History ComicBook / JLARockOfAges

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* GeniusBonus: In issue #11, Circe stalks Green Arrow and Green Lantern by reading a book titled ''Ulysses''.

The arc officialy occurs in issues #10-15, but an epilogue in issue #9 shows the release of the Revenge Squad, kicking off the events of part 1.

* LegionOfDoom: The Injustice Gang serves as the primary antagonists of the “Rock of Ages” arc [[spoiler:until ''ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'' shows up]]. As the League has been returned to a “back-to-basics” approach the Gang similarly institutes an “arch-enemies only” rule amongst its membership. The new Injustice Gang and their counterparts are:

* RedSkiesCrossover: At the last pages of issue #10, Martian Manhunter sends a telepathic warning to the [=JLAers=] on Earth about a incoming wave that is coming to the world - this is the "Godwave" from 1998's crossover ''Genesis''. The next issue, Superman briefly mentions they dealt with the Godwave, then goes back to the pressing matter at hand: JLA's evil holograms.

* ChromosomeCasting: Barring Argent, Azteka and Wonder Woman in the BadFuture segment, the Justice League is all male this time around. Strangely enough, Circe, Wonder Woman's nemesis, is a major character, but the Amazon is nowhere to be seen during the arc.

** Circe goes after the "hotshots", Green Arrow (Connor Hawke, Oliver Queen's son) and Green Lantern (Kyle Rainer).

* SnipeHunt: Of a sort. In issue #11, New God Metron [[spoiler:or someone impersonating him]] appears in the Watchtower and sends Aquaman, Flash and Green Lantern to the far edges of the universe, in search of the Philosopher's Stone (a.k.a., the Worlogog), before it falls in the wrong hands. [[spoiler: As the real Metron reveals in a prologue in issue #15, it ''has'' indeed fallen in the wrong hands: Luthor's. This means the false Metron had sent the heroes in a failed mission.]]

* InternalReveal: Pulling plot threads from their run on ''ComicBook/Aztek'', Morrison uses the arc to have Luthor reveal to Aztek that the latter's whole training was sponsored by him. [[spoiler:This is the reason why Aztek decides to leave the League.]]

* InternalReveal: Pulling PLOT threads from their run on ''ComicBook/Aztek'', Morrison uses the arc to have Luthor reveal to Aztek that the latter's whole training was sponsored by him. [[spoiler:This is the reason why Aztek decides to leave the League.]]

** Also in issue #15, in an epilogue, Metron convenes with Hourman and a mysterious person who says he will prepare the "Justice Legion A" for time travel. [[spoiler:This is Superman from the 833rd century, which will appear in the future CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion''.]]

* NukeEm: Luthor teleports 12 nuclear warheads inside the JLA's Watchtower on the moon, with a countdown of mere 4 minutes before they explode. Its sole occupant is hero Aztek, and nobody else.

* BFG: [[spoiler:After being untied,]] the Joker says he'll be looking for "a big science fiction kinda gun". On the next panel, he takes out a large metallic weapon with a brilliant red light on its muzzle, commenting how "[the gun] really expresses [his] masculinity." Later in the issue, his gun is drawn like a normal looking machine gun.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In issue #15, Ocean Master jumps ship... er, satellite and leave the rest of the Injustice Gang to be dealt with by the JLA members. He has a change of heart and joins the fray to fend off the [=JLAers=].

* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler: At the tail end of the arc, Aztek and Green Arrow leave the team, while Martian Manhunter, Batman and Superman disband the JLA.]]

* TheTeamNormal: In issue #11, Connor Hawke pours out his woes to his friend Kyle Rainer about being "just a guy with a bow" in a team with superpowered people.

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Starting with issue #12, when Superman and Martian Manhunter meet Batman, then going into the last page of issue #14 and practically the whole action scene of issue #15, the JLA fights the Injustice Gang in mere ''four minutes'' - the time for a giant rock to crash into the Injustice Gang's satellite, and the time for the nukes to detonate at the JLA Watchtower.

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The gist of the arc is the Injustice Gang's attempt to destroy the JLA. However, beginning with part 3, there is a subplot about Green Lantern, Flash and Aquaman travelling through space and to the future, then dealing with a world ruled over by Darkseid. Finally, part six closes the main plot, while also giving closure to the Darkseid subplot and how it fits with the rest of the storyline.

* PsychicLink: During the arc, J'onn J'onnz uses his Martian telepathy to establish a commlink between the JLAers. However, Luthor mind controls another alien to cut off their communications.

* RedSkiesCrossover: At the last pages of issue #10, Martian Manhunter sends a telepathic warning to the JLAers on Earth about a incoming wave that is coming to the world - this is the "Godwave" from 1998's crossover ''Genesis''. The next issue, Superman briefly mentions they dealt with the Godwave, then goes back to the pressing matter at hand: JLA's evil holograms.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In issue #15, Ocean Master jumps ship... er, satellite and leave the rest of the Injustice Gang to be dealt with by the JLA members. He has a change of heart and joins the fray to fend off the JLAers.

* SnipeHunt: Of a sort. In issue #11, New God Metron [[spoiler:or someone impersonating him]] appears in the Watchtower and sends Aquaman, Flash and Green Lantern to the far edges of the universe, in search of the Philosopher's Stone (a.k.a., the Worlogog), before it falls in the wrong hands. [[spoiler: As the real Metron reveals in a prologue in issue #15, it ''has'' indeed fallen in the wrong hands: Luthor's. This means the false Metron had sent the heroes in failed mission.]]

* RedSkiesCrossover: At the last pages of issue #10, Martian Manhunter sends a telepathic warning to the JLAers on Earth about a incoming wave that is coming the world - this is the "Godwave" from 1998's crossover ''Genesis''. The next issue, Superman briefly mentions they dealt with the Godwave, then goes back to the pressing matter at hand: JLA's evil holograms.

** In issue #12, during Flash, Aquaman and Green Lantern's temporary sojourn in the World of Wonders, one of their members mentions "the Anti-Sun" and the "armies of men". [[spoiler:This will come into play in ''World War III''.]]

* SnipeHunt: Of a sort. In issue #11, New God Metron [[spoiler:or someone impersonating him]] appears in the Watchtower and sends Aquaman, Flash and Green Lantern to the far edges of the universe, in search of the Philoshopher's Stone, before it falls in the wrong hands. [[spoiler: As the real Metron reveals in a prologue in issue #15, it ''has'' indeed fallen in the wrong hands: Luthor's. This means Metron's sent the heroes in failed mission.]]