The next couple of meetings between the Justice League and Justice Society were actual parties, where the heroes and heroines could sit down to a nice dinner, and enjoy themselves. Well, at first, until two cunning criminals from each of their worlds complicated things.
The first of these was a dinner hosted by the Justice League for their Justice Society compatriots at the exclusive 22 Club in Earth-One's Gotham City. Hosting an impressive array of members from each team, those gathered enjoyed this occasion until time-lost minions sent by the Lord of Time crashed their party. Inflicting most of the members with chronal energy which caused them to be comatose, only a handful of Leaguers and Socialites remained unaffected.
Tracking the five pawns of the Time Lord (Viking Prince, Black Pirate, Miss America, Jonah Hex and Rittsmeister Hans Von Hammer... the Enemy Ace) through time and space, the twin teams were able to destroy the villain's Eternity Brain which threated the existence of all time. Then, using the Green Lantern's power rings, the radiation effecting the heroes was removed.
However, the next gathering of the Society and their friends, this time aboard the League's Satellite, was not so forgiving. At first, the evening showed promise, as individual members of both teams spent time in small talk, catching up on each others' lives. From the Society's Chairman Hawkman complimenting new member Zatanna, who served as temporary Chairwoman for this event... to Hawkman and Doctor Fate discussing the fields of archaeology they both have a passion for... two the career tracks of the two Green Lanterns... all seemed well.
However, Mister Terrific joined his Society colleagues this time, tracking down his old foe Roger Romaine who had infilitrated the gathering and mentally controlled one of those present. During this conversation, it was discovered that Jay Garrick aka the Flash had a recent encunter with Romanine, having dealt him a humbling defeat.
Seeking to cover up his presence while also having revenge against two of his enemies, Romaine slayed Terrific while pinning the blame on Power Girl using manufactured evidence placed on the scene. Both Zatanna and Huntress attempted to uncover the true cultrpit, and each were attacked by their unseen adversary. Zatanna was stunned into a temporary comatose state when she came close to learning the truth. Following this, Batman and Huntreess used their deductive abilities to unravel the case before them.
To aid her in this process, the Huntress used the Justice League Computer within the Satellite, and tied it in with the Justice Society Computer in their Gotham City brownstone base using the Transmatter Cube to transmit signals between them. As she learned the truth, the Huntress succumbed to the exploding computer, sabotaged by Romaine's unwitting agent.
Creating an invicible barrier around the Satellite to prevent any of them from escaping before finding Romaine, once he was revealed Roger used the Earth-Two Flash to help him escape. How? Through the same Transmatter Cube that the Society used to travel to the League's universe! Leaving using the same device, the Society recovered Flash on their native homeworld, although they were unable to locate Romaine.
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