Here, the background elements (representing the settings of each chapter) are in the original black and white, before they were changed into different colors. Sure, not exactly the most earth-shattering difference, but to this fan of JLA #200, every extra little piece of arcana surrounding that comic is worth noticing. (Speaking of noticing, I love Aquaman riding on The Red Tornado's back, while strangling him at the same time. Bad-ass!)
Today just happens to be the 31st anniversary of the book's release on December 3, 1981. I remember buying the comic off the stands, and still have the same copy. I'll never get rid of it.
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See, I had that World's Finest, but could never find JLA #200. It took me several more years and my first trips to a comic shop around the end of the decade to finally get a copy of this milestone.
Chris
The solicit also mentions the debut of "Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew" #1, the series that gave the world the "Just'a Lotta Animals" (with Aquaduck)!
I remember buying the book off the rack at 7-11 in Skokie, IL. I could tell the story to my grandchildren someday, I remember it so well. I bought 200 and 201 at the same time!
I STILL can't get over the fact that Aquaman was the only original JLAer who couldn't beat the new kid on his own without the Deus Ex Machina of the Phantom Stranger intervening. Old wounds!
I know how you feel about arcana, Rob. Everytime I read a bit in a Beatles or Stones interview about somebody swapping instruments on some obscure deep cut, I feel like I've deciphered another sentence on the tablets.
James Chatterton
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