Cover Credits |
Artist: Neal Adams |
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Comic Title: Justice League of America #66
Publisher: DC
(National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1968
On Sale Date:
September 10, 1968 Copyright Date September 10, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968
Newsstand Date September 10, 1968
Source: Comic Reader, #68
Frequency: Monthly (semi-monthly, Nov.) with the exception of Jan., Apr., July and Oct.
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Story |
Title: "Divided -- They Fall"
Pages: 23
Feature(s):
Justice League of America (of Earth-1)
Writer: Dennis J. O'Neil
Penciller: Dick Dillin
Inker: Sid Greene
Reprinted In:
Justice League of America Archives Vol. 8 HC (2003)
Showcase Presents:Justice League of America Vol. 4 TPB (2009)
Justice League of America:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)
Feature Character(s)
- Justice League of America (last appearance in Justice League of America #65; next appearance in Justice League of America #68)
- Superman (last appearance in Captain Action #1; next appearance in Superman #211)
- Batman (last appearance in Batman #206; next appearance in Detective Comics #381)
- Wonder Woman (last appearance in Justice League of America #65; next appearance in Wonder Woman #179)
- Green Lantern (last appearance in Green Lantern #64; next appearance in Green Lantern #65)
- Green Arrow (last appearance in Justice League of America #65; next appearance in Justice League of America #68)
- Atom (last appearance in Atom & Hawkman #39; next appearance in Atom & Hawkman #40)
Supporting Character(s)
- Snapper Carr (last appearance in Justice League of America #65; next appearance in Justice League of America #77)
Villain(s)
- Generalissimo Demmy Gog and his followers (the army of Offalia; no further appearances)
Other Character(s)
- The King of Offalia (no further appearances)
- Professor Howard Aiken (a psychology professor and inventor of the morale machine; no further appearances)
- The students and football team of Happy Harbor College (no further appearances)
Comments:
Superman is the chairman of the JLA meeting in this story.
Synopsis:
Generalissimo Demmy Gog and his rag-tag six-man army set out to conquer America using the stolen morale machine inventor by Professor Howard Aiken. Meanwhile, the lesser-powered members of the Justice League have a falling-out with their mightier comrades, which results in Batman, Green Arrow, and Atom joining Snapper Carr to investigate the morale machine's disappearance, while Superman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern remain behind.
A boost of morale allows ordinary humans to defeat the first JLA trio, and finally lands them in Gog's death-trap. At the same time, a lack of morale fills the other three members with such apathy that they cannot summon the will to use their super-powers. Hitchhiking to rendezvous with their comrades, they too fall into Gog's trap, until the Atom rallies the will to escape and switch off the morale device.
The JLA defeats Gog's men, after which Gog himself filled with an excess of morale, attempts to overcome Superman singlehandedly – to no avail. Their difference of opinion resolved, the Justice League once again stands united.
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