First Day at the JL/SA: The Conclusion

And so... with the seven Appellaxians dispatched and the threats to Earth-Two vanquished... we reach the culmination of the first meetings for the Justice League and Justice Society.

As Snapper Carr and Green Arrow are brought up to date on how far the League has come in three years (we assume the Martian Manhunter actually meant three years from the actual origin of the JLA, when White Martians invaded Earth-One and the heroes first joined forces to defeat them), and as Johnny Thunder is made to feel like maybe he fits in with a team for who he didn't share their first mission together (when they were assembled to combat the invasion of Valkyries sent by Adolph Hitler on an attack on America).

While the individual Appellaxians wouldn't return until several years later, one of their fold the Crystal Creature was revived within the Secret Sanctuary and enlisted by T.O. Morrow into attacking the League alongside other foes (or replicas thereof). Similarly, the only repeat rogue from All-Star Comics #3 would be Oom of Yzgarty, revived by the Red Moon Stone thanks to the machinations of Mister Mind while assembling the Monster Society of Evil. Neither creature lasted indefinitely, each being destroyed.

When the Appellaxians later returned, thanks to an implanted mental suggestion upon each of the seven original Leaguers, causing the original seven to battle newer members until they regained their senses. It seemed as if the founding members would provide the decisive factor in returning the Appellaxians to power. However,   the antagonistic aliens were decisively defeated by the combined might of old and new members of the JLA.

Similarly, on Earth-Two, the Master Summoner had siphoned off powers from the Justice Society to create various creatures that would ultimately destroy that world and bring about chaos. When the full membership was enlisted to vanquish this growing threat, it was finally determined that the best course of action was inaction, as without their abilities being manifest, these creatures would cease to exist. And the humans manipulated into replicating the Socialite's abilities were similar to a fraudulent League that Professor Amos Fortune had earlier created to defeat the Justice League, that scheme squashed thanks to Wonder Woman.

One occasion wherein the League and Society seemed to turn against themselves or their young generation should also be noted. When the Justice Society fought the Psycho-Pirate, who used the Medusa Mask to pit one active team of Justice Society members against their retired colleagues, this echoed the evil Anthithesis. Antithesis had conspired to turn the Justice League versus their youthful charges, who would soon become the Teen Titans.

In both cases, Batman and Flash were affected from both groups, although also Wonder Woman, Green Arrow and Aquaman were pawns of Antithesis while Green Lantern was the other pawn of the Pirate's... the former Socialite Batman's alter ego of Commissioner Bruce Wayne did recruit Wonder Woman, Doctor Mid-Nite and Starman to aid him against the Society right in the Batcave while Antithesis caused the conflict in the Justice League cave.

And each time, it is shown that evil forces cannot manipulate the operatives of Justice on these parallel planets, as they ultimately turn the tables on their foes and proves that good triumphs over evil in the end.

First Day at the JL/SA: Reflecting Rogues

The final meteorite revealed a Crystal Creature tormenting the far north inhabitants of Greenland. However, the World's Finest Team of Superman and Batman teamed up to overcome this foe, as the Dark Knight removed the Kryptonite present leaving the Man of Steel to transform the being into an inert form... squashing his plans to prove he was the mightiest of his kind.

Interestingly, during the first meeting of the Justice Society of America, Earth-Two's Superman and Batman were unable to attend. We know what Superman was during around the same period of time, in the winter of 1940 (Superman #7) when the Society's meeting had occured, as he traveled to a city terrorized by a fiendish scientist named Kotzoff. Kotzoff used a weapon to transform humans into reflected glass... similar to Glass-Man whom we considered earlier and similar to the reflective Crystal Creature who had changed Greenlanders into replicas of itself. However, the Man of Tomorrow made quick work of Kotzoff and his corrupt allies in the government.

So now that the Appellaxian meteorites and their spawn have been dealt with, and the menaces of Earth-Two have been dispatched, how would the first day at the JLA and JSA conclude?

First Day at the JL/SA: Mutating Monsters

So far, five individual members of the Justice League of Earth-One faced off against five Appellaxian aliens, each with different appearances and abilities and each were defeated. Now the quintet themselves faced a horrible situation.

