Justice League of America:The Last Survivors of Earth TPB
Justice League of America:The Last Survivors of Earth TPB
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Artist: Neal Adams

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Title: "Plague of the Galactic Jest-Master"
Pages: 24

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

Writer: Dennis J. O'Neil
Penciller: Dick Dillin
Inker: Joe Giella
Letterer: John Costanza

Reprinted From:
Justice League of America #81 (1970)

Feature Character(s)

Villain(s)

Guest Appearance(s)

Other Character(s)

  • Ra Lef (a Thanagaran security officer; no further appearances)

Comments:
Hal Jordan and Oliver Queen are shown to be unavailable for duty as they are on a cross-country journey.

Synopsis:
The Atom and Hawkman travel to Thanagar seeking a cure for Jean Loring's madness and to drop off the prisoner Norch Lor. They find the planet engulfed in an area of chaos which drives everyone therein to madness. The two heroes end up fighting the security forces, then each other.

The situation on Thanagar provokes the involvement of the Guardians of the Universe. They relay a message to Hal Jordan who summons the Justice League. Superman, Batman, Flash, and Black Canary then head to Thanagar to investigate. They stop Hawkman from killing the Atom, but they too are soon driven to madness. Superman is able to pull them away from the planet. Once out of range, their senses are restored.

The team soon realizes that the madness had the opposite effect on Jean Loring. While in the chaotic region, she her sanity returned. They use Jean to enter the chaos where they discover the cause. An alien called the Jest-Master who is testing planets by driving their populations mad. The team is then able to defeat him. As a result of her involvement, Jean Loring is also cured of her madness.


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