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66-567: In 2010 and 2011, the team experienced a resurgence as part of the Blackest Night and New 52 comic runs. Following the events of the company-wide crossovers Crisis on Infinite Earths and Legends , Justice League of America writer J. M. DeMatteis was paired with writer Keith Giffen and artist Kevin Maguire on a new Justice League series. However, at the time, most of the core Justice League characters were unavailable. Superman

132-617: A 16-issue crossover between the Justice League America (#53–60) and Justice League Europe (#29–36) titles, changing the tone of both series from a humorous one to a more serious one and introducing new creative teams to both series. The major events that occurred were the following: The Justice League titles continued to expand into the early to mid-1990s. Titles included: Justice League America , Justice League Europe , Justice League Task Force , Extreme Justice and Justice League Quarterly . Justice League Europe

198-596: A Black Lantern. The black rings are unable to revive dead characters who are at peace, such as former Dove Don Hall , even as his partner Hawk and his brother Hank rise. In Gotham, Hal Jordan and Barry Allen are confronted by several Black Lanterns, including Ronald Raymond . Hal, the Atom and Flash battle the Black Lanterns when the Indigo Tribe appear and use their Indigo power with other rings to obliterate

264-891: A Lantern, which fully empowers the Black Lantern power battery. Barry arrives in Coast City , where Scar has teleported with the Black Central Power Battery. Black Hand then summons Nekron, who revives the residents of Coast City. The JLA, Wally West , the Teen Titans, and Bart Allen fight the Coast City Black Lanterns. Dove can destroy Black Lanterns with her presence. Hal and Lantern Corps members Carol Ferris , Sinestro , Atrocitus , Larfleeze , Saint Walker , Indigo-1, Ganthet , and Sayd return to Earth and attack Scar while she

330-447: A brush with Armageddon". Blackest Night " Blackest Night " is a 2009–10 American comic book crossover storyline published by DC Comics , consisting of an eponymous central miniseries, written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Ivan Reis , along with a number of tie-in issues. Blackest Night involves Nekron , a personified force of death who reanimates deceased superheroes and seeks to eliminate all life and emotion from

396-529: A childlike personality. When Black Canary resigns, Green Flame and Ice Maiden (both from the Global Guardians ) join. They eventually change their names to Fire and Ice and become long standing members within the team. The series was nominated as "Best New Series" in 1988 by the Harvey Awards , but lost to Paul Chadwick's Concrete . It also featured Adam Hughes ' first work for

462-658: A crossover between the two titles. The title also indirectly tied into Odyssey , a storyline published in Wonder Woman that saw the title character being removed from history with her existence forgotten by most of her fellow heroes. This formed the basis of the book's finale, with the members of the Justice League International racing to track down Wonder Woman before Lord could find her and kill her. Plot threads from Kingdom Come and The OMAC Project also appeared. Generation Lost ended with

528-492: A joyful reunion. Hawkgirl recalls her past lives, removes her helmet to reveal that she is again Shiera Hall and embraces Hawkman. Superman expresses his happiness that J'onn has returned. Firestorm forcibly separates into Ronald Raymond and Jason, the latter is angry that Ronald has killed his girlfriend. As Mera comforts Jason, Ronald is confused and asks Atom what is happening and where Professor Stein is. Guy lets Lord, who

594-741: A major comic book publisher. They fight the Champions of Angor , other-dimensional superheroes intent on destroying all nuclear weapons. Bialya's dictator Rumaan Harjavti takes advantage of the Champions to eliminate his rivals. In Russia , the League fights the Rocket Red Brigade , until Mikhail Gorbachev allows them to help. Wandjina sacrifices himself to stop a nuclear meltdown and the League are sent home by international law. Millionaire entrepreneur Maxwell Lord takes an interest in

660-568: A possible 10. In Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Blackest Night , an alternate outcome to Blackest Night is depicted where Sinestro's ego refused to release his control of the Entity, with the result that all life was destroyed by the Black Lanterns. By the time of the storyline, a few weeks after Nekron's attack, the only living beings in the universe are Sinestro , Lobo , Dove , and Mister Miracle, and Sinestro

726-546: A teaser that a new Justice League International series from The New 52 would be coming in a few months (with Booster Gold as leader). As part of DC's 2011 New 52 relaunch of all of its monthly books, Justice League International was relaunched in September 2011, after the conclusion of the Flashpoint storyline, written by Dan Jurgens and drawn by Aaron Lopresti . This version of Justice League International

