One Hour to Doomsday!

Justice League of America #11

May 1962

In a Nutshell

The JLA have unfinished business from last issue. They travel to the future to capture the Lord of Time, but their trip home is interrupted by Abnegazar, Rath and Ghast. The League outwits the demons through the use of some clever cross-dressing.

Roll Call

Snapper Carr has to remain behind to guard the homefront this round, but everyone else gets a contribution credit. The tricky part is remembering who should get credit for which actions. Because the demons must invoke their victims’ names in their spells, the Leaguers confront them disguised as one another.

  • Superman uses his power of total recall to discover when the Time Lord has fled to, and he constructs the time bubble they use to pursue him. Disguised as Aquaman, he destroys Rath’s floating platform to ruin his spell.
  • Green Lantern frees the team from the demons’ initial trap, and disguised as Batman, he restores the moon to its correct position.
  • Green Arrow and Batman, disguised as the Flash and Wonder Woman, team up to capture Rath.
  • Wonder Woman and the Flash capture the Time Lord. Disguised as Green Arrow, the Flash destroys Abnegazar’s magic cauldrons, while Wonder Woman, disguised as J’onn J’onzz, captures the demon.
  • Aquaman and the Martian Manhunter, disguised as Superman and Green Lantern, foil Ghast’s spell. It is also J’onn who determines the source of the time barrier, while Aquaman has the idea to attack the demons disguised as one another.

The Scorecard

Aside from Snapper sinking a bit, there are no notable changes in the standings this month.


Team Member


Tenure

Cover Appearances

Story Appearances

Contribution Rating

Flash

14

14

100%

14

100%

11

79%

Green Lantern

14

14

100%

14

100%

11

79%

Martian Manhunter

14

12

86%

14

100%

11

79%

Aquaman

14

14

100%

14

100%

10

71%

Wonder Woman

14

14

100%

14

100%

10

71%

Snapper Carr

14

1

7%

14

100%

8

57%

Superman

14

3

21%

12

86%

6

43%

Green Arrow

8

7

88%

8

100%

5

63%

Batman

14

3

21%

12

86%

4

29%

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