Tom versus the JLA number 186 or I'm going to need that JLA stationary request filled out in triplicate.

Welcome back for Justice of America, number 186, the January 1981 issue entitled, Who Can Stop the Shaggy Man?

Written by Jerry Conway with our by George Peres and Frank McLaughlin, Ben Other the letter, Gene DeAngel, the colorist who colored it so darkly I can barely read the words on the page.

Lenween, editor dedicated to the memory of Dick Dillon with a cover by George Perez.

Our roll call is the Adam, the Batman, Black Canary, the elongated man, and the Flash.

We get a few other cameos, but those are our main stars. We open

in Siberia with a pair of evil Soviet guards. Remember, in 1981, the Soviets were the

Americans' enemies, so these soldiers are evil. And we are constantly reminded of how evil the Soviets

are during this entire issue.

The early 80s was quite a glorious time.

We see the two guards attacked by some sort of mysterious beast.

If I didn't know better, I'd say it looked like a Yeti.

A hairy man, perhaps some type of shaggy man.

One of the two guards survives makes his way back to the base.

Of course, the Soviets, as we're reminded,

are secretive. And hence, they go back, find out what happens, and kill the other guard that knows what happens. I have a feeling, though, this is important. And remember, the Soviets are

evil. I will always make sure to remind you of that in this issue. We then cut to the satellite where a longated man is on monitor duty,

and my God, Perez draws a fantastic satellite.

Not that I didn't like the Dick Dillon version,

but the Dillon version was pretty plain,

and when you look at the Perez version with all the little detail to it, it really makes

it look sort of all-inspiring and just really just cool looking.

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