Justice League of America #231 is an issue of the series Justice League of America (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1984.
Synopsis for "Family Crisis!"
While the nine Justice League members who fought in
the Earth-Mars War transport to Earth, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Supergirl meet the Flash in the satellite
just in time to encounter three people who immediately
transport the quartet to Earth-Two. On that world, Dr. Fate, Starman, Green Lantern, and Dr. Mid-Nite are battling winged monkeys somehow connected to the trio who
have brought the Justice League there. The combined
forces fight off the monkeys, which disappear, finally allowing the civilians time to explain why this is happening.
When Dr. Joshua Champion, a research scientist, disappeared from his lab one day, and nobody could tell his
daughter Victoria or his son Ian where he was, they contacted their aunt Meredith to stay with them. They were about to give up hope when Champion's image appeared to them, boasting of the tremendous power he now had.
Before he disappeared he showed signs that he was fighting the feelings he had just shown, and they suddenly knew that they could get help from someone simply by willing themselves to be transported to those they sought. Thus, they enlisted the Justice League. Somehow tuned into their father's presence, the children lead teams of super-heroes to potential meeting points.
Victoria, Meredith, Superman, Flash, Dr. Mid-Nite, and
Starman head into an alien dimension and a planet with a constantly changing surface, while Ian, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Dr. Fate battle winged mythological creatures at the Pentagon. The team in the alien world finds a domed city with a workforce creating
a deafening din. To escape, they enter an empty building, which houses the brain center of the force inhabiting Joshua Champion. Immediately, they are blinded by a beam which sends them into revelry; their fondest desires come
true, except for Dr. Mid-Nite, who blacks out the beam
and seems to free them. They find the unconscious Champion, and with Dr. Fate and Starman taking care of the city's teeming hordes, the Champions transport everyone back to Earth, with everyone except Dr. Mid-Nite now under the control of the brain which controls Joshua Champion.
Appearing in "Family Crisis!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- The Commander (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- Winged monkeys and other creatures created by the Commander
Other Characters:
- The Champion Family
- Ian Champion (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- Meredith Champion (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- Victoria Champion (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- Adolf Hitler (Cameo)
- Batman (Cameo)
- Blackhawks (Cameo)
- Desi Arnaz (Cameo)
- The Flash (Jay Garrick) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (Cameo)
- Infinity, Inc. (Mentioned only)
- Iris Allen (As an illusion only)
- Lois Lane (As an illusion only)
- Lucille Ball (Cameo)
- Phantom Stranger (Cameo)
- Power Girl (Mentioned only)
- Ray Palmer (Cameo)
- Reverse-Flash (As an illusion only)
Locations:
- Earth-One
- Arizona (Flashback only)
- JLA Satellite
- Earth-Two
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- Per an editorial in Justice League of America #233, the inker for this issue was Rich Buckler, not Alan Kupperberg, and the editor was Roy Thomas, not Alan Gold. The editor and inker credited in this issue was incorrect.
- The events of this issue happen concurrently with the Earth-Mars War and the Trial of the Flash.
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Justice League of America series
- Images from Justice League of America Vol 1 231
Recommended Reading
- Justice League Recommended Reading
- Justice League of America (Volume 1)
- Justice League of America (Volume 2)
- Justice League of America (Volume 3)
- Justice League of America (Volume 4)
- Justice League of America (Volume 5)
- JLA (Volume 1)
- Justice League (Volume 1)
- Justice League (Volume 2)
- Justice League (Volume 3)
- Justice League (Volume 4)
- Justice League International (Volume 1)
- Justice League International (Volume 2)
- Justice League International (Volume 3)
- Justice League Europe (Volume 1)
- Justice League America (Volume 1)
- Justice League Task Force (Volume 1)
- Justice League Quarterly (Volume 1)
- Justice League Dark (Volume 1)
- Justice League Dark (Volume 2)
- Extreme Justice (Volume 1)
- Justice League Elite (Volume 1)
- Justice League Odyssey (Volume 1)
- Justice Society Recommended Reading
- Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
- All-Star Comics (Volume 1)
- All-Star Squadron (Volume 1)
- America vs. the Justice Society (Volume 1)
- Infinity Inc. (Volume 1)
- JSA (Volume 1)
- JSA: All Stars (Volume 1)
- JSA Classified (Volume 1)
- JSA: Strange Adventures (Volume 1)
- JSA vs. Kobra (Volume 1)
- Justice Society of America (Volume 1)
- Justice Society of America (Volume 2)
- Justice Society of America (Volume 3)
- Justice Society of America (Volume 4)
- Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1
Links and References
The events from this issue or series involve a Multiversal Crossover between Pre-Crisis worlds and characters. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Pre-Crisis Multiverse Crossover category.
See also Post-Crisis Multiverse Crossovers.