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Justice League America
Justice League International (JLI) is a fictional DC comics superhero team that succeeded the original Justice League from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. The team enjoyed several comic books runs, the first being written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis, with art by Kevin Maguire, created in 1987. Due to editorial conflicts, the team's new makeup was based largely on newer characters, such as Booster Gold, and recent acquisitions from other comic book companies, such as The Blue Beetle. In 2010 and 2011, the team experienced a resurgence as part of the ''Blackest Night'' and ''New 52'' comic runs. Publication history Following the events of the company-wide crossovers ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' and ''Legends'', Justice League of America writer J. M. DeMatteis was paired with writer Keith Giffen and artist Kevin Maguire on a new Justice League series. However, at the time, most of the core Justice League characters were unavailable. Superman was limited to John Byrne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Maguire (artist)
Kevin Maguire (born September 9, 1960) is an American comics artist, known for his work on series such as ''Justice League'', ''Batman Confidential'', ''Captain America'', and ''X-Men''. Career Maguire's first credited published comics work was ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' vol. 2 #6 in 1986. He debuted at DC Comics with artwork in '' Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' #23 and 25. In 1987, Maguire was the artist on the relaunch of ''Justice League'' written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis. Maguire left the series with issue #24 (February 1989) but returned for Giffen and DeMatteis' final story in #60 (March 1992). The two writers and Maguire reunited in 2003 for the ''Formerly Known as the Justice League'' miniseries and its 2005 sequel, ''I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League'' published in ''JLA Classified''. Maguire's other collaborations with Giffen and DeMatteis include '' The Defenders'' at Marvel in 2005, a '' DC Retroactiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |