Justice League of America (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1985.
Synopsis for "The Long Road Home"
Warp, a member of the Brotherhood of Evil, sends Steel through time into the far future, where he is immediately attacked by giant insects and killer robots. He is helped to safety by a woman named Olanda, who explains that he is now in the year 1,000,000,000 A.D., and that his attackers are directed by someone called the Six. She mistrusts him when he tells her that he is part of the Justice League. The Six are her brothers, and they are out to kill their father with his own main weapon, the Chrono-Cube. Her father then reveals himself as the Lord of Time, now very old. He tells Steel that he had come to this far future as a refugee. He had cloned himself to create his seven children, but had also created resentment by favoring Olanda. The six sons rebelled against him, stole his Chrono-Cube, amassed Killer-bots from the past, and attacked him.
The Six, meanwhile, are slowed by having to reach a consensus on everything, and Steel attacks them and their robots, allowing the Lord of Time and Olanda to reach the Cube. In the blink of an eye, all around him disappears, and Steel watches the Cube reappear. The Lord of Time has gone back in time and prevented his younger self from creating his "sons." Olanda, however, still lives, and before returning to his own time, Steel asks for some time alone with her.
Appearing in "The Long Road Home"
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Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Lord of Time
- Warp (Behind the scenes) (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- Olanda
- Hank Heywood, Sr.
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Notes
- Reprinted in Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion: Deluxe Edition Vol. 2.
- Steel was warped to the future from Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 while protecting Earth-S.
- Aquaman is mistakenly seen in a recap of the previous issue.
See Also
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)