From now on, the brand-spankin' new Justice League America is gonna take their marchin' orders from me! And if they don't, I'll power ring their lousy butts all the way to Pluto! 
Justice League America #61 is an issue of the series Justice League America (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1992.
Synopsis for "Born Once Again"
Guy Gardner, Blue Beetle and Booster Gold decide to re-start the Justice League. They convene at the old Secret Sanctuary where Guy declares himself leader. Before the others have the chance to counter Guy's self-appointed leadership, Maxima arrives. She is on Earth to find the planet's most worthy male to be her mate – Superman.
Meanwhile, Superman, Fire and Ice have a meeting with Maxwell Lord. Superman tells Max that the League will survive, but they will operate outside of Max's control. Impressed by Superman's diligence, Ice throws her support behind the Man of Steel.
At the Secret Sanctuary, the Weapons Master arrives and engages in combat with the heroes present. With a veritable arsenal of futuristic weaponry at his command, he quickly takes down all four combatants. Suddenly, Superman arrives and begins tearing into the Weapons Master, but the villain has a plan for Superman and uses his armor to transmit the Kryptonian to another dimension.
With the League defeated, the Weapons Master claims his price – Guy Gardner's power ring. As he turns to leave, he finds a new hero ready to face him – Bloodwynd. Bloodwynd channels the spirits of the dead to fight the Weapons Master. Unable to counter Bloodwynd's magic, the Weapons Master abducts the five fallen heroes and disappears.
He transports them to an alien dimension where they are paralyzed and seated around a large chessboard. The Weapons Master chooses Blue Beetle as his opponent, and begins an elaborate game, which seemingly kills Ice.
Appearing in "Born Once Again"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Kiki
- Brainiac (Mentioned only)
- Royal Flush Gang (Mentioned only)
- A red-skinned, three-eyed alien (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Secret Sanctuary
- Another dimension
- Almerac (Mentioned only)
- Pluto (planet) (Mentioned only)
- Warworld (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Blood Gem
- Booster Gold's flight ring
- Green Lantern Ring
- Skellorean Psionic Insulator Helmet
- Weapon Master's yellow armor (equipped with thermal pods)
Vehicles:
Notes
- This storyline continues from Justice League Spectacular #1
- Maxima and Bloodwynd join the Justice League with this issue.
Trivia
Justice League of America #1
- The cover to this issue is a humorous pastiche of the original cover to Justice League of America #1 (November 1960).
- The chessboard that the Weapons Master uses against the League is the same device once used by Despero.
- The first page of the story, with Guy Gardner sitting at the Secret Sanctuary table with his leg on it, pays homage to that of Justice League #1.
- Murphy Anderson is credited only as Anderson on the cover to this issue. Murphy Anderson was the original cover artist on Justice League of America #1.
See Also
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)
- Justice League Odyssey (Volume 1)