JSA Secret Files and Origins Vol 1 1



 Gathering Storms 

Summary
Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Month: August Year: 1999

Credits
Editor in Chief: Jenette Kahn Head Writer: James Robinson Writers: David Goyer Cover Artists: Steve Sadowski, Michael Bair and John Kalisz Pencilers: Scott Benefiel Inkers: Mark Propst Colourists: John Kalisz and Digital Chameleon Editors: L.A. Williams and Peter Tomasi

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * JSA
 * Atom Smasher
 * Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance)
 * Flash (Jay Garrick)
 * Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders)
 * Hourman (Matthew Tyler)
 * Sand
 * Sentinel
 * Starman (Jack Knight)
 * Star-Spangled Kid (Courtney Whitmore)
 * Wildcat (Ted Grant)
 * Wonder Woman (Hippolyta)


 * Gray Man
 * Mordru
 * Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
 * Speed Saunders
 * Ted Knight

Locations:
 * Connecticut
 * Hartford
 * Tyler Chemical


 * New York
 * New York City
 * Manhattan
 * Upstate


 * Opal City
 * Knight Observatory


 * Texas
 * Western Tibet
 * Mt. Kailash

Items:
 * Cosmic Converter Belt
 * Nth Metal
 * Sandman's gas gun

First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: Sandman (dies in this issue)

Synopsis: Coming soon

Credits
Head Writer: Steven Grant Pencilers: Eddy Newell Inkers: Eddy Newell Colorist: Gloria Vasquez Editors: L.A. Williams and Peter Tomasi

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance)
 * Fate
 * Mordru
 * Sons of Anubis

Locations:
 * A nameless demon bar

Items:
 * Cloak of Nabu

First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Coming soon

Credits
Head Writer: Ron Marz Pencilers: Chris Weston Inkers: Chris Weston Colorist: Tom McCraw Editors: L.A. Williams and Peter Tomasi

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * JSA
 * Sentinel
 * Star-Spangled Kid (Courtney Whitmore)

Locations:
 * New York City

First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Coming soon

Trivia

 * This issue contains a two-page blueprint of the newly renovated JSA Headquarters. The headquarters will make its first modern appearance in JSA #1.


 * In History 101, Doctor Mid-Nite's old pet companion, Hooty the Owl can be seen amongst the various bricabrac. This suggests that one of the JSA caretakers had Hooty stuffed at some point in the intervening years.


 * This issue includes a two-page timeline of events, chronicling the actions of the Justice Society of America from the Golden Age until the present.


 * This issue contains Who's Who profile pages for the following characters:
 * Flash (Jay Garrick)
 * Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders)
 * Starman (Jack Knight)
 * Wildcat (Ted Grant)
 * Hourman (Matthew Tyler)
 * Doctor Mid-Nite (Pieter Cross)
 * Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance)
 * Fate's Legacy
 * The Dark Lord
 * Obsidian
 * Sand
 * Wonder Woman (Hippolyta)
 * Sentinel
 * Star-Spangled Kid (Courtney Whitmore)
 * Atom Smasher
 * Extant
 * Spectre (Jim Corrigan)
 * Mister Terrific (Michael Holt)

Recommended Readings

 * Fate
 * Hawkman (Volume 5)
 * Hourman
 * JSA

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