Comic Title: Justice League of America Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1992
On Sale Date: February 18, 1992 Shipping Date February 18, 1992
Source: Previews, #36

Shipping Date February 20, 1992
Source: Advance Comics, #38

Copyright Date February 25, 1992
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1992

Cover Price: $39.95
Page Count: 256
Editor: Bob Kahan

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Secret of the Sinister Sorcerers"
Pages: 26

Feature(s):
Justice League of America (of Earth-1)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Mike Sekowsky
Inker: Bernard Sachs

Reprinted From:
Justice League of America #2 (1960)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice League of America (last appearance in Justice League of America #1; next appearance in Justice League of America #3)
• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #271; next appearance in Superman #142)
• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #286; next appearance in Superman #142)
• Flash (last appearance in Flash #117; next appearance in Flash #118)
• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Wonder Woman #118; next appearance in Wonder Woman #119)
• Green Lantern (last appearance in Green Lantern #3; next appearance in Green Lantern #4)
• Martian Manhunter (last appearance in Detective Comics #286; next appearance in Detective Comics #287)
• Aquaman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #279; next appearance in Showcase #30)

Supporting Character(s)

• Snapper Carr (temporarily transformed into a monster in this story; last appearance in Justice League of America #1; next appearance in Justice League of America #3)

Villain(s)

• Simon Magus (an inhabitant of Magic-Land; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #265)
• Saturna, Lord of Misrule (an inhabitant of Magic-Land; no further appearances)
• The Troll King (an inhabitant of Magic-Land; no further appearances)
• A manticore and a griffin (creations of Saturna; no further appearances)
• Troll giants and dwarfs (subjects of the Troll King; no further appearances)
• Air sprites and wood nymphs (subjects of Simon Magus; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mandini the Mage and his female assistant (a stage magician; no further appearances)
• Merlin the Magician (it is not certain whether this is the same Merlin who was the ally of King Arthur; no further appearances)
• The King of Magic-Land (a parallel world; no further appearances)
• Jimmy Carr (Snapper’s younger brother; next appearance in Justice League of America #114)

Comments:
Wonder Woman temporarily loses her super-powers in this story, as do the other members, even though her powers are of magical, not scientific, origin. It is probable that her loss of powers is psychologically induced by the other members’ loss of powers and that, although she does not discover it in this story, she actually does not lose her powers at all. A similar instance takes place in Justice League of America #59.

Synopsis:
All scientific law on Earth ceases to function while, simultaneously, in Magic-Land, a parallel dimensional world, magic no longer works. Merlin the Magician discovers that the three sinister sorcerers, Simon Magus, Saturna, and the Troll King, are responsible for transposing Earth and Magic-Land between dimensions so that they can rule the latter world, being the only inhabitants with a knowledge of science.

Deprived of their science-based powers, the Justice League members resort to mysticism to call on Merlin for help. Regaining his magic abilities on Earth, Merlin sends the super-heroes to Magic-Land to defeat his enemies. J’onn J’onzz and Green Lantern take on a griffin and a manticore commanded by Saturna, while Flash and Wonder Woman battle the Troll King’s subjects, and Superman, Batman, and Aquaman capture Simon Magus.

Returning from Magic-Land, they rescue Snapper, who has accidentally changed himself into a monster with Merlin’s magic wand, and Merlin restores Earth and his own world to their proper dimensions.