Appearing in "Strange Adventures"
Featured Characters:
- Avengers
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
- Beast (Hank McCoy)
Iron Man (Tony Stark)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
- Thor
- Captain America (Steve Rogers)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)
- Vision
- Ant-Man/Goliath/Yellowjacket/Dr. Pym (Hank Pym)
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)
- Black Panther (T'Challa)
- Wonder Man (Simon Williams)
- Moondragon (Heather Douglas)
- Hercules
- Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)
- She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)
- Dr. Druid (Anthony Druid)
- Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
- Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
- Hellcat (Patsy Walker)
- Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse)
- Falcon (Sam Wilson)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
- Mantis
- Starfox (Eros)
- Namor
- Gilgamesh
- Tigra (Greer Nelson)
- US Agent (John Walker)
- Justice (Vance Astrovik)
- Firestar (Angelica Jones)
- JLA
- Batman (Bruce Wayne)
- Black Canary (Dinah Lance)
- Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny)
- Green Arrow (Ollie Queen)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
- Superman (Kal-El/Clark Kent)
- Wonder Woman (Diana)
- Flash (Barry Allen)
- Aquaman (Orin)
- Hawkman (Carter Hall)
- Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onnz)
- Atom (Ray Palmer)
- Red Tornado
- Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)
- Hawkgirl (Shiera Sanders)
- Zatanna
- Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond)
- Booster Gold (Michael Carter)
- Dr. Fate (Kent Nelson)
- Ice (Tora Olafsdotter)
- Captain Marvel (Billy Batson)
- Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
- Flash (Wally West)
- Fire (Beatriz da Costa)
- Vibe (Paco Ramone)
- Rocket Red (Dmitri Pushkin)
- Green Lantern (John Stewart)
- Vixen (Mari McCabe)
- Dr. Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)
- Gypsy (Cynthia Reynolds)
- Hawkman (Katar Hol)
- Hawkwoman (Shayera Hol)
- Firestorm (Martin Stein)
- Phantom Stranger
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Krona
- Amazo (Only in flashback)
- Ultron-4 (Only in flashback)
- Grim Reaper (Eric Williams) (Only in flashback)
- Key (Only in flashback)
- Kang (Only in flashback)
- Lord of Time (Epoch) (Only in flashback)
- Masters of Evil (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Executioner (Skurge) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Enchantress (Amora) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Radioactive Man (Chen Lu) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Baron Zemo (Heinrich Zemo) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Black Knight (Nathan Garrett) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Melter (Bruno Horgan) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Mr. Mzyzptlk (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Loki (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Kanjar Ro (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Ares (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Grey Gargoyle (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Morgan Le Fay (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Taskmaster (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Killer Frost (Louise Lincoln) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Korvac (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Ultra-Humanite (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Bizarro (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Silver Swan (Vanessa Kapatelis)
- Killer Croc (Waylon Jones)
- Poison Ivy (Pamela Isley)
- Bloodsport (Robert DuBois)
- Shrapnel (Mark Scheffer)
- Sonar (Bito Wladon)
- Mammoth (Baran Flinders)
- Silver Banshee (Siobhan McDougal)
Other Characters:
- Dr. Doom (Victor von Doom)
- Eternity
- Kismet
- Traya Sutton (Photo)
- Eradicator (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Robin (Jason Todd) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Starman (Jack Knight) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Onslaught (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Justice Legion Alpha (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Aquaman (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Batman (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Flash (Jonathan Fox) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Hourman (Matt Tyler) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Starman (Farris Knight) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Superman (Kal Kent) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Wonder Woman (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Nighwing (Dick Grayson) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Masters of Evil (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Mr. Hyde (Calvin Zabo) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Goliath (Erik Josten) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Blackout (Marcus Daniels) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Thunderball (Eliot Franklin) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Moonstone (Karla Sofen)
(Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Absorbing Man (Carl Creel) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Bulldozer (Henry Camp) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Solomon Grundy (Cyrus Gold) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Speedy (Roy Harper) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Supreme Intelligence (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Lex Luthor (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Pete Ross (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Sersi (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Proctor (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Metamorpho (Rex Mason) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Beta Ray Bill (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Justice Society of America (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Atom Smasher (Albert Rothstein) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Doctor Fate (Hector Hall) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Doctor Mid-Nite (Pieter Cross) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Flash (Jay Garrick) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Green Lantern (Alan Scott) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Mister Terrific (Michael Holt) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Sand (Sanderson Hawkins) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Stargirl (Courtney Whitmore) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Wildcat (Ted Grant) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Teen Titans (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Changeling (Garfield Logan) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Cyborg (Victor Stone) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Kid Flash (Wally West) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Raven (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Robin (Dick Grayson) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Starfire (Koriand'r) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Crystal (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Luna (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Exodus (Bennet du Paris) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Jean Grey (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Thunderbolts (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Citizen V (Helmut