Battle Against the Bodiless Uniforms!

Justice League of America #35

May 1965

In a Nutshell

Abnegazar, Rath and Ghast have a plan to escape their imprisonment that involves summoning the empty uniforms of the Justice League, which have been imbued with magical energy by their prior contact with the demons’ enchanted bell, wheel and jar. Anticipating such an obvious ploy, the JLA put a preemptive do-over whammy on the artifacts.

Roll Call

This is one of those stories where the heroes do a lot, but none of it matters. Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern and Aquaman successfully battle magical duplicates of their past villains, and likewise defeat the villains’ enchanted costumes. But all of this was just a ploy by the Demons Three to escape their confinement and trap the League in their place. 

But the ploy itself is instantly undone by a prior failsafe command Green Lantern had placed on the demon’s artifacts.


So realistically, Green Lantern is the only one who did anything useful this month, and is the only one getting contribution credit.

The Scorecard

Green Lantern extends his contribution lead to seven points with this issue. Hawkman’s absence means that, for the first time, no League member has either a perfect attendance score or perfect cover appearances.


Team Member


Tenure

Cover Appearances

Story Appearances

Contribution Rating

Green Lantern

38

36

95%

37

97%

31

82%

Wonder Woman

38

32

84%

37

97%

24

63%

Flash

38

36

95%

37

97%

23

61%

Martian Manhunter

38

26

68%

31

82%

23

61%

Superman

38

11

29%

34

89%

20

53%

Aquaman

38

27

71%

32

84%

18

47%

Green Arrow

32

19

59%

26

81%

14

44%

Snapper Carr

38

3

8%

31

82%

13

34%

Atom

22

10

45%

19

86%

12

55%

Batman

38

14

37%

35

92%

12

32%

Hawkman

5

4

80%

4

80%

4

80%

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