JLA: The Nail
| JLA: The Nail | |
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Cover for JLA: The Nail #1 (Aug. 1998), by Alan Davis.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Elseworlds (DC Comics) |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | August – October 1998 |
| Number of issues | 3 |
| Main character(s) |
Aquaman Atom Batman Flash Green Lantern Hawkwoman Martian Manhunter Wonder Woman |
| Creative team | |
| Creator(s) |
Alan Davis Mark Farmer |
| Collected editions | |
| JLA: The Nail (US edition) | |
| JLA: The Nail (UK Edition) | |
| JLA: Another Nail | |
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Cover for JLA: Another Nail #1 (May 2004), by Alan Davis.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Elseworlds (DC Comics) |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | May – July 2004 |
| Main character(s) |
Aquaman Atom Batman Flash Green Arrow Green Lantern Hawkgirl Martian Manhunter Superman Wonder Woman |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Alan Davis |
| Penciller(s) | Alan Davis |
| Inker(s) | Mark Farmer |
| Creator(s) |
Alan Davis Mark Farmer |
| Collected editions | |
| JLA: Another Nail (US edition) | |
| JLA: Another Nail (UK Edition) | |
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 world where Jonathan and Martha Kent's truck experiences a flat tire caused by a nail, which prevents 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.
Twenty-four years ago, farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent experience a flat tire on their truck caused by a nail, which results in them missing the arrival of a Kryptonian spaceship and discovering the baby Kal-El. In the present day, the Justice League consists of Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, the Flash, Hawkwoman, the Atom, Martian Manhunter and Green Lantern.
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