I believe at that time Mark Waid’s participation was still anticipated, despite his CrossGen exclusive (He ultimately did not participate), alongside Kurt Busiek, and a release date was still being ironed out, thanks to George Perez’s own CrossGen exclusive contract. None of those compared to missing JLA/Avengers.Īt that point, the series had just been announced. For a massive geek like myself, it stung.
At that particular time, that meant missing pop culture milestones like Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Return of the King, two-thirds of the Grant Morrison New X-Men run, the resolution of the season 1 cliffhanger of Smallville and so on. Like many young men my age from Utah, I had volunteered to take two years away from my normal life to serve as a Mormon missionary. George Pérez is a founding member of Hero Initiative’s board of directors and has served as chair of its Disbursement Committee.The fall of 2002 was an interesting time for me as far as pop culture. A bonus in the Hero Initiative edition is a new afterword by Kurt Busiek. This collection also features 64 pages of companion content and will reprint introductions by original Avengers writer/editor Stan Lee and Justice League of America editor Julius Schwartz. The book carries a retail price of $29.99 and is limited to 7000 copies. This 288-page full color, softbound volume features the original 2003 four-issue co-publishing venture between DC and Marvel, written by Kurt Busiek with art by George Pérez. JLA/Avengers will be available in March from participating comic book stores and will be distributed via Diamond Comic Distributors. With only 7000 copies being printed, Hero Initiative is honoring one of George Pérez seminal bodies of work and his long-time support of Hero. LOS ANGELES, CA (February 16, 2022) – For the first time in decades, the acclaimed JLA/Avengers crossover will be reprinted by Hero Initiative, the charity dedicated to helping comic book creators in medical or financial need.
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