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792-419: Is a comic book series published by DC Comics that was a spin-off of the comic book Justice League America (which was then named Justice League International (vol. 1) for issues #7 to #25). Justice League Europe was published for 68 issues (plus five Annual s ) from 1989 to 1994. Starting with issue #51 the title was renamed Justice League International (vol. 2). Like Justice League America ,

858-424: Is attacking Wally West. Nekron has Batman's corpse—later revealed to be a clone briefly reanimated to gain a necessary connection—and sends rings to Superman , Wonder Woman , Superboy , Green Arrow , Kid Flash, Donna Troy , Ice , and Animal Man , previously killed and revived into Black Lantern members by Nekron as Hal and Barry try to outrace their rings. Allen time-travels himself and Jordan two seconds into

924-777: Is captured by the Gray Man, a rogue servant to the Lords of Order. Teaming up with the Creeper , they release Fate and stop the Gray Man from taking over the world. Earth is attacked by a mysterious satellite and the League travels into space. Miracle recognizes it as a modified New Genesis device and neutralizes it. They return home as heroes. Maxwell Lord introduces a proposal to get United Nations funding and they are given sponsorship in exchange for government regulation. This plan allows them to act as an independent city-state with worldwide embassies. Captain Atom and Rocket Red #7 are added to

990-483: Is controlling his mind, escape. Jade kisses Kyle, unaware he is in love with fellow Green Lantern Soranik Natu . Osiris is confused and says he wants to go home. Superboy and Kid Flash, who only knows him by name, try to figure out who he is. After Professor Zoom flees into the past , Flash knocks out Captain Boomerang, while saying bloody hell to him. Barry notes that Ralph and Sue Dibny have not been revived. Deadman,

1056-656: Is denied membership due to having a secret identity, but is allowed to accompany the group as part of an effort to foster good relations between the JLI and the original Justice League. The team goes on to defeat the Signal Men and the alien conqueror Peraxxus. During a press conference outside the Hall of Justice, Rocket Red is killed when a bomb explodes, while Fire, Ice and Vixen are hospitalized and become comatose. This leads Booster Gold to recruit Batwing , OMAC and Firehawk to

1122-582: Is depicted with the colors of the spectrum in the background. The asteroids, which are apparently the remains of the planet Xanshi, are shattered and a large quantity of black power rings move through them. In Gotham City , Black Hand removes Bruce Wayne 's skull from his grave and carries it with him, and a Black Lantern power battery begins to charge. The Guardians of Oa observe the War of Light and realize that Ganthet and Sayd are correct, but are kept from intervening by Scar, who swiftly kills one and imprisons

1188-518: Is formed by United Nations director Andre Briggs as a UN-controlled counterpart to the original Justice League and is based out of the Hall of Justice . The founding members of the team consist of Booster Gold, Fire, Ice, Rocket Red (Gavril Ivanovich), Green Lantern (Guy Gardner), Vixen , August General in Iron and Godiva , who are recruited to the team due to having their identities publicly known. Batman

1254-476: Is like Parallax and Ion and needs a guide, and tries to merge with it, but is blocked by Sinestro, who is unhappy that Hal recently reused Parallax, who Sinestro feels he deserves. Sinestro demands the Entity's power, emerges and is told "Thaal Sinestro of Korugar. Destiny awaits". Sinestro is promptly killed by Nekron, but the White Ring revives him. Sinestro retaliates and kills Nekron, but Nekron's scythe

1320-525: Is only half-alive because the Entity keeps him going even as he wears a Black ring at the same time. Mister Miracle is able to find a means of channelling the Source Wall through Dove to recreate the universe, but when Nekron - now possessing Darkseid - reveals that this will literally remake the universe over, Mister Miracle kills Dove as he cannot bring himself to erase Barda from existence, which causes Lobo to kill Mister Miracle in retribution for killing

1386-543: Is overwhelmed by the Orange light of avarice. John Stewart is trying to stop the horde of Black Lanterns when the combined Six Corps arrive to join and battle the Black Lanterns. In Coast City, Dove tries to reach the Black Lantern Battery but is forced to retreat as a being from within the battery tries to escape. Nekron kills a Guardian and uses his blood to cause a cocoon to emerge. Ganthet reveals that this

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1452-432: Is picked up by a Black Lantern human who transforms into Nekron and says "death cannot be stopped". Ganthet notes that Sinestro cannot properly control the Entity as it is being powered by Sinestro's ego rather than his will to live. The united Lantern Corps attacks Nekron. Deadman possesses Guy Gardner and explains that Black Hand is Nekron's tether and that he must be revived to defeat Nekron. Nekron separates Sinestro from

