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