| Characters |
Justice Society of America [Atom [Al Pratt]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Adolph Hitler; The Murder Machine; Nazi spies; Valkyries (summoned by Hitler's Spear of Destiny) (villains) |
| Synopsis |
This is a post-Crisis retelling of the JSA's origin, omitting the Earth-2 Batman and Superman appearances from the story itself. Although Batman was easily eliminated, Superman wasn't, because of his last minute rescue of FDR from the Valkyries' attack pre-Crisis. As a result, FDR was killed, but the Spectre was able to return him to life with the stipulation that FDR wouldn't live long enough to see the end of World War 2 known only to the Spectre himself. Things were back to normal, with noone the wiser of FDR's "death" save one. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Roy Thomas |
| Pencils |
Mike Bair |
| Inks |
Bob Downs |
| Colors |
Carl Gafford |
| Letters |
Jean Simek |
| Notes |
adapted from the story in DC Special (DC, 1975 series) #29 (August-September 1977), but updated to include post-Crisis continuity in which Superman and Batman never founded the team alongside the others. |