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Not seen since its original release, the legendary crossover of the JLA and Avengers is coming back to stores.
JLA… Assemble!
The year was 2003, and comic industry icons Kurt Busiek and George Pérez were about to bring Marvel and DC back together for the mightiest crossover of all time. That happening, as you can see from the above, was JLA/Avengers. And for the first time, it brought Marvel’s Avengers and DC’s Justice League together in one book.
Well, technically it wasn’t just one book. The event was a four issue mini-series, but either way, it was one and done. Much to the consternation of fans, it was never to see publication again. Fast-forward a few decades though, and Marvel and DC have a fresh working relationship that makes the formerly impossible suddenly… not.
As a result, all four of those issues will be heading back to comic shops. They’ll be doing so in style too, as “Facsimile Editions with original trade tress and wraparound card stock covers”. Pretty cool. As you might imagine too, the re-presentation will be a joint effort, with Marvel publishing issues #1 and #3, and DC handling issues #2 and #4.
The classic returns
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Penciled by GEORGE PÉREZ
Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ
Variant Cover by RYAN STEGMAN
On Sale 5/27
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Penciled by GEORGE PÉREZ
Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ
On Sale 6/24
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Penciled by GEORGE PÉREZ
Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ
On Sale 7/22
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Penciled by GEORGE PÉREZ
Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ
On Sale 8/26
It’s the grandest Marvel and DC comics crossover of them all and an icon-packed event decades in the making! After years of anticipation, JLA/AVENGERS reunited acclaimed writer Kurt Busiek (Marvels) with his AVENGERS collaborator George Pérez – an artistic legend for both companies – to assemble every single member of Earth’s Mightiest and the World’s Greatest in one blockbuster book! Universes collide as the Justice League fights the towering Terminus and the Avengers face the awesome menace of Starro! Each team must undertake an epic quest on the other’s world, with the fate of both realities in the balance!
Preorder JLA/AVENGERS #1 FACSIMILE EDITION at your local comic shop today, and ask to add all four issues to your pull list!
Marvel press release
Comics shops should be taking pull list requests now for JLA/Avengers, which is set to debut in May. The first issue will round out that month, with the series culminating in issue #4’s August 26th arrival. This is turning out to be quite a year for Marvel and DC crossover fans.