Zemo) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Atlas (Erik Josten) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Songbird (Melissa Gold) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- MACH-1 (Abe Jenkins) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Techno (Norbert Ebersol) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Meteorite (Karla Sofen) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Oberon (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Thunderstrike (Eric Masterson) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Death (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Thanos (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Squadron Supreme (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Dr. Spectrum (Joe Ledger) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Hyperion (Mark Milton) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Lady Lark (Linda Lewis) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Whizzer (Stanley Stewart) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Golden Archer (Wyatt McDonald) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Sentinel (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Tommy Maximoff (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Billy Maximoff (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Master Pandemonium (Martin Preston) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Injustice Gang (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- General (Wade Eiling) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Queen Bee (Zazzala) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Prometheus (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- White Martians (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Attuma (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Linda Park (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Charybdis (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- War Machine (Jim Rhodes) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Manhunters (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Azrael (Jean-Paul Valley) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Bane (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Hippolyta (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Jimmy Olsen (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Lois Lane (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Doomsday (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Superboy (Kon-El) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Cyborg Superman (Henry Henshaw) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Katma Tui (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Parallax (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Spectre (Aztar) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Steel (John Irons) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Locations:
Items:
- Doctor Doom's Armor
- Green Lantern Ring
- Ant-Man's Helmet
- Iron Man Armor Model 3
- Captain America's Shield
- Captain America's Uniform
- Mjolnir
- Hawkeye's Bow & Trick Arrows
- Iron Man Armor Model 4
- Lasso of Truth
- Black Widow's Gauntlets
- Helmet of Fate
- Serpent Crown (Only in flashback)
- Grim Reaper's Scythe (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 9
- Iron Man Armor Model 16
- Stormbreaker (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Mobile Armored Cyber-Harness (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Hydro Armor (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Thunderstrike (Item) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Doctor Spectrum's Power Prism (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Twilight Sword (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Iron Man Armor Model 11 (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Iron Man Armor Model 13 (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Green Lantern Central Power Battery
- Mobius Chair
Vehicles:
- Brainiac's Skull Ship
- Quinjet (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Synopsis for "Strange Adventures"
In the DC universe, the JLA are watching Dr. Doom joining the Source Wall. Hawkeye (who is also a member) flirts with Black Canary, making Green Arrow jealous. The first "dimensional glitch" occurs, with Clint vanishing. The team doesn't notice this change, but The Flash suggests they return to JLA Tower and inform their friends in the other universe about Doom's incursion.
Meanwhile, in Marvel Universe, the Avengers have just won a battle with Brainiac. Discussing the outcome, but Captain America feels that something isn't right. At that moment, Wasp announces that the JLA is visiting their reality. The two teams greet each other and head to Avengers Mansion. Both Superman and Captain America individually get the impression something is very wrong.
Suddenly, the scene shifts to JLA satelite, where the two teams are having a party with a Hawaiian luau theme. As everyone has fun, Captain America and Superman continue to have misgivings about the whole situation.
The scene shifts back to the Avengers Mansion, where Superman confides to Martian Manhunter that he feels like the entire situation feels strange - at that moment, Captain America explodes that something is deeply wrong. Wasp tries to calm him down, relating previous team-ups between the JLA and Avengers (which actually never happened), but Captain America refuses to listen, accusing Superman of the reality warping. Superman snaps back that it's Cap's fault, and both rush forward to attack each other ---
Suddenly, Vision and Aquaman find themselves in a snowy Metropolis. Aquaman notes that he still has a hand (which for him feels off), and finds a Daily Planet article with Clark Kent interviewing Spider-Man, which he says makes absolutely no sense. They are both then attacked by a group of DC vaillains. They are rescued by Captain America, Hal Jordan, Iron Man, Thor and Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman uses her Lasso of Truth on Sonar, who mumbles something about his "master" being trapped but tryiong to escape.
Meanwhile, in the Marvel universe New York City, Superman, Batman, Goliath, Wasp and others are rescuing citizens from major disasters. Some of the citizens, however, are from the DC Universe; one cab driver complains that no one there knows about his home country of Qurac. Godlike people appear, whom the Martian Manhunter tries to mind link with.
Flash and Scarlet Witch appear to Metropolis, Batman and Superman are still in New York but J'onn is Vanished. In the meantime Captain America, Aquaman and the others are trying to clear the snow, while Vision is searching the area when J'ohn J'ones appears with some people.
Martian Manhunter instructs everyone in both universes to follow him, and explains that the realities are interacting, with places randomly appearing and disappearing. Superman and Iron Man fly into space and discover both Earths being forcibly merged together by Krona. Scarlet Witch and Green Lantern attack Krona with their respective powers, and both teams use their willpower to disrupt the rift, and are returned to their own worlds.
With the help of The Phantom Stranger, both teams are taken to a dying Grandmaster, who tells them that Krona is imprisoned between both realities, and will destroy both to escape. In his last dying act, Grandmaster shows the teams their true past, featuring such dark moments as Superman's death at the hands of Doomsday, Ant-Man's domestic abuse of Wasp, Hal Jordan going insane and murdering the entire Green Lantern Corps, Iron Man's alcoholism, and the tragedy of Vision and Scarlet Witch's "son".
