 | This article consists almost entirely of a plot summary. (August 2018) |
| JLA: The Nail | |
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 Cover for JLA: The Nail #1 (Aug. 1998), by Alan Davis. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Elseworlds (DC Comics) |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | August – October 1998 |
| No. of issues | 3 |
| Main character(s) | Aquaman Atom Batman Flash Green Lantern Hawkwoman Martian Manhunter Wonder Woman |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Alan Davis Mark Farmer |
| Collected editions | |
| JLA: The Nail (US edition) | ISBN 1563894807 |
| JLA: The Nail (UK Edition) | ISBN 1840230649 |
JLA: The Nail is a three-issue comic book mini-series published by DC Comics in 1998 under its Elseworlds imprint. The story, written and drawn by Alan Davis, is set in a parallel universe where Jonathan and Martha Kent's truck experiences a flat tire caused by a nail, which stops them from discovering a Kryptonian spaceship outside Smallville containing the baby Kal-El, negating Superman. It was later followed by a sequel, JLA: Another Nail, a three-issue mini-series published in 2004 which wrapped up several loose ends from the original mini-series, such as the war between the New Gods and the Green Lantern Corps and Oliver Queen's public betrayal of the Justice League.
The story's theme is set in the first paragraph:
For want of a nail the shoe was lost,
for want of a shoe the horse was lost,
for want of a horse the knight was lost,
for want of a knight the battle was lost.
So it was a kingdom was lost – all for want of a nail.