- Hearing all that, I had to make a decision! I flipped my two-headed coin-- One face perfect, the other scarred-- And it came up clean! Escape was a simple matter! I always was good at a double-cross! And that, Leaguers-- is why I'm here!
- — Two-Face
Justice League of America #125 is an issue of the series Justice League of America (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1975.
Synopsis for "The Men Who Sold Destruction!"
Crooks all over the country have seemingly gained superpowers, aiding them in stealing and murder, but they can only use them a limited number of times. Flash learns that an antique statue of Napoleon has been stolen, but his investigation is cut short when he is summoned to the JLA satellite. To his astonishment he finds Two-Face mingling with his peers, he thinks that it is some kind of mind control trick, but Harvey explains it: He had been freed from Arkham Asylum and he was brought to a secluded mansion where he met the animated statues of Napoleon, Benjamin Franklin and Caesar, the three offer him a deal. They explained that they are Dronndarians who need to get rid of a lot of destructive energy if they want to save their dimension. The special physiology of the aliens prevents them from actually existing in our dimension, and need living hosts to discharge the energy, so the aliens reasoned that criminals would be unscrupulous enough to not question where the power comes from and even pay for the services. Two-Face is more suspicious though and spies on the statues to learn their plan, and also overhears that if the aliens are successful, this reality will be destroyed. Two-Face ponders it, and flips the coin, which lands on the good side, so he decides to ask for help from the JLA. Now, armed with knowledge, our heroes respond to a prison riot, where the inmates are armed with the strange energy, but Aquaman figures that water will ‘short-circuit’ the energy. The aliens are thwarted for now, leaving the statues behind. Inside the Dronndarian HQ, where the council has been showing what happened on Earth to the Weaponers of Qward, the two groups agree to work together. The inhabitants of the Anti-Matter Universe are heading to Earth, armed with a terribly destructive power…
Appearing in "The Men Who Sold Destruction!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Dronndarians
- Junn/"Napoleon"
- "Benjamin Franklin"
- Kantor/"Julius Caesar"
- "Bull" Langdon
- Escaping convicts
- Weaponers of Qward
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Justice League Satellite
- Oceanside Prison
- Gotham City
- Unnamed mansion
- Arkham Asylum (Mentioned only)
- Central City
- Central City History Museum
- S.T.A.R. Labs, Southern California Branch
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
Harvey Dent calls the Arkham Mental Hospital, 'Arkham Asylum', this is one of the earliest mention of it, being introduced in 1974.
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