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"The Super-Crisis That Struck Earth-Two!"

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Justice League of America Vol 1 #55

The Super-Crisis That Struck Earth-Two!

Editors

Julius Schwartz

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Justice League of America #55 is an issue of the series Justice League of America (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1967. It was published on June 13, 1967.

Synopsis for "The Super-Crisis That Struck Earth-Two!"

On Earth-Two, four beings are given super-powers by mysterious black spheres, and thus Gem Girl, How Chu, Money Master, and the Smashing Sportsman are born and begin to terrorize various cities in the world. While at the headquarters of the Justice Society of America, the group is welcoming Robin into their ranks when they receive reports of the various criminals rampages.

While Robin and Wildcat fight the Smashing Sportsman, Mr. Terrific and Hawkman take on Money Master, Wonder Woman takes on Gem Girl, and Hourman against How Chu. Each one is easily defeated by their opponents and is forced to retreat back to JSA headquarters. There they find Johnny Thunder with his Thunderbolt. Johnny suggests that they call in their friends the Justice League from Earth-One to help them on their current case. When the Thunderbolt brings Superman, Flash, Green Arrow, and Green Lantern, where were just in a battle against similar beings on their own Earth.

The Thunderbolt explains to all that the spheres originate from a dark matter universe and in order to survive they needed to be absorbed into a human host. However, as a side effect they would turn the human evil. The JSA and JLA decide to team up and learn how to solve this menace that is plaguing both their worlds.

Appearing in "The Super-Crisis That Struck Earth-Two!"

Featured Characters:

Justice League of America

Supporting Characters:

Justice Society of America
- Hawkman (Carter Hall)
- Hourman (Rex Tyler)
- Johnny Thunder (John L. Thunder) and his Thunderbolt
- Robin (Richard Grayson) (Joins team)
- Wildcat (Ted Grant)
- Wonder Woman (Princess Diana)
- Mr Terrific

Antagonists:

Gem Girl (First appearance)
How Chu (First appearance)
Money Master (First appearance)
Smashing Sportsman (First appearance)
Other Black Sphere villains, but in Earth-One (Mentioned only)

Other Characters:

Random Black Sphere victims
Earth-Two Batman (Mentioned only)
Interpol (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Earth-Two
- China
  - Silk Road
- England
  - London
- Mexico
  - Cortez Stadium
- United States of America
  - Chicago
  - JSA Headquarters
Earth-One (Mentioned only)

Items:

Miraclo
Chop suey (Mentioned only)

Vehicles:

Notes

This issue is reprinted in Crisis on Multiple Earths Vol. 2, Justice League of America Archives Vol. 7 and Robin, the Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years.
Scenes from this issue are recapped in Countdown #46.
Aquaman, Atom, Batman, Hawkman, Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, and Snapper Carr do not appear in this story.
Robin wears a different costume in this issue than the one depicted on the cover. He adopts the cover costume next issue.

Trivia

First appearance of the Earth-Two Robin as an adult.
Earth-Two Batman is mentioned being in semi-retirement.
"Gesunheidt", mentioned by Thunderbolt, is a German word and means "bless you".

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.

