Around the World With the Justice League; The Men I Never Was last edited by palsunstar on 04/21/23 01:36PM View full history

    “AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE JUSTICE LEAGUE.” The natives of the South Pacific island Kooey Kooey Kooey decide that to avoid becoming a pawn of one of the superpowers in the Cold War, they should offer their home to the Justice League International. Meanwhile, Max Lord sends the JLI (both the American and European teams) on a world tour of their embassies. The team is to familiarize themselves with all of the locations and the staff. So begins a worldwide chase, as the representatives from Kooey Kooey Kooey attempt to make their offer to the League!

    "Around the World with the Justice League"

    A new island "nation" vies for the JLI's attention for use as a new embassy.

    "The Men I Never Was"

    A tale of the Martian Manhunter as he hunts down a murderer with help from Batman.

    Batman catches Martian Manhunter roughing up a street thug in Gotham and is forced to intervene. Then when J'onn explains that is looking for information on the shooting death of an officer named Frank, Batman agrees to help. The pair track down a drug czar named Scarlotti, who was the last man that Frank was investigating and J'onn's prime suspect. After roughing up a few of Scarlottti's guys, J'onn reveals to Batman, that Frank was his first true friend on Earth and he felt responsible for not being there to save Frank.

    When they finally get face to face with Scarlotti, J'onn reads his mind and finds mixed emotions about being a "caring drug dealer' but not about the shooting of Frank. Batman lets Scarlotti go with a warning and J'onn goes back to the New York Embassy to meditate. While there Oberon catches J'onn in his natural Martian state, and J'onn finds it oddly comforting that others have seen his true form. Later when Batman show up and tell J'onn that Frank's killer was some street punk who just wanted Frank's wallet, J'onn thanks him and tells Oberon that he was taking some time off from the JLI to mediate and reflect on the loss of a true friend.

    Notes:

    • "Around the World with the Justice League" written by Keith Giffen and J M. De Matteis, penciled by Mike McKone, inked by Bruce Patterson (pages 2-22) and Pablo Marcos (pages 1, 23-33), colored by Gene D'Angelo and lettered by Albert De Guzman.
    • "The Men I Never Was" written by Keith Giffen and J M. De Matteis, penciled and inked by Tim Gula, colored by Gene D'Angelo and lettered by Tim Harkins.
    • Who's Who Entries:
    • All entries penciled by Keith Giffen and inked by Joe Rubinstein.
      • "Inada Akatsu"
      • "Cyndy Kurahara"
      • "Rodan "Duke" Katatami"
      • "Catherine Maureen Colbert"
      • "Anatole "Bob" Blazac"
      • "Ernesto Lopez"
      • "Inez Luisa"
      • "Boris Dmitravich Razumihin"
      • "Rosa Rubikskova"
      • "Dana Rubikskova"
      • "Michael Morice"
      • "Lisa Morice"
      • "Esteban Sanchez"
      • "Tasmanian Devil A.K.A. Hugh Dawkins"
      • "Joshua Barbazon"
    • On page 21 panel 2 Booster Gold states that he is an atheist.
    • Per the indica the title is Justice League Annual 3, while the cover states Justice League International Annual 3.
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