Riddle of the Runaway Room!

Justice League of America #31

November 1964

In a Nutshell

Hawkman is invited to join the Justice League! Hawkgirl is invited to support her fella. Also, another dumb thug has found an alien super-machine, and uses it to do confusing things. It’s up to the new guy to outwit the dumb guy.

Roll Call

Green Arrow, Superman, Aquaman, the Atom, the Martian Manhunter and Snapper Carr all excuse themselves as having more important things to do.

This leaves Green Lantern, the Flash, Wonder Woman, Batman and new recruit Hawkman as the only members on duty when a call comes in about bank robbers using strange hoop technology to avoid capture.

• Hawkman uses Bill and Ted logic to defeat the criminals. Correctly deducing that the weird hoops are actually sending things ten minutes into the future, Hawkman concludes that he can defeat the thieves now as long as he intends to stop them nine minutes from now.

• Green Lantern saves the League from suffocation when their meeting room is shot into space.

• Although the Flash, Wonder Woman and Batman are around for the mission, they don’t really accomplish anything by their own initiative.

The Scorecard

Hawkman deserves a bonus contribution point, as both figured out how to defeat the bad guys and made the effort to do so. As the only other Leaguer getting a contribution credit this month, Green Lantern is now six points ahead of the rest of the team.

Team Member	Tenure	Cover Appearances		Story Appearances		Contribution Rating
Green Lantern	34	34	100%	34	100%	28	82%
Flash	34	33	97%	34	100%	22	65%
Martian Manhunter	34	26	76%	30	88%	22	65%
Wonder Woman	34	31	91%	34	100%	22	65%
Superman	34	8	24%	31	91%	18	53%
Aquaman	34	26	76%	31	91%	17	50%
Green Arrow	28	19	68%	25	89%	13	46%
Snapper Carr	34	2	6%	29	85%	12	35%
Atom	18	10	56%	16	89%	10	56%
Batman	34	10	29%	31	91%	10	29%
Hawkman	1	1	100%	1	100%	2	200%