Best Selling Books by Gerry Conway

Experience the Legionnaires’ far-flung adventures leading up to the Great Darkness Saga in this follow-up collection of action-packed episodes from acclaimed talents Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, Paul Levitz, Jim Janes, Steve Ditko, and more! This second and final volume collects The Legion of Super-Heroes #272-283, DC Special Series #21, and The Best of DC: Blue Ribbon Digest #24.

Something is draining the lifeblood out of the JLA. Can they stop it before it kills them?

Featuring Superman and Batman in ÒTHE INNOCENT WHO HATED!Ó Plus, Green Arrow in ÒTIME KEEPS ON KILLING!Ó

ÒTHE UNLUCKIEST LEAGUE OF ALL!Ó While the male Leaguers are distracted by a bachelor party for the Atom, Amos Fortune captures Wonder Woman and uses the magical properties of her body to infuse seven random people with superpowers, then sends them to battle the Justice League!

Armed with HawkmanÕs repellor-discs, which prevent Starro from taking control of them as he has their fellow members, Batman, Aquaman, the Flash, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Elongated Man and Zatanna mount a counterattack on Starro and his mind-slaves. If they fail, the authorities may be forced to destroy New York to prevent the spread of StarroÕs endlessly replicating duplicates. The problem is solved by two ÒvictimsÓ who escape StarroÕs control. Red Tornado, whose computer mind is not affected as a human brain would be by StarroÕs influence, blacks out the city, leaving Starro without an energy source, and Terry Watson, by hiding in a food freezer, enables Hawkman and Hawkgirl to discover that intense cold can not only free the alien conquerorÕs victims, but also defeat Starro himself. Firestorm and Green Lantern, their minds freed from StarroÕs control, bombard him with ice and freeze him solid, while ZatannaÕs magic chills the air, disposing of the duplicates across the city.

The Day Up Was Down' starring the Flash, 'Requiem for a Deadman' starring Deadman, 'To Everything There Is a Season' featuring the JSA. Wonder Woman stars in 'Slave of the Queen Bee', and don't miss 'Invaders From Above' starring Aquaman!NOTE: this issue is available only in black & white.

Zatanna contacts the Atom for help when she seems to be losing her magical powers (a gradual development from previous issues), but the affliction appears to be widespread, as other JLA members on individual cases also find themselves bereft of their super-abilities, including the Flash, Black Canary, Elongated Man and the Atom himself. The culprit is the android Amazo, reactivated against his will by the Key, who is stealing the League membersÕ energies for his own use and to cure the Key of his dwarf state (suffered as a side effect of his previous cure in issue #150). With HawkmanÕs aid, the superheroes track down and defeat Amazo, while Zatanna magically cures the Key of his affliction. In the aftermath of the battle, the Atom learns that ZatannaÕs power loss is a separate phenomenon, caused by her overuse of her skills in previous cases, and that her powers are permanently reduced as a result.

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Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and Zatanna, now in the bodies of the Secret Society members, escape imprisonment aboard the JLA satellite and attempt to return to their true forms. Using the super-villainsÕ powers, they overcome Red Tornado (who naturally mistakes them for the real villains) and learn the location of the Secret Society headquarters from an incarcerated former member, Hi-Jack. However, their attack is foiled by the appearance of the remaining Justice League heroes, who have been alerted by the five villains masquerading as Leaguers. All the heroes-turned-villains are captured, except Zatanna, who escapes in the guise of Star Sapphire.

At Metropolis Harbor, Superman and Wonder Woman engage a group of armored men who have just stolen top-secret equipment from S.T.A.R. Labs. The Elongated Man is in San Francisco raiding a fencing operation in the Chinatown district. Back in New York, Firestorm encounters a cat-woman named Reena burglarizing the Empire State Building. After a brief scuffle, Reena surrenders to him and asks him for sanctuary. He brings Reena back to the Justice League Satellite, where she reveals the nature of the Ani-Men who have been attacking various League members. In Luxor, Egypt, Katar Hol is on a dig when his crew is attacked by giant scorpion-men. At Repli-Tech Industries, a scientist named Dr. Lovecraft reports to his master, the Ani-Man known as Maximus Rex.

ÒREPRISE.Ó Black Canary is hospitalized after she and Green Arrow are defeated in a battle against the Star-Tsar.

Vixen overtakes and captures a car driven by three terrorists--who are working for the Red Dawn group led by her uncle, General Mustapha Maksai! 'Rebirth' part 2.

“HENSON’S POOCH.” A man is murdered by his son for his money, but now his ghost has returned for revenge! Plus, “THE SENIOR SIN!” and “THE BURNING!”

ItÕs the most sensational showdown of all time! Bat Lash! Cinnamon! Jonah Hex! And Scalphunter! Versus the Justice League of America!

"MISSING--ONE MAN OF STEEL!" While the Justice League fought Queen Bee and Sonar, Superman mysteriously disappeared! Supergirl and the League search frantically to find him. Where is Superman? And who could have taken him?

