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Starting in 1997, Grant Morrison launched JLA (Volume 1) with artist Howard Porter, reinvigorating the team book and setting its course for the next decade. The popular title lead to spin-offs like Hourman (Volume 1) and Martian Manhunter (Volume 3) and the revitalized JSA in JSA (Volume 1). Leading in from Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare (Volume 1), this line-up includes many of DC's most recognizable heroes facing intergalactic threats and rewriting the future of the DC Universe. Morrison was followed by frequent guest writer Mark Waid.
This guide to the run of Grant Morrison writing for the Justice League is based around easily-purchased collected editions. For a new reader, it's very convenient to collect Morrison's entire run on JLA and associated titles.
- JLA: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1
- JLA: New World Order: The newly-formed League faces off against an invasion from White Martians.
- JLA: American Dreams: After a recruitment drive, the League get caught in a war between Heaven and Hell and are put under the spell of the mind-bending The Key. The Hawkman stand-in Zauriel is introduced at this time and would spin off into the three-issue JLA: Paradise Lost (Volume 1) written by Morrison's collaborator Mark Millar.
- JLA Secret Files and Origins #1: This one-shot includes "Star-Seed" by Morrison that bridges Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare (Volume 1) and JLA (Volume 1) and includes several other pieces by Mark Millar that are not collected. The Morrison story can be found in other collections as well.
- JLA: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 2
- JLA: Rock of Ages: This longer storyline involves a plot by several of the Leaguer's archenemies teaming together and sends a few of the team members into a dystopian future ruled by Darkseid. A prologue piece from JLA Secret Files and Origins #1 is not included in this trade paperback but can be found in JLA: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1. The two-page piece from New Gods Secret Files and Origins #1 is also uncollected and gives some backstory on how the New Gods came to interact with the earth-bound heroes.
- New Gods Secret Files and Origins #1: "Lost Pages: Orion and Big Barda Join the JLA"
- JLA: Strength in Numbers
- "Strength in Numbers": After their time-spanning "Rock of Ages" adventure, the League expands their membership and immediately faces an intruder. This collection also features two stories from Mark Waid, writer of Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare (Volume 1) and who would succeed Morrison on JLA. Those looking to collect just the Morrison issues should stick to the Deluxe Editions.
- New Year's Evil: Prometheus #1: "There Was a Crooked Man"
- JLA #16: "Camelot"
- JLA #17: "Prometheus Unbound"
- JLA #18: "Synchronicity" *Not collected in Deluxe Edition Volume 2
- JLA #19: "Seven Soldiers of Probability" *Not collected in Deluxe Edition Volume 2
- JLA #20: "Mystery in Space" *Not collected in Deluxe Edition Volume 2
- JLA #21: "Strange New World" *Not collected in Deluxe Edition Volume 2
- JLA #22: "It" *Collected in Deluxe Edition Volume 3
- JLA #23: "Conquerors" *Collected in Deluxe Edition Volume 3
- JLA Secret Files and Origins #2: Some material from this comic is collected in Strength in Numbers but not the Deluxe Edition, this issue has a lead story from Christopher Priest and a short story by Millar.
- "Strength in Numbers": After their time-spanning "Rock of Ages" adventure, the League expands their membership and immediately faces an intruder. This collection also features two stories from Mark Waid, writer of Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare (Volume 1) and who would succeed Morrison on JLA. Those looking to collect just the Morrison issues should stick to the Deluxe Editions.
- JLA/WildC.A.T.s: "Crime Machine": This one-shot has a time-traveling villain who crosses the barrier between the DC Universe and Wildstorm Universe, having the League meet the WildC.A.T.s.
- "DC One Million": In a story that spanned all DC titles for one month and plotted by Morrison, the Justice Legion Alpha comes from the 853rd Century to team with the contemporary JLA. Elements of this story follow from "Rock of Ages" and lead into Morrison's final storyline "World War III".
- DC One Million: This abbreviated trade paperback collects just the most salient issues of the storyline, many of which were written by Morrison.
- DC One Million #1: "Riders on the Storm"
- DC One Million #2: "The Day After Tomorrow"
- DC One Million #3: "Solaris Rising"
- DC One Million #4: "Death Star"
- Detective Comics #1000000: "The Bug That Ate Tomorrow", written by Chuck Dixon
- Green Lantern (Volume 3) #1000000: "Star Crossed", written by Ron Marz
- JLA #1000000: "Prisoners of the Twentieth Century"
- Resurrection Man #1000000: "A Handful of Dust", written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
- Starman (Volume 2) #1000000: "All the Starlight Shining", written by James Robinson, who would go on to write Justice League of America (Volume 2) for several issues.
- Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #1000000: "Future Story", written by Mark Schultz
- DC One Million Omnibus: This collects all of the One Million issues, including a few issues set in the 853 Century and not originally released in this event.
- JLA in Crisis Secret Files and Origins #1: Completists may want to track down this issue that has a short overview of the 853rd Century by Morrison
- DC One Million: This abbreviated trade paperback collects just the most salient issues of the storyline, many of which were written by Morrison.
- JLA: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 3
- JLA: Strength in Numbers
- "Strength in Numbers": Deluxe Edition Volume 3 picks up at the end of the Strength in Numbers trade collection with a journey into dreams hosted by Sandman.
- JLA #22: "It"
- JLA #23: "Conquerors"
- JLA #1000000: "Prisoners of the Twentieth Century", this issue is part of the much larger DC One Million event masterminded by Morrison
- JLA: Justice for All
- "Justice for All": With the League empowered, they face a wary United States government with their Ultramarine Corps and team with their inspirations the Justice Society of America to face a magical threat in "Crisis Times Five". JLA #27 is a one-off story by Millar and a two-issue Waid story tying into the Batman: No Man's Land storyline is also excluded from the Deluxe Edition.
