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Justice Society of America Roll Call IV
Mar 13th
When you think about it, when you have one set of characters that mimic your main set of characters you can take that group that is not the main group and take risks with them. The characters can grow, evolve, even die without an impact to merchandising. At least in 1982 to think that one day they would kill off a character as main as Batman was impossible. But a copy of Batman on another earth? Well, that could be entirely plausible as we will see.
Tonight we examine the “new kids” of the JSA at least as of 1982.
Yes, Robin, but the Robin of Earth-Two. Dick Grayson has grown up, become a lawyer, district attorney, and ambassador to the United Nations. Having grown up in Batman’s shadow all his life, Dick needed to get out from underneath the shadow of the Bat. Eventually he would wear a costume combining both his Robin colors and the Batman’s motif. He also went by “the Ex-Boy Wonder” to further distance himself as a man, not a boy.
Batman of Earth-One, Robin of Earth-Two, and that is the original Batwoman, Kathy Kane in this issue of Brave and the Bold.
Sylvester Pemberton picks up the mantle of Starman after Ted Knight breaks due to his involvement in creating the Atomic Bomb. Along with his friend Pat Dugan as Stripesy, both of the heroes being skilled in athletics and gymnastics, the two fought Nazism during WWII. Later Sylvester would be able to tweak the cosmic rod and make a Cosmic Converter Belt out of it in order to advance the Cosmic Rod technology even further. At this point Sylvester joins the JSA full time.
And you thought a guy couldn’t pull off the star spangled look.
Wait! Dude, you’ve done Red Tornado already!
Yes, I have.. However the Red Tornado here is an earlier version of the one that later JOINS the JLA. Just like Black Canary who immigrated over, so did the Red Tornado. Oddly enough, just like Canary the cross over occurs in a JLA/JSA Crisis issue in which the Tornado sacrifices himself, only to be rebuilt later.
And I’m very glad they gave him a better costume. That red and purple outfit just looks odd somehow.
Karen Starr is Power Girl who (stop me if you’ve heard this before), rocketed from Krypton’s Argo City to Earth where she encountered her cousin Superman. She grows up and as Superman retires, Power Girl takes over the main role of Kryptonian protector of Earth, while Clark and his lovely wife Lois Lane of Earth-Two, live a happy existence.
If you are saying, wait, that sounds kind of like what would happen if Supergirl grew up and Superman was allowed to retire.. well you’re catching on. Karen instead of Kara. Just a little bit older and more.. blessed up front. It’s impossible to mention Power Girl without mentioning her attributes. Both of them. Without a doubt she holds the title for largest bust line in the DCU.
Yes, those are the boobs you are looking for.
Ahhh, she’s sexy, she’s mysterious, she carries a crossbow and isn’t afraid to use it. Now, just look at her. Who do you think her parents are?
The cape should be at least a little bit of a giveaway, huh?
The Huntress is Helena Wayne, the daughter of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle, otherwise known as Batman and Catwoman. Yes on Earth-Two, Catwoman reformed after doing her time and she and Bruce found love in each other’s arms. Given those genes, Helena was at the very least destined to be a thrill seeker, but tempered with her time at law school and her father’s drive for justice, Helena took up the good fight and joined the JSA. Her addition to the JSA was even more poignant when in a story her mother was drawn back into crime via blackmail and lost her life as did Batman. Helena lost both her parents making her move to the “Batman family” complete.
Next Time: We discuss the five members of the All-Star Squadron in our JLA/JSA crossover.
Justice Society of America – Roll Call III
Mar 12th
We wrap up our JSA Golden Age roll call with six new members, though some seem like we have seen them before. Let’s also keep in mind the JSA had Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman on its rolls, however Supes and Bats were reservists and WW served as the secretary. Since there are no changes in those three characters, they aren’t going to receive separate entries here. The only difference in them at this point is the era that they are active which begins in the late 1930s onward. With that said, here we go.
