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JLA/JSA Secret Files 1

JLA/JSA SECRET FILES #1

Cover Date: January 2003
Cover Price: $4.95

TITLE INDEX

Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carlos Pacheco
Inks: Jesus Merino
Colors: Guy Major


Story: "The Day Before" (22 Pages)

Credits:

PlotGeoff Johns, David Goyer
StoryGeoff Johns
PencilsStephen Sadowski
InksAndrew Pepoy
LetteringKurt Hathaway
ColorsTom McCraw
EditingDan Raspler, Stephen Wacker, Ivan Cohen

Feature Character(s):

JLA
Atom II (last in ???; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
Batman (last in ???; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
Flash III (last in ???; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner; last in ???; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
Plastic Man (last in ???; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
Superman (last in ???; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
Wonder Woman (last in ???; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
JSA
Captain Marvel (last in JSA #27; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
Doctor Fate IV (last in JSA #31; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
Doctor Mid-Nite II (last in JSA #30; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
Flash I (last in JSA #29; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
Hourman II (last in ???; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
Mister Terrific II (last in JSA #31; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
Power Girl (last in JSA #31; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
Sentinel (last in JSA #31; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)
Star-Spangled Kid II (last in ???; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)

Supporting Character(s):

Shazam (last in ???; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)

Villain(s):

Bizarro No. 1 (last in Harley Quinn #19; next in Superman Vol. 2 #187)
Seven Deadly Enemies of Man
Johnny Sorrow (behind the scenes)

Guest Appearance(s):

Zatanna (last in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #175; next in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice)

Comment(s):

This story leads directly into JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice.
This story takes place on the Wednesday before the Thanksgiving shown in JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice.

Synopsis:

The members of the JLA and JSA meet up in small groups for various reasons prior to gathering for Thanksgiving. The Flashes, Hourman and Plastic Man watch an ice hockey match, while Batman and Mister Terrific talk both business and about loss. The Atom helps to investigate Sentinel's 'condition' and Captain Marvel is warned of an impending evil by Shazam, an evil that is also sensed by Doctor Fate and Zatanna.


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Second Story: "Home Again" (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRick Veitch
PencilsDietrich Smith
InksSean Parsons
ColorsTom McCraw
LetteringKurt Hathaway
EditingIvan Cohen

Feature Character(s):

Tempest II

Supporting Character(s):

Cerdian
Dolphin

Synopsis:

Cerdian watches at the new Atlantis causes problems for his parents, eventually causing his dad (Tempest) to leave him and his mom (Dolphin) behind.


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Third Story: "Stormchasers" (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJim Beard
PencilsClément Sauvé
InksSerge LaPointe
ColorsTom McCraw
LetteringKurt Hathaway
EditingIvan Cohen

Feature Character(s):

Red Tornado II

Guest Star(s):

Flash I
Superman
Mister Terrific II (behind the scenes)

Supporting Character(s):

Shazam
Young Justice:
Impulse
Robin III
Secret
Superboy

Other Character(s):

Dan (a reporter for CNM)

Synopsis:

At the scene of a disaster relief operation, the original Flash asks Red Tornado if he'd consider rejoining the JSA, while Superman asks him to rejoin the JLA. Red Tornado, however, is quite happy in his role as Young Justice's mentor, offering them the guidance which the JLA and JSA once offered him.


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Fourth Story: "The Ghost of Stagg Manor" (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRich Hedden
ArtPhil Winslade
ColorsTom McCraw
LetteringKurt Hathaway
EditingIvan Cohen, Dan Raspler

Feature Character(s):

Metamorpho (last in JLA #52; returns to corporeal life; next in Doom Patrol Vol. 3 #4)

Supporting Character(s):

Simon Stagg (last in JLA #52; next in flashback in Birds of Prey #52)
Sapphire Stagg (last in JLA #52; next in flashback in Birds of Prey #52)
Joey Stagg (last in JLA #52; next in flashback in Birds of Prey #52)

Synopsis:

Metamorpho's spirit, kept separate from the lifegiving Orb of Ra by Simon Stagg, is returned to life when a gang of thieves invade the vault where Stagg keeps the Orb.


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Fifth Story: "Telephone" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDan Curtis Johnson
PencilsKelly Yayes
InksMick Gray
ColorsTom McCraw
LetteringComicraft
EditingIvan Cohen

Feature Character(s):

Cameron Chase
Director Bones
Dr. Collins
Witt
Cliff Hansen
John Stack

Guest Star(s):

Firestorm II
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
Wonder Woman
Superman
Oracle
Sentinel
Mister Terrific II
Wildcat II
Martian Manhunter

Synopsis:

Cameron Chase thinks she knows what the source of the leak in the D.E.O. is, and she is soon proved right - it is simply "careless" talk on the part of agents when super-heroes are present.


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