 Today on the show, we're taking a look at Justice League America number 70 from January of 1993. Hey guys, welcome back to Comic-Ed and TV. We're all geek culture collies. If you're new to the channel, don't forget to hit that subscribe button so you don't miss out on future videos. As I said, guys, today we're taking a look at Justice League America number 70 from January of 1993. This is a funeral for a friend Tyen. It takes place at the exact same time as the comic that we took a look at last week, or yesterday, I'm sorry. The Adventures of Superman number 498. This is the first printing. I really like how they incorporated this little flap here. I had this comic years ago in with my original collection. Something happened to it. I'm not going to get into that, but I didn't have it for the longest time. I had the majority of the funeral for a friend series, but they all got lost, is the best way I can describe it. So I ordered this off of Amazon and it was here in like two or three days. But as you can see here, Superman is dead the morning after begins here. And this is in really good condition. It said good near mint. It's got a little bit of wear on the binding, but it's not bad. It is in really good condition. And as you can see here, the flap goes all the way around. And then you have other issues that completely lack the flap. And that just means they're alternate. I'm not sure if the ones that didn't include the flap were second printings or not. I'm not entirely sure. But anyway, sticking with the same style as the entire Death of Superman run, as well as funeral for a friend number one, I really like how they kept the same artistic style. Really helps them blend together for whenever they were put in trade paper back form or an omnibus form. It helps the flow. Nowadays, you've got different artists wanting to put their own takes on characters and all that. And if the same artist isn't working on each issue that's incorporated in the trade paper back or the omnibus or whatever, it doesn't really flow as well as these do. As you can see here, it starts out right where the Death of Superman left off. Bloodwind and Ice really heartbroken about it. She had a schoolgirl crush on Superman. She ends up collapsing and Bloodwind has to take her to the hospital. Then we join up with Maxima and Booster Gold. Booster Gold is really upset that he wasn't able to help out any more than he did. And he's distressed that he may be looking at no longer being a superhero anymore because his power suit is shredded. And with Booster Gold being from the future and his suit being from the future, he doesn't know if there's anyone around in this time period who can fix his suit and return his superpowers. So he's really upset about that. Guy Gardner comes in in typical Guy Gardner fashion. He begins hitting on Maxima. And his first words are, I guess it'll take some time, Maxi, but if you start shopping for a new Superbow, keep me in mind. And she just blasts him. And here we find out the Blue Beetle is also in the hospital, Ted Cord. And they've got to fly him to Justice League headquarters. It's really dark. And then we see fire and ice there. And the Flash. This is the Wally West Flash. And, you know, he hasn't served with Superman very much. That was his uncle Barry's. This takes place maybe a couple years after Infinity Crisis. I'm not entirely sure. But he mentions how the death of Barry Allen is still fairly recent. So we see Aquaman there trying to comfort each other. Aquaman pretty much trying to console Booster Gold because he wasn't able to do more. Aquaman feels very low because he wasn't around to help stop Doomsday. And this is where all the Justice League start meeting up at Justice League HQ. See Batman and Robin. That's Tim Drake, Robin. Green Lantern. A different incarnation of Aquaman. I'm not entirely sure who that Aquaman is. But I don't think it's Carter Hall. And then we see Sentinel, who at that time was, I believe, still going out as Green Lantern. Power Girl, J. Garrick, Elongated Man, Nightwing, Starfire. Just the entire Justice League. Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Black Canary. And they began handing out the arm bands. Which, as a kid, when this came out, I wanted one of those arm bands. I won't lie. But then we got Condor. Is it Condor or Black Condor? Not entirely sure. And Ice creates a monument, a temporary monument to Superman. And even Guy Gardner puts on an arm band. Which is kind of in and out of character for him. And Booster is kind of grieving over his best friend, Blue Beetle. At the time, Booster and Blue Beetle were pretty much inseparable. So this wasn't... this is why they didn't mark it as a numbered funeral for a friend. It's just a tie-in because it takes place... I would consider this funeral for a friend one and a half. Because it takes place at the exact same time as the Adventures of Superman, number 498. I mean, there's not really much more I can say about this. It was good. It really showed that the Justice League, no matter how heroic they are, no matter how powerful they are, they're still capable of mourning, grieving in a way that ordinary people would. Especially Ice. Ice took it the hardest. Batman. At this time, Superman and Batman weren't really best friends, I won't say. They were... they had their on and off moments. It was more of a hostile friendship, I guess you could say. But I really liked what they did with this cover. You know, you got Booster Gold holding Blue Beetle there. You got Guy Gardner Maxima and Bloodwind off in the back. They're mourning the loss of Superman and then Ice just on her knees crying holding Superman's cape. It's just an iconic scene. And I'm not really sure why with the Death of Superman animated movie coming out, they wouldn't go this route and use the original characters. They used the main Justice League of Batman, Flash, Wonder Woman, all them. I would have really liked to see these characters. They don't get a lot of love. And I think that's a big downfall for DC Comics. They could really make more people get into their other characters if they would put them in their animated films, in their animated series. That's how I was introduced to Hawk and Dove was through Justice League Unlimited. So they really had an opportunity to introduce new fans, younger fans, to this version of the Justice League, minor characters. Booster Gold, Blue Beetle, Guy Gardner, Ice, Maxima, Bloodwind as well as Fire who isn't shown here. However, I can understand to an extent why they did what they did. You know in the animated movie, Martian Manhunter, from what I could tell of the previews, he does play a small role in it. He's more likely going to be taking Bloodwind's place, which this is actually Martian Manhunter. According to DC Comics chronology, official chronology, the demon rot sucked Bloodwind into the blood gym and mind controlled Martian Manhunter into wearing Bloodwind's blood gym and impersonating him. Using Bloodwind's identity, the Manhunter joined the Justice League as one of their more mysterious members. When the JLA fought Doomsday, Superman and Blue Beetle realized Bloodwind's identity when Bloodwind was surrounded by fire. It was the scene when Mitch Anderson later outburst when his family's house was on fire and his mother and sister were trapped inside. If you want to go back, take a look at that. I already covered the death of Superman. You can check that video out on the channel. I'm still waiting for Funeral For A Friend number two to show up in my mail. I hate it when third party sellers on Amazon don't provide tracking information, but it's been shipped already. It should be here any day now. I'm really hoping to be able to get that review done. So with that being said guys, here you have Justice League America number 70 from January of 1993. Funeral For A Friend tie in. Superman is dead. The morning after begins here. I'm Shannon for Comic NTV, the only place on YouTube where all geek culture collides. Don't forget to hit that subscribe button and the little notification bell so you don't miss out on future videos. Take care my friends.