Comments on justice league of america: Justice League of America #213 - Apr. 1983

Yeah, we're getting into the last days of the Leag...

2008-07-01T09:57:00.000-04:00

Yeah, we're getting into the last days of the League here. As soon as Batman leaves for the Outsiders, it's all down hill from there. I did enjoy Chuck Patton's artwork though. Where'd he run off to?

I was a big fan of Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew and the JLA "crossover" was my absolute favorite story from that title. As much as I love Stacked Canary, I really dug "Boyd, the Robin Wonder!"

Chris

Hated the JLA story;loved the Justa Lotta Animals....

2008-07-01T09:09:00.000-04:00

Hated the JLA story;loved the Justa Lotta Animals. Wasn't this the issue where Shayera actually shows up but Carter tells her NOT to help Ray? As for the Animals, funny how there was no Hawkwoman (wombat?) in this League, either. Shayera never gets any respect...

I hated this story as a kid. Just too...I don't k...

2008-07-01T08:49:00.000-04:00

I hated this story as a kid. Just too...I don't know. For whatever reason, the story just seemed to drag on for too dang long.

Loved the Justa Lotta Animals though. I had created my own version as a kid. Mine were a bit different though. And my artwork was horrible. My adventures lasted for a whole entire page, front and back.

"Oh, don't be silly Rob. Vixen would NEVER join th...

2008-07-01T02:53:00.000-04:00

"Oh, don't be silly Rob. Vixen would NEVER join the JLA! They'd take a breakdancer before that happened!"
BWAH-HA-HA! (Oops, wrong incarnation of the League!);-)
John, you may already hae the 'funniest comment on this issue' award!

I can't remember if 'Batman and the Outsiders' had already been announced when this issue hit the stands, but I definitely got that 'end of an era' feeling with the conclusion a few months later.
By this time, DC was too busy screwing around with 'redefining' itself; CRISIS was two years away, but was really meant to be published in '83(as'The History of the DC Universe'), so presumably the rash of new and revamped characters was meant to tie in with that. As far as I'm concerned, it just screwed with the makeup of the team when the editors of other books insisted that 'their' characters couldn't be in the JLA any more.
That 'Sword of the Atom' thing may have been a logical next step from this story arc, but turning Atom into a six-inch tall Travis Morgan cheapened the conclusion of the Microverse tale.

Oh, don't be silly Rob. Vixen would nNEVER join t...

2008-07-01T00:36:00.000-04:00

Oh, don't be silly Rob. Vixen would nNEVER join the JLA! They'd take a breakdancer before that happened!

"Into The Microcosmos" was a fun storyline, but now, I can't help but look at it as the beginning of the end for the satellite era. After this, Conway would leave the book, leading to a year or so of fill-in writers as the book searched for a new direction. It found another direction with Conway's return & the Detroit League, but the book was never really the same.

Love the Justa Lotta Animals, though. The story I heard is that they were originally pitched as a Saturday morning cartoon, but due to some sort of legalities, DC was unable to publish a monthly book featuring funny-animal parodies of its own characters! So they created Captain Carrot & His Amazing Zoo Crew instead (using the JLA as occasional guest stars).

For the record, the 6 heroes pictured at the bottom are Wonder Wabbit, Super Squirrel, The Crash (another turtle speedster), The Green Lambkin, Aquaduck and Batmouse.

My favorite name HAS to be "Stacked Canary", though. >:)