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Justice League of America Vol 1 111

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"Justice League of America: Balance of Power!": Tattooed Man is about to be captured by Green Lantern, but at the last moment finds himself suddenly whisked away to a secret headquarters. He's greeted by Libra, founder of a collective of the Justice League's ene

Quote1 Power, little men? Aye, I have power-- Power such as has never before been imagined in the history of men! I see-- sights that would tear your human minds asunder! I hear-- sounds that would make the greatest music of your world a clashing din! And I know-- Oh, what I know! Thoughts flood my mind-- Images-- Concepts-- Ideas I could never have dreamed existed! Worlds uncounted are now mine to toy with as I will-- But first I shall-- No, perhaps I could-- But instead I might-- Or else I will-- No! The ideas come too quickly! Before I can settle on one thought, another better one is born to replace it! I know too much-- And I cannot control the knowledge! It clutches at me-- Threatens to pull me in a trillion different directions-- But this cannot be! I am truth! ...I am knowledge! ...I ...am ...losssssttttt... Quote2
— Libra

Justice League of America #111 is an issue of the series Justice League of America (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1974. It was published on February 7, 1974.

Synopsis for "Justice League of America: Balance of Power!"

Tattooed Man is about to be captured by Green Lantern, but at the last moment finds himself suddenly whisked away to a secret headquarters. He's greeted by Libra, founder of a collective of the Justice League's enemies he's dubbed the Injustice Gang. Libra explains to Tattooed Man that the JLA has always been victorious over their likes before because it has superior organization than the outlaws it battles, and his solution was to mold a group of such villains into a powerful collective of their own. He dispatches his underlings on several grandiose plans to lure out the heroes as part of a greater scheme. Hearing that their old enemies are launching attacks on various locations, the Justice League prepare to split up to battle their familiar foes. Elongated Man suggests that instead, they liven things up by picking names out of a hat to decide which heroes engage which villains (over Batman's protests to such unprofessional crimefighting etiquette).

Green Lantern and Aquaman head to a South American island to battle Poison Ivy and Mirror Master. The latter villain's created a giant golden mirror to focus solar heat into a powerful ray, seemingly rendering it impervious to Green Lantern's power ring, but he manages to create a black rain that nullifies the reflector before hauling it into space. Meanwhile Poison Ivy whistles up vines to bind Aquaman, but his deep-sea-reinforced musculature makes him more than strong enough to simply flex his arms to escape. On the verge of defeat, the villains activate concealed devices, and the Leaguers notice a sudden dramatic decline in the strength of their superpowers. Although he still manages to knock out Poison Ivy and Mirror Master with the reduced power of a ring blast, Green Lantern's instantly overcome when Libra fells him from behind with a blast of his own emerald energy.

Superman arrives in Hollywood where the Scarecrow's used his new enhanced powers to create a rampaging dragon and giant ape, formed from the fear of the civilians below. He uses his powers on Superman as well, conjuring a likeness of a deadly beast from Krypton, but the Man of Steel causes it to disappear by an effort of heroic willpower to disbelieve it exists. When he's about to capture Scarecrow, Superman likewise notices most of his power seems to have deserted him, but still knocks out Gotham's master of fear with a burst of super-breath. Before Libra appears from behind and knocks out Superman with his own missing strength.

More such battles occur in quick succession. Batman defeats Chronos, Elongated Man the Tattooed Man, and the Flash the Shadow Thief. Libra absorbs half of their power, and then defeats the heroes from behind. When Shadow Thief thanks him for the rescue, however, Libra knocks him cold too!

When the Leaguers awaken aboard Libra's satellite, he explains the scales he carries are a device he calls the Energy Transmortifier. Capable of creating a balance by absorbing half of any source of power. Everything that's happened was an experiment to test the limits of his device, and he had no loyalty to the villains acting in his service after all. As the Transmortifier managed to steal half the power of the greatest superheroes in the world, Libra's now confident of using it to absorb half the energy of the entire galaxy, and elevate himself to god-like status. The Leaguers manage to marshal their remaining powers and escape captivity, but they're too late, as Libra has already absorbed the power he sought and paralyzes them with a flick of his fingers. His body expands outside of the satellite, but within mere minutes, the enormity of the cosmos proves too much for Libra's mortal frame, and he discorporates.

Although their enemy unwittingly defeated himself, Green Lantern warns his teammates that half of their powers are still gone, and there's no apparent way to get them back.

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  • Jor-El (Mentioned only)
  • Kryptonian octosaur (As an illusion only)

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Synopsis for "Seven Soldiers of Victory: The Black Star Shines! (Part 1)"

This story is reprinted from Leading Comics #2. Only the first half of the story is reprinted in this issue. Part 2 is reprinted in Justice League of America #112.

Appearing in "Seven Soldiers of Victory: The Black Star Shines! (Part 1)"

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  • Billy Leeds
  • Bobby Leeds
  • Doctor Carse
  • Coburn
  • J.J. Ennis (a Mardi Gras administrator) (Single appearance)
  • Mister Bandler
  • Mister Dolan
  • Mowse (a getaway driver) (Single appearance)
  • Several New Orleans partiers (Single appearance)
  • The Sixty Kiddie Club
    • Mister Xavier
    • Mister Yale
    • Mister Zinch
  • Wilkins

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Synopsis for "Justice League of America: Attack of the Star-Bolt Warrior"

This story is reprinted from Justice League of America #32.

Superman, the Flash, Batman, Atom, and Hawkman are all out on various solo activities when suddenly they lose some of their super-powers and abilities. Amazingly these lost abilities are transferred to a baseball player (gets Atom's size changing), actress Gloria Kaye (gains increased mass from Hawkman), a husband (gains Flash's super speed but can't travel anywhere) a delivery boy (gains strength and weakens just like Superman), and a French juggler (Who loses his dexterity when Batman does.) Finding the whole experience strange, all the heroes in question learn that it was from some strange stellar energy.

Tracing it to its source, they meet a new super-powered being named Brain Storm. Brain Storm has created a special helmet that allows him to absorb stellar energy which allows him to create anything with his mind. Brain Storm witnesses his brother Fred's apparent death. With twisted ideals, Brain Storm captures the Justice League so that they may witness him taking justice into his own hands and killing the man responsible for his brother's demise.

However, there is a side effect to Brain Storm's power, in that whoever it's used on also can access the energy's abilities and the JLA members are suddenly mentally linked to the people who had gained their abilities. Transporting them to Brain Storm's base, their arrival frees the Justice League from their trap and they go after Brain Storm.

They battle a bunch of stellar-energy powered dangers, and track him down to realize who Brain Storm blames for his brother's death: Green Lantern. However, Green Lantern explains that due to Brain Storm's interference with Green Lantern's attempt to capture Fred, who just robbed a bank, the combination of both their powers transported Fred to France and wiped out his memories.

Bringing Fred to them and restoring his memory, the Justice League convince Brain Storm to end his vendetta against Green Lantern. However, Brain Storm realizes that escape is the best course of action and teleports away without a trace, leaving the JLA to turn his brother over to the police.

Appearing in "Justice League of America: Attack of the Star-Bolt Warrior"

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  • Brain Storm (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)

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  • "Fireball" Jackson (Single appearance)
  • Gloria Kaye (Single appearance)
  • Four unnamed other power recipients (Single appearance)
  • Fred Storm (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
  • Ivy Town Police Department
  • Robin (Mentioned only)

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  • Superman is chairman of the Justice League in "Balance of Power!"


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