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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published June 2007
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Eddie Berganza; Adam Schlagman (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "The Lightning Saga Begins! [Cover A]"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Karate Kid
Genre superhero
Pencils Michael Turner (signed)
Inks Michael Turner (signed)
Colors Peter Stigerwald (signed)
Reprinted in Justice League of America: The Lightning Saga (DC, 2008 series) #[nn]; in Justice League of America: The Lightning Saga (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]

Cover Details - "Cover B"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Starman [Thom Kallor]
Genre superhero
Pencils Phil Jimenez
Inks Phil Jimenez
Notes 1 in 10 variant sales incentive cover.
Reprinted in Justice League of America: The Lightning Saga (DC, 2008 series) #[nn]; in Justice League of America: The Lightning Saga (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]

23 page Justice League of America story "The Lightning Saga Chapter One: Lightning Lad (written in Interlac)"

Characters Justice League of America [Red Arrow; Geo-Force; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Hawkgirl [Kendra Saunders]; Vixen; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Superman; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]]; Justice Society of America [Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Power Girl; Starman [Thom Kallor]; Wildcat [Tommy Bronson]; Stargirl; Sandman [Sandy Hawkins]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Pieter Cross]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Damage; Hourman [Rick Tyler]; Liberty Belle [Jesse Chambers]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Cyclone]; Karate Kid [also as Trident]; Delores Winter [The Ultra-Humanite]; Per Degaton (off panel); Despero (off panel)
Synopsis While some members of the Justice League and the Justice Society interact in war games and strategy practice, Batman and Black Lightning delve more into the mystery of Karate Kid, only to learn that Starman -- a new recruit of the JSA -- is also a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes and that there are five more members lost in the present. So Black Canary and Power Girl break up the combined membership of the JLA and JSA into smaller teams to find the missing Legionnaires.
Genre superhero
Script Brad Meltzer
Pencils Shane Davis
Inks Matt Banning
Colors Alex Sinclair
Letters Rob Leigh
Notes The story continues in Justice Society of America (DC, 2007 series) #5.
Reprinted in Justice League of America: The Lightning Saga (DC, 2008 series) #[nn]; in Justice League of America: The Lightning Saga (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]