Justice League: The Satellite Era Fan Club Thread!!!

[Lexrules]

[Hawk_fan]

The 1st Justice League book that I ever bought (1975).
Everyone on this cover remains at the top of my favorite DC heroes list.

[Guicho]

Just'a Lotta Animals

[dupersuper]

Just'a Lotta Animals

[delliott101]

That Satellite Era was so classic. I don't think it can be recaptured with the current characterizations of the DC heroes. Even though the JLA was HQ'ed in a satellite "22,000 miles above the Earth in a synchronous orbit", they were still rooted and down to Earth.

[garion]

My favorite era for the Justice League! While I do love quite a few of them, my absolute favorite would have to be Black Canary. I don't know why but I always found her the most interesting..along with a few others.

Interesting. I agree that Black Canary was a fav. But I voted for Zatanna. She has some nice stories and love her backwards magic.

The JL Satellite era was so good. I miss them.

[El Sombrero]

I finally started collecting some of these. I checked out my LCS that has a better back issue selection just to see what they had, and while they didn't have as much as I was hoping for, the prices were actually better than I expected. Nothing I bought was over $5 except for JLA 29 which was $20. That's the most I've ever spent for a comic but I thought it looked cool as hell, and I did a quick internet search in the store and $20 was a very reasonable price for the condition. I was a little disappointed when I came home to see that this was only part 1 of a two-parter, but I love the multiple Earth team-ups so much. This is what I got:

(btw these are not scans of the actual comics I bought, just pictures of the covers I found online)





I thought the cover was awesome, and I really liked the idea of a JLA / Freedom Fighters team-up. It was four bucks so I could not turn it down.



I did indeed get the Whitman variant, by accident...I liked the look of the cover (again, I really like the Earth 2 team ups), and the price was cheap (like, 3 bucks) so I picked it up without really paying much attention. When I got home I went "WTF" having never heard of Whitman and wondering if I got a reprint or something. Turns out Whitman produced DC Comics that were sent bagged directly to retailers and could not be re-sold. So it's not a reprint but basically a "variant" from another company. I would much rather have an official DC copy but at $3 it's not really a big loss and it's still the exact same issue inside. More of an interesting history lesson than anything else.

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[El Sombrero]

I read a review of this on another site that basically made it out to be the greatest comic of all time, so I had to get it. It was $5 and I thought that was fine for a double sized milestone issue. I flipped through it and it looks AMAZING. Holy crap the art in here is gorgeous.



And I got an Annual from around the bronze age time period. I thought it looked cool on the cover and it was only $3.50.

I'm really busy lately so it may be a little while before I start to read these, but this is the beginnings of a cool collection. I converted over to all digital for my new comics, but I kind of missed collecting hard copies so I think I will mostly start collecting bronze age JLA. I really like them as collector's items and they're fun to read since you get all the characters there. I think I will go to a local convention next month and see if I can get a bunch more for cheap...definitely want the George Perez issues.

[Lexrules]

I read a review of this on another site that basically made it out to be the greatest comic of all time, so I had to get it. It was $5 and I thought that was fine for a double sized milestone issue. I flipped through it and it looks AMAZING. Holy crap the art in here is gorgeous.



And I got an Annual from around the bronze age time period. I thought it looked cool on the cover and it was only $3.50.

I'm really busy lately so it may be a little while before I start to read these, but this is the beginnings of a cool collection. I converted over to all digital for my new comics, but I kind of missed collecting hard copies so I think I will mostly start collecting bronze age JLA. I really like them as collector's items and they're fun to read since you get all the characters there. I think I will go to a local convention next month and see if I can get a bunch more for cheap...definitely want the George Perez issues.

Great to see El Sombrero. All differences we have aside I think you are a intelligent reader and will enjoy all the great stories the classic JLA will have to offer you.

[El Sombrero]

Great to see El Sombrero. All differences we have aside I think you are a intelligent reader and will enjoy all the great stories the classic JLA will have to offer you.

Thank you! I like all aspects of DC's history. My dad was a comic book fan and he got me the Greatest Stories of Batman and Superman trades when I was a kid, which collect lots of golden / silver / bronze age stuff, so I have been reading DC classics for a while. If I had endless money I would collect tons of stuff, but to conserve cash and sanity I will just be sticking to JLA; I really like how there are so many characters in each issue, which I think will help keep things fresh and exciting and increase re-read value.

[Lexrules]

These may help you bud. They are Hardcover and a little expensive but you will get all of George Perez JLA stories in these 2 volumes.

http://www.amazon.com/Justice-League...orge+perez+jla

http://www.amazon.com/Justice-League...orge+perez+jla

[El Sombrero]

These may help you bud. They are Hardcover and a little expensive but you will get all of George Perez JLA stories in these 2 volumes.

http://www.amazon.com/Justice-League...orge+perez+jla

http://www.amazon.com/Justice-League...orge+perez+jla

I saw those in a store and read about them online...the presentation looks nice but they are a pretty bad value for the money, and part of the JLA collection thing is to have fun tracking down the individual issues. Thanks for the lookout but I intend to just collect all singles for this.

[Lexrules]

I saw those in a store and read about them online...the presentation looks nice but they are a pretty bad value for the money, and part of the JLA collection thing is to have fun tracking down the individual issues. Thanks for the lookout but I intend to just collect all singles for this.

Sounds good and the best way to go.

[Jay!]

I wanted to vote for Dick Dillin.

[batmanjones]

I freaking love this thread.