"Plague of the Galactic Jest-Master" is by Denny O'Neil, Dick Dillin and Joe Giella. The Atom and Hawkman travel to Thanagar hoping to find a cure for Jean Loring's madness. They arrive to find Thanagar engulfed in madness. The heroes end up fighting the security forces, then each other.
The situation on Thanagar provokes the involvement of the Guardians of the Universe. They relay a message to Hal Jordan who summons the Justice League. Superman, Batman, Flash, and Black Canary then head to Thanagar to investigate. They stop Hawkman from killing the Atom, but they too are soon driven to madness. Superman is able to pull them away from the planet. Once out of range, their senses are restored.
The team soon realizes that the madness had the opposite effect on Jean Loring. While in the chaotic region, she her sanity returned. They use Jean to enter the chaos where they discover the cause. An alien called the Jest-Master who is testing planets by driving their populations mad. The team is then able to defeat him. As a result of her involvement, Jean Loring is also cured of her madness. Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Justice League of America #4, Justice League of America Archives #10, Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus #1 and Justice League of America: The Last Survivors of Earth.
Edited by Julius Schwartz.
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