Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} & Justice League America Vol. 2 by Superman and the Justice League America Vol. 2. The Man of Steel has died! Falling at the hands of the monster Doomsday, the Justice League's most powerful member is now gone. And in addition to killing Superman, the creature grievously injures Leaguers , and more! How will the Justice League re-collect in this moment of crisis? Who will be the newest members? And how will they cope in a world without Superman? Veteran comics creator Dan Jurgens is joined by an all-star team of artists that include Rick Burchett and the legendary Dave Cockrum as they chronicle the JLA's loss of their leader and the world's greatest hero, Superman! Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #69-77 and JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA ANNUAL #6. Superman and the Justice League of America Vol. 2 TP. The Man of Steel has died! Falling at the hands of the monster Doomsday, the Justice League's most powerful member is now gone, and along with killing him, the creature grievously injures Leaguers Blue Beetle, Booster Gold and more! How will the Justice League re-collect in this moment of crisis? Who will be the newest members? And how will they deal in a world without Superman? Learn all the answers in these tales from JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #69-77! Every Day Is Like Wednesday. As I had previously noted, packaging writer/artist Dan Jurgens' brief 18-ish issue 1992-1993 run on the era's main Justice League book as "Superman and Justice League America" made a lot of sense if you're trying to sell these comics in trade form in 2016. at least until you get to volume two, as Superman dies in the first of the monthly issues collected here (his Justice League encounters Doomsday before Superman does), is mourned in the next one and then is completely absent for the rest of the run. I was a little surprised by the actual contents of this collection though, as it opens not with Justice League America #66 (the League vs. Doomsday issue that tied into the "Death of Superman" storyline in the Superman books of the time), but with Justice League America Annual #6 . That gives us another 58-pages of the Justice League America comics featuring a still-living Superman. That annual is from the "Eclipso: The Darkness Within" crossover event storyline that ran through all of DC's annuals that year. As with similar events of the time, the relevance of each tie-in varied considerably from instance to instance, but this one is a great deal more relevant than, say, any of the Batman-related ones. Jurgens is merely credited with "Dark Design," which I suppose could mean either plotting, or lay-outs or both, although it doesn't look like he designed the pages themselves. Dan Mishkin writes, while Dave Cockrum pencils and Jose Marzan Jr. inks. Dr. Bruce Gordon and a few other heroes join Superman and the League at their headquarters–including Wonder Woman and Metamorpho–as they strategize about the threat of Eclipso. This is relatively early in the villain's attack, but he manages to possess Maxima and send her to Nevada to cause destruction on a scale that draws the League there, while he himself stalks and battles Blue Beetle throughout the team's headquarters. In the end, his plan is only advanced a step or so, as he gets another "eclipsed" soldier for his army, but it's pretty remarkable how much action the longer page-count offers. These days, an annual is generally only slightly longer than a regular issues, maybe twice as long if you're lucky, but this is just shy of three times the length of an ordinary issue, allowing the scenes to be drawn out much longer. You sure got a lot more punching and blasting back in the day! Of course, there's no real resolution to the story, as this was just one of the 20 parts of the storyline, and the collection jumps ahead to JLA #66 from there. I personally missed this annual the first time around, as I was a teenager with little money to waste on comics, cheap as they were, back in 1992. Looking now, I see that I've actually only read about a half-dozen of the 20 discrete chapters of the story. It was designed so one need only read the first and last chapters Eclipso: The Darkness Within #1 and #2 , with few of the issues in-between being all that relevant, but there sure was some cool stuff in there, as when pretty much all of the un-eclipsed heroes had to fight an eclipsed Superman. I wouldn't mind reading a collection of this entire storyline, but like similar annual events Armageddon 2001 and Bloodlines , collecting it into trade would prove challenging, based on its size alone. The next issue is also one that occurs mid-storyline. Doomsday takes on Guy Gardner, Booster Gold, Blue Beetle, Bloodwynd, Maxima, Fire and Ice and has pretty much torn them apart by the time Superman arrives on the last page. And that's that issue (Spoiler alert: Superman and Doomsday