1518-574: Is the White Light Entity that triggered existence and that life actually began on Earth, not Oa, and that the Guardians upheld the lie to protect the Entity and justify their power. Nekron stabs the Entity, causing living beings across the universe to feel pain, and Sinestro surrenders to his anger at Abin Sur 's death and stabs Ganthet , much to Hal Jordan's chagrin. Hal realizes the Entity

1584-479: Is the third part of a Green Lantern event trilogy that began with Rebirth and continued with "Sinestro Corps War". In a December 2007 interview with IGN, Johns stated that he had the monthly Green Lantern book plotted up until issue #55. More details for the event were revealed in DC Universe #0, which depicted Black Hand discovering the black power battery on the planet of Ryut. Blackest Night #0

1650-756: The Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock , the world starts a metahuman arms race in light of "The Superman Theory" as France has the Justice League Europe. It is mentioned that its members are Crimson Fox, Fleur-de-Lis, Hunchback, Musketeer, Nightrunner , and Thief of Arts. Some time after the cancellation of the series, it was revealed in an issue of Starman that Justice League Europe was being reformed (as La Fraternité de Justice et Liberté). The new team consisted of Crimson Fox , Amazing-Man , Blue Devil , Firestorm , and Icemaiden . Icemaiden turned out to be Nash, daughter of The Mist who destroyed

1716-921: The Justice League 's disbandment, initially consists of them, the Blue Beetle , Booster Gold , Guy Gardner , Fire , and Ice , and are based in the Justice League Satellite . In subsequent episodes, Rip Hunter , Robin , Kid Flash , Superman , Wonder Woman , Plastic Man , the Green Arrow , Captain Atom , Captain Marvel , and Rocket Red have joined the team. Martin A. Stever reviewed Justice League International Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer No. 83. Stever commented that "thanks to clever characterization and wit, this creative team makes team moving day as exciting and as much fun as

1782-554: The "new Extremists". The Silver Sorceress , one of the former Champions of Angor and Justice League member, dies defeating Dreamslayer. Her gravesite is on the island of KooeyKooeyKooey. The U.N. withdraws its support from the Justice League and it disbands. The Martian Manhunter seemingly takes a leave of absence, although later re-emerges under the persona of Bloodwynd . Also, the Breakdowns storyline reorganized

1848-828: The Antimatter Universe. Black Hand regurgitates a cluster of white rings that destroy Nekron. The rings bring only 12 Black Lanterns back to life: Maxwell Lord , Jade , the Hawk, Captain Boomerang , Firestorm (Ronald Raymond), the Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Hawkman , Hawkgirl , Osiris , Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash , and Deadman (Boston Brand). Upon seeing Aquaman alive, Mera's love causes her ring to depart and shatter, sending her into cardiac arrest . Star Sapphire and Saint Walker join their powers together to restore her, and Aquaman and Mera share

1914-620: The Black Dibnys. Mera finds the new (still human) Firestorm and Gehenna , who merge to create a new Firestorm. Indigo says that the Lantern Corps must unite to defeat the Black one. The Indigo Tribe depart with Hal and leave the other heroes to fight the invading Black Lanterns. Black Lantern Firestorm separates Jason and Gehenna, kills Gehenna, while taunting her how scared she was, and absorbs Jason's consciousness. Black rings revive

1980-457: The Corps , Blackest Night: Superman , Blackest Night: Batman , Blackest Night: Titans , Blackest Night: Wonder Woman , Blackest Night: Flash , and Blackest Night: JSA . Ethan Van Sciver had planned to work on the opening book, but because of his work on The Flash: Rebirth miniseries he was not able to complete both effectively. Van Sciver and Ivan Reis, as well as Joe Prado created many of

2046-708: The Entity and Hal says that Nekron opened the door to death but it was the decision of the heroes to live. Hal merges with the Entity and transforms himself and the Black Lantern heroes into a White Lantern Corps , who restore Black Hand to life. This causes Black Hand to regurgitate a White Ring which revives the Anti-Monitor trapped in the Black Lantern Power Battery. Nekron briefly fights the Anti-Monitor and banishes him to his home in Qward,

