Formerly Known as the Justice League Vol 1 3

"Dead Man's Hand": The JLI members who have reformed as a group are calling themselves the Superbuddies. A pair of criminals deliver some glowing orbs to the Superbuddies headquarter. They wait outside until there is an implosion and the orbs fly away from the headquarters. The orbs contain t

"Dead Man's Hand"
Formerly Known as the Justice League Vol 1 #3
November, 2003
Executive Editor	Dan DiDio
Cover Artists	Kevin Maguire Joe Rubinstein
Dead Man's Hand
Writers	Keith Giffen J.M. DeMatteis
Pencilers	Kevin Maguire
Inkers	Joe Rubinstein
Colourists	Lee Loughridge
Letterers	Bob Lappan
Editors	Dan Raspler Stephen Wacker
Previous Issue	Formerly Known as the Justice League # 2
Next Issue	Formerly Known as the Justice League # 4

Five bucks says it's the Injustice League.

— Blue Beetle

Formerly Known as the Justice League #3 is an issue of the series Formerly Known as the Justice League (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 2003. It was published on September 3, 2003.

Synopsis for "Dead Man's Hand"

The JLI members who have reformed as a group are calling themselves the Superbuddies. A pair of criminals deliver some glowing orbs to the Superbuddies headquarter. They wait outside until there is an implosion and the orbs fly away from the headquarters. The orbs contain the members of the Superbuddies and deliver them to detainment cells in Roulette's hideaway. Using mind control, Roulette sets up a fight to the death, arena style, between Captain Atom and Mary Marvel. The two begin fighting and Mary Marvel tears Captain Atom apart. She holds the wounded Captain Atom by his hair and awaits Roulette's judgment. Roulette gives Mary the thumbs down signal, indicating she is to kill Captain Atom.

Appearing in "Dead Man's Hand"

Featured Characters:

• Super Buddies
  • Blue Beetle
  • Booster Gold
  • Captain Atom
  • Elongated Man
  • Fire
  • Mary Marvel
• Maxwell Lord
• L-Ron

Supporting Characters:

• Sue Dibny

Antagonists:

• Roulette
  • Crazy Quilt
  • Crime Doctor
  • Doctor Alchemy
  • Doctor Spectro
  • Doctor Tzin-Tzin
  • Duke of Oil
  • Goldface
  • Jewelee
  • Key
  • Kite-Man
  • Mammoth
  • Psimon
  • Psycho-Pirate
  • Punch
  • Rag Doll
  • Scavenger
  • Shark
  • Thinker
  • Tobias Whale
  • Trident
  • Warp
  • Weasel
  • Wizard
  • Wrath

Other Characters:

• Lobo (In a photograph only)
• Mister Kraken
• Superman (In a photograph only)

Locations:

• New York City
  • Queens

Items:

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Vehicles:

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See Also

• Cover gallery for the Formerly Known as the Justice League series
• Images from Formerly Known as the Justice League Vol 1 3

Recommended Reading

• Justice League Recommended Reading
  • Justice League of America (Volume 1)
  • Justice League of America (Volume 2)
  • Justice League of America (Volume 3)
  • Justice League of America (Volume 4)
  • Justice League of America (Volume 5)
  • JLA (Volume 1)
  • Justice League (Volume 1)
  • Justice League (Volume 2)
  • Justice League (Volume 3)
  • Justice League (Volume 4)
  • Justice League International (Volume 1)
  • Justice League International (Volume 2)
  • Justice League International (Volume 3)
  • Justice League Europe (Volume 1)
  • Justice League America (Volume 1)
  • Justice League Task Force (Volume 1)
  • Justice League Quarterly (Volume 1)
  • Justice League Dark (Volume 1)
  • Justice League Dark (Volume 2)
  • Extreme Justice (Volume 1)
  • Justice League Elite (Volume 1)