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Cover: Howard Porter & John Dell

JLA Secret Files #1

Sep 1997 · DC · 4.95 USD; 6.95 CAD

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"Secret Origin: Star-Seed" delivers a high-stakes, character-driven crisis in JLA Secret Files #1 (1997), where the Justice League’s most powerful members face the Star Conqueror after their team is incapacitated. Written by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar, with dynamic art by Howard Porter and inks by John Dell, the story explores the cost of power when the Spectre warns that using their abilities could unravel reality itself—leading the heroes to make a desperate choice. The cover by Howard Porter and John Dell captures the weight of that moment with striking intensity.

Contains 4 stories

Secret Origin: Star-Seed

22 pp · Superhero

In "Secret Origin: Star-Seed," the DC Universe's mightiest heroes must confront the Star Conqueror after the Justice League is incapacitated. Fearing the enemy will weaponize their powers to unravel reality, they turn to the Spectre—only to ask him to strip them of their abilities so they can fight without risking annihilation.

Lost Pages: The New Superman Meets the JLA

4 pp · Superhero

A Day in the Life: Martian Manhunter

5 pp · Superhero

Interview: Martian Manhunter

2 pp · Superhero

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Cast · 39 characters

Full credits

writer Grant Morrison

writer Mark Millar

artist Howard Porter

inker John Dell

colorist John Kalisz

letterer Ken Lopez

cover pencils Howard Porter

cover inks John Dell

Reprints

↩ Reprints JLA Gallery #[nn] (1997)

Reprinted in JLA - Die neue Gerechtigkeitsliga #8 (1997), Os Melhores do Mundo #15 (1999), Secret Origins Featuring the JLA #[nn] (1999), Justice League of America #1/2001 (2001), JLA: The Greatest Stories Ever Told #[nn] (2006), Batman / Scarecrow: Fear #[nn] (2007), JLA: The Deluxe Edition #1 (2008), JLA #1 (2008), DC Comics Anthologie #[nn] (2012), DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection #53 (2016), Flash by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar #[nn] (2016), Justice League of America #1 (2017), Wonder Woman by John Byrne #2 (2018), JLA: New World Order DC Essential Edition #[nn] (2019), Nathan Never / Justice League #[0] (45) (2022), JLA #1 (2024), JLA - Die neue Gerechtigkeitsliga Sonderband #4

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