JLA Secret Files

    (DC, 1997-2000)
™ and ©1998 DC Comics, Inc.

With the publication of JLA, a back-to-the-basics title featuring DC’s big guns (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman) as the prominent members of the team, DC’s editors needed clarify the history of this venerable title. Since the time of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, which essentially rewrote the history of the DC Universe, the status and continuity of the Justice League of America has been in an almost constant state of flux. This Secret Files title attempts to clarify and highlight the most important events of the League’s history. Like other books of this sort, it features a series of concise biographies of the members as well as a fresh look at the League’s origin with the retelling of their encounter with Starro the Conqueror. Especially significant is a Justice League timeline outlining the various lineups.

— George Haberberger
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  • 1
    #1
    Sep 1997
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, Phil Jimenez  ·  A: Barry Kitson, Darryl Banks, Dave Johnson, Don Hillsman, Doug Braithwaite, Howard Porter, Jim Calafiore, John Byrne, Kelley Jones, N. Steven Harris, Paul Ryan, Ray Kryssing, Phil Jimenez, Doug Mahnke
    Origin of New JLA; Bios of team members and key villains; Timeline
    15 copies from $2.00
  • 1/NS
    #1 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Howard Porter
    Sep 1997
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, Phil Jimenez  ·  A: Barry Kitson, Darryl Banks, Dave Johnson, Don Hillsman, Doug Braithwaite, Howard Porter, Jim Calafiore, John Byrne, Kelley Jones, N. Steven Harris, Paul Ryan, Ray Kryssing, Phil Jimenez, Doug Mahnke
    Origin of New JLA; Bios of team members and key villains; Timeline
    1 copy for $4.98
  • 2
    #2
    Aug 1998
    Cover: $3.95
    W: Christopher Priest, Mark Millar, Scott Beatty, Bob Washington  ·  A: Yanick Paquette, Christopher Jones, Eric Battle, Phil Jimenez, Ethan Van Sciver, Brian Stelfreeze, Louis Small Jr., Rodolfo Damaggio, Ariel Olivetti, Randy DuBurke, Dave Johnson, ChrisCross, Doug Mahnke
    Origin of new League line-up; Bios of team members and key villains; Oracle joines JLA
    13 copies from $2.00
  • 3
    #3
    Dec 2000
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Dan Curtis Johnson, Mark Waid, Tom Peyer, Scott Beatty  ·  A: Barry Kitson, Jean-Claude St. Aubin, Dale Eaglesham, Doug Mahnke, Ethan Van Sciver, Greg Land, John McCrea, Norm Breyfogle, Pablo Raimondi, Steve Scott, Yanick Paquette, Phil Jimenez, Jeff Johnson, Kevin Maguire, Dan Brereton, Christopher Moeller
    1st Appearance of the Advance Man
    4 copies from $5.50