Dr. Charles McNider is an accomplished surgeon which is amazing since he’s blind. Well, he wasn’t blind when he learned how to be a doctor, he was working on a gunshot victim when one of those wily ubiquitos mobsters lobbed a grenade in, killing the victim and permanently blinding Charles. One evening an owl crashed into Charles’ window at home (just like what happened to Bruce Wayne, isn’t it?) Charles discovered that while he was fairly blind in the light he could see perfectly in darkness. Charles’ “sidekick” is the owl Hooty, making him one of the few heroes to have an animal as a crime fighting partner. Charles would employ his trademark “blackout bombs” and special goggles that he wore in order to mostly ambush villains.
(Would you let this man remove your appendix? Answer: Only if the lights were off.)
Theodore (Ted) Knight is a scientific genius. Showing talent in astronomy, energy, invention, and physics amongst others, Ted Knight harnessed an unknown form of cosmic energy and created the Cosmic Rod or Gravity Rod. The rod allows him to defy gravity, project energy blasts, harness objects, create force fields amongst other feats. Starman’s classic retro costume with the red costume, gold star, and fin is a classic of the age in which he was created. Since Ted’s natural abilities geared him towards being a top energy scientist in WWII, it was revealed that he helped create the atomic bomb. He spent the rest of his life wrestling with this fact, even mentally cracking at one point.
The very first Starman, but certainly not the last.
In the vein of Al Pratt, here comes Ted Grant, the heavyweight boxing champion of his day. Ted is gruff and tends to be a loner and is one of the most respected fighters in the DCU. Ted has taught Batman, Black Canary, and is currently teaching a new crop of JSAers in how to fight in a scrap. Ted is a great character and is frequently a man of few words preferring to let his fists do the talking. If you are wondering about the costume.. well, Ted’s counting on that, go ahead, make fun of it. Before you get your first joke out of your lips you will be on the floor staring at at least three of your teeth.
Do you really think Tyson would stand a chance?
Terry Sloane is a genius who graduated from college when he was 13 and conquered the business world prior to the time most Americans can legally drink. Whether you call him a savant or not, Terry became bored. What do you do when you have done all you set out to do? Terry grew increasingly depressed and was going to commit suicide until he wound up saving a woman’s life. This set him up on the path towards superheroism. Using his brains, marital arts, and natural athletic ability Mr. Terrific burst onto the scene urging kids to follow his mantra of “Fair Play.”
And remember kids, stay in school!
Wait a minute!!! Didn’t we already talk about the Black Canary? Why, yes. We did. This is Dinah Drake. Originally from Earth-2 and the daughter of a policeman, Dinah donned a blond wig, domino mask, and some fishnets and became the blonde bombshell. Eventually Black Canary married her beau Larry Lance and became Dinah Drake Lance, however their love was not to last for in one of the earlier JLA/JSA team ups while fighting a villain named Aquarius, Larry took a fatal dose of radiation. Distraught by her loss, Dinah immigrated from Earth-2 to Earth-1 to join the JLA.
Yowza. Even for the 1940s Dinah was hot. And you can see the pin-up girl influence.
And finally… no JSA roll call is complete without…
The original Red Tornado is Maxine “Ma” Hunkel. A housewife in WWII days, Ma Hunkel knew with all the menfolk gone off to war someone had to make sure the neighborhood was doing okay. So she donned an outfit made up with items around the house and a pot on her head with holes cut into it and patrolled for crime. The very real joke about Ma Hunkel’s JSA affiliation in the Golden Age is that she showed up for a meeting and then, every woman’s nightmare, her pants split. Especially important as the Red Tornado outfit made Ma look more like a man than a woman, making her one of the first real androgynous/cross dressing characters in comics.
