First Day at the JL/SA: Terrible Tentacles

As the first day at the JLA and JSA continues, yet another tale of terrible tyrants terrorizing unfolds. Wonder Woman of the JLA and Doctor Fate of the JSA are confronted with oozing creatures that look eerily similar in the forms of a Mercury Monster of Appellax and an octopus of the Nile. After considerable effort each is defeated.

As it turns out, the Monster and his fellow combatants from Appelleax had been sent to Earth-One to prove which should be made supreme commander of their planet, sent by unnamed Kalar who was passing on his authority to one of the seven. As for the octopus, an evil madman also unnamed sent the creature after Fate to secure his own malevolent plans which were halted. Neither saw the fruition of their evil schemes. However, there would be further challenges to our heroes such as in the forms of Golden Roc and the Space-Dragon...