kill one another in a brawl that continues all the way into downtown Metropolis. They both get better and come back to life about a year later though). And then it's time for the "Funeral for a Friend" tie-in issue, where the superhero community convenes at New York City's JLA HQ to mourn Superman, and Oberon passes out the black arm-bands with the S-shield on them. From here on, the collection tells a cohesive ongoing story. albeit a rather rocky one that must have seemed entirely unexpected at the start of Jurgens' run. In the "Funeral for a Friend" issue, the League takes stock after their battle with Doomsday: Fire is powerless, Ice decides to quit, Booster Gold's costume was destroyed rendering him powerless and Blue Beetle is still in a coma. These characters are still the focus of the issue, but Jurgens lavishes attention on the many guest-stars, each of whom get a few lines about Superman and/or death, and each of whom is introduced in a dramatic action pose. Reading it now, it's actually a bit of a surprise that DC resisted the temptation to just launch a new team of their biggest heroes right then and there. With Superman dead, there was certainly an in-story rationale and motivation for the "old" Justice Leaguers, who the publisher was for whatever reasons resistant to use more than one or two of at a time on a League roster, to form a new, all-star League of the sort we wouldn't get into Grant Morrison, Howard Porter and John Dell's JLA . The first to arrive? The Flash, Aquaman, Batman and Robin, Green Lantern and Hawkman–that's six right there. They are followed immediately by Starfire and Nightwing, then Green Lantern Alan Scott, The Flash Jay Garrick, Power Girl, Elongated Man, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow and Black Canary. The actual make-up of the League that follows the Doomsday-damaged one is a little more interesting, and they are formed by the end of the next issue: Maxima, Guy Gardner and Bloodwynd are joined by new recruits Agent Liberty, The Ray, Black Condor and new leader Wonder Woman. They. don't last long. At that point, there are only two story arcs left in Jurgens' run: The fairly epic five-part "Destiny's Hand," and then a two- parter finally resolving the issue of Bloodwynd. With "Destiny's Hand," Jurgens at least gets to use many of the classic Justice Leaguers that merely cameo-ed in the "Funeral" issue. Classic Justice League villain Doctor Destiny returns, and essentially merges a nightmare version of a fascist, world-ruling, near-future version of the Satellite Era Justice League, with the "real world" of the real Justice League. And so Jurgens' League finds itself up against evil versions of The Flash (in black!), Hawkman, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern Hal Jordan, Firestorm, Green Arrow, Black Canary and The Atom. It's a precursor of sorts to the "Justice Lords" episodes of Justice League Unlimited and the video game/comics of Injustice: Gods Among Us , which gives Jurgens the opportunity to draw the Satellite Era league, his League, some classic villains and bring his apparent favorite character The Atom Ray Palmer into the pages of his Justice League America . The ending of this book, and thus of Jurgens' run, seems pretty abrupt, and some of the characters introduced seem to have barely been there at all. Agent Liberty, for example, has few lines after he's officially recruited to the team. Looking ahead, this was the start of a pretty chaotic period for the franchise. Dan Vado takes over as writer for a little bit, adding a few characters to the extant line-up (Captain Atom and Garrick), then there's the controversial "Judgement Day" crossover story with the other Justice League titles of the day, the "Zero Hour" crossover that introduced Triumph and, finally, Gerard Jones takes over for an almost-two-year run that brings the series to its conclusion, making way for the previously mentioned Morrison, Porter and Dell JLA . I will be curious to see if what follows gets collected at all and, if so, how (Maybe as Wonder Woman and The Justice League of America . ). The "Judgement Day" and "Zero Hour" are easily collectible as standalone trades (the former can have Mark Waid's name splashed across it, the latter, which is a three-part story and might need paired with other material, can have Christopher Priest and Phil Jimenez's names highlighted), but given that the Vado and Jones runs aren't terribly well remembered as anything other than the stuff between the Giffen/Jones JLI era and the Morrison JLA era, demand is probably limited only to committed fans like me who would rather own trades that back-issues at this point. They are still a lot better than a bunch of other Justice League comics that have been collected though! Like, almost everything since Identity Crisis , maybe. SUPERMAN AND THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA VOL. 2. The Man of Steel has died! Falling at the hands of the monster