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 While Robin and [[Wildcat]] fight the Smashing Sportsman, [[Mister Terrific|Mr. Terrific]] and Hawkman take on Money Master, Wonder Woman takes on Gem Girl, and Hourman against How Chu. Each one is easily defeated by their opponents and is forced to retreat back to [[Justice Society of America (New Earth)|JSA]] headquarters. There they find Johnny Thunder with his [[Thunderbolt]]. Johnny suggests that they call in their friends the Justice League from Earth-One to help them on their current case. When the Thunderbolt brings Superman, Flash, Green Arrow, and Green Lantern, where were just in a battle against similar beings on their own Earth.
-The Thunderbolt explains to all that the spheres originate from a dark matter universe and in order to survive they needed to be absorbed into a human host. However, as a side effect they would be turn the human evil. The JSA and [[Justice League of America (New Earth)|JLA]] decide to team up and learn how to solve this menace that is plaguing both their worlds.
+The Thunderbolt explains to all that the spheres originate from a dark matter universe and in order to survive they needed to be absorbed into a human host. However, as a side effect they would turn the human evil. The JSA and [[Justice League of America (New Earth)|JLA]] decide to team up and learn how to solve this menace that is plaguing both their worlds.
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 '''Featured Characters:'''
 * {{a|[[Justice League of America (New Earth)|Justice League of America]]}}
-** {{apn|[[Barry Allen (New Earth)|Flash (Barry Allen)]]|The Flash #173}}
+** {{a|[[Barry Allen (New Earth)|Flash (Barry Allen)]]}}
-** {{apn|[[Oliver Queen (New Earth)|Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)]]|Superman #199}}
+** {{a|[[Oliver Queen (New Earth)|Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)]]}}
-** {{apn|[[Hal Jordan (New Earth)|Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)]]|Superman #199}}
+** {{a|[[Hal Jordan (New Earth)|Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)]]}}
-** {{apn|[[Kal-El (Earth-One)|Superman]]|Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #105}}
+** {{a|[[Kal-El (Earth-One)|Superman]]}}
 '''Supporting Characters:'''
 * {{a|[[Justice Society of America (New Earth)|Justice Society of America]]}}
-** {{apn|[[Carter Hall (New Earth)|Hawkman (Carter Hall)]]|Justice League of America #38}}
+** {{a|[[Carter Hall (New Earth)|Hawkman (Carter Hall)]]}}
-** {{apn|[[Rex Tyler (New Earth)|Hourman (Rex Tyler)]]|Justice League of America #22}}
+** {{a|[[Rex Tyler (New Earth)|Hourman (Rex Tyler)]]}}
 ** {{a|[[John Thunder (New Earth)|Johnny Thunder (John L. Thunder)]]}} and his {{a|[[Yz (New Earth)|Thunderbolt]]}}
-** {{a|[[Richard Grayson (Earth-Two)|Robin (Richard Grayson)]]}}
+** {{a|[[Richard Grayson (Earth-Two)|Robin (Richard Grayson)]]}} {{joins}}
-** {{apn|[[Ted Grant (New Earth)|Wildcat (Ted Grant)]]|Justice League of America #47}}
+** {{a|[[Ted Grant (New Earth)|Wildcat (Ted Grant)]]}}
-** {{apn|[[Diana of Paradise Island (Earth-Two)|Wonder Woman (Princess Diana)]]|The Flash #137}}
+** {{a|[[Diana of Paradise Island (Earth-Two)|Wonder Woman (Princess Diana)]]}}
-** {{apn|[[Terrence Sloane (New Earth)|Mr Terrific]]|Justice League of America #38}}
+** {{a|[[Terrence Sloane (New Earth)|Mr Terrific]]}}
 '''Antagonists:'''
 * {{a|[[Claire Morton (Earth-Two)|Gem Girl]]}} {{1st}}
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 * {{a|[[Horace Rowland (Earth-Two)|Money Master]]}} {{1st}}
 * {{a|[[Martin Baxter (Earth-Two)|Smashing Sportsman]]}} {{1st}}
+* Other Black Sphere villains, but in Earth-One {{Mentioned}}
 '''Other Characters:'''
 * Random Black Sphere victims
+* [[Bruce Wayne (Earth-Two)|Earth-Two Batman]] {{Mentioned}}
+* [[Interpol]] {{Mentioned}}
 '''Locations:'''
-* {{a|[[Earth-One]]}}
 * {{a|[[Earth-Two]]}}
+** {{a|[[China]]}}
+*** {{WP|Silk Road}}
+** {{a|[[England]]}}
+*** {{a|[[London]]}}
+** {{a|[[Mexico]]}}
+*** Cortez Stadium
+** {{a|[[United States of America]]}}
+*** {{a|[[Chicago]]}}
+*** {{a|[[JSA Headquarters]]}}
+* [[Earth-One]] {{Mentioned}}
 '''Items:'''
+* {{a|[[Miraclo]]}}
-* <br/>
+* {{WP|Chop suey}} {{Mentioned}}
 '''Vehicles:'''
+* {{a|[[Batplane|Bat-jet]]}}
-* <br/>
+* {{a|[[Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane]]}}
 | Notes               =
-* This issue is reprinted in [[Crisis on Multiple Earths Vol. 2 (Collected)|''Crisis on Multiple Earths'', Volume 2]], ''[[Justice League of America Archives Vol 7 (Collected)|Justice League of America Archives Volume 7]]'' and {{co|Robin, The Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years}}.
+* This issue is reprinted in {{Co|Crisis on Multiple Earths Vol. 2 (Collected)}}, {{Co|Justice League of America Archives Vol. 7 (Collected)}} and {{co|Robin, the Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years (Collected)}}.
-* Scenes from this issue are recapped in [[Countdown Vol 1 46|''Countdown'' #46]].
+* Scenes from this issue are recapped in {{C|Countdown Vol 1 46}}.
+* Aquaman, Atom, Batman, Hawkman, Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, and Snapper Carr do not appear in this story.
+* Robin wears a different costume in this issue than the one depicted on the cover. He adopts the cover costume next issue.
 | Trivia              =
 * First appearance of the Earth-Two [[Richard Grayson (Earth-Two)|Robin]] as an adult.
+* Earth-Two Batman is mentioned being in semi-retirement.
+* "Gesunheidt", mentioned by Thunderbolt, is a German word and means "bless you".
 | Recommended         = {{JLA RR}}
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 * [[Wikipedia:Justice League of America|Justice League of America article at Wikipedia]]
 * [[Wikipedia:Justice League|Justice League of America article at Wikipedia]]
-* [http://www.dccomics.com/features/jla/ JLA page at DC Comics]
-* [http://captain.custard.org/league/index.php/ The Captain's Unofficial Justice League Home Page]
-* [http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/jla/index.html Cosmic Teams: Justice League]
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