The "War of the Worlds" is almost over--and the survivor gets the Earth!

Crushed when another physicist unwittingly duplicates a research paper he had planned to give at the International Physical Year Symposium, Ray Palmer suffers a nervous breakdown. When his wife Jean and Hawkman attempt to help him, he flies into a rage, becomes the Atom and vanishes into an unexplored subatomic world. Using a device of RayÕs invention, the Justice League members follow him but lose their memories in the process. They encounter a woman called Wanderer and are attacked by reptilian humanoids she calls Devil Guards, creatures of Goltha, the micro-worldÕs tyrannical ruler. The heroes journey with her to the city of ChÕanar, unaware that the Atom, now a comparative giant in size, is a captive there.

Can nothing stop the Lord of Time from becoming master of the world? Find out in ÒGrand Canyon ShowdownÓ!

Can the united forces of the JLA, JSA and New Gods beat back the tide of Darkseid? Or will the dark god's evil wash over all of creation? Find out in the epic conclusion of the annual team-up!

Batman is trapped in a halfway house taken over by Two-Face. Plus, Vicki Vale becomes even more convinced Batman and Bruce Wayne are in fact the same person.

Ò2,000 LIGHT-YEARS TO CHRISTMAS!Ó A trio of aliens passing Earth lose three powerful artifacts, which create chaos for the Justice League, especially when Major Macabre, a South American strongman, attempts to gain power from them.

TERROR IN THE SKY! Dr. Kirk Langstrom was a respected biologist with a specialty in the Family Chiroptera, a.k.a bats. In an attempt to cure his deafness, Langstrom devised a serum to duplicate batsÍ system of echolocation in humans. He tested it on himself, and while his deafness was cured, the serum also transformed his body into a monstrous human/bat hybrid. Each time Batman faces the Man-Bat he doesnÍt know if he is battling a crazed flying monster or a man stuck in an eternal nightmare. What makes matters even worse is that Francine Langstrom, KirkÍs wife, has also been transformed into a human/bat hybrid and now the question remains have LangstromÍs passed their curse on to their children? BATMAN ARKHAM: MAN-BAT collects some of the villain's greatest stories by some of the industry's greatest creators, including Neal Adams (GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW), Steve Ditko (Spider-Man), J. G. Jones (WONDER WOMAN), Gerry Conway (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA), Chuck Dixon (NIGHTWING), Flint Henry (DETECTIVE COMICS) and many more!

ÒTHE BEASTS WHO THOUGHT LIKE MEN!Ó A mysterious plague has struck the United States! Human beings are exhibiting wild-animal behavior and animals are gaining human intelligence! Where exactly did this plague come from? And can the Justice League of America contain it without becoming infected themselves?!

The senses-shattering quest for Kobra!

"THE FATAL PRESCRIPTION OF DOCTOR DEATH!" Batman and Robin are pushed to the limit as they take on the returning Doctor Death!

“NIGHT WOMEN.” A doctor follows a bag lady she had treated into the subway system, only to discover that the city’s bag ladies are witches! Plus, “KILLED IN THE RATINGS” and “WORK FOR DYING!”

ÒTHE SUPER-POWER OF NEGATIVE THINKING!Ó Ultraa, the superhero from Earth-Prime, decides that the very existence of super-powered beings, whether heroes or villains, is a threat to life on Earth. He uses a negative-radiation device to alter the JLA heroesÕ perceptions so that they are unable to use their powers!

David Dorman travels across the world to be with his fiancŽe, singer Olivia St. James. The Justice League begins to suspect the TreasurersÕ motives, and the aliensÕ cure for the X-Element crisis proves worse than the disease, as one-third of all humans and animals are transformed into monsters. The Phantom Stranger appears to help out, even as Truthspeaker, a rebel Treasurer, reveals that his fellow aliens are actually the first wave of an invasion of Earth by the reptilian War-Kohn.

Elongated Man and Black Canary capture the Ten aboard the JLA satellite, but not before Green Arrow joins the ranks of comatose Leaguers in the hospital. Batman and the Flash join Elongated Man and Black Canary to attack the Royal Flush GangÕs headquarters, only to be taken out of action, one by one. In the end, the villains are betrayed by the Jack, who teams up with Black Canary to defeat the King and Queen and reveal Ace as a robot. The hospitalized League members are saved when the astral self of Hector Hammond, secretly the Royal Flush GangÕs organizer, Wild Card, is unexpectedly attacked by the mental persona of FirestormÕs alter ego, Prof. Martin Stein.

His remains fished out of Long Island Sound by young Terry Watson (following events in ADVENTURE COMICS vol. 1 #451), Starro slowly regains his former stature and powers. Transported to a Central Park lake by a mind-controlled Terry and his family, the starfish villain has an accidental encounter with Red Tornado and Wonder Woman, which alerts the other JLA heroes to his presence. In the subsequent battle, Starro is able to create dozens of small duplicates of himself that attach themselves to his victims, including Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Red Tornado, Black Canary and Firestorm, putting them under his control. By the time the remaining Justice League members and the U.S. Navy arrive on the scene, the entire island of Manhattan is under StarroÕs mental sway.