Doomsday, the Justice League’s most powerful member is now gone, and along with killing him, the creature grievously injures Leaguers Blue Beetle, Booster Gold and more! How will the Justice League re-collect in this moment of crisis? Who will be the newest members? And how will they deal in a world without Superman? Learn all the answers in these tales from JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #69-77! Community. See All. Who Would Win: Atrocitus vs. Parasite? This week’s fight is between two brightly colored and highly dangerous villains, one driven by pure rage and the other by pure hunger. Arrowverse Pride Profile: John Constantine. Looking to learn more about the Arrowverse depiction of John Constantine? Find out more here! The History of DCU Pride Characters & Creators. Every week, the DC History Club is adding new profiles spotlighting representation throughout DC's history. Dan Jurgens. Dan Jurgens (born June 27, 1959 in Ortonville, Minnesota) [1] is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for creating the superhero Booster Gold, and for his lengthy runs on the Superman titles The Adventures of Superman and Superman (vol. 2), particularly during "The Death of Superman" storyline. Contents. Career 1 1980s 1.1 1990s 1.2 2000s 1.3 2010s 1.4 Dark Horse Comics 3.1 DC Comics 3.2 Marvel Comics 3.3 Valiant Comics 3.4. Career. 1980s. After graduating from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1981, Jurgens' first professional comic work was for DC Comics on The Warlord #63 (Nov. 1982). [2] He was hired due to a recommendation of Warlord creator Mike Grell who was deeply impressed by Jurgens' work after being shown his private portfolio at a convention. [3] In 1984, Jurgens was the artist for the Sun Devils limited series (July 1984 – June 1985), with writers Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas. Jurgens would make his debut as a comic book writer with Sun Devils. He began scripting from Conway's plots with No. 8 and fully took over the writing duties on the title with No. 10. In 1985, Jurgens created the character Booster Gold, [4] who became a member of the Justice League. His first work on Superman was as penciller for The Adventures of Superman Annual No. 1 (1987). [2] In 1988, Jurgens provided pencil art for the early Deadman short stories which were written by Mike Baron in the short-lived anthology Action Comics Weekly from issues #601–612. He then had a run as artist of Green Arrow with writer Mike Grell from 1988-1990. In 1989, Jurgens began working full-time on the Superman character when he took over the writing/pencilling of the monthly The Adventures of Superman . [2] 1990s. Jurgens was the penciller of the 1991. 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Dan Jurgens at Mike's Amazing World of Comics Dan Jurgens at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators Interview with b- independent.com (1998) Comic Geek Speak Podcast interview (July 2009) External links. ^ Worden, Mark (November 15, 1983), "Dan Jurgens: On Warlord, Mike Grell, And Comics In General", ^ a b c d e f g h i j Dan Jurgens at the Grand Comics Database ^ "Dan Jurgens". ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle . ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 250: " Armageddon 2001 was the DC Comics event of the summer. Written by Archie Goodwin and Denny O'Neil, and drawn by penciler Dan Jurgens, Armageddon 2001 chronicled the birth of time-traveling hero ." ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 250: "DC editorial saw the chance to give their hero a fourth ongoing monthly book, Superman: The Man of Steel was born, with the first issue written by Louise Simonson and with art by Jon Bogdanove, Tom Grummett, Bob McLeod, and Dan Jurgens." ^ Jurgens, Dan (w), Jurgens, Dan (p), Barreto, Eduardo (i). "Intergang --No More!" Superman v2, 60 (October 1991), DC Comics ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 253: "In this seven-part adventure. writers Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Roger Stern, and Louise Simonson, with artists Brett Breeding, Tom Grummett, Jon Bogdanove, and Bob McLeod assembled many of DC's favorite characters to defend the world." ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 258: "In Superman #75. DC had killed their icon. in a dramatic finale delivered in splash images and written and drawn by artist Dan Jurgens, with finishes by Brett Breeding." ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 259: "The issue also featured four teaser comics that introduced a group of contenders all vying for the Superman name. A Cyborg Superman claimed he was the real Man of Steel in a short by storyteller Dan Jurgens." ^ Schweier, Philip (August 2012). "Justice League, Then and Now with Gerry Conway and Dan Jurgens". ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 266: "In DC's newest summer blockbuster Zero Hour , writer/artist Dan Jurgens and finisher Jerry Ordway crafted a five-issue story that began with issue No. 4, and counted backward to zero." ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 272: "Written by Peter David and Ron Marz with art by Dan Jurgens and Claudio Castellini, this four-issue miniseries event consisted of five major battles voted on in advance by reader ballots distributed to comic stores." ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 275: " The behind-the-scenes talent on the monumental issue appropriately spanned several generations of the Man of Tomorrow's career. Written by Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern, the one-shot featured the pencils of John Byrne, Gil Kane, Stuart Immonen, Paul Ryan, Jon Bogdanove, Kieron Dwyer, Tom Grummett, Dick Giordano, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan, Nick Cardy, Al Plastino, Barry Kitson, Ron Frenz, and Dan Jurgens." ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 281: "A series of nine one-shots springing from the imagination of writer/artist Dan Jurgens, the Tangent Comics imprint introduced an entirely new universe of heroes." ^ Cowsill, Alan; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2012). "1990s". Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging . ^ Greenberg, Glenn (December 2012). "Tabloid Team-Ups The Giant-Size DC-Marvel Crossovers". Back Issue! (TwoMorrows Publishing) (61): 33–40. ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1990s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History . ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dougall, Alastair, ed. (2014). "2000s". Batman: A Visual History . ^ Piccione, Sebastian (August 30, 2008). "The Gold Standard: Dan Jurgens Interview Part I". ^ Rogers, Vaneta (August 17, 2011). "The DCnU Take 2: Justice League International". ^ Burlingame, Russ (October 16, 2011). "Dan of Steel: Dan Jurgens on Joining Team Superman". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012 . Retrieved February 26, 2012 . Superman editor Matt Idelson contacted Keith and me and basically said, "Hey! How would you guys like to co-write, conspire and Dan draw Superman?” We started batting around different ideas, thoughts and notes and had a "go" a day or two later. ^ Moore, Matt (December 11, 2013). for Spring" Futures End "DC Readies Weekly Weekly Series, . ^ Velez, Edward (April 4, 1993), "Kidsday Talking With Dan Jurgens", ^ "Division Awards: Comic Books". References. His work has earned him several awards over the years, including the 1994 National Cartoonists Society Award for Best Comic Book. [25] Awards. Solar # 46–54 (July 1995 – December 1995) Writer/Penciller on #46–50; writer only from #51–54. Valiant Comics. Daredevil No. 224 (penciller) Captain America vol. 3 #25–50 (writer), #33–50 (penciller); Annual 2000 ; Annual 2001 The Sensational Spider- Man #0–6 (January–July 1996) (writer and penciller) Thor vol. 2 #1–79 (writer); Annual 1999 ; Annual 2000 ; Annual 2001. Marvel Comics. 52 #2–11, 24, 35, 43 (2006–2007) Action Comics No. 601–612 (Deadman short stories pencils), 650, 667 (1988, 1990–1991) The Adventures of Superman #452–470, 472–478, 480, 492, 500 (writer and penciller, 1989–1993); Annual No. 1 (pencils, 1987) Agent Liberty Special # 1 (writer and cover artist, 1992) Aquaman vol. 3 #63–75 (writer, 2000–2001) Aquaman and The Others (writer, 2014-2015) Armageddon 2001 #1–2 (artist, 1991) Batman No. 359, 568 (1983, 1999) Annual No. 9 (1985) (pencils) Batman Beyond #1-current (2015-) (writer) Booster Gold #1–25 (artist, 1986–88) Booster Gold vol. 2 #1–12, 15–19, 21–31, 44–47 (artist, 2007–2008; writer/artist, 2009–2010, 2011) The Brave and the Bold vol. 2 No. 23 (writer/artist, 2009) Countdown (writer and artist of the "History of the Multiverse" back-up stories in issues #49-38) Crisis Aftermath: The Battle For Blüdhaven #1-6 (2006) (pencils) DC Universe: Legacies #7–8 (2011) Firestorm: The Nuclear Man vol. 3 No. 33 (April 2007) (layouts only) Flash Gordon #1–9 (miniseries) (writer/artist, 1989) Fury of the Firestorms: The Nuclear Men #13–20 (writer and pencils 2012–2013) Green Arrow #13-14, 17-18, 21-24, 27-30, 33-34 (pencils) (1988-1990) Green Arrow vol. 4 #1–5 (pencils); #3–6 (co-writer) (2011-2012) Infinite Crisis Secret Files 2006 (2006) (layouts for lead story) Justice League America #61–77 (1992– 1993) Justice League International #1–12 (writer, 2011–2012) Metal Men (limited series, 1993) (layouts) Metamorpho: Year One #1–6 (writer; artist for issues 1 and 2 only, 2007) The New Teen Titans vol. 2 No. 6 (pencils, 1984) Nightwing Sun Devils (writer and artist, 1984) Superman vol. 2 (writer: 1991–1999; pencils: 1991–1995) Superman vol. 3 #7–12 (writer and pencils 2012) Superman 80-Page Giant #1 (1999) (cover artist pencils and writer for 10-page short story) Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey (limited series; story and layouts) #1–4 (1994) Superman: The Doomsday Wars #1–3 (1998–1999) Superman: Day of Doom #1–4 (2003) Superman: Secret