100 Issues Ago August 2011

I came across this “100 Issues Ago” panel in an old JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA and thought I’d tidy it up and re-purpose it. If one month = one issue, what was I reading 100 Issues Ago?

With FLASHPOINT almost over (issue #4 was out this month) the rest of DC’s output was either the FLASHPOINT tie-in miniseries, regular series winding up their run or a handful of specials like this one, where creators from classic runs of titles were given the opportunity to tell new stories using their characters.

The Detroit League doesn’t get a lot of love, generally, but I’ve always had a fondness for them, so having a new story set in that era of the League was a nice treat.

The plot’s straightforward enough: Felix Faust attacks the Detroit base of the League, trapping the heroes and a visiting group of children within the base. Steel and Aquaman butt heads, Steel convinced the older hero looks down on the League, before they make a final, doomed to failure stand. Gypsy manages to save the day by disobeying an order from Aquaman, and a young boy tells them they have nothing to fear as they’re the Justice League.

It’s a simple tale from a simpler time and works for me, though Conway’s insistence that the Detroit League matter and that they were heroes despite what the fans said is a little heavy handed.

Next month, it’s the launch of the New 52 and a bunch of new #1s.

2 thoughts on “100 Issues Ago August 2011”

  1. Last issue of Batgirl, Secret Six, Batman Beyond. Avengers Academy is in the middle of 5 months of Fear Itself tie-ins, Heroes for Hire is in the middle of its own (shorter) tie-in. Daredevil is fortunately allowed to ignore all that bullcrap. Darkwing Duck’s running for Mayor.

    The two new additions are Angel & Faith, following up from the “Season 8” Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic, and Wolverine and the Black Cat: Claws II, which is a little mini-series by Jimmy Palmiotti and Michael Linsner following up on an earlier mini-series they did with those two characters. I can’t remember a damn thing about the comic other than the two heroes end up in the future teaming up with Killraven to fight Martian invaders.

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    1. Coincidentally, I’ve used one of the covers from CLAWS II in a Mash-Up that’s due to land on Feb 14 next year. Keep an eye out! 😉

      Ah, SECRET SIX, one of my favourite runs on that title. Shame the later New 52 relaunch didn’t really hit the same spot.

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