Hal, who arguably has the most to lose, states that they have to return reality back to the way it was, for good or ill, and both teams vow to defeat Krona, together.
Notes
- Editors-in-chief: Joe Quesada and Dan DiDio.
- Wraparound cover.
- "Strange Adventures" is a reference to several DC titles of the same name.
- The opening JLA/Avengers sequence an homage to the Pre-Crisis Justice League/Justice Society relationship. The Avengers refer to New Earth as "Earth-Two" and their universe "Earth-One," whereas the Justice League does it the other way round.
Trivia
- The painting that Cap looks at is from this issue, the original JLA/JSA team-up Justice League of America #21.
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
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Footnotes
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Part I: A Journey into Mystery | Part II: A Contest of Champions | Part III: Strange Adventures | Part IV: The Brave and the Bold |
- Comics
- 2003
- 2003, December
- Modern-Age
- JLA/Avengers Vol 1
- Joe Quesada/Editor-in-Chief
- George Pérez/Cover Artist
- Tom Smith/Cover Artist
- Kurt Busiek/Writer
- George Pérez/Penciler
- George Pérez/Inker
- Tom Smith/Colourist
- Richard Starkings/Letterer
- Tom Brevoort/Editor
- Michael Carlin/Editor
- Dan Raspler/Editor
- Stephen Wacker/Editor
- Andy Schmidt/Editor
- Marc Sumerak/Editor
- Avengers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Clinton Barton (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Henry McCoy (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Anthony Stark (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Wanda Maximoff (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Thor Odinson (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Steven Rogers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Janet Van Dyne (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Vision (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Henry Pym (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Pietro Maximoff (Earth-616)/Appearances
- T'Challa (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Simon Williams (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Heather Douglas (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Hercules (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Monica Rambeau (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Jennifer Walters (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Anthony Druid (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Dane Whitman (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Carol Danvers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Peter Parker (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Patricia Walker (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Barbara Morse (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Samuel Wilson (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Natalia Romanova (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Mantis (Brandt) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Eros (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Namor McKenzie (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Gilgamesh (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Greer Grant (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Jonathan Walker (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Vance Astrovik (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Angelica Jones (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Edwin Jarvis (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Richard Jones (Earth-616)/Appearances
- En Dwi Gast (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Ultron (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Eric Williams (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Nathaniel Richards (Kang) (Earth-6311)/Appearances
- Masters of Evil (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Skurge (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Amora (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Chen Lu (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Heinrich Zemo (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Nathan Garrett (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Bruno Horgan (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Loki Laufeyson (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Ares (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Paul Duval (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Morgan Le Fay (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Tony Masters (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Michael Korvac (Earth-691)/Appearances
- Victor von Doom (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Eternity (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Onslaught (Psychic Entity) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Todd Arliss (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Calvin Zabo (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Erik Josten (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Marcus Daniels (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Eliot Franklin (Thunderball) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Karla Sofen (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Carl Creel (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Helmut Zemo (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Henry Camp (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Supreme Intelligence (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Sersi (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Dane Whitman (Earth-374)/Appearances
- Beta Ray Bill (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Crystalia Amaquelin (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Luna Maximoff (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Bennet du Paris (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Jean Grey (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Thunderbolts (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Melissa Gold (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Abner Jenkins (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Norbert Ebersol (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Eric Masterson (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Death (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Thanos (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Squadron Supreme (Earth-712)/Appearances
- Joseph Ledger (Earth-712)/Appearances
- Mark Milton (Earth-712)/Appearances
- Linda Lewis (Earth-712)/Appearances
- Stanley Stewart (Earth-712)/Appearances
- Wyatt McDonald (Earth-712)/Appearances
- Sentinels/Appearances
- Thomas Maximoff (Earth-616)/Appearances
- William Maximoff (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Martin Preston (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Attuma (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Bruce Banner (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Anthony Stark (Earth-96020)/Appearances
- James Rhodes (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Earth-616/Appearances
- Hydrobase/Appearances
- New York City/Appearances
- Avengers Mansion/Appearances
- DC Universe/Appearances
- Doctor Doom's Armor/Appearances
- Ant-Man's Helmet/Appearances
- Iron Man Armor Model 3/Appearances
- Captain America's Shield/Appearances
- Captain America's Uniform/Appearances
- Mjolnir/Appearances
- Hawkeye's Bow/Appearances
- Trick Arrows/Appearances
- Iron Man Armor Model 4/Appearances
- Black Widow's Gauntlets/Appearances
- Serpent Crown/Appearances
- Grim Reaper's Scythe/Appearances
- Iron Man Armor Model 9/Appearances
- Iron Man Armor Model 16/Appearances
- Stormbreaker/Appearances
- Mobile Armored Cyber-Harness/Appearances
- Iron Man Armor Model 6/Appearances
- Thunderstrike (Item)/Appearances
- Power Prism/Appearances
- Twilight Sword (Surtur)/Appearances
- Iron Man Armor Model 11/Appearances
- Iron Man Armor Model 13/Appearances
- Quinjet/Appearances
- Marvel DC Crossovers
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