Discovering another meteorite, like the ones that spawned the other five fiends, this one revealed Wood-King who transformed the heroes into flora like himself. How would they overcome this strange twist?

Decades earlier, it was only Sandman of Earth-Two who faced the menace of Doctor Faversham, a scientist who mutated fauna into hideous dimensions. Increasing the size of a rodent and a feline, the diabolical doctor had his sights set on enlarging humans, resulting in  potentially horrible eventualities.

Thankfully, alongside his girl-Friday Dian Belmont, Sandman avoided an untimely demise and overpowered Faversham before he could go further with his experiments. And also thankfully, using a combination of teamwork the JLA reverted back from flora to fauna and destroyed Wood-King. Still, there was one more Appellaxian they hadn't dealt with...who would? And would it also have a parallel on Earth-Two?

First Day at the JL/SA: Fiery Foes

While on a visit in northern Italy under his secret identity, Earth-One's Flash witnessed the strange appearance of a stunning alien. Fire-Lord was brazenly transforming various people into duplicates of itself, with the intent of exercising his control over all around him. This was so that he could claim rulership on planet Appellax!

Another fiery madman desiring control of the Earth-Two, was Mazda the Great who wore an asbestos suit as had his minions while operating an experimental steam machine. When Hawkman was tipped off to the villain's goal of world domination, the Winged Warrior alongside girlfriend Sheila Sanders faced him.

Both Fire-Lord and Mazda the Great found their flames snuffed out by the pair of planetary protectors. Yet how would a combined Justice League of America handle the Wood-King, and how would his threat be mirrored by mad scientist Doctor Faversham?

First Day at the JL/SA: Flying Fiends

The plot of the invading Appellaxians upon Earth-One is further revealed as Green Lantern faces the Golden Roc, a gigantic bird terrorizing the skies above Victoria Falls trying to prove he is the mightiest of his world, displaying why he should assume the mantle of leadership over his comrades.

Back over on Earth-Two, we skipped a section of the Spectre's battle with Oom the Mighty wherein the villain temporarily gained victory over the hero by enlisting a deceptive ally. A mammoth space-dragon from planet Yzgartyl seemed intimidating, however Spectre quickly made short work of him, as had Lantern by freezing the Golden Roc in place under the falls.

However, a Fire-Lord and Mazda the Great were waiting in the "wings"...

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...

First Day at the JL/SA: Sinister Swimmers

The next episode unfolding during the first day at the JLA and JSA are tales told by Earth-One's Aquaman and Earth-Two's Flash. What menace did they each face, and how did they respond accordingly?

Turns out Aquaman is alerted by his finny friends to a dangerous creature swimming through the seas, zapping sea life and turning them to glass. Turns out this an Appellaxian named Glass-Man in order to prove dominant in his element as a testimony to his claim as deserved sovereign of his home world.

However, the King of the Sea quickly dispatches his foe by commanding his undersea allies to create another vibrations to shatter Glass-Man's form.

For the Flash, who is off on a sea scavenging adventure aiding a kind fellow against a pack of criminals, the Fastest Swimmer Alive faces an odd foe. A seemingly sentient man-eating shark attempts to feast on Flash, but instead finds he's bitten off more than he can chew...so to speak. Then the hero makes quick work of the crooks. We continue we a Mercury Monster and an inky octopus from the Nile, and their masters behind the scenes...

First Day at the JL/SA: Stone Stooges

In Justice League of America #9 and All-Star Comics #3, we glimpse into the initial meeting of both the League and the Justice Society, after their initial secret origins of course.

Examined here, side-by side and point-by-point, for the first time anywhere, we see Twice-Told Tales develop in stunning detail!

After Snapper Carr is invited the the Secret Sanctuary by the JLA where they recount the reason for their three-year celebration,  and after Johnny Thunder stumbles upon the secret New York Penthouse suite of the JSA where they recount memorable stories, parallels develop.

Both the Martian Manhunter and Spectre combated two gigantic, powerful alien creatures made of stone. Stone-God and Oom the Mighty unleash their full force on unsuspecting humans, attempting to assert dominance on their respective Earths to solidify their right to rule on their home worlds of Appellax and Yzgartyl.

That being said, the heroic pair in short-shorts and a cape vanquish the sinister stones with their tenacity and techniques. Next we consider Glass-Man and...a shark???