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Issue
1: Born Again
The new Justice League met for the first time: Green
Lantern Guy Gardner, Black Canary, Mr. Miracle,
Captain Marvel, Martian Manhunter, and Blue Beetle.
Gardner attempted to assume leadership of the group
and an all-out brawl broke loose. Batman and Dr.
Fate arrived and settled everyone down.
Elsewhere, a mysterious figure offered membership
to the new Dr. Light. She was given a communications
device, which she promptly needed when she and several
hundred others were taken hostage in the UN building.
She turned it on an signaled the League. Batman
sent Fate and Marvel to scout while the rest followed
in Blue Beetle's Bug ship.
Batman and Gardner continued to be at each other's
throats as they emerged triumphantly from the situation.
One of the terrorists shot himself thinking if he
died a bomb he'd strapped to himself would go off.
It failed.
Issue
2: Make War no More
Batman questioned Dr. Light about where she got
the signal device. TV host Jack Ryder questioned
the need for the new JLA. A group of foreign capes
(The Silver Sorceress, Wandjina, and Blue Jay) disarmed
Bialya. Its leader welcomed them. After hearing
about them, Batman readied his team to go after
them.
Guy, who sympathized with the disarmers, was first
to encounter them. He was rather easily taken down
by the group. Bialya ordered Blue Beetle's ship
out of its airspace.
Issue
3: Meltdown
Bialya's leader clued his new superheroes in on
Russia, telling them there were nukes there. As
they entered Soviet airspace, the Rocket Red Brigade
zeroed in on them (with Blue Beetle's Bug not far
behind). On orders, the Rocket Reds went after the
Justice League, while others confronted the aliens.
They tried to inform the Rocket Reds that their
planet had been destroyed by nuclear weapons to
no avail. A plant went meltdown. Wandjina went in
and stopped it. The Rocket Reds got him treatment
and ordered the Justice League away.
Back at the headquarters, a man named Maxwell Lord
introduced the team to its newest member: Booster
Gold.
Issue
4: Winning Hand
The Justice League discussed Lord, Booster Gold,
and Dr. Light (Lord had recruited her, too). After
hearing that Lord had a "master plan,"
the building's power went out. The Royal Flush gang
was spotted outside. Mr. Miracle turned on the force
field, locking them inside with Booster Gold. He
took care of the Gang while the rest of the JLA
watched. When he noticed them, the Ace in the Hole
attacked. The rest of the League swooped down to
help, but the android had been created to exploit
their weaknesses. Booster, working with Blue Beetle,
destroyed the robot.
Batman welcomed him to the team as Maxwell Lord
told the gathered journalists he was their official
press liaison.
Issue
5: Gray Life, Gray Dreams
Jack Ryder got a tip on Dr. Fate and headed out
with a camera crew.
As the League prepared to meet, Batman brought Guy
Gardner down a notch by one-punch knocking him out.
Dr. Fate communicated to them that he was in trouble
- the Gray Man had him captive. Batman sent Captain
Marvel to investigate while the others prepared
for their trip to Salem.
The Justice League landed in Salem and were met
by the Creeper.
Issue
6: Massacre in Gray
The entire city had been transformed. The League
went in to find the Gray Man. Soon, they were attacked
by Captain Marvel, who was being mind controlled.
Martian Manhunter, after a brawl, was able to free
Marvel of the Gray Man. The Creeper led the group
to a theater where the Gray Man was battling it
out with Dr. Fate. As the Gray Man's "other
selves" began to move in on the League, the
Creeper pounced on his head. After he'd taken down
the entire team, Dr. Fate stopped holding back.
The Other Selves disappeared. Fate then banished
the Gray Man back to the realm in which he'd been
captive for centuries.
Martian Manhunter took Captain Marvel back to headquarters
intent on returning for the rest of his friends.
Hal Jordan spoke with Maxwell Lord about Guy Gardner's
involvement with the Justice League.
Issue
7: Justice League International
The Lords of Order granted the Gray Man's request
and set him free of his position. Dr. Fate returned
to Earth and the Justice League regained consciousness.
After Fate vanished, Creeper bounced off, and the
League got into the Bug to head back to headquarters.
J'onn met with Maxwell Lord in his office. Oberon
(Mr. Miracle's assistant) was there. Hal Jordan
showed up at JLA headquarters to talk to Guy Gardner.
Superman met with the President.
An alarm sounded. A rouge satellite was firing on
Earth. The Justice League (minus Guy, who stayed
behind on monitor duty) headed into space. Mr. Miracle
single-handedly disarmed the laser.
Back on Earth, Miracle told the group the satellite
was actually a training tool used on New Genesis.
With help from Maxwell Lord, the Justice League
of America became the Justice League International.
Now sanctioned by the UN, Captain Atom and Rocket
Red 7 were permitted to join the team. Captain Marvel
dropped out, needed to better get a grip on himself.
Batman left the team not wanting the international
spotlight (he left J'onn J'onzz in charge).
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