JLA Book Two

JLA Books New Edition #2

by Grant Morrison, Howard Porter (illustrator), Mark Millar

This volume collects JLA #10-23; JLA Annual #2; JLA Secret Files and Origins #2; New Year's Evil Prometheus #1; JLA: World Without Grown-Ups #1-2

Grant Morrison’s revolutionary run on JLA continues, with a new collection featuring timeless stories including “Rock of Ages,” and the introduction of enigmatic villain Prometheus!

In 1996, superstar comics writer Grant Morrison teamed with artist Howard Porter for JLA, a reinvention of the Justice League of America starring an A-list squad of DC’s most iconic superheroes!

In JLA Book Two, the adventures of DC’s premier team continues, starting with “Rock of Ages”—pitting the JLA against Lex Luthor's band of villains, unaware that a terrible force called Darkseid is counting on the Justice League’s victory to ensure his own—over the entire Earth!Plus, meet Prometheus, an antagonist with no superpowers, but with the unmatched physical and mental capabilities to take down the JLA by himself!

JLA Book Two also includes stories from guest writer Mark Waid, as the legendary scribe pens a story featuring cosmic hero Adam Strange! All this and the intergalactic threat of Starro, a starring role for teen heroes Robin, Superboy, and Impulse, and a guest appearance from Dream, from the seminal series The Sandman!
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Grant Morrison (Guion), Mark Waid (Guion)

582 pages, Paperback

Published April 22, 2025

About the author

Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning their American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then they have written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, they have also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS.

In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never read this run in the late 90s and have enjoyed getting big chunks of it like this. The swelling cast and global threats feel classic, but that first arc, Rock of Ages, felt ROUGH and tried too many stories, also suffering by having to dance between issues with major events in Wonder Woman, Superman, and other solo titles. After that first arc, though, I think it hit a good stride.

[Federico Kereki · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not as good as the first tome... then again, not all stories are by the same authors, and it shows.