So along with this entry I promised some McCarthyism right? Well Senator Joseph McCarthy on our Earth was a renowned Senator in charge of the House Unamerican Activities Committee which was the well spring of a lot of unnecessary vilification of Americans who didn’t believe as Sen. McCarthy did. Trumped up charges that were exceedingly insubstantial did not matter, as the word that you were called before McCarthy was enough to get one blackballed as a card carrying communist. The Cold War soared in height and before Mr. McCarthy was finally called on his foolishness many people were destroyed.
In our comic book world, Sen. McCarthy calls for the JSA to appear before the Committee to explain why such devout Americans would hide their true identities from those they seek to protect. The JSA members argued that they don masks to protect their loved ones from any villains that might seek retribution against them. Not good enough for McCarthy, the JSA are given an order, reveal their identities or else. The JSA take a few seconds to confer and tell McCarthy that they won’t be revealing their identities, but that America won’t be hearing from them again any time soon. At that, Doctor Fate teleports the JSA out of the chamber and the JSA anonymously retire to their civilian identities.
Next time: The JSA’s next generation.
Justice Society of America – Roll Call II
Mar 11th
Here we go continuing our look at the JSA.
Carter Hall, same name as our Silver Age version is NOT a Thanagarian, but rather the reincarnation of an Egyptian Pharaoh named Khufu. Khufu and his bride Chay-ara were murdered back in ancient Egyptian days and cursed so that they would live life after life after life. Doomed to find each other and fall in love all over again, however at some point when their love was at its zenith, they would each be murdered again to be reincarnated once again and the cycle repeats itself. In this time Carter and Shiera Hall married and had children and carried on crime fighting careers as Hawkman and Hawkgirl.
Gee, that’s funny. You would think if there is a Golden Age version of Hawkgirl, there would be a Silver Age one..? There is a Silver Age version, we’ll get to her shortly.
Hourman is Rex Tyler and he is a renowned chemist and has invented a drug called Miraclo. Miraclo will give Rex increased strength, speed, and stamina for.. (wait for it).. one hour. Eventually, Rex develops a dependency upon Miraclo and he becomes one of the first comic characters with a drug dependency issue, though not the most famous one.
He sure does look happy for an addict, doesn’t he?
Wesley Dodds is the enigmatic Sandman. One of the Mystery Men who truly did strike fear into people with his gas mask evoking imagery of WWI and II. His gas gun would mostly put his quarry to sleep, but sometimes they would be compelled to tell the truth in a lucid dream/almost awake state.
The Sandman is unique in that his sidekick isn’t really a sidekick at all but rather Dian Belmont is portrayed as an equal foil to Wesley and unlike Lois is aware of Wesley’s masked identity.
Eventually Wesley would ditch the scary pulp detective look for a more traditional super-hero costume and would take on a sidekick in the form of Sandy Hawkins taking the role of Sandy the Golden Boy. Wesley at some point in his career develops precognition as another power further tying him to his nom-de-guerre.
The Golden Age Atom is Al Pratt who is a boxer of great spunk and at a diminutive height being called The Atom seems like an easy pitch. At 5′1″ it could hardly be said that The Atom was someone to be reckoned with, that is until Al’s fist hit someone’s jaw. The Atom was the epitome of the little guy can win the fight and size doesn’t matter. Eventually The Atom does gain some measure of super-strength due to fighting an atomic powered villain during WWII.
The Atom’s 2 costumes, on the left the non-powered version, on the right, the atomic powered version.
Originally, Johnny Thunder was the team’s mascot character. A good hearted fellow with plenty of spunk to want to fight the bad guys. Then Johnny went and found himself a genie that was contained in a fountain pen. Johnny could call upon the genie, named Thunderbolt, when he said the magic word “Cei-U!” or “Say You!” It sounds pretty cool right? Well, Johnny while well meaning, had difficulty controlling the Thunderbolt, who took things literally and would sometimes complain in battle “well, maybe I wasn’t told the right thing to do.”
Next Time: The remaining Golden Age JSAers and McCarthyism.
