frank McLaughlin |
| storyline |
Carter
Hall found some cave paintings at an excavation
site in New Mexico with items identical to others
he'd seen across the globe. Hall explained to his
companion the theory of "racial memory."
When the ground began to shake, they feared they'd
been caught in a bomb test, but looking up, they
realized it was much worse - a giant being of light
stood above them. It was Andromeda. The two archaeologists
split up - Carter got into his Hawkman costume.
As they did battle, Andromeda turned into a giant
winged horse. It stole three test bombs and knocked
Hawkman out of the sky. Flash caught him as the
horse flew away. |
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| Issue |
Justice
Society of America 5 of 8 |
| Subtitle |
Vengeance
from the Stars chapter 5: Doublestar Rising |
| Date |
August
1991 |
| Writer(s) |
Len
Strazewski |
| Artist(s) |
Mike
Parobek, Rick Burchett |
| storyline |
Flash
whipped up a Geiger counter while Hawkman got patched
up. They teamed up with Carter's colleague, William
Wildeagle, and went after the constellation.
Savage continued to taunt Ted Knight - the "stolen"
electricity was being funneled into his scepter.
Flash and Hawkman chased the star creature to Knight's
observatory where they realized it was setting up
an energy battery - the facility had a pyramid being
built around it. When Orion showed up, the two constellations
crashed into each other trying to grab the Flash.
They were immediately drained - Hawkman realized
that's why they were so far apart in the sky. With
two of his creatures down, Vandal Savage flew out
of the observatory and toward the two mystery men.
Using Starman's cosmic rod, he took down Hawkman
and the Flash. Wildeagle shot it out of his hand,
damaging it.
Grundy appeared on the horizon as Will aimed at
Savage. |
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| Issue |
Justice
Society of America 6 of 8 |
| Subtitle |
Vengeance
from the Stars chapter 6: Danger Flies the Skies |
| Date |
September
1991 |
| Writer(s) |
Len
Strazewski |
| Artist(s) |
Tom
Artis, Frank McLaughlin |
| storyline |
A
biplane approached the giant eagle that was carrying
Black Canary and Green Lantern. Doiby gave GL his
lantern. Alan got himself, Canary, and the loot
free. Doiby caught Canary; GL constructed a parachute
for the loot. The bad guys were watching from below
and nabbed it.
When they realized the bird was soaking up GL's
energy, Black Canary told Alan to try and turn the
tables on it. It worked. The bird shrank into GL's
lantern until it absorbed into the pyramid being
built around the observatory.
Canary and GL arrived in time to see Vandal Savage
standing above Flash and Hawkman with Solomon Grundy
approaching. |
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| Issue |
Justice
Society of America 7 of 8 |
| Subtitle |
Vengeance
from the Stars chapter 7: The Return of the Justice
Society |
| Date |
October
1991 |
| Writer(s) |
Len
Strazewski |
| Artist(s) |
Grant
Miehm, Rick Burchett |
| storyline |
The
Justice Society went into action against Savage,
Grundy, and their goons. As Knight watched on from
his observatory, he thought about the end of the
war and giving up the superhero life.
The JSA took down Grundy. Savage hopped in the jeep
with his men, grabbed Grundy up, and headed back
to the observatory. He tossed Knight the cosmic
rod and told him to repair it. The rest of the Society
compared notes on what was going on. Hawkman threw
a native American weapon at the pyramid and it opened
up to reveal Savage dressed in Egyptian garb. He
called forth his constellations, but they'd been
somehow corrupted by Knight - he'd turned them into
television personalities. |
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| Issue |
Justice
Society of America 8 of 8 |
| Subtitle |
Vengeance
from the Stars chapter 8: Battle of the Stars |
| Date |
November
1991 |
| Writer(s) |
Len
Strazewski |
| Artist(s) |
Grant
Miehm, Rick Burchett |
| storyline |
The
Justice Society battled it out with Savage and his
constellations-turned-television stars. Savage regained
control and the constellations returned to their
original forms. Ted Knight showed up with a newly
built cosmic rod. He attacked with the Justice Society.
GL took down the pyramid structure. Hawkman repositioned
the telescope. The constellations were returned
to the sky, Savage and Grundy were taken down. The
Justice Society was again victorious.
Starman officially returned to active duty with
the team. As the celebrated, McCarthy's investigation
on un-American activities was announced on television.
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| Notes,
references to time, and chronology: |
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This
item takes place in 1950, obviously well before the other
items on this timeline. |
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Many
of these issues take place during the previous, leading
into the same scene. |
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In
issues 7 and 8, Flash mentions he's engaged. |
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