Also only appearing in the Collector Packs were Injustice Gang versions of Lex Luthor and the Joker.Īs well as writing the core mini-series and the JLA 1,000,000 tie-in issue for this fifth-week event, Morrison also plotted a 1,000,000 issue for all 34 titles in DC's core line at that time (apart from Hitman, where Morrison simply requested that Garth Ennis "take the piss"). Evil hard-light hologram versions of Batman, The Flash, Superman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and Aquaman (as seen in the first chapter of 'Rock of Ages') were included in three Diamond Exclusive Collector Packs of the figures, all recolor/repaints of the existing figures in translucent plastic. New (Morrison/Porter JLA-relevant) figures for the JLA line were Electric Superman (Series 1) Martian Manhunter, Steel and Zauriel (Series 2) and Plastic Man (Series 3). The JLA Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern and Huntress figures were more comic accurate repaints of their respective Total Justice figures.
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The Batman, and Aquaman figures were straight re-releases of figures originally released in the 1996 Batman: Total Justice series by Kenner. Each figure including a JLA-branded base and a backdrop of a Morrison-era JLA comic cover that you could cut out of the packaging and insert into the base. Mattel produced a line of 5" JLA action figures in 1998, initially exclusively for the now-defunct KB Toys. This time it probably was legal issues over the ownership of Zenith that did for it, as prior to it's release Morrison was reportedly in talks with Marie Javins, editor of a stillborn revival of Marvel's Epic imprint, to republish the series Stateside. The rest of the print run obviously didn't get pulped/thrown in a skip as intended though, as you can pick up a copy on eBay pretty much any time you like. Titan tried once again to reprint the series in 2001, with Phase I printed and ready to ship before being mysteriously withdrawn from sale - allegedly none but a tiny handful of copies sent out for a Steve Yeowell signing escaped from the warehouse. Hamyln Books, who won the licence from Titan, were reportedly planning to reprint all of Zenith in colour in the mid-90's, but poor sales on their line of colourised Dredd books soon put paid to that idea. Contrary to popular belief, Titan's failure to reprint Phase IV wasn't because of legal issues surrounding the ownership of the series, but because by the time the series had finished its run in 2000AD they'd lost the Fleetway reprint licence. Titan Books collected Phase I, Phase II (over two books) and Phase III (also over two books) in the early 1990's.
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