Justice League of America Vol 1 22

"Crisis on Earth-Two!"

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Justice League of America Vol 1 #22

Crisis on Earth-Two!

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Julius Schwartz

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Justice League of America #22 is an issue of the series Justice League of America (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1963.

Synopsis for "Crisis on Earth-Two!"

The combined efforts of the Justice League of America of Earth-One and the Justice Society of America of Earth-Two continue to fail to stop the combined forces of the Crime Champions, a collation of villains from both Earths. The Earth-Two Atom and Hourman go after the Fiddler, robbing a museum; Hawkman and Black Canary go after Wizard; Doctor Fate goes after the Icicle. Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, and the Earth-One Atom go after Felix Faust, Batman and Wonder Woman go after Doctor Alchemy, and Superman and Aquaman go after Chronos who is stealing a clock from a lighthouse.

While both Green Lanterns seek to save the captured Flashes, the pairs and trios of heroes succeeds in capturing the various villains. The heroes soon find themselves trapped in cages in space just like the Flashes, due to a trap that is set off by the release of the Flashes, whose energies provide the power needed to spring the trap.

However their imprisonment is short-lived when the two Green Lanterns are able to shrink themselves down to sub-atomic size to get out of their prison at the Earth-One Atom's suggestion, and then use their combined power rings and the super speed of both Flashes to free the others. The Crime Champions realize what has happened, and the Fiddler thinks there must be an Earth-Three, to which they can escape, but they fail to find one, before the Justice League and the Justice Society defeat the Crime Champions. With their opponents defeated, both groups part company for their own worlds, taking their respective criminals back with them.

Appearing in "Crisis on Earth-Two!"

Featured Characters:

Justice League of America

Supporting Characters:

Justice Society of America

Antagonists:

Crime Champions

Other Characters:

Snapper Carr (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

Flying Sundial

Notes

This story is continued from last issue.
This issue is reprinted in:

Trivia

Mystery in Space 18 — *Mystery in Space* #18

Reference is made to Earth-Three in this issue. Earth-Three will not make its first appearance until Justice League of America #29.
The cover to this issue is a re-working of the original cover to Mystery in Space #18, both of which were illustrated by Murphy Anderson.
The cover to this issue is homaged in Tom Strong #12.

Links and References

Multiversal Crossover
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.