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JSA #16 November 2000 [$2.50] Cover Credits: Alan Davis (pencils); Mark Farmer (inks)

Story: "Injustice Be Done, Part 1: Divide and Conquer"

Credits: David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns (plot, script); Stephen Sadowski (pencils); Michael Bair (inks)

Feature Characters: Doctor Mid-Nite II, Black Canary II, Wildcat II, Sand, Mister Terrific II, Sentinel, Flash I, Star-Spangled Kid II, Hawkgirl II

Supporting Character: Joan Garrick

Villains: Rival (last in Flash Comics #104), Count Vertigo, Geomancer, Killer Wasp, Icicle II, Shiv (last in Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #13), Tigress III, The Thinker, Blackbriar Thorn, Johhny Sorrow (last in Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #13), Black Adam (all eleven teamed as the Injustice Society)

Guest Appearance: Louis Sendak

Other Characters: Weldon Hemmings (a trucker), Monica Gilmore, Dale Sheppard (a repairman), Josh Dickerson (a postman; first appearance of all; all die)

Synopsis:

Something is racing through America at super-speed, cutting people down where they stand, and the members of the JSA are coming under attack from the villains of the Injustice Society. Black Canary and Dr Mid-Nite's first date is interrupted by Count Vertigo, and Wildcat and Sand come up against Geomancer and Killer Wasp at a cinema.

At the JSA HQ, the high speed murders are found to be occuring in locations which spell out a name which Jay Garrick recognises: Clariss, a former scientist who became crazed when he duplicated the accident that created the Flash many years ago. And now he's out for revenge on Jay for defeating him - the end of the trail leads to his wife, Joan. The Icicle, Shiv and Tigress break into the JSA building, aided by the consciousness of the deceased Clifford Devoe, the Thinker, who has been watching the team for some time. The Tigress attacks Sentinel with a shaft of wood taken from the supposedly deceased Blackbriar Thorn, which causes him a serious injury, not least because Thorn reforms himself from it.

The Thinker seals off the HQ as Terrfic attempts to attend to Sentinel's injury. Meanwhile, Jay catches up with Rival, Wildcat is knocked out by Black Adam and Johnny Sorrow visits Louis Sendak, once the Scarab, and threatens to unleash the mysterious and terrible King of Tears.