Justice League Europe

Justice League Europe
Cover to Justice League Europe #1 (April 1989), art by Bart Sears
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication date
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  • Justice League Europe
    April 1989 – 1993
    Justice League International (vol. 2)
    June 1993 – September 1994
No. of issues
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  • Justice League Europe: 50
    Justice League International (vol. 2): 17
Creative team
Created byKeith Giffen
J. M. DeMatteis
Written by
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Penciller(s)
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Inker(s)
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  • Justice League Europe
    Pablo Marcos
    Jose Marzan
    Randy Elliott
    Justice League International (vol. 2)
    Roy Richardson
Colorist(s)
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  • Gene D'Angelo

Justice League Europe (JLE) is a comic book series published by DC Comics that was a spin-off of the comic book Justice League America (which was then named Justice League International (vol. 1) for issues #7 to #25).[1]

Justice League Europe was published for 68 issues (plus five Annuals) from 1989 to 1994. Starting with issue #51 the title was renamed Justice League International (vol. 2). Like Justice League America, the series featured tongue-in-cheek humor but was a much more action-centric series than Justice League America.

The action-themed nature of the series was most overt with the series' most famous arc "The Extremists". The arc featured the Justice League Europe fighting The Extremists, a cadre of psychopathic villains patterned after Marvel Comics villains Doctor Doom, Magneto, Doctor Octopus, Sabretooth and Dormammu.[2]

The team was originally headquartered in Paris, France but later moved to an abandoned castle in Great Britain.

  1. ^ Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1980s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. Spinning out of the pages of Justice League International, an offshoot of the Justice League set up camp in Paris. Written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis with art by Bart Sears.
  2. ^ Jimenez, Phil (2008), "Extremists, The", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 117, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1, OCLC 213309017