Justice League Elite | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Limited series |
Genre | |
Publication date | September 2004 – August 2005 |
Number of issues | 12 |
Main character(s) |
Sister Superior Coldcast Menagerie Manitou Raven Green Arrow Flash Major Disaster Kasumi Naif al-Sheikh |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) | Joe Kelly |
Artist(s) | Doug Mahnke |
Creator(s) |
Joe Kelly Doug Mahnke |
Collected editions | |
Volume 1 | |
Volume 2 |
Justice League Elite was a twelve-issue comic book limited series published monthly by DC Comics in 2004 and 2005. The title was created by writer Joe Kelly and penciller Doug Mahnke.
The Justice League Elite was formed to attempt black ops that would not be acceptable for the JLA to "sully their hands" with.
"The Justice League Elite are a not-exactly-sanctioned, don't-ask-don't-tell, covert operations unit-- newly formed to hunt and eliminate extra-normal threats to the earth before they go public." (JLA Secret Files and Origins 2004)
The team was formed at the end JLA #100 from most of the second incarnation of The Elite (only missing Hat), members of the JLA and a couple of spies/assassins. They operated out of Somerset, New Jersey.
The group's appearances have been collected in two trade paperbacks: