Perez Appreciation Post
The Maestro George Perez took over the artist duties of the Justice League of America when it's longtime artist, Dick Dillon, died suddenly of a heart attack. And he kept that duty until he moved on a few years later to become artist and cocreator of the New Teen Titans. But he still found time over the next couple years to do the covers for the JLA. This is one such cover JLA #207 from 1982.
This is one of the annual crossovers between Earth-1's JLA and Earth-2's Justice Society Of America. This time around, it includes a team-up from Earth-2's World War II era team The All-Star Squadon. And they're all going against the reverse-Earth, Earth-3's supers, the Crime Syndicate of America.
So this Perez cover shows, on the left, headshots of the JLA team: Aquaman, Firestorm, Hawkman, Superman and Zatanna. On the left we have headshorts of the JSA team: Dr. Fate, Green Lantern, Huntress, Power Girl and Starman. And acorss the bottle we have the All-Star team headshots: Firebrand, Johnny Quick, Liberty Belle, Robotman, and Steel.
And in the center panel, we have the Crime Syndicate rushing out of the cube used to move between Earth-1 and Earth-2 to attack the JLA!
Top to bottom: Emerald Ring, Johnny Quick, Ultraman, Owlman, and Superwoman.
Despite the amazing covers by The Maestro, and a pretty good storyline, the interior art was by the horrid Don Heck. His art was always blocky and stiff and just...ugly to me.
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