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DC Comics   ·   Released Jul 1st, 1985

Justice League of America #240

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THE FUTURE AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE!

S.T.A.R. lab scientists observing the time stream discover a figure caught in it, and decide to trace his life's time-line. They discover that he is physicist Phineas Quayle, who tried to find the solution to the Great Depression by building a time machine. He did so, but his glimpses of the future discouraged him greatly. He decided that most of the world's future ills will have been caused by the plethora of super-heroes, whom he believes have destroyed the self-esteem of ordinary individuals. He cannot return to his own time, so he creates devices which can cause temporal anomalies in small areas, and feeling it his patriotic duty, creates the identity of Dr. Anomaly to try to stop the super-heroes. He observes the Justice League's latest case in a battle with the Key and identifying his most dangerous enemies, he then converts Superman, Aquaman, Hawkman, and Batman to pure energy, storing them in jars. Then he interrupts the team's monthly meeting, and battles the Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and the Atom. He has some initial success, but Superman manages to topple his jar from the shelf, and the resulting explosion distracts Anomaly long enough for the reconstituted heroes to join forces to defeat him, so he flees back into the time stream. Suddenly, Dr. Anomaly emerges in the S.T.A.R. lab, freed from his trap by the scientists' observation. When he disappears again, five minutes are gone from the scientists' lives.

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Page Count
32 pages
Cover Price
$.75
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Creators

Kurt Busiek
Story, Writer
Kurt Busiek
Writer
Paul Butler
Writer, Editor
Alan Gold
Mike Sekowsky
Penciller
Mike Sekowsky
Penciller, Cover Artist
Chuck Patton
Tom Mandrake
Inker
Tom Mandrake
Dick Giordano
Inker
Dick Giordano
Colorist
Gene D'Angelo
Letterer
Helen Vesik
Cover Artist
Mike Machlan
Editor
Tom Condon

Characters

Amos Fortune
Ace of Clubs
Prime Earth
Aquaman
Arthur Curry
Aquaman
Prime Earth
Atom
Ray Palmer
Atom
Prime Earth
Batman
Bruce Wayne
Batman
Earth-One
Elasti-Girl
Rita Farr
Elasti-Girl
Prime Earth
Flash
Barry Allen
Flash
Prime Earth
Gold
Gold
Prime Earth
Green Arrow
Oliver Queen
Green Arrow
Prime Earth
Green Lantern
Hal Jordan
Green Lantern
Prime Earth
Hawkman
Katar Hol
Hawkman
Earth-One
Iron
Iron
Prime Earth
Jack of Clubs
Prime Earth
Jimmy Olsen
Jimmy Olsen
Earth-One
Key
Key
Prime Earth
Kid Flash
Wally West
Kid Flash
Prime Earth
King of Clubs
Kerry
King of Clubs
Prime Earth
Lana Lang
Lana Lang
Earth-One
Lead
Lead
Prime Earth
Lois Lane
Lois Lane
Earth-One
Martian Manhunter
J'onn J'onzz
Martian Manhunter
Earth-One
Mercury
Mercury
Prime Earth
Queenie
Queen of Clubs
Prime Earth
Robin
Dick Grayson
Robin
Earth-One
Robotman
Cliff Steele
Robotman
Prime Earth
Superman
Clark Kent
Superman
Earth-One
Thomas Dillon
Ten of Clubs
Prime Earth
Wonder Girl
Donna Troy
Wonder Girl
Prime Earth
Wonder Woman
Diana of Paradise Island
Wonder Woman
Earth-One

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