The first really big crossover epic I remember reading was Justice League of America #100-102, in which the JLA and the JSA rescue the time-lost Seven Soldiers of Victory. I loved this crazy story featuring dozens of heroes and became an instant fan of the SSoV. Grant Morrison's reboot was entertaining, but I really like the original crew, and wish that they had appeared more often.
Those JLA issues were some of my first - made me a fan of the JLA, JSA and SSOV.
ReplyDeleteI wish the same thing, Ross. I was introduced to the Justice League through the Saturday morning Filmation cartoons on CBS, circa 1967. So, when I started reading the comic book in the early Seventies, I thought I was getting the magazine equivalent of an all-you-can east smorgasbord, when I bought JLA (v.1) #100...for just 27 cents!
ReplyDeleteBtw: I'm betting the Avengers portion of this cover comes from the very first Scarlet Centurion story arc. Any takers?
Aren't those Avengers facing the Lava Men? One of the first Lee/Kirby assemblers stories I ever read, in a Marvel giant circa 1970.
ReplyDeleteYup, that's from the lava men cover...
ReplyDeleteRATS! *Insert finger-snap of mock disappointment, here.*
ReplyDeleteI loved that early JLA/JSA/Seven Soldiers crossover. I think it's part of one of the JLA/JSA graphic collections that DC put out, and I got to revisitit... it was truly excellent.
ReplyDeleteAs for this cover, something about the background makes all the heroes look six inches tall, and I question the choice of Speedy for speaking the first part of the dialogue, but those are quibbles. On the whole it looks like an interesting story of the old "heroes meet, fight, and then team up against the real menace" mold.
@ BG: I just refer to those as "mistaken identity slugfests." Saves me a lot of typewriter cramp. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThis may be a short fight... other than Shining Knight's flying horse, none of the SSV have any powers, Not much to go on with a team with a war god, an atomic suit of armor, and a hulk.
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