Justice Society of America – Roll Call I
Mar 10th
Now, we’re here on Earth-Two and the counterpart to the JLA is the JSA. Not only the counterpart, but also the predecessor of the JLA. Back when I started collecting comics characters used to be numbered by order in which they appeared, so the original Green Lantern was Green Lantern I but he was from Earth-2. I am not going to do that here.
If any hard core comic book fans are reading this, I probably just moved to the heretic column. Oh well, I’ve been called an abomination before, and it will happen again, so bring it.
What I am going to do is typically use the character’s name and their real name to distinguish which character that we are talking about.
For the five heroes that kept being published from the Golden Age through to the Silver Age…
- Superman
- Batman
- Wonder Woman
- Aquaman
- Green Arrow
Only three of them joined the JSA. Wonder Woman was the secretary and Superman and Batman were honorary members. Neither Aquaman nor Green Arrow joined the JSA. Additionally between the Golden Age to the Silver Age no significant changes were made in the character regarding name, origin, powers, m.o., etc.., While some of these may have evolved over time there was not a distinct change that occurred along with a brand new introductory character. Since Superheroes as a genre were not commercially successful, most of those heroes went into mothballs until the powers that be decided it was time for superheroes to stage a comeback.
When that comeback occurred it featured a new character, new costume, new powers, new origins… the only thing that stayed the same consistently from character to character was the name of the hero.
With that in mind, we need to go back to the Golden Age a bit and spend some time with these heroes and heroines of the Golden Age.
The American propaganda was very important back in the days of WWII. For morale of the troops overseas and as a cheap entertainment for the kids at home. Remember, basics were scarce, so people typically read a comic and then sent it along with their magazines and newspapers to paper drives, along with scrap metal, old tires, nylons, anything to help with the war. People grew victory gardens to save money while dealing with war rationing. A coca-cola for Christmas was considered a splurge due to the sugar shortage.
So kids, needed their heroes just as much as the boys overseas. And here they are the roll call of the original JSA.
The Flash is Jay Garrick is a college student who inhales fumes from a hard water/heavy water experiment and when he awakes he discovers he can move at super speeds and he has amazing reflexes. He is easy to recognize due to the Hermes/Mercury helmet he wears.
(Barry Allen Flash of Earth-One on the left and Jay Garrick Flash of Earth-Two on the right.)
The Spectre is Detective Jim Corrigan who was murdered by mobsters. His body became infused with the “spirit of vengeance” and he became The Spectre. The Spectre starts off as just a man in an outfit with ghostly abilities, but he evolves eventually into one of the most powerful forces in the DCU as the “Wrath of God.”
The Spectre in one of his spooky tales in the Silver Age.
The good doctor who is a master of the mystical arts is Dr. Kent Nelson a son of an archaeologist who was in Egypt discovering all sorts of hidden treasures, unfortunately Kent’s father died leaving young Kent to be raised by a being named Nabu. Nabu is an ancient Egyptian sorcerer whose spirit lives in the Golden Helmet of Doctor Fate. When Kent puts on the Helmet, the power and personality of Nabu take him over to an extent and he becomes an agent for the Lords of Order to fight the never ending power of Chaos magicks.
(You have to admit, the helmet is a pretty intimidating look.)
Green Lantern is Alan Scott of Gotham City and is a top radio man in the business. Radio, right? According to comic book legend Alan was supposed to be named Alan Ladd (Aladdin?) but then a real Alan Ladd began to appear in movies and the name was scrapped. Alan’s ring and lantern are formed out of a mystical rock called The Starheart. He must charge his ring every 24 hours just like that other Green Lantern, however he has no connection to the space faring Green Lantern Corps except in name only. He was named an honorary member of the Green Lantern Corps after many duties he had performed over the years in the Earth-One universe. Unlike Hal, Alan’s ring was immune against wood, not against the color yellow.
Next time: More Classic JSA members!