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2112-565: The JLE by the next morning. The JLE did not know that Mist replaced Icemaiden until Mist began her attacks against them. Mist informed Crimson Fox that the threat she informed Icemaiden about was not real, and that she had sent Icemaiden on an ultimately fruitless search so that she could disguise herself as Icemaiden and replace her on the team. In 1999 Greg Weisman wrote a story for DC Comics ' JLA Showcase #1, cover-dated February 2000. The one-shot consists of various Justice League stories; Weisman's

2178-457: The JLE. The team relocated to London and several characters left or were replaced. The new lineup starting in issue #37, led by Green Lantern ( Hal Jordan ) consisted of: The release of Justice League Spectacular launched the revised Justice League titles with new writers and artists. The Justice League titles expanded to four by June 1993: Justice League America (formerly Justice League International ), Justice League Europe (retitled as

2244-434: The Justice League , by the same creative team published in the pages of JLA Classified . This tale told a story of the characters attempt to rescue Ice from Hell . Following Blackest Night , DC launched two alternating 24-issue bi-weekly comic book miniseries , Brightest Day and Justice League: Generation Lost , written by Keith Giffen and Judd Winick . This second series features Captain Atom, Booster Gold,

2310-557: The Lantern Corps must be discussed. Saint Walker notices that the Indigo Tribe and Black Hand are missing. On the Indigo home world, Black Hand is now a member and prisoner of the Indigo Tribe, and is chained to an indigo power staff. Hal and Barry realize that because Black Lantern Batman was a fake, Bruce Wayne is still alive somewhere. Barry wonders what became of the Entity; Hal says it is still out there, urging them all to move past

2376-465: The Orange Light of Avarice. The series and its tie-in issues have been collected into a number of volumes : The series has received generally positive reviews. Comic Book Resources gave the first and third issues in the series 5 out of 5 stars , and the second received 4.5 stars. IGN also reviewed the series favorably, and rated the first three individual issues between 8.7 and 9.3 out of

2442-412: The commercial success of the series fading, each of the titles was eventually cancelled. In 2003, Giffen, DeMatteis, and Maguire reunited for the six-issue miniseries Formerly Known as the Justice League . This depicted Maxwell Lord trying to get the gang back together as The Super Buddies – a hero-for-hire group that operated out of a strip mall. 2005 saw a second storyline, I Can't Believe It's Not

2508-426: The cybernetic control collar that remained around his neck. While possessing Maxwell Lord's body, Dreamslayer kidnaps and later murders Mitch Wacky on the island of Kooey Kooey Kooey , where the Blue Beetle and Booster Gold previously attempted to open a resort called "Club JLI". Using Lord's persona, Dreamslayer lures a large portion of the Justice League to the island and takes mental control of them, making them

2574-546: The designs for this storyline. Green Lanterns Ash and Saarek find the Black Central Battery at a reportedly classified location within Sector 666. After touching the battery, Saarek reports that their presence has awakened something. The two are killed when two monstrous hands emerge from below them as the battery calls "flesh". In Green Lantern Corps , a field of asteroids in an unknown region of space

2640-776: The emotional spectrum, leading to a "War of Light" that would subsequently destroy the universe. Johns says the prophecy has its origins in the story "Tygers" by Alan Moore , which touches on the rising up of the Guardians' enemies the Weaponers of Qward , Ranx the Sentient City, and the Children of the White Lobe, the destruction of the Green Lanterns, and shows Hal Jordan, Sinestro, and Mogo dying. Both Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver said that Blackest Night

2706-564: The events of the Blackest Night. Elsewhere, on a distant road, a White Power Battery is found in a crater. Following the end of Blackest Night , DC launched Brightest Day , a 25-issue bi-weekly comic book written by Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi . Also, Action Comics features a story arc in which Lex Luthor starts a universal quest to locate the power sources of the Black Lantern Corps after being infused with

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2772-629: The future and disables their rings. Mera and the Atom arrive. John Stewart warns Hal that every Black Lantern in the universe is heading for Earth. Jordan says they need the entire seven Corps to unite to produce White Light. While they summon the seven Corps to Earth, Ganthet duplicates the seven colored rings present and deputizes non-Corps members Ganthet as Green, Barry Allen as Blue, Lex Luthor as Orange, Scarecrow as Yellow, Atom as Indigo, Mera as Red, and Wonder Woman as Violet after separating her from her Black Ring. The Corps Leaders and deputies fight Nekron but cannot stop him, partly because Luthor

2838-477: The growing Black Corps. The Atom is tricked into visiting Black Lantern Hawkman, and Deadman is the first to realize the dead superheroes are not their true selves when his physical body revives as a Black Lantern while he is still free. Aquaman and his Black Lantern family, including Tempest, attack Mera , who flees. A black ring strikes the Spectre , binding the spirit Aztar and reviving Crispus Allen as

