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JSA #70 April 2005 [$2.50] Cover Credits: Dave Gibbons (pencils, inks; signed)

Story: "JSA/JSA Chapter III: High Societies" (22 pages)

Credits: Geoff Johns (plot, script); Don Kramer (pencils); Keith Champagne (inks); Jared K. Fletcher (letters); John Kalisz (colors, color separations); Harvey Richards (associate edits) Peter Tomasi (edits)

Feature Characters: Doctor Mid-Nite II, Jakeem Thunder, Mister Terrific II, Sand (also appears in silicon form in 1951), Stargirl

Guest Stars: Al Pratt, Charles McNider, Hourman I, Johnny Thunder II, Sandman I, Ted Knight, Terry Sloane (all in 1951); Atom Smasher, Chronos II ('dies')

Supporting Character: Patricia Lynn Dugan (as 'Starwoman')

Villains: Black Adam (joins 'The Society'), Calculator, Deathstroke, Doctor Psycho, Lex Luthor, Talia (all as the ruling council of 'The Society'); Tap (earliest chronological appearance), Roulette I (first appearance, Debra Sinclair, grandmother of the current Roulette), Ku Klux Klan members (all in 1951); Per Degaton, Red Morgue

Other Character: Veronica (first appearance, infant daughter of Debra Sinclair and Ned Sloane, in 1951)

Comment: Story continued from previous issue and continues in the next issue

Synopsis:

In the present day, Black Adam agrees to join several other powerful villains to form a new 'Society'. Meanwhile, in 1951, the members of the present Justice Society continue with their attempts to recruit the former JSA members to help them fight Per Degaton. Doctor Mid-Nite is easy to persuade and Hourman is already pursuing Degaton, but for others, the task is more complicated. Al Pratt (Atom) is being blackmailed into bringing Hawkman and Hawkgirl to HUAC, while Terry Sloane (Mister Terrific) discovers that he has a niece and is determined to raise her. Stargirl is rescues from her bonds and the modern Mister Terrific finds himself confronted by the KKK.