- "Yes. Enjoy the quiet, you miserable scum! You may have captured Scott... overcome J'onn and G'nort -- but the moment of reckoning is coming -- and it's going to be a very bloody reckoning."
- ―Big Barda
| "Apokolips... Wow!" | |
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| Justice League International | |
| Title: | "Apokolips... Wow!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 21 |
| Cover price: | .75 |
| Cover date: | Winter, 1988 |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jenette Kahn |
| Ex. Ed: | Dick Giordano |
| Writers: | Keith Giffen; J.M. DeMatteis |
| Pencilers: | Keith Giffen; Ty Templeton |
| Inkers: | Joe Rubinstein |
| Cover artists: | Keith Giffen |
| Cover inker: | Ty Templeton |
| Cover letterer: | Todd Klein |
| Colorists: | Gene D'Angelo |
| Letterers: | Bob Lappan |
| Editors: | Andrew Helfer |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Justice League International #20 |
| Next: | Justice League International #22 |
"Apokolips... Wow!" is the twenty-first issue of the first Justice League International ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics. It was scripted by J.M. DeMatteis and plotted by Keith Giffen with breakdowns by Giffen and artwork by Ty Templeton. It was inked by Joe Rubinstein, colored by Gene D'Angelo, and lettered by Bob Lappan. The story was edited by Andrew Helfer. This issue shipped in the Winter of 1988 and carries a cover price of .75 cents per copy.
"Apokolips... Wow!"[]
Featured characters
- Batman, Bruce Wayne
- Blue Beetle, Ted Kord
- Booster Gold, Michael Jon Carter
- Fire, Beatriz da Costa
- Green Lantern, Guy Gardner
- Hawkman, Fel Andar
- Ice, Tora Olafsdotter
- Martian Manhunter, J'onn J'onzz
- Mister Miracle, Scott Free
- Oberon
- Rocket Red, Dmitri Pushkin
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
- Boom Tube
- Force field
- Green Lantern ring
- Legion flight ring
- Mega Rod
- Nth metal wings
- Oreos (Referenced only)
- Robots
- Rocket Red armor
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Justice League of America was created by writer Gardner Fox, artist Mike Sekowsky, and inkers Bernard Sachs, Joe Giella, and Murphy Anderson. They first appeared in a three-issue story-arc from The Brave and the Bold beginning with "Starro the Conqueror!" in The Brave and the Bold #28 in February-March 1960, before launching off into their own Justice League of America ongoing comic book series in October-November 1960.
- This issue shipped to retailers on September 15th, 1988.
- This is the fifteenth issue of the series published under its current title.
- Editor Andrew Helfer is credited as "Who cares?" in this issue.
- The title of this issue is taken from Apocalypse Now, which is a Vietnam War film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and released in 1979. Many stories found in television and comics have satirized the movie title over the years.
- At the time of publication, the characters of Hawkman and Hawkwoman were supposed to reflect Katar Hol and Shayera Hol. The Hawkworld ongoing series however, posits that Katar and Shayera have yet to arrive on Earth. Their identities in this story have been retroactively attributed to Fel Andar and Sharon Parker.
- The character of K-Dikk is named after science fiction author Phillip K. Dick.
- Lord Manga Khan and L-Ron both appear next in Justice League International Special #1.
- This issue establishes that Granny Goodness clearly outranks Kanto in terms of the hierarchy of Darkseid's Elite.
- Apparently Ted Kord has an uncle named Nat, though he may have been joking about this.
- For a guy who is a self-professed escape artist, Mister Miracle sure does get captured a lot, doesn't he?
- Lobo intones the line, "Say goodnight, Gracie" while preparing to kill Big Barda. This line is taken from an old Burns and Allen comedy sketch in which George Burns would close the performance by saying "Say goodnight, Gracie", to which Grace Allen would reply, "Goodnight, Gracie". Being an alien, it is highly unlikely that Lobo would be familiar with this turn of phrase.
- Upon meeting Darkseid, Oberon compares himself to Dante from the 14th century epic poem Dante's Inferno.
- Upon being attacked by Big Barda, one of the Parademons says "I want time and a half for this!", implying that Parademons actually get paid for their terms of service. While obviously written for comedic effect, the possibility of a capitalist structure on Apokolips opens up whole new avenue of potential storytelling. I wonder if Parademons get a good vision and dental plan?
- On page 20, panel 1, Virman Vundabar's given name is mis-spelled as "Verman".
- Although the title is obscured, the book that Darkseid is reading appears to be Mein Kampf, which is the autobiography of Adolf Hitler and outlines Hitler's ideology for what would evolve into the Nazi party.