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DC ONE MILLION #1
STORY Title: "Riders on the Storm"
CREDITS Writer: Grant Morrison
Cover Art: Semeiks / Rollins
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DC ONE MILLION #1
STORY Title: "Riders on the Storm"
CREDITS Writer: Grant Morrison
Cover Art: Semeiks / Rollins
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PREVIEWS BLURB
"It all begins here! From the distant future of the 853rd Century comes the godlike assembly of heroes introduced in the pages of JLA: ROCK OF AGES: Justice Legion A--the ultimate incarnation of the Justice League! They have traveled through the eons to invite our present-day heroes to travel to their future for the greatest celebration all time! But in extending the hand of friendship across time, have the heroes of tomorrow doomed the world of today?"
CHARACTERS
FEATURE CHARACTERS
Aquaman, Batman I, Big Barda, Flash III, Green Lantern V, Huntress II, Martian Manhunter, Oracle, Plastic Man, Steel III, Superman I, Wonder Woman, Zauriel
VILLAINS
- Vandal Savage (Vander Arg, an immortal caveman, last seen in the Arsenal mini-series)
- Solaris I (a sentient star, first appearance)
GUEST APPEARANCES
- Justice Legion: A (first real appearance after two cameos)
- Aquaman M* (doesn't seem to do much, a rather generic character)
- Batman M* (defender of Pluto)
- Flash M* (John Fox originally from the 27th century, first seen in FLASH SPECIAL #1)
- Hourman III (Metron's student, first seen in the Rock of Ages storyline)
- Starman M* (custodian of Solaris and a member of the Knight family)
- Superman M* (latest successor of the Superman Dynasty)
- Wonder Woman M* (formed from marble, protector of Venus)
- Nightwing (Dick Grayson, the original Robin and former leader of the Titans)
- Tempest (Garth, the sidekick formally known as Aqualad)
- Asrenal (Roy Harper, formally Speedy the sidekick to Green Arrow I)
- Jesse Quick (daughter of All-Star Squadron members Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle)
- Supergirl (Matrix/Linda Danvers, an artificial lifeform bonded to a human girl)
OTHER CHARACTERS
- Blue Beetle II (Ted Kord, cameo on page two)
- Chernenhov (a Russian arms dealer)
- Jay Garrick (not seen, the original Flash)
- Prisoners (inmates of Bella Reve)
- Ted Knight (the original Starman and father of Jack Knight)
- Assorted buyers and sellers (at Chernenhov's auction)
NOTES
This issue follows on from JLA (third series) #23.
Orion is mentioned but does not actually appear.
The Justice Legion are named after a pitch for the revival of the Justice Society sent to National/DC by a fan shortly after the first appearance of Barry Allen. For more information see THE COMIC BOOK HEROES by Gerald Jones and Will Jacobs.
The Justice Legion: A are the ultimate team out of a group of alphabetically named Justice Legions that exist in the 853th century (one million months after the publication of ACTION COMICS #1). Each member is the defender of a different planet:
- Mercury - Flash
- Venus - Wonder Woman
- Earth - Superman
- Mars - Special - see Martian Manhunter #1M
- Jupiter - The headquarters of the Justice Legion
- Saturn - Hourman
- Uranus - Now the position of Starman's Space Station
- Neptune - Aquaman
- Pluto - Batman
At the time of publication Vandal Savage and Arsenal were facing each other in the ARSENAL mini-series. In that series Arsenal claims not to know about Vandal Savage which places its events before this issue.
The Rocket Red Brigade proper last appeared in the early issues of CHASE where it was shown using scavenged technology and less powerful battlesuits. This change could be explained by the loss of the few remaining suits to the black market.
SYNOPSIS
Flash forward to the third day: Zauriel and Plastic Man race to an emergency transmission in the Monitor Womb from J'onn J'onzz. A nuclear explosion of unknown origin has destroyed Montevideo - the capitol of Uruguay.
Back in the present: The Justice Legion have arrived from the year 85271 AD to invite the current Justice League to the celebrations for the return of Superman Prime from the heart of the Sun. According to the time travellers the Superman Dynasty is still alive and so is the original Superman who in the 700th century retreated into the Sun. Now he is returning and visitors from across time and space are arriving for the celebrations. The JLA is invited as representatives from this era so that Superman can see his future self exit the Sun.
Initially stunned the JLA calls a full meeting and it is decided that the core team (minus J'onn who has no counterpart in the future) will travel to the 853rd century to participate in the celebration games while the Justice Legion remains here. Batman decides to stay as well but his future counterpart uses underhand means to project him into the future.
Meanwhile Arsenal who had been trying to restart the Titans leads a team of younger heroes against a Russian arms dealer who is selling stolen Rocket Red battle armour on the black-market. Both sides are surprised by the appearance of Vandal Savage who outbids everybody for the entire lot. The heroes attack but are easy opponents for the vastly more prepared and experienced Savage. Determined to use the nuclear power cores of the suits as a blackmail device he puts the unconscious Tempest into a suit and fires it towards the United States.
The Justice Legion and the Justice League gather on the summit of Mount Rushmore so that Hourman can send the six travellers into the future and then retrieve them so that the elapsed time in the present is only a few minutes. However after he has sent them into the future a techno-virus buried in his memory banks by Solaris knocks him out and starts infecting first the remaining Leaguers and Legionnaires and then people and computer systems across the world. To protect the Watchtower Oracle shuts down her computer links and strands Steel, Zauriel, Barda and Plastic Man on the Moon.
QUOTE
"Speaking of New Gods, where's Orion? I miss his obvious contempt for everything I represent." - Plastic Man
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