Files (1998) (writer and layout art for lead story; plus pencil art for character profiles) Superman/Fantastic Four (1999) (writer and layout art, with finished art by Art Thibert) Tangent: Superman's Reign #1–12 (2008–2009) (writer) Teen Titans vol. 2 #1–24 (1996–1998) Time Masters: Vanishing Point #1–6 (2010 mini series) (writer/artist) Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #319–325 (1985) Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze #1–4 (prestige miniseries. writer and layouts, with finishes by Phil Jimenez) (2000) The Warlord #63–88, 91 (artist) (1982–1985) Zero Hour #0–4 (1994) DC Comics. Superman vs. Aliens (1995 limited series; story and layout art) Dark Horse Comics. Comics work includes: Bibliography. Jurgens is married with two children, Quinn Jurgens and Seth Jurgens. [24] Personal life. He was amongst the creative talent of DC Comics' Keith Giffen on issues #3–6. DC announced in October 2011 that Jurgens would return to Superman, co-writing and drawing, the self-titled Superman series with Giffen. Their first issue was No. 7 (cover dated May 2012). [22] During 2012–2013, Jurgens was writer and artist of Fury of the Firestorms: The Nuclear Men from issues #13–20, where the series was canceled. [2] In 2014, he and Giffen together with Jeff Lemire and Brian Azzarello co-wrote The New 52: Futures End . [23] 2010s. In 2000, he was the writer and provided layouts for the four issue prestige miniseries Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze , with finishes provided by Phil Jimenez. Jurgens wrote Aquaman (vol. 3) from issue No. 63 (Jan. 2000) until its cancellation with issue No. 75 (Jan. 2001). In November 2002, he wrote and pencilled the four-issue weekly miniseries Superman: Day of Doom (Jan. 2003), [2] which marked the 10 year anniversary of "The Death of Superman" event from 1992. After a hiatus from comics, he returned to DC Comics, providing layouts for the lead story in the Infinite Crisis Secret Files 2006 special (April 2006) and provided art for the weekly series 52 and to the six issue limited series Crisis Aftermath: The Battle For Blüdhaven written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Grey. [19] Jurgens collaborated with writer/creator Marv Wolfman on the Nightwing series for issues #125–128. On Metamorpho: Year One , Jurgens was writer and penciller for the first two issues with Mike Norton drawing issues #3–6. Jurgens was writer and artist of the "History of the Multiverse" back-up stories in the weekly Countdown which appeared in issues No. 49 through No. 38. At the Los Angeles Comic Con in March 2007, DC announced a new, ongoing Booster Gold series written by Geoff Johns, pencilled by Jurgens, and inked by Norm Rapmund to begin shortly after the end of 52 . [20] He was the writer of Tangent: Superman's Reign limited series in 2008, revisiting the Tangent Comics characters and wrote and illustrated an issue of The Brave and the Bold vol. 2 No. 23 (July 2009), which featured Booster Gold and Magog. [2] 2000s. In January 1996, Jurgens was writer and penciller of the new tabloid-sized graphic novel Superman/Fantastic Four , with finished art by his former The Adventures of Superman inker Art Thibert. [17] Jurgens worked with Marvel Comics as writer on Thor (vol. 2) with pencilling by John Romita, Jr. [18] and as writer/artist on Captain America (vol. 3). In 1995 he was writer/penciller on Solar No. 46 from Valiant Comics wherein he worked with inker Dick Giordano and with penciller Tom Grindberg joining in with issues #51–54 after Jurgens relinquished penciller duties with issue No. 50. Jurgens was the debut writer of the Tomb Raider: The Series comic book series licensed to Top Cow Productions and Image Comics, which in 1999. The debut issue of Tomb Raider was the number one selling comic book of that year. Jurgens was writer of the series until issue No. 21. [2] Jurgens scripted and provided layout art for the Superman vs. Aliens miniseries. The story featured a battle between Superman and the aliens created by H. R. Giger (a.k.a. the Xenomorphs), from the titular film series. It was co-published by Dark Horse Comics and DC in 1995. In the same year, he gave up the pencilling duties on Superman . In 1996 Jurgens and Italian artist Claudio Castellini worked on the highly publicized crossover Marvel vs DC . [13] Jurgens was one of the many creators who worked on the Superman: The Wedding Album one-shot in 1996 which featured the title character's marriage to Lois Lane. [14] Jurgens developed the Tangent Comics imprint for DC the following year. [15] miniseries, both in 1994. Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey and the [12] . Zero Hour series crossover of their origin story. Jurgens wrote and pencilled the retcon which was a [2] ,miniseries four-issue Metal Men and in 1993 pencilled the [11] (#61–77 April 1992 – July 1993) Justice League America for the "Reign of the Supermen" storyline. Jurgens wrote and drew [10]