2904-454: The new Blue Beetle Jaime Reyes, Fire, Ice and a new Rocket Red (by the name of Gavril Ivanovich) and essentially saw the return of Justice League International, as explained by Giffen: In all of my years in comics, I have never experienced anything like the complete 180 this project took once the brainstorming kicked off. Like I said, when we started the writers' summit, the Justice League... hell, why mince words... Justice League International

2970-405: The only one of the resurrected still wearing a White Ring, is stunned to realize he is alive and something is wrong. Larfleeze returns an unconscious Lex Luthor stripped of his ring, who briefly realizes that he has given something away, and demands that Sayd honors her debt to him. Ganthet protests but Sayd tells him all is well and believes she can somehow help Larfleeze. Sayd says the future of

3036-518: The only thing in the universe he considered "pure". As a last resort, Sinestro uses Lobo to channel the life energy into the universe, but this only results in the creation of a more twisted form of 'life' that follows Lobo's example by trying to destroy all remnants of the old existence and their own enemies, leaving Sinestro fighting to escape this world even as higher entities keep him contained so that he cannot contaminate other realities. Justice League Europe Justice League Europe ( JLE )

3102-469: The organization. Maxwell Lord is initially in a coma from a failed assassination attempt. He is later possessed by JLE foe Dreamslayer of the Extremists. Following the end of the "Breakdowns" saga, he has no more mental powers, apparently drained completely when possessed by Dreamslayer. The Queen Bee, ruler of the country Bialya, is killed in a coup d'état led by Sumaan Harjavti, the twin brother of

3168-544: The original dictator ruler, Rumaan. Despero awakens and escapes Manga Khan's starship to wreak havoc on New York City, seeking vengeance against the Justice League. A force of the Justice League's best (Martian Manhunter, Power Girl, Fire, Rocket Red, Metamorpho, Flash, Guy Gardner, Major Disaster) with the Conglomerate (led by Booster Gold) and Lobo were unable to stop him. Ultimately, it was Kilowog and L-Ron who subdued Despero by transferring L-Ron's consciousness into

3234-417: The rest. Thousands of black rings assault the Corps' crypt, creating a Black Lantern Corps . Hal Jordan and the newly revived Flash investigate Bruce Wayne's grave and are attacked by Black Lantern Martian Manhunter . On Oa, the Green Lanterns are met by all of the resurrected Lanterns, now reborn as Black Lanterns. Hawkgirl and Hawkman are killed by Black Lanterns Elongated Man and Sue Dibny and join

3300-587: The second volume of Justice League International ), Justice League Quarterly , and Justice League Task Force . In late 1994 Justice League International and Justice League Quarterly were cancelled and replaced by a new monthly title in January 1995, Extreme Justice . With new writers and artists in the various titles coming and going, there was little consistency in continuity and quality. The more powerful and recognizable characters such as Superman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), and Batman came and went out of

3366-524: The series featured tongue-in-cheek humor but was a much more action-centric series than Justice League America . The action-themed nature of the series was most overt with the series' most famous arc "The Extremists". The arc featured the Justice League Europe fighting The Extremists , a cadre of psychopathic villains patterned after Marvel Comics villains Doctor Doom , Magneto , Doctor Octopus , Sabretooth and Dormammu . The team

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3432-400: The series was renamed Justice League International to reflect the team's new international status. The name change spawned the term "JLI", which is used when referring to this period in Justice League history. The series was again renamed following the launch of Justice League Europe in 1989. The series was known as Justice League America until its cancellation in 1996. "Breakdowns" was

3498-502: The team by the United States and Russia, respectively. Captain Marvel and Doctor Fate quit the team for personal reasons; Batman steps down as leader, appointing the Martian Manhunter to replace him. They are reintroduced to the world as Justice League International. Despite a series of embarrassing accidents, they successfully move in to embassies around the world. This includes Moscow , New York City and Paris . With issue #7,

3564-411: The team forever when she murdered Crimson Fox, Blue Devil, and Amazing Man (Blue Devil was later restored to life by Sebastian Faust ). It was revealed that Mist covertly contacted Icemaiden and informed her of a supposed threat facing her homeland of Norway, and she must defeat the threat without informing anyone until afterwards. Icemaiden left during the middle of the night, and Mist replaced her within

