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Like
it's sister series, "Justice League" that began in 1987 (and later
became "Justice League International Series 1" and "Justice League
America"), "Justice League Europe" started out being a fun read with
humorous AND heroic stories, well written and illustrated. That
was the tone of the entire Justice League franchise at the time.
Then everything kind of fell apart, and ALL of the Justice League
series became serious and cliche. This is not so much the fault
of the writing talent as it is the direction DC was taking its comics
at the time. The Death of Superman story-arc from 1992 pretty
much made it clear that DC was going to be extremely serious from then
on. The popularity of the Superman gimmick caused DC to kill off
and bring back many of their superhero stars. The dark tone of
the DC Universe affected ALL of their superhero titles.
"Justice League Europe" was awesome for its first few years! Those are the issues I recommend. Issues much past 1991 aren't really that interesting. The series was called "Justice League Europe" for its first 50 issues. From issue #51 to #68, the last issue, it was titled "Justice League International Series 2". This was confusing for readers at the time, and is to this day. Because DC didn't call the International series 1 and 2 at the time. That's just what it's been referred to since, and not many people realize that there WERE two different series of "Justice League International".
The first series of "Justice League International" ran from 1987-1989, and was numbered #7-25. It was really just a retitling of the series that was "Justice League".
In 1993, the second series of "Justice League International" ran from until 1994. This series was numbered #51-68. This was just a retitling of the series "Justice League Europe".
Don't waste your time looking for issues of "Justice League International" that fall out of the #7-25 and #51-68 sets; THEY DON'T EXIST!
"Justice League Europe" was awesome for its first few years! Those are the issues I recommend. Issues much past 1991 aren't really that interesting. The series was called "Justice League Europe" for its first 50 issues. From issue #51 to #68, the last issue, it was titled "Justice League International Series 2". This was confusing for readers at the time, and is to this day. Because DC didn't call the International series 1 and 2 at the time. That's just what it's been referred to since, and not many people realize that there WERE two different series of "Justice League International".
The first series of "Justice League International" ran from 1987-1989, and was numbered #7-25. It was really just a retitling of the series that was "Justice League".
In 1993, the second series of "Justice League International" ran from until 1994. This series was numbered #51-68. This was just a retitling of the series "Justice League Europe".
Don't waste your time looking for issues of "Justice League International" that fall out of the #7-25 and #51-68 sets; THEY DON'T EXIST!
Issues:
#49: April,
1993. Despite great art, it's just not fun or as exciting as the
early JLE. The battle with villain Sonar continues. Power
Girl is shown somewhat in the first six pages before getting knocked
out. The cover would imply that this issue centers around her,
which it doesn't. Oh, and Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) can't
remember who he is. If you get this issue in a lot, fine, but it
isn't too eventful. Next issue pretty much tells you everything
you need to know about the team's war with Sonar.
#50: May,
1993. Last issue as "Justice League Europe". The series
then became the second series of "Justice League International" from
#51-68. A plethora of superheroes have a great, final battle with
the villain Sonar. It's really not anything that eventful.
As many superheroes as possible were squeezed into a double-sized issue
to catch DC superhero readers of all interests, and in the end the bad
guy is defeated. Nothing too original. The coolest part is
that at the end they tell you the team is now Justice League
International. Great artwork. Also a neat sequence where we
see Power Girl is in love with Green Lantern Hal Jordan.