- After Killer Frost and her friends explained what you'd done-- And where and how we could find you-- We thought it might be nice for us to have a little chat. Please-- Don't come quietly!
- — Batman
Justice League of America #197 is an issue of the series Justice League of America (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1981.
Synopsis for "Crisis in Limbo!"
Banishing the ten defeated heroes to limbo does, as the Ultra-Humanite had planned, eliminate all super-heroes from one parallel Earth, Earth-Two. When the Earth-One villains (Killer Frost, Floronic Man, Cheetah, and Signalman) learn that their allies had known all along that it would be Earth-Two whose heroes would disappear, they turn against their leader, only to be banished back to Earth-One.
Killer Frost takes charge of the Earth-One villains and, overcoming Green Lantern and Elongated Man, they use the JLA Transmatter to reach limbo and free the imprisoned heroes, who defeat the villains. In the midst of running rampant across the face of Earth-Two, now without heroes, the remaining Secret Society members are summoned to an emergency meeting... only to discover that the meeting has been called by the heroes they had sent into limbo. Each taking on his or her previous antagonist, the Justice League and Justice Society champions defeat the villains and hurl them into their own teleportation device, sending them to limbo along with the Earth-One villains and restoring Earth-Two to normal.
Appearing in "Crisis in Limbo!"
Featured Characters:
- Justice League of America
- The Atom (Flashback and main story)
- Batman (Flashback and main story)
- Black Canary (Flashback and main story)
- Elongated Man
- Firestorm (Flashback and main story)
- Green Lantern
- Wonder Woman (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Justice Society of America
- The Flash (Flashback and main story)
- Hawkman (Flashback and main story)
- Hourman (Flashback and main story)
- Johnny Thunder and his Thunderbolt (Flashback and main story)
- Superman (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- Secret Society of Super-Villains
- Brainwave (Flashback and main story)
- The Cheetah (Flashback and main story)
- Floronic Man (Flashback and main story)
- Killer Frost (Flashback and main story)
- The Mist (Flashback and main story)
- The Monocle (Flashback and main story)
- Psycho-Pirate (Flashback and main story)
- Rag Doll (Flashback and main story)
- Signalman (Flashback and main story)
- Ultra-Humanite (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- Frank Buck (Mentioned only)
- The original Secret Society of Super-Villains (Mentioned only)
- United Nations diplomats (Earth-Two)
Locations:
- Earth-One
- Earth-Two
- Nepal
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- New York City
- Central Park (Mentioned only)
- United Nations Building
- New York City
- Limbo
Items:
- Centrifuge
- Green Kryptonite (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern Ring
- Justice League Signal Device (Behind the scenes)
- Justice League Teleporter
- Miraclo (Mentioned only)
- Transmatter Cube
Vehicles:
- Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane (Flashback only)
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in:
- All of the super-heroes of Earth-Two (except for the five who were banished to Limbo) cease to exist in this story, and then are later restored to reality. However, none of them are shown, or even mentioned by name. They could all be considered to be behind the scenes.
- This is an important issue in JLA/JSA Pre-Crisis chronology. The banishment of the villains to the limbo was referenced at least twice: When Killer Frost escaped and blackmailed Firestorm to fight JLA (Firestorm (Volume 2) #4) and when the Ultra-Humanite from 1941 freed his/her Earth-Two comrades from Limbo (All-Star Squadron Annual #2).
- The letters page includes a missive from Todd McFarlane.
Trivia
- This is the last issue in which the Earth-Two Hawkman wears the metallic bronze helmet he adopted in All-Star Comics #72. After this, he reverts to his yellow cowl.
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Justice League of America series
- Images from Justice League of America Vol 1 197
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)
- Justice Society Recommended Reading
- Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
- All-Star Comics (Volume 1)
- All-Star Squadron (Volume 1)
- America vs. the Justice Society (Volume 1)
- Infinity Inc. (Volume 1)
- JSA (Volume 1)
- JSA (Volume 2)
- JSA: All Stars (Volume 1)
- JSA Classified (Volume 1)
- JSA: Strange Adventures (Volume 1)
- JSA vs. Kobra (Volume 1)
- Justice Society of America (Volume 1)
- Justice Society of America (Volume 2)
- Justice Society of America (Volume 3)
- Justice Society of America (Volume 4)
- Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1
Links and References
The events from this issue or series involve a Multiversal Crossover between Pre-Crisis worlds and characters. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Pre-Crisis Multiverse Crossover category.
See also Post-Crisis Multiverse Crossovers.