ÒIÕLL KILL YOU IN YOUR DREAMS!Ó The League does battle with the nefarious Dr. Destiny, who projects terrifying dreams into several sleeping heroes, then forces them to confront those same dreams in real life.

Reena goes to the Arena and turns herself in to Maximus RexÕs guards. Rex, meanwhile, is in the middle of massacring another group of hapless victims inside the fighting pit. Dr. Lovecraft escorts Reena out into the stadium and presents her to Rex. Sneering, Rex brutally finishes off the remaining combatants as a means of showing Reena how he deals with those who betray him.

A white plantation owner gets into a voodoo duel with his laborers.

The members of the Justice League are attacked—but all while in the guise of their secret identities! The future of the League becomes hard to read as the Tarot strikes and affects the heroes' personalities to the core!

ÒTHE STELLAR CRIMES OF THE STAR-TSAR!Ó The story you never thought youÕd see! A Leaguer is...a member no more!

ÒSEVEN DOORWAYS TO DESTINY!Ó The cultists have June as a hostage. The Challengers get beaten down by cultists, some half-monster. Monroe explains how MÕNagala came from the stars, as recounted in SWAMP THING #8. He demands Rocky and Ace fly to England and perform an incantation from a mystical book and bring MÕNagalaÕs ÒfamilyÓ to Earth. They go, reluctantly. At Challengers Mountain, Clayburne (the wannabe Challenger) uses the computer to analyze ProfÕs infection. It recommends Dr. Alec Holland as an expert in Òbiochemical abnormalities.Ó Clayburne flies to Oregon, where Holland teaches, and he agrees to help. Outside London, Rocky chants at midnight in a pentacle, while Ace fetches a pack of jet fuel. MÕNagala-kin try to burst through a portal, all icky tentacles and squishy guts, but Ace chucks the fuel pod Òjust like JawsÓ and shoots, destroying the monster and shutting the portal. Clayburne and Holland land in Perdition, but in the dark, Holland starts to revert to Swamp Thing as his bio-restorative formula wears off. They find Prof half-consumed by icky polyps.

BATMAN ARKHAM: KILLER CROC collects some of the villain's greatest stories by some of the industry's greatest creators, including Gerry Conway (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA), Chuck Dixon (NIGHTWING), Doug Moench (THE SPECTRE), Kelley Jones (DEADMAN), Norm Breyfogle (DETECTIVE COMICS), Dan Jurgens (SUPERMAN) and many more! Waylon Jones was born with a rare medical condition that caused his skin to become scaly and his appearance to develop progressively into that of a crocodile. Forced to wrestle alligators in a carnival, Waylon decided that if society declared him a freak, he would succumb to his savage nature and become Killer Croc. Known for his brutal strength and fearsome rage, Killer Croc has been one of BatmanÕs most physically formidable foes. When facing Croc, the Dark Knight isnÕt just dealing with madness: heÕs fighting a creature who is more beast than man. But Killer Croc will stop at nothing to defeat (or consume) his prey! Collects DETECTIVE COMICS #525, #660 and #808-810; BATMAN #358, #359, #471, #489, #512, #521 and #522; BATMAN AND ROBIN #23.4; JOKERÕS ASYLUM KILLER CROC #1; and BATMAN CHRONICLES #3.

One of the Dark KnightÕs oldest enemies, Hugo Strange is the first foe to determine BatmanÕs true identity: Bruce Wayne, mild-mannered playboy billionaire! In StrangeÕs first appearance, he was a simple mad scientist turned bank robber, but after being foiled by the Caped Crusader, he dedicated his life to taking revenge on Batman and assuming his identity. Batman Arkham: Hugo Strange collects some of the villainÕs greatest stories by classic creators, including Marshall Rogers (Detective Comics), Steve Englehart (Green Lantern), Gerry Conway (Justice League of America), Doug Moench (Batman) and many more! Collects Detective Comics #36, #471, #472 and #942, Batman #356, Batman Annual #10, Batman: Gotham Knights #8-11 and WhoÕs Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #18.

The adventures of comics' most put-upon super hero, the Amazing Spider-Man, continue! Brought to you by Stan Lee, John Romita Sr., Gerry Conway, Gil Kane and Ross Andru, the saga ahead will captivate you unlike any Marvel comic has before. The Green Goblin is back! Gwen Stacy is missing! And it all leads to a confrontation atop the George Washington Bridge that will leave Peter Parker forever changed! It's the story that cemented the Green Goblin as the definition of evil - and lest you think that's the only milestone in these pages, this Omnibus also features the debut of the Punisher, the wedding of Aunt May and Doc Ock, Harry Osborn's descent into madness, and a new role for Mary Jane Watson! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #105-142, GIANT-SIZE SUPER-HEROES #1 and MARVEL SUPER-HEROES (1967) #14.