These 80-Page Thursday posts are sometimes the shortest to write; probably because a lot of time they aren't very good. We'll have another 80-pager or two before the end of the year, but this might be the last for a bit: from 1994, Justice League Quarterly #15, featuring stories by Michael Jan Friedman, Steven Seagle, Charles Moore, and more; and art by Mike Mayhew, Mark Tenney, Michael Oeming, and more.
So, we mentioned the Praxis serial that had run for several issues, and this issue featured the conclusion. It'd be the last time we see him, too. There's a very slight connection to old Justice League of America stories: the serial killer Praxis is tracking, 'the magician," is trying to get more power from Ghast, of Abnegazar, Rath and. We also have some JLE guest-stars, including grey-templed Hal, some version of Bloodwynd, and slacker Wally; this was the post Giffen/DeMatteis era, when the League's defining characteristic was none of them got along, or really wanted to be there.
Also this issue: skipable Jack O'Lantern and Tasmanian Devil stories, and a Ray story with early Michael Oeming art. The last one's okay, but not worth tracking this down for.
Honestly that description could/should apply to these JL Quarterlies period.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not the best work I've seen from Mike Mayhew, so this must've been some REALLY early art.
I remember the Praxis ads, but never really read any of the issues of it. Glad I didn't from the looks of it, ha ha.
That last panel of Praxis and his partner is so 90's, though; I kinda dig it.
ReplyDeleteI have always missed the silly league.
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