| Arriving in the year
1998 at the Justice League's lunar Watchtower, Justice legion A, the JLA's counterparts
from the year 85,271, invite the core membership to the 853rd Century to participate in
the celebrations surrounding the return of the Prime Superman, Kal-El of Krypton, from his
self-imposed stay in Earth's sun. The core members of the team decide to go, except for
Batman and J'onn J'onzz, The Martian Manhunter. The Future Batman sneak attacks Batman and
traps his "essence" within a device to transport him to inhabit a cloned body in
the future. A new group of Titans, led by Arsenal, fail to stop Vandal Savage from
stealing several nuclear powered Rocket Red suits, which he uses to hold the defeated
Titans within. Moments after the core of the JLA, except The Martian Manhunter, departed
for the future, Hourman collapsed from a virus that had been secretly planted upon him in
the future that was causing all computers and humans to break down over a period of 24
hours. In the 853rd Century, The
Justice League were to participate in displays of their powers and abilities, but the
immortal Cro-Magnon Vandal Savage and the sentient solar computer Solaris caused the
JLA'ers to be thought of as evil clones. Aquaman must save Neptune from a huge alien
marine creature which had been teleported their to wreak havoc. Batman must prevent the
escape of the criminally insane criminals from the Pluto asylum, with the help of the
Future Robin and Future Catwoman. The Flash must outrace criminals on Mercury and aid an
aged Captain Marvel, who has just awakened from hibernation, in preventing the rotation of
Mercury from stopping. Green Lantern saves the Solaris space station from destruction, but
barely escapes from the solar computer's attack. On Earth, Superman escapes from a mob of
super-powered hunters to find his Fortress of Solitude, which resides within a tesseract
and is guarded by The Resurrection Man, a friend from the 20th Century and strategist of
Justice Legion A. Wonder Woman must prevent Venus from becoming a place of cold, heartless
warfare, as The Amazons have become uncaring about the consequences of their battles. The
JLA escape and rendezvous in Justice Legion A's roundtable headquarters on Jupiter to plan
their defense against Solaris.
The Martian Manhunter has survived to this time
as well, defending humanity throughout space and finally becoming bonded with the planet
Mars. Savage manages to kill The Resurrection Man for the final time while obtaining The
Knight Fragment, which appears to be the last remaining piece of Kryptonite in the galaxy.
Savage plans to use the Kryptonite to kill the Prime Superman as he emerges from the sun,
as well as the 20th Century Superman, wiping out the Superman Dynasty which has opposed
him throughout time. Reaching Mars, Green Lantern encounters J'onn, who informs the other
members of The JLA of Savage and Solaris' plans.
In 1998, the virus has caused a nuclear weapon
contained in a Rocket Red suit, launched by Vandal Savage which strikes Montevideo, Chile
instead of his intended target, killing over 1 million people. Justice Legion A is thought
to have caused the virus that is killing mankind and are hunted by heroes such as
Firestorm and The Ray II before The Martian Manhunter stops them and they are finally able
to prove in the Watchtower that they are innocent. The Future Superman prevents a second
Rocket Red suit, containing Arsenal, from destroying Metropolis, while the Future Wonder
Woman saves Supergirl from exploding in another Rocket Red suit in Europe & the Future
Flash and Impulse free Jesse Quick from her Rocket Red suit before defusing the nuclear
device. The Titans later manage to defeat Savage, with The Martian Manhunt's help, causing
the loss of his left eye, which he evidently refused to replace through time to the 853rd
Century.
Using equipment left behind by Epoch, they
combine with the rest of the JLA to build a machine capable of piercing deep time. Using
The Future Starman's Qarvat as a power source, The Future Superman is able to punch his
way through the time barrier in time to aid The JLA core members in their battle against
Solaris. Having so far kept Solaris off guard, using Green Lantern's power ring, which is
unknown to Solaris because their were no later Green Lantern's following the 20th Century,
The JLA succeed in holding off Solaris' direct attacks on the populated worlds of the
solar system and withdrawing the sample of human DNA which enabled Solaris to operate, but
not before Solaris managed to fire the Knight Fragment at the spot where the Prime
Superman will emerge.
Unable to catch up to the speeding fragment, The
JLA learn that this was all setup by The Resurrection Man and The Martian Manhunter over
the centuries as a plan to finally defeat Savage and Solaris. The Knight Fragment turns
out to be the lost power ring of Green Lantern. The Prime Superman returns to Solaris,
using the sample of 20th Century human DNA, actually drawn from Lois Lane, and uses it to
restore Lois to life within the body of Platinum. The Prime Superman soon uses the vast
power gained from his time within the sun to recreate Krypton within the Sol system,
complete to the last individual before returning the last remaining Justice Leaguer, Green
Lantern, to the 20th Century, but not before J'onn provides Green Lantern with a message
to carry back to himself in the 20th Century, ensuring their victory in the future.
Hourman decides to remain in the 20th Century as a member of the JLA, replacing The
Martian Manhunter, who becomes a Reserve Member to better protect the Southern Hemisphere.
Hourman then arranges for the Future Vandal Savage to be transported through time to the
impact site of the Rocket Red suit which destroyed Montevideo, ending any further threats
from him. |
