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Justice League Unlimited > #03 (First Print- November 2004; DC Kids Digest February 2006)

"Poker Face"

Script- Adam Beechen
Pencils -Carlos Barberi,
Inks-Walden Wong
Cover Art- Ben Caldwell
Colors- Heroic Age
Letters- Pat Brosseau
Editor- Tom Palmer Jr.

Asst. Editor- Jeanine Schaeffer.

Feature- The Atom

Active Roster-

Ice, Wonder Woman, Firestorm

Villain: Otherworldly Invaders (unnamed)

 

This story does not fit into JLU continuity.

Synopsis- SPOILER ALERT!!!

Atom displays his ability to float in his microscopic size. This is not something the show covered, but was seen in the mainstream comics.

We see the Phantom Zone projector, though of a different design from the episode ‘The Doomsday Sanction’.

We see Firestorm who is an active League member in the comics though never seen in the episodes.

Continuity Peg- POSITIVE
 
Continuity References-

We see the Royal Flush Gang from the episode “Wild Cards”

A Tour of the Watchtower-

The room similar to the original member’s private conference room (but is clearly not) is called the ‘meeting room’, we have also seen this in the first issue, and most of the comics wherein Carlos Barberi is the artist.

We see the science lab. Here is stored the Phantom Zone projector.

 A lesson in shrinkage-

1. Breathe out all the air while shrinking. This will cause your lungs to deflate and re-inflate properly.

2. Vertigo is common in the first few ‘trips’

3. One’s powers do not shrink relative to size. Therefore one’s energy level can seem like they have been magnified a million-fold.

Continuity Go Bye Bye
 
Fashion Sense
Atom’s belt buckles are worn in each hero’s belts, except Ice who wears it as a badge.

Review

This has got to be one of the most entertaining JLU comic adventures I’ve ever read. We finally get to see what it’s like to be the Atom. The experience of shrinking is described in great detail. It is also good to see Ice in full (and speaking) action. Her queasiness at being shrunk was one of the fun highlights of this book. Issue 3 is definitely the move of the comics onto better, smarter storylines that cater to the kid demographic but won’t dumb out adults in the process.

Notable for

-    Ice’s full appearance.

-    Delving into Atom’s ‘world’.

-    Featuring 2 'Adventures in the DC Universe' stories.

    one with Mister Miracle, Big Barda, Oberon, and another

    with Power Girl

-  (in DC Kids) being the first issue to start disincluding

    the inlay cover for the second story  (Teen Titans Go) on the main cover.

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