WARNING! SPOILER ALERT! BATTLE STATIONS! BATTLE STATIONS!
Title: Tower of Babel, Part I:
Survival of the FittestRelease Date: July 2000
Writer: Mark WaidPenciller: Howard PorterInker: Drew GeraciJLA Members: Superman,
Batman,
the Martian Manhunter,
Wonder Woman,
the Flash,
Aquaman,
Green Lantern, and
Plastic Man.
Bad Guys: Ra's Al Ghul.
So what happens?Long-lived Batman foe Ra's Al Ghul has a new plan for thinning the ranks of
humanity to help
nature and the
environment thrive, but to do that, he and his
League of Assassins have to get the JLA out of his way. He's got some evil ideas, too...
First,
Bruce Wayne, taking flowers to the
grave of his parents, is horrified to discover that someone has stolen their bodies...
Next, over the
Black Forest, the Martian Manhunter is attacked with
nanobots that bond with his skin and transmute base elements into
magnesium. Since magnesium bursts into flame when it reacts with
oxygen, and since J'onn is
vulnerable to
fire...
And at the
UN, Aquaman and Plastic Man are attacked by
assassins. Plastic Man is
frozen solid and then
shattered. Aquaman is dosed with a
toxin that makes him
afraid of water...
Back at the Watchtower, J'onn is submerged in
water to keep him from burning up, and Flash gets to work piecing Plastic Man back together. Aquaman is dehydrating, but he can't bring himself to have anything to do with water. Batman is too busy hunting for his parents' bodies to be bothered by anything else, and Green Lantern isn't answering any calls.
While Ra's makes final preparations on his latest device, Flash and Wonder Woman head to GL's apartment to see what's up with him--they discover that he's been
blinded somehow. Superman flies down to the
Daily Planet to see if there are any clues in the news. No one is prepared when Ra's activates his device--and turns all
printed text on the planet into
gibberish...
Cool Moments!Bruce Wayne discovering that his parents' grave has been robbed.
Cool Quotes!Flash, spotting a fire-emitting figure (actually J'onn J'onzz) in a forest fire: "You were asking who dissed
Smokey Bear? I think I've spotted a
clue."
Wonder Woman: "You mean him?"
Flash: "
Sarcasm is so lost on you."
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