Justice League of America #228

The Martian Manhunter makes a splashing return — literally — bursting up from the water at a harbor pier on Chuck Patton and Dick Giordano's dynamic cover, while Aquaman reels from a blow and Firestorm, the Elongated Man, and a dark-haired heroine in white rally around him. The banner says it all: he's brought "a lot of angry Martians" with him, setting a tense, interplanetary tone for Gerry Conway's "War — of the World?" This July 1984 issue delivers a full roster of JLA heavyweights caught in what promises to be a conflict bigger than any one world.