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Title: World War III, Part V
Release Date: April 2000
Writer: Grant MorrisonPenciller: Howard PorterInker: Drew GeraciJLA Members: Batman,
the Martian Manhunter,
Green Lantern,
Wonder Woman,
Steel,
Barda,
Plastic Man,
the Flash, and
Superman.
Guest Stars: Huntress,
Metron,
Animal Man, and
the Glimmer.
Bad Guys: Mageddon and
the Queen Bee.
Cameos: Guy Gardner,
Captain Atom,
Power Girl,
the Flash (
Jay Garrick),
Hawkgirl,
Starman,
Deadman,
Wildcat,
Black Canary,
Atom Smasher,
Sentinel,
Hourman,
Hippolyta,
the Red Tornado,
Superboy,
the Star-Spangled Kid,
S.T.R.I.P.E.,
Impulse,
the Atom,
Green Arrow,
the Elongated Man,
Arsenal,
Firestorm,
Arrowette, and
Mister Miracle.
So what happens?The whole world is at
war, thanks to the ancient and gigantic Mageddon warhead looming over the Earth.
India and
Pakistan are lobbing nukes at each other, the
US is shooting at
China and
Canada, and no one has heard from Superman and Orion since they teleported into Mageddon. Green Lantern, his spaceship blown up and his ring powerless, is saved by Metron of the New Gods, who tells him that he can use his own
willpower to restore his ring and drops him off where all the other superheroes are gathering.
In
New York City, the Queen Bee is killing Barda, and Wonder Woman is holding off a bunch of bee-soldiers when Steel realizes that Plastic Man's plan to eliminate the aliens involved using typical
bee behavior against them. He wraps himself up in Plastic Man's mostly-flattened form (bees can't see the color
red, so Plas' red costume is a perfect disguise), sneaks up on the Queen, activates the
Boom Tube Generator, and lets Barda knock the Queen Bee into the
Boom Tube. The bee-soldiers follow the Queen back to their Hiveworld.
Meanwhile, in an
emergency JLA meeting, Animal Man says he thinks he knows how Mageddon is able to affect their minds and has a plan for counteracting it. The Martian Manhunter tries a telepathic probe into Mageddon to try to find out how Superman and Orion are doing--he discovers Superman has been overwhelmed by the
despair broadcast by Mageddon and is now chained inside it, helping to turn its
engines.
Finally, a
ray of hope: the Flash returns to Earth from an extended visit to the
Speed Force, and he's brought help--the last
Wonderworlder, a giant speedster called the Glimmer...
Cool Moments!The Flash brings the Godzilla-sized Glimmer to Earth.
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