Comic Title: Justice League #1
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: May 1987
On Sale Date: February 5, 1987 Newsstand Date February 5, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #36

Newsstand Date February 5, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #109

Shipping Date January 13, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #36

Shipping Date January 13, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #109

Shipping Date January 13, 1987
Source: Comics Journal, #113

Copyright Date January 13, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Andrew Helfer

Title: "Born Again"
Pages: 25

Feature(s):
Justice League (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Keith Giffen
Scripter: J. Mark DeMatteis
Penciller: Kevin Maguire
Inker: Terry Austin
Letterer: Bob Lappan
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo

Reprinted In:
Justice League:A New Beginning TPB (1989)
Millennium Edition:Justice League 1 (#29) (2000)
Millennium Edition:Justice League 1 (#29) [Variant] (2000)
JLA:The Greatest Stories Ever Told TPB (2006)
Justice League International Vol. 1 HC (2008)
Justice League International Vol. 1 TPB (2009)
Green Lantern:A Celebration of 75 Years HC (2015)
Justice League International Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2017)
Justice League International:Born Again TPB (2020)
Dollar Comics:Justice League #1 (2020)
Justice League of America:A Celebration of 60 Years HC (2020)
Wonder Woman:The Many Lives of Maxwell Lord TPB (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice League (last appearance in Legends #6; next appearance in Justice League #2)
• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #574; next appearance in Justice League #2)
• Black Canary (last appearance in Legends #6; next appearance in Justice League #2)
• Blue Beetle (last appearance in Captain Atom #2; next appearance in Justice League #2)
• Captain Marvel (last appearance in Legends #6; next appearance in Justice League #2)
• Doctor Fate (last appearance in Legends #6; next appearance in Justice League #2)
• Guy Gardner (last appearance in Green Lantern Corps #211; next appearance in Justice League #2)
• Martian Manhunter (last appearance in Legends #6; next appearance in Justice League #2)
• Mister Miracle (last appearance in Mister Miracle Special #1; next appearance in Justice League #2)

Guest Star(s)

• Doctor Light (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Justice League #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Oberon (last appearance in Mister Miracle Special #1; next appearance in Fury of Firestorm #63)
• Maxwell Lord (first appearance; last appearance in Justice League International #12; next appearance in Booster Gold #16)

Villain(s)

• Charles Collins and several terrorists (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Ms. Wootenhoffer (Maxwell Lord's secretary; next appearance in Justice League #2)
• Lonnie Chu (a television reporter; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Gypsy (pictured on a monitor)
• Steel (pictured on a monitor)
• Vibe (pictured on a monitor)
• Vixen (pictured on a monitor)
• Ronald Reagen (on television)

Comments:
This story continues in part in Justice League #2.

Synopsis:
The Justice League holds their first meeting after officially reforming. Guy Gardner arrives first and tries to bully the team into making him the leader. Batman is the last to arrive, and he puts Gardner in his place. Batman then takes over the meeting.

Businessman Maxwell Lord is also at work behind-the-scenes. He has his own plans for the new League. He approaches Doctor Light and offers her membership, giving her a signal device. When she activates the signal during a terrorist attack on the U.N., the League responds, though they don't know how she acquired the device.

Under Batman's leadership, the League defeats the terrorists. However, Batman observes that the gunmen are poorly trained. The new League makes a name for itself in the process. Max Lord, who secretly hired the terrorists, is pleased.