Justice League America #47
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeJustice League America #47 is part two of the five-part 'Glory Bound' arc, notable for being the issue where both Uberbot and Lady Liberty receive their first comics appearances — minor but memorable additions to the Giffen-DeMatteis rogues' gallery. More significantly, the issue serves as Shilo Norman's first meaningful JLA crossover appearance since his Jack Kirby-created debut in 1973, reintroducing him to a new generation of readers as Scott Free's protégé and setting him on a trajectory that would eventually lead to his pivotal role in Grant Morrison's 'Seven Soldiers' and 'Final Crisis.' The issue also showcases the irreverent, sitcom-textured storytelling that defined the Giffen-DeMatteis JLI era at its twilight, with character-comedy beats — Blue Beetle accidentally abducting Shilo mid-escape act — sitting alongside genuine superhero action. As one of the final issues before the team's 'Breakdowns' endgame, it captures the particular creative energy of a run that rewired how mainstream readers understood team-book humor.
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The issue was produced under the Giffen-DeMatteis creative engine that had driven the Justice League titles since 1987: Keith Giffen supplied the plot and visual breakdowns — essentially a hand-drawn mini-comic that arrived at J.M. DeMatteis's door before DeMatteis scripted the dialogue, sometimes departing sharply from Giffen's intentions in ways both creators found generative. Pencils for the issue were supplied by Linda Medley, with inks by John Beatty, and the cover was produced by Adam Hughes and Karl Story — Hughes having become the book's signature cover artist in this period. General Glory was conceived by Giffen and DeMatteis as a deliberate Captain America parody, introduced one issue earlier in #46 partly to pad the League's thinning roster following multiple departures, and his second outing here continued the same comedic-versus-earnest patriotic tension that made the character a cult favorite of the era.
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- Cover date: February 1991; published by DC Comics as part of the ongoing Justice League America (Volume 1) series.
- Story title: 'General Glory Fights Again!' — Part 2 of the five-part 'Glory Bound' arc begun in issue #46.
- First comic-book appearances of Uberbot (a giant Nazi robot engineered by villain Evil Eye/Schmidt) and Lady Liberty, both antagonist/supporting elements in the General Glory storyline.
- Shilo Norman (the third Mister Miracle) appears here as Scott Free's protégé training with the JLA — a significant reintroduction of the Jack Kirby-created character (originally debuted in Mister Miracle #15, August 1973) to a 1990s readership.
- Plot and breakdowns by Keith Giffen; script by J.M. DeMatteis; pencils by Linda Medley; inks by John Beatty; cover art by Adam Hughes and Karl Story.
- Roster appearing in story includes Blue Beetle (Ted Kord), Fire, Ice, Martian Manhunter, Guy Gardner, Lightray, Orion, Mister Miracle (Scott Free), Shilo Norman, Maxwell Lord, Oberon, and L-Ron — reflecting the ensemble depth of the late Giffen-DeMatteis run.
- General Glory (Joseph Jones) — a WWII-era supersoldier who transforms via a patriotic oath, introduced one issue prior as an overt parody of Marvel's Captain America — continues his integration into the League in this issue.
- The entire Giffen-DeMatteis run (Justice League #1 through Justice League America #60) has been collected in DC's Justice League International Omnibus volumes, with this issue residing in Omnibus Vol. 2.
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