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JLA #5 (May 1997)

Cover

JLA #5 - cover by Howard Porter and John Dell
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Woman of Tomorrow

Story Credits

Writer: Grant Morrison
Penciller: Howard Porter
Inker: John Dell
Colourist: Pat Garrahy
Seperations: Heroic Age
Letterer: Ken Lopex
Editor: Ruben Diaz

Starring

Feature Characters

Villains

Professor Ivo (Designer of Amazo, next seen in AZTEK #10)
Thomas Oscar Morrow (Designer of Red Tornado II)

Guest Stars

Artemis (the second Wonder Woman, regularly appearing in Wonder Woman)
Aztek (joins in AZTEK #10)
Damage (Grant Emerson)
Green Arrow (son of the original, joins in JLA #8)
Hitman (Tommy Monaghan, superpowered bounty hunter)
Max mercury (regularly appearing in Impulse)
Plastic Man (next seen in the Rock of Ages arc, joins in JLA #16)
Robin III (Tim Drake)
Steel (one of the Supermen that appeared after the death of Superman, joins in JLA #16)
Supergirl (appears in her own book)
Tomorrow Woman (first appearance, dies this issue)
Warrior (Guy Gardner, former Green Lantern and owner of Warrior's Bar)

Other Characters

Unnamed Priest (implied that he had served the League before)

Cameos

Aquaman (seen on a TV screen the Martian Manhunter is watching)
In dialogue: (Red Tornado II, Amazo, Immortal Man, Master of Time, Mad Hatter.)
Java with Metamorpho's son (at Metamorpho's funeral)
Statues in the garden of remembrance (from left to right Green Arrow I, Green Lantern II, Ice Maiden II, Hourman I - between Superman's legs -, Atom I, unknown - through the priests legs -, Metamorpho, Dr Mid-Nite, Flash II, unknown.)

Notes

The figure seen at the funeral is assumed by appearance to be Java, but he died in the Metamorpho mini-series by Mark Waid.

The team has agreed on a permanent membership of twelve.

Green Lantern nominated Aztek and Green Arrow. Both would be accepted elsewhere but leave after the Rock of Ages story arc.

Inscription on Metamorpho's headstone: Rex Mason- Metamorpho the Element Man. Not gone only changed.

This story takes place after the Lost Pages from JLA SECRET FILES #1 and after JLA/WILDCATS (by the appearance of the IF).

Synopsis

After a funeral for the departed Metamorpho the League gathers together to interview and review potential applicants. Several potential members are considered including the second Green Arrow and Aztek. Suddenly Tomorrow Woman makes a dramatic entrance claiming to be a telepath with a four lobed brain. She is inducted in due course as the first member of the new JLA. Unbeknownst to the League she is a highly advanced android created by Professor Ivo and T. O. Morrow.

Meanwhile the League battle an eastward heading, randomly appearing and attacking weapon. As the League tracks it from site to site the Batman uncovers that it is an "IF" - Implicative Field - left over from the Lord of Time's last appearance. It was activated accidentally by a government black ops team. Batman theorises that an EM pulse would wipe its hard drive rendering it harmless.

Tomorrow Woman then seemingly sacrifices herself by using the EM Pulse weapon built into her to stop the IF. Originally the bomb was meant to kill the League, but she manages to break her programming and dies a hero. The League round up Ivo and Morrow who they find celebrating the birth of a new soul rather that commiserating their failure. Tomorrow Woman is then buried in the JLA Garden of Remembrance.

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