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JUSTICE LEAGUE's Obsidian Age

DC Comics has provided more details about "The Obsidian Age The Hunt for Aquaman," a seven-part, twice-monthly story starting in JLA #69.

Written by Joe Kelly, "The Obsidian Age" features alternating chapters illustrated by the art teams of Doug Mahnke and Tom Nguyen and Yvel Guichet and Mark Propst.

Here's how DC describes the story:

"The JLA has fallen - vanished while searching the ruins of Atlantis for their lost teammate, Aquaman (missing since last year's epic 'Our Worlds at War'). Yet there's no time to mourn, as provisions put in place by Batman summon a new team of heroes into the ranks of the JLA.

"The 'Big Seven' may be gone, but the World's Greatest Super-Heroes still will be around to save the day! Who will make up the team? You'll have to wait for JLA #69 to find out!

"Then, just two weeks later in JLA #70, the mystery of the Ancients (who attacked the team in #66-67) is revealed! Manitou Raven and Tezumak, who previously assailed the JLA, were almost too powerful to handle. Now meet the rest of their team: the sorceress Gamemnae! The otherworldly Angel! The mighty Sela! The Whaler! And their leader, a young mage named Rama Khan! And who are these villains? They call themselves... the Justice League!"

Says Kelly: "The idea for this story started with the thought, What if there were a Secret Age of Heroes that began 3000 years ago? What if the World's Greatest Super-Heroes were sent there to battle and never returned?"

JLA #69-74 ship twice-monthly in the months of August, September and October.

In related news, "Our Worlds at War," the event that leads into "The Obsidian Age - The Hunt for Aquaman," is collected in two volumes in August.

Our Worlds at War's creative line-up includes writers Jeph Loeb, Joe Casey, Mark Schultz, Joe Kelly, Phil Jimenez, Peter David, and Todd Dezago. Artists include Ed McGuinness, Mike Wieringo, Doug Mahnke, Kano, Phil Jimenez, Ron Garney, Leonard Kirk, Todd Nauck, Carlo Barbieri, Pascual Ferry, Mark Buckingham, Bill Sienkiewicz, Yvel Guichet, Duncan Rouleau and more.

VOLUME ONE reprints SUPERMAN #171-172, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #593-594, SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #115-116, ACTION COMICS #780-781, SUPERGIRL #59 and JLA: OUR WORLDS AT WAR #1.

VOLUME TWO reprints SUPERMAN #173, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #595, SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #117, ACTION COMICS #782, WONDER WOMAN #172-173, YOUNG JUSTICE #36, IMPULSE #77, SUPERBOY #91 and WORLD'S FINEST: OUR WORLDS AT WAR #1.

"Demand for Our Worlds at War was very strong, with several chapters selling out on publication," said Vince Letterio, DC's Manager - Direct Sales. "With this storyline tying into this summer's big JLA storyline, these new collected editions will give everyone the chance to revisit the events that led up to Obsidian Age."

SUPERMAN: OUR WORLDS AT WAR VOLUME ONE and VOLUME TWO are both 264-page trade paperbacks. VOLUME ONE arrives in stores Aug. 7. VOLUME TWO arrives in stores Aug. 21.