- JLA #24: "Executive Action"
- JLA #25: "Scorched Earth"
- JLA #26: "Our Army at War"
- JLA #27: "The Bigger They Come..." *Not collected in Deluxe Edition Volume 3
- JLA #28: "Crisis Times Five Part One"
- JLA #29: "Crisis Times Five Part Two: World Turned Upside Down"
- JLA #30: "Crisis Times Five Part Three: Worlds Beyond"
- JLA #31: "Crisis Times Five Part Four: Gods & Masters"
- JLA #32: "Inside Job" *Not collected in Deluxe Edition Volume 3
- JLA #33: "Altered Egos" *Not collected in Deluxe Edition Volume 3
- "Justice for All": With the League empowered, they face a wary United States government with their Ultramarine Corps and team with their inspirations the Justice Society of America to face a magical threat in "Crisis Times Five". JLA #27 is a one-off story by Millar and a two-issue Waid story tying into the Batman: No Man's Land storyline is also excluded from the Deluxe Edition.
- JLA: Strength in Numbers
- JLA: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 4
- JLA: World War III: Omitting J.M. DeMatteis' unrelated "Day of Judgment" tie-in "The Guilty" in JLA #35, Deluxe Edition Volume 4 collects Morrison's final run on JLA with "World War III", a huge storyline that addresses elements from their entire three-year stint on the title. This collection also includes the Earth-2 graphic novel and the inaugural storyline from JLA Classified (Volume 1) where the League faces off against the Ultramarine Corps again.
- "World War III"
- JLA #34: "The Ant and the Avalanche"
- JLA #35: "The Guilty" *Not collected in Deluxe Edition Volume 4
- JLA #36: "World War Three: Part One"
- JLA #37: "World War Three: Part Two"
- JLA #38: "World War Three: Part Three"
- JLA #39: "World War Three: Part Four"
- JLA #40: "World War Three: Part Five"
- JLA #41: "World War Three – Part Six: Mageddon"
- "World War III"
- JLA: Earth-2: Morrison capped their run with this one-shot graphic novel that finds the League facing off against evil mirror versions of themselves from another dimension.
- JLA Classified #1: "Island of the Mighty"
- JLA Classified #2: "Master of Light"
- JLA Classified #3: "Seconds to Go"
- JLA: World War III: Omitting J.M. DeMatteis' unrelated "Day of Judgment" tie-in "The Guilty" in JLA #35, Deluxe Edition Volume 4 collects Morrison's final run on JLA with "World War III", a huge storyline that addresses elements from their entire three-year stint on the title. This collection also includes the Earth-2 graphic novel and the inaugural storyline from JLA Classified (Volume 1) where the League faces off against the Ultramarine Corps again.
Aztek: The Ultimate Man (Volume 1): Written concurrent to JLA with Mark Millar, Aztek tells the story of a new superhero who is tricked into infiltrating the Justice League. The brief run is collected in JLA Presents: Aztek: The Ultimate Man.
- Aztek: The Ultimate Man #1: "A Town Called Vanity"
- Aztek: The Ultimate Man #2: "Too Many Crooks"
- Aztek: The Ultimate Man #3: "The Girl Who Was Death"
- Aztek: The Ultimate Man #4: "The Lizard King"
- Aztek: The Ultimate Man #5: "Deathtrap"
- Aztek: The Ultimate Man #6: "A Child's Garden of Sinister Capers?"
- Aztek: The Ultimate Man #7: "Hey Diddle Diddle the Japed and the Japer"
- Aztek: The Ultimate Man #8: "The Invisible Hand"
- Aztek: The Ultimate Man #9: "The Power and the Glory"
- Aztek: The Ultimate Man #10: "A League of Their Own"
Hourman (Volume 1) and JLA: Tomorrow Woman #1 : The character of Matthew Tyler was introduced as part of the DC One Million event and he briefly joined the Justice League during Morrison's run. Although Morrison did not write this series, they helped to plot its general trajectory with Tom Peyer. Peyer also wrote the Tomorrow Woman one-shot that follows up on her appearance in JLA #5.
- Hourman 1 1: "Through the Hourglass"
- Hourman 1 2: "Romancing the Tombstone"
- Hourman 1 3: "Timepoint"
- Hourman 1 4: "Hourmen"
- Hourman 1 5: "The Death of Hourman"
- Hourman 1 6: "JLAndroids"
- Hourman 1 7: "The Human League"
- Hourman 1 8: "A Week with No Hourman"
- Hourman 1 9: "Where Does the Time Go?"
- Hourman 1 10: "Bride of the Gombezi"
- Hourman 1 11: "Hourman One Million, Part One: Or Else"
- Hourman 1 12: "Hourman One Million, Part Two: Metron's Brain"
- Hourman 1 13: "Hourman One Million, Part Three: The Perfect Crime"
- Hourman 1 14: "Secrets and Lies"
- Hourman 1 15: "Friend of the Devil"
- Hourman 1 16: "Snapper Carr, Super-Traitor!"
- Hourman 1 17: "One Hundred Years of Solitude"
- Hourman 1 18: "High Society"
- Hourman 1 19: "The Thief of Time"
- Hourman 1 20: "My So-Called Afterlife"
- Hourman 1 21: "Maybe I'm Amazo"
- Hourman 1 22: "The Chrono-Bums"
- Hourman 1 23: "The Unbelievable Truth"
- Hourman 1 24: "Minutes to Go"
- Hourman 1 25: "…But You'll Never See the End of the Road If You're Travelling with Me"
- JLA: Tomorrow Woman #1: "Tomorrow Never Knows"
Final Crisis (Volume 1): The Final Crisis storyline stars many of the same members as Morrison's JLA and also features Darkseid as the ultimate foe.
