JLA #28, on sale Friday, January 2

88. JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA
Written by Dwayne McDuffie
Illustrated by Ed Benes
Publisher: DC Comics

Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Flash. If you are a fan of DC Comics, and you only buy one book a month, "Justice League of America" has it all.¬Ý- Staff Writer Jeffrey Renaud

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In this new hardcover collecting JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #22-26, Red Tornado discovers the culprit behind his recent malfunctions ’Äî and the ensuing confrontation leads to a massive battle between the JLA and one of their oldest adversaries. Meanwhile, Vixen and Animal Man struggle with their own super-abilities and challenge Anansi, a deadly being who warps the histories of every JLA member. It's DC's heaviest hitters as you've never seen them before!

Written by Dwayne McDuffie
Art and cover by Ed Benes

Advance-solicited; on sale May 6 ’Ä¢ 144 pg, FC, $19.99 US

Wisdom from Theolonius Monk’s notebook…¬Ý

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Edit: I’m told this might be the work of Monk’s drummer¬Ýsaxophonist, Steve Lacy. I don’t know enough to confirm or deny. Any help out there?

Justice League of America Volume 4: Sanctuary

The Justice League face off with the Suicide Squad when a cabal of Super-Villains turn themselves over to the Super Heroes for protection — much to the chagrin of Amanda Waller and her super-team. Tying directly into SALVATION RUN, this volume collects JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #17-21 and also features a team-up between Wonder Woman and The Flash drawn by THE FLASH: REBIRTH artist Ethan Van Sciver!

writer: Alan Burnett, Dwayne McDuffie
penciler: Ed Benes
cover penciler: Ed Benes
inker: Carlos Pacheco, Ethan Van Sciver, Jonboy Meyers, Sandra Hope, Serge Lapointe

DC Comics has announced their line up of collected editions for Summer 2009. I’ve got three…

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: THE SECOND COMING HC
Writer: Dwayne McDuffie
Artist: Ed Benes
Collects: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #22-26
$19.99 US, 144 pages

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: THE INJUSTICE LEAGUE TP¬Ý
Writers: Dwayne McDuffie and Alan Burnett
Artists: Ed Benes, Sandra Hope, Mike McKone, Andy Lanning, Joe Benitez and Victor Llamas
Collects: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #13-16 and the JLA WEDDING SPECIAL #1
$17.99 US, 144 pages

And my favorite…

STATIC SHOCK: REBIRTH OF THE COOL TP¬Ý
Writers: Dwayne McDuffie and Robert L. Washington III
Artists: John Paul Leon and Steve Mitchell
Collects: STATIC #1-4 and STATIC SHOCK: REBIRTH OF THE COOL #1-4
$19.99 US, 192 pages

Milestone’s back in print. ¬ÝThis edition sports a brand new John Paul Leon cover.

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Upper Deck Marvel Masterpieces 3

The 90-card base set is highlighted with "Bring on the Bad Guys," "Marvel Battles" and "Sinister Six" subset cards, as well as "X-Men Universe" (two per box), "Marvel Moments" (one per box) and "Marvel Knights" (nine per box) chase sets. Sketch cards from such artists as Chris Bachalo, Dave Johnson, Dan Panosian, Jeff Johnson, Sean Galloway, Randy Green, Jim Cheung, Rian Hughes, Andrew Robinson and Tom Raney will be inserted one per box. And for the first time ever in the Marvel Masterpiece line, Upper Deck will insert writer autograph cards (one in every three boxes), featuring such luminaries as Warren Ellis, Brian Michael Bendis, Brian K. Vaughan, Dwayne McDuffie, Roy Thomas, Larry Hama, Jeph Loeb, Walt Simonson, Paul Jenkins and Greg Pak. The set ships with seven cards per pack, 36 packs per box.

The deal which led to the current return of the characters took over a year to hammer out, McDuffie said, and finally worked out issues that had been sticking points in the past. "Milestone wanted to retain ownership, and to insure our ability to protect the integrity of our characters, DC wanted the ability to use the Milestone characters freely in their continuity and to reprint stories at will," McDuffie said. "It was a delicate balance, but I think we both got what we wanted."

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