3630-476: The team, breaching their security and suggesting Booster Gold as a new member. Booster proves himself in combat against the Royal Flush Gang and Lord declares himself their press liaison. The Martian Manhunter saves the world when they battle against a conscious psychic plague and he consumes it. Gardner challenges Batman to a fight over leadership, but Batman knocks him out in one punch. Doctor Fate

3696-676: The team. DC canceled Justice League International in 2012, concluding with issue #12 and Justice League International Annual (vol. 2) #1 in August. Justice League International appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold . Introduced in the episode "Darkseid Descending!", this version of the team is assembled by Batman , Aquaman , and the Martian Manhunter to combat Darkseid following an unspecified incident that led to

3762-568: The universe. Geoff Johns has identified the series' central theme as emotion. The crossover was published for eight months as a limited series and in both the Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps comic titles. Various other limited series and tie-ins, including an audio drama from Darker Projects, were published. The storyline was first mentioned at the conclusion of the " Sinestro Corps War " in Green Lantern (vol. 4) #25. As

3828-455: The various Justice League titles, replaced by new or lesser known characters such as Bloodwynd , Maya , Maxima , Nuklon , Obsidian , Tasmanian Devil and Triumph . Longtime JLI-era characters such as Captain Atom , Martian Manhunter and Power Girl were revised and revamped repeatedly, with mixed reviews by the readers. In the summer of 1996, with sales fading, all three remaining monthly series were cancelled and replaced by JLA . In

3894-611: The villains whose remains have been in storage in the Hall of Justice . Mera and Flash flee the Black Lanterns and use Atom's powers to escape through a telephone line. Flash leaves and gives all the superheroes in the US the key to defeat the Black Lanterns—merging lights with a Green Ring—and the Atom, Mera and the Justice Society of America battle many Lanterns together. Jean Loring kills and causes Damage to revive as

3960-533: The war between the Green Lantern and Sinestro Corps reaches its climax, the four Green Lanterns of Earth— Hal Jordan , Guy Gardner , John Stewart , and Kyle Rayner —are told by the Guardians Ganthet and Sayd of the Blackest Night prophecy. According to the prophecy, the two existing Corps would be joined by five new ones, each driven by a specific emotion and empowered by a specific color of

4026-550: Was later retitled to become the second volume of Justice League International . In the latter part of the series, more recognizable characters, including Superman , Wonder Woman , Green Lantern and Aquaman, joined, followed by lesser known characters such as Bloodwynd , Maya , Maxima , Nuklon , Obsidian , the Tasmanian Devil and Triumph . Longtime JLI-era characters such as Captain Atom , Martian Manhunter and Power Girl were revised and revamped. By 1996, with

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4092-631: Was limited to John Byrne 's reboot , George Pérez was relaunching Wonder Woman and Mike Baron was launching the Wally West version of the Flash . As a result, the initial team consisted of: The resulting comedic tone was Giffen's idea, introducing new characterizations to old characters: Guy Gardner was now a loutish hothead, Booster Gold was greedier and more inept than he had been in Dan Jurgens ' series and Captain Marvel displayed

4158-548: Was not on the table. Then someone, and I really wish I remembered exactly who, stirred the JLI into the mix. Over the course of the series, Power Girl and Batman joined the group as well, with Wonder Woman appearing in the book's final three issues. The title was heavily tied to Winick's run on Power Girl , which had the title character dealing with villains connected to Maxwell Lord's plans in Generation Lost , and eventually had her rejoin Justice League International after

4224-556: Was originally headquartered in Paris , France but later moved to an abandoned castle in Great Britain. After the membership of the Justice League had grown to an unwieldy number of characters, DC split it into two teams. The original Justice League Europe consists of: Later members of the original team include: "Breakdowns" was a 15-issue crossover between the Justice League America and Justice League Europe titles, revising

4290-400: Was released on May 2, 2009 — Free Comic Book Day — and portrays a series of events directly leading into Blackest Night #1. The standalone, self-titled miniseries consists of Blackest Night #0 and eight monthly issues. Tie-ins include issues of Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps starting with issues #43 and #38, respectively, and nine 3-issue limited series: Blackest Night: Tales of

4356-462: Was set during the time of the Justice League Europe and titled "Flashback Of Notre Dame". The story has Captain Atom, the JLE and Bette Sans Souci/ Plastique meeting a group of gargoyles at Notre Dame Cathedral. After the usual misunderstanding/battle, the JLE help the gargoyles return to their home island of Brigadoon . Several members of this incarnation of the Justice League later formed the Super Buddies , whose humorous adventures were featured in

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