Justice League #87

Justice League #87 (On Sale: December 10, 1970), has a cover by Neal Adams. I know, you're thinking, "Gee, Keller sure fucked up this time. The name of the book is Justice League of America, not the Justice League." Not so fast, my judgemental friend. A quick look at the indicia of this issue reveals it to be an issue of a magazine entitled Justice League, and only Justice League.

I guess mistakes happen all the time, right? I'm just not sure how this one did.

This issue features "Batman -- King of the World" by Mike Friedrich, Dick Dillin, and Joe Giella. Two super-corporations of an alien planet, which have long since destroyed each other in an atomic war, were responsible for sending deadly robots to Earth and to the planet Angor. Able to control emotions, the robot sent to Earth inflicts Batman with power-madness and paranoia, and Hawkman with numbing fear as part of a scheme to eliminate the Justice League and rob Earth's natural resources. The JLA members fake their own defeat at the robot's hands, while Green Lantern sends the Atom to the automaton's power source on its home planet.

After Atom deactivates the robot, he is joined by Green Lantern, Flash, and Zatanna (who had aided the heroes in their earlier battle). Mistaken for the robot's creators, they are attacked by the champions of Angor: Wandjina, Jack B. Quick, Silver Sorceress, and Blue Jay. The needless fight continues until Zatanna stops to help the injured Blue Jay, after which explanations are made and peace is restored. Speaking of things that are needless, the alien heroes encountered in this story are meant to resemble Marvel's Avengers: Yellowjacket, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, and Thor. Why this was done, is never made clear. Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Justice League of America Vol. 5 TPB (2011), Justice League of America Archives Vol. 10 HC (2012), and Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2017).

Edited by Julius Schwartz.