Comic Title: Secret Origins of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1990
On Sale Date: January 16, 1990 Shipping Date January 16, 1990
Source: Previews, #11

Shipping Date January 18, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #13

Direct Market Date January 18, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #132, #133

Cover Price: $4.95
Page Count: 144
Editor: Mark Waid

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "All Together Now"
Pages: 38

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

Plotter: Keith Giffen
Scripter: Peter A. David
Artist: Eric Shanower
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo

Reprinted From:
Secret Origins #32 (1988)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice League (origin and earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #46)
• Martian Manhunter (last appearance in Secret Origins #35; next appearance in Secret Origins #46)
• Aquaman (last appearance in Aquaman Special #1; next appearance in Secret Origins #46)
• Black Canary (last appearance in Secret Origins #50; next appearance in Secret Origins #46)
• Green Lantern (last appearance in Green Lantern:Emerald Dawn #6; next appearance in Secret Origins #46)
• Flash (last appearance in Secret Origins Annual #2; next appearance in Secret Origins #46)

Villain(s)

• Seven aliens from Appellax (no further appearances)
• An Appellaxian judge (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World of Metropolis #4; next appearance in Superman #12)

Other Character(s)

• An oceanographer (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Batman (pictured as a later member of the JLA)
• Green Arrow (pictured as a later member of the JLA)
• Hawkman (pictured as a later member of the JLA)
• Hawkgirl (pictured as a later member of the JLA)
• Zatanna (pictured as a later member of the JLA)
• Elongated Man (pictured as a later member of the JLA)
• Red Tornado (pictured as a later member of the JLA)
• Firestorm (pictured as a later member of the JLA)
• Phantom Stranger (pictured as a later member of the JLA)
• Vixen (pictured as a later member of the JLA)
• Gypsy (pictured as a later member of the JLA)
• Vibe (pictured as a later member of the JLA)
• Steel (pictured as a later member of the JLA)
• Snapper Carr (pictured as a later associate of the JLA)

Comments:
This story reveals the post-Crisis origin of the Justice League and takes place entirely in the past.

J'onn J'onzz has not revealed his presence to the world in this story and operates entirely in secret.

Aquaman has met the inhabitants of Atlantis for the first time shortly before this story begins.

Black Canary takes the place of the pre-Crisis Wonder Woman as a founding member of the team. This is the second Black Canary, the daughter of the original. This is her first adventure as a crime-fighter.

Green Lantern is seen returning from space after his first meeting with the Guardians of the Universe and the Green Lantern Corps in this story.

Although Superman appears in this story, he does not meet the other heroes or become a member of the Justice League.

Batman, who was a founding Justice League member in the pre-Crisis reality, does not appear in this story.

Synopsis:
On the planet Appellax, seven natives have stepped forward claiming credit for the death of the Kalar, the leader of their race. By law, the assassin becomes the next Kalar. To settle the dispute over who was the real killer, a trial by combat is arranged with Earth, which is considered a primitive world, as a battleground.

J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter, has been operating in secret on Earth for some time. He does not reveal his presence to the world, fearing the reaction of the people to his alien nature. When one of the Appellax aliens assumes the form of a giant stone creature and turns several people into statues, J'onn must risk revealing himself to stop the alien.

Elsewhere Aquaman has just returned from his first visit to Atlantis. Another of the Appellax aliens is present in the waters nearby. The alien briefly turns Aquaman into a puddle of liquid mercury. The Sea King is able to save himself by creating an underwater whirlpool.

In an unnamed city, the daughter of the original Black Canary has donned her mother's costume and set out to be an adventurer. She encounters an Appellaxian made of glass. Using her sonic scream, she is able to defeat the alien by shattering him.

Green Lantern returns to Earth after his first meeting with the Guardians and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps. He follows a meteor to the ground from which one of the aliens emerges. This one takes the form of a yellow bird creature. Despite his own vulnerability to yellow, Green Lantern prevails.

The Flash learns of another alien landing in the town of Croydon. This one is a flame creature which the Flash defeats by removing the supply of oxygen from the area around the alien.

The five heroes all learn about the other meteors landing around the globe. They converge on a sixth alien which was taken the form of a tree creature. It gains the upper hand and turns each of the heroes into tree creatures bent to its will. Although under the control of the alien, the heroes are able to exert a bit of their own wills which when used in tandem, allows them to free each other and ultimately defeat the alien.

The final landing site is determined to be in Antarctica. The heroes join forces and fly there with the aid of Green Lantern's power ring. They arrive in time to see Superman finish off the alien invader. The Man of Steel flies away before meeting the group, who decide to join forces on a regular basis as the Justice League of America.