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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published [November] 2003
Cover Price 5.95 USD; 9.25 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Tom Brevoort (editor); Mike Carlin (editor); Dan Raspler (editor); Stephan Wacker (associate editor); Andy Schmidt (assistant editor); Marc Sumerak (assistant editor)
Notes Story continues from JLA / Avengers #1. Story continues in JLA / Avengers #3.

Cover Details

Characters Wonder Woman; Hercules; Photon; Plastic Man; Triathlon; Zatanna; Superman; Thor; Firestorm; Quasar; Green Arrow; Captain America; Batman; Yellowjacket; Atom; Flash; Jack of Hearts; Steel; Iron Man; Green Lantern; Captain Atom; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Martian Manhunter; Wonder Man; Hawkman; Red Tornado; Warbird; Black Canary; Plastic Man; Wasp; She-Hulk; Aquaman; Black Panther; Blue Beetle; Quicksilver; Hawkeye
Genre superhero
Pencils George Pérez
Inks George Pérez
Colors Tom Smith
Letters John J. Hill (logo design)
Notes wraparound cover
Reprinted in JLA / Avengers: The Collector's Edition (DC / Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn]; in JLA / Avengers (DC, 2008 series) #[nn]

48 page Avengers; JLA story "Book Two: A Contest Of Champions"

Characters Krona; Grandmaster; Kismet The JLA [Batman; Green Lantern; Aquaman; Superman; Martian Manhunter; Wonder Woman; Plastic Man; Flash; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Steel; Hawkman; Firestorm; Blue Beetle; Red Tornado; Captain Atom; Zatanna; Atom] the Avengers [Quicksilver; Hawkeye; Scarlet Witch; Vision; Iron Man; Thor; Captain America; Wasp; Yellowjacket; Triathlon; Warbird; Photon; Jack of Hearts; She-Hulk; Wonder Man; Hercules; Black Panther; Quasar] Oracle; Galactus; Metron; Thing; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Human Torch; Darkseid; DeSaad; Cameos: Green Lantern [Hal Jordan (a statue)]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds (a picture)]; Elongated Man (a statue); Max Mercury; Impulse; Jesse Quick; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Kid Flash (all pictures on a mural); Balder the Brave; Heimdall; Volstagg; Posters [Starfire; Cyborg; Raven; Wonder Girl]; Amazons [Artemis; Phillipus; Penelope]; A Millenium Giant; A Celestial; images on a screen [A Guardian of the Universe; Thanos; the Living Tribunal; Silver Surfer]; Playing cards [Nick Fury; Uncle Sam; Joker; Spider-Man; Wolverine; Star Boy; Moondragon]; Chess pieces: [Dr. Fate; Dr. Strange; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Madame Xanadu; Karnak; Medusa; Starfire; Hawkgirl; Raven; Phantom Stranger; Adam Warlock; Thing; Hulk; Solomon Grundy; Broot; Death (DC version); Death (Marvel version); Deadman; Grim Reaper]
Synopsis The contest becomes universal as the Avengers and the Justice League battle for the possession of the 12 weapons. But Captain America and Batman have other plans, especially when they find out which team is battling for whom.
Genre superhero
Script Kurt Busiek
Pencils George Pérez
Inks George Pérez
Colors Tom Smith
Letters Comicraft
Notes Many of the cameos listed appear on page 31, panel 2. This is where Batman and Captain America infiltrate the Grandmaster's headquarters, and see the number of games the Grandmaster is playing simultaneously.
Reprinted in JLA / Avengers: The Collector's Edition (DC / Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn]; in JLA / Avengers (DC, 2008 series) #[nn]