Justice League International #24 is an issue of the series Justice League International (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1989. It was published on December 13, 1988.
Synopsis for "The Road Less Traveled"
After the detonation of the Gene Bomb,[1] Max Lord learns that he has the metagene and he returns to the cave Metron used as a makeshift headquarters when the League faced him and the Construct.[2] He turns on the computer and gets shocked. When he wakes up, he discovers the cave has become sealed after the computer blew itself out.
At the Justice League Embassy, Blue Beetle does a spit-take and tells the team that Max is in trouble—Max has used telepathy to send out a beacon for help. Ice goes with Beetle and they rescue Max.
Back at the Embassy, Oberon plots a surprise with Fire.
Appearing in "The Road Less Traveled"
Featured Characters:
- Justice League International
- Blue Beetle
- Booster Gold (Mentioned only)
- Fire
- Hawkman (Mentioned only)
- Ice
- Max Lord
- Martian Manhunter (Mentioned only)
- Oberon
- Rocket Red (Mentioned only)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Janice Feingold (Mentioned only)
- Green Lantern G'nort (Mentioned only)
- Metron (Mentioned only)
- Danny Thomas (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Massachusetts
- Cape Cod
- New Jersey
- Hoboken (Mentioned only)
- New York
Items:
- Gene Bomb (Mentioned only)
- Justice League Signal Device
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Across a Crowded Room…"
The Justice League International throws a membership party but Fire is sick and bedridden. In the kitchen, shrunken Khund warriors[3] regain their normal size. They step outside to the party and immediately retreat into the Justice League Teleporters where they accidentally scatter themselves into atoms. Hawkman and Hawkwoman quit and several new Leaguers are recruited.
Appearing in "Across a Crowded Room…"
Featured Characters:
- Justice League International
- Batman
- Blue Beetle
- Booster Gold
- Fire
- Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)
- Hawkman (Quits team)
- Hawkwoman (Quits team)
- Ice
- Max Lord
- Martian Manhunter
- Mister Miracle
- Oberon
Supporting Characters:
- Justice League Europe (First appearance) (Origin)
- Animal Man (Joins team)
- Captain Atom (Joins team)
- Elongated Man (Joins team)
- Flash (Joins team)
- Metamorpho (Joins team)
- Power Girl (Joins team)
- Rocket Red (Joins team)
- Wonder Woman (Joins team)
Antagonists:
- Khunds (Dies)
Other Characters:
- The Atom
- Big Barda
- Creeper
- Ed Ferbel (Mentioned only)
- Kathy Ferbel (Mentioned only)
- Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond/Martin Stein)
- Flash (Barry Allen) (Mentioned only)
- Green Lantern G'nort
- Green Lantern Hal Jordan
- Justice League of America (Mentioned only)
- Major Force
- Outsiders (Mentioned only)
- Starman
Locations:
- Australia (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- France
Items:
Synopsis for "Hostage!"
Max Lord is taken hostage. Max turns the kidnappers against each other and returns home without violence.
Appearing in "Hostage!"
Featured Characters:
- Justice League International
- Batman (Mentioned only)
- Blue Beetle
- Booster Gold
- Max Lord
Supporting Characters:
- Driver
Antagonists:
- Terrorists (Single appearance)
- Lloyd
- Smitty
Other Characters:
- The Atom (Mentioned only)
Locations:
Notes
- The Hawkman and Hawkwoman appearing in these issues of JLI were retconned as being Fel Andar and Sharon Parker after the changes to continuity in Hawkworld (Volume 1).
- In Justice League America Annual #9, the participation of Construct in this issue is retconned as Kilg%re's.
- The third story is Bonus Book #13.
Trivia
- The Khunds were last seen in Justice League International #22.
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Justice League International series
- Images from Justice League International Vol 1 24
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)