Super Heroes, World War II, and the Spear of Destiny
Mar 9th
It is the mid 1930s, the shadow of fascism has slowly begun to rise in Germany. Based on the premise of the “Ubermensch”, Adolf Hitler rose to power and Berlin hosted the 1936 Olympic Games and in retrospect we have to assume that Hitler was confident that his superior race would win out.
Then came along Jesse Owens. An American. A Black American. No one used African-American back then. He won four gold medals in Berlin in track and field. Humiliating the German ubermensch and enraging Hitler. Now, was Hitler’s mad dash for power because of this? God no. But this mini drama is the opening salvo in America’s entry into World War II.
On September 1st, 1939, Germany invades Poland and the war is on. America remains deeply divided as Germany conquers country after country. And with America’s eyes firmly fixed on the foundation of isolationism while keeping on eye on Europe, December 7th, 1941, the Japanese surprise attack the United States in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor. An enraged America rises up and Franklin Delano Roosevelt gives one of the most rousing political speeches of all time.
“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – The United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with the government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific.
Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States and his colleagues delivered to the Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. While this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or armed attack.
It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time, the Japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.
The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very many American lives have been lost. In addition, American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu.
Yesterday, the Japanese government also launched an attack against Malaya.
Last night, Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong.
Last night, Japanese forces attacked Guam.
Last night, Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands.
Last night, the Japanese attacked Wake Island.
This morning, the Japanese attacked Midway Island.
Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation.
As commander in chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense.
Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us.
No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.
I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.
Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.
With confidence in our armed forces – with the unbounding determination of our people – we will gain the inevitable triumph – so help us God.
I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, Dec. 7, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire.“
This being the case that our history serves as a mirror to the history in our fictional universes, the question that fanboys must ask themselves is “Why do they not just send Superman over there to kick Hitler’s butt?”
Very good question and it deserves an answer that will hold substantial water.
And now we introduce our first official religious icon into the DC Universe.
31 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jews did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. 33 But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. 35 The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. 36 These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,” 37 and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.” John 19: 31-37 NIV Version.
This bit of text from The Holy Bible is a description of what soldiers did and did not do as Jesus’ dead body hung from the cross. The spear is the key though that we will be focused on. As any watcher of Indiana Jones movies knows, one does not mess with artifacts related to the Old and New Testaments. It is a really good way to get your face melted off.
All these religious artifacts are rumored today to hold immense powers if used in the correct way and by those interpretations in modern pop culture.. the Ark of the Covenant, the Holy Grail.. lets add this. The Spear of Destiny or The Spear of Longinus. We need to make the leap that this is a literal spear and not a metaphorical one for the purposes of storytelling in the DCU.
Now that the Spear is lost to time and memory…eventually falling into the hands of Adolf Hitler. It is rumored that whomever has the Spear, will conquer the world. Well, Hitler very nearly did conquer the world. Did he have the real Spear or just a facsimile? I won’t argue either side for now.
In the DCU, Hitler did have the Spear of Destiny and was quite an accomplished occultist. Hitler used the Spear of Destiny to form large areas that would instantly assert mental control over any super powered being that entered into them. Get too close to Europe or Japan and boom! You’re suddenly a pawn of Hitler?
Nice solution really when you think about it. We have to explain how Superman could let all these normal people go overseas and die for their country when Supes could zip in there and take care of them all at superspeed.
The Justice Society of America was formed prior to the All-Star Squadron, the All-Star Squadron is the “beefier” version of the JSA including every Golden Age character that existed.
Between these characters and our fighting men and women, the Axis never stood a chance.
Next Time: JSA Roll Call!
Crisis on Earth-Prime
Mar 8th
Okay, we’ve eased into the idea of alternate earths correct?
Previously there was Earth-One, the earth where all our characters exist and…
Earth-Prime, the earth where all of us gentle readers live in a non-super powered world.
