The Cosmic Fun-House!

Justice League of America #7

November 1961

In a Nutshell

Aliens from the planet Angellax are abducting and duplicating humans as part of a scheme to retrieve a lost space probe. Having placed the JLA in an inescapable death trap, there can be no harm in bragging about their plan in front of their captives.

Roll Call

  • When Snapper Carr checks out a new Fun-House that has appeared on the outskirts of Happy Harbor, he finds himself teleported to the far-off planet of Formalhaut. He signals the JLA for assistance.
  • Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern answer the call to rescue Snapper from Fomalhaut’s alien predators.
  • When Snapper recounts his story, the rest of the League go undercover to investigate the Cosmic Fun-House. The Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and Green Arrow are captured by the aliens.

  • Aliens disguised as Flash and Green Lantern convince Superman, Batman and the Martian Manhunter that Xotar the Weapons Master is behind the abductions, sending them on a wild goose chase 10,000 years into the future.

  • Immobilized by the alien invaders’ spiral bands, the trapped Leaguers work together to free themselves. A boomerang arrow launched by Green Arrow and guided by the Flash restores Wonder Woman’s golden lasso to her, which she uses to free Green Lantern.

  • When the newly freed Leaguers are distorted by a cosmic fun-house mirror, Aquaman helps them to use their abilities to defeat the aliens.

I Did Not Know That

  • Snapper Carr is able to summon the Justice League from an alien planet, which means the JLA signal device has a far greater range than I was aware of.
  • Wonder Woman’s invisible jet is shown to be capable of interplanetary travel, which I had never seen before.

The Scorecard

The only members who don’t contribute this issue are Batman and the Martian Manhunter, who are dispatched on the fruitless search for Xotar. This dethrones J’onn from his solo position at the top of the list, and moves Batman down to the bottom. 


Team Member


Tenure

Cover Appearances

Story Appearances

Contribution Rating

Flash

10

10

100%

10

100%

8

80%

Green Lantern

10

10

100%

10

100%

8

80%

Martian Manhunter

10

9

90%

10

100%

8

80%

Snapper Carr

10

0

0%

10

100%

6

60%

Wonder Woman

10

10

100%

10

100%

6

60%

Aquaman

10

10

100%

10

100%

5

50%

Superman

10

2

20%

9

90%

4

40%

Green Arrow

4

4

100%

4

100%

3

75%

Batman

10

2

20%

9

90%

2

20%


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