From: [c--ve--n] at [cae.wisc.edu] (Michael Blakeman Cleveland)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: ZERO HOUR SUMMARIES: 3/6: JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #92
Date: 23 Jul 1994 22:13:06 GMT


Minor spoiler review:  Only connection to ZH is the introduction of
Triumph.  Yet another retelling of the origin of the JL of A.  This issue
didn't impress me very much on the first reading.  The second reading
made it come off a little better, but still annoyingly convoluted.

only recommended for ZH completist fanatics and JL fans.

Summary w/ spoilers:
































The issue represents the origin of the JL of A from Triumph's point of
view.  (Triumph narrates the whole story (although he knows way too much
about things that happened far away from him) to (as we find out at the
end of the issue) today's remaining Justice Leaguers.)

The story opens with Aquaman, Black Canary, Flash (Barry Allen), and GL(Hal) 
(whose costume shouldn't have green on the shoulders) trying to defeat weird
blobby aliens.  Their efforts, along with those of Superman and the 
Martian Manhunter, are being coordinated by Triumph (who had yet to choose
his name).

Apparently, Triumph's powers are magnetically based, and he sensed that 
aliens were trying to mine Earth's magnetic field.  He then called together
the most powerful heros on the planet to battle the meance.  While the four
battle the aliens on the ground, Supes, J'onn and Triumph search the sea
and find one of the aliens "drilling platforms".

Triumph has a detailed plan, but it has its flaws.  He sends Flash and Aquaman
into space to communicate with the aliens.  They fail to do so, and then
realize that they can't breathe.  (Annoyingly dumb, really, although at least
Triumph realizes that.)  Triumph, J'onn, Hal, and Superman go up to 
battle the pod (although Hal and Superman mutiny to save Flash and Aquaman
and J'onn refuses to attack the ship directly because of the unpreictability
of the effects on its time-space drive.)  Triumph goes it alone, absorbs
power from the ship and is apparently driven out of phase with the universe.

Now he's talking to the current JL, and explaining that if he's free, so
must the aliens be.  He wants to recruit the Justice League.  When he
learns that the weak heros that are present (Ralph, Taz, Fire, Fox, etc.)
are all he's got, he's quite upset.  Of course, they don't want to work
for him anyway.


Overall, this issue was just a little too confusing to be fun.  (First of
all, has this origin been presented before, like in Secret Origins (only
without Triumph, of course)?).  It did have it's good moments, though.

1) Only sonics affect the aliens.  When Black Canary tries to blast the
creatures, she forgets to turn off the headsets that they're using 
to communicate, so everyone gets an earful. 2) None of the JLA cared much
for Triumph.  They were only helping because Superman was.

Overall, i prefer to wait and see if the whole JL 3-parter ends up making
any sense.

Michael