Well HANG ON FOLKS! We’re about to blow that idea up to the ceiling.
Just take a look at this cover.
Here are the keys I would like to point out:
- The 20th Annual team-up of the Justice Society of America and the Justice League of America.
- Guest starring the All-Star Squadron
- And who are those quasi familiar villains coming out of that cube?
All good questions… now, just park it for a second.
The Justice Society is the precursor of the Justice League. Originally published back in the 1940s primarily for kids and to be shipped overseas for the boys far from home. The Justice Society fought all sorts of Nazi saboteurs and their own super-criminals.
In the 40s most heroes veered on the “pulp” style of masked mystery men. The only main DC characters published at the time who did not appear in the JSA were those with their own adventures like Superman and Batman as those characters were “too busy” in their own books.
After the world had vanquished the Axis threat, superheroes waned in popularity due partly to not needing heroes so much any more during the idyllic late 40s and 50s. Additionally we can thank Dr. Frederick Wertham who wrote a snappy little dissertation called “The Seduction of the Innocent” in which comics (and a number of other things) are blamed for juvenile delinquency.
So, in the interim, the JSA declined and basically went away while the genres of the Wild West comic and Space Adventure (sounds very Toy Story, doesn’t it?) soared in popularity. The only characters to continue throughout this drought were Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman with Aquaman and Green Arrow appearing in backup features.
Eventually, Editor par excellance Julius Schwartz decided it was time to bring back the Super-Heroes. Instead of resurrecting the older heroes, he took their names and with various creators around DC Comics twisted them into origins that were less mystical and more scientific to relate to the new Atomic Age.
This is basically the break down of the Golden Age of Comics and the Silver Age of Comics.
The Golden Age heroes exist on an Earth called Earth-Two. They were active during World War II.
The Silver Age heroes exist on an Earth called Earth-One. They are active in the present day, for this story that is 1982.
Additionally on Earth-Two the Justice Society heroes got older, added some more modern characters, and exist in the present in 1982.
The JLA and JSA have met each other for 20 years at this point starting with this iconic comic.
NOW.. do you notice anything about this cover that looks.. odd?
Yeah, that’s Black Canary up there with the JSA, not the JLA.. WTF is going on here???
Well, okay guys, just calm down. There is a lot of things going on here and we’ll touch on all of it eventually. Here’s what you need to know.
DC COSMOLOGY:
Earth-One: The home of the Silver Age characters. These are the characters we read in “modern” comics and their official starting point at this point is the 1950s in the Atomic Age.
Earth-Two: The home of the Golden Age characters. These characters started in and around WWII but continue into the present day as well.
So, that’s all well and good. let’s go back to the next point…Who is the All-Star Squadron?
The All-Star Squadron is a World War II group that was formed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Earth-Two as a draft action to enlist every mystery man or woman into the service to combat the Axis threat. Formed and then disbanded after WWII concluded the All-Star Squadron includes every Golden Age hero that DC Comics owns, but their stories tend to focus on the five heroes shown above: Liberty Belle, Johnny Quick, Robotman, Firebrand, and Commander Steel.
Now, we also have to address those pesky villains coming out of the Transmatter Cube.
Ultra-Man, Superwoman, Owl Man, Johnny Quick, and Power Ring, together they are The Crime Syndicate from Earth-THREE!
On Earth Three, everyone who is good on Earth-1 is EVIL on Earth-3 and everyone who is EVIL on Earth-1 is actually good. The one hero left on Earth-3? Lex Luthor. The villains correlate directly to Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, The Flash, and Green Lantern.
Wait! Darren, there can’t be two Johnny Quicks and two Green Lanterns? ARGH!!! Slurpee headache!!! Don’t worry, here.. breathe into this paper bag. Nice and slow.
Since, I have more than blown your mind with this nugget of DC history. So, rest your swollen noggins my peeps.
Next Time: The All-Star Squadron and The Spear of Destiny!!!