JSA #14
JSA #14 cover

Date:

 September 2000

Title:

 “Chaos Theory”
(Cover Title: “The Hunt for Extant! Part 2 of 3”)

Plot:

 Safe from Extant inside Fate’s Amulet, the JSA members ponder solutions.  Fate goes to talk to Mordru, who offers him a solution, but also threatens Hector’s wife, Lyta.

Only scenes featuring Mordru are included here.

Credits:

 David S. Goyer / Geoff Johns (Writers) • Stephen Sadowski (Penciller) • Michael Bair (Inker) • Ken Lopez (Letterer) • John Kalisz (Colorist) • L.A. Williams (Assistant Editor) • Pete Tomasi (Editor) • Alan Davis / Mark Farmer (Cover)

CHANGE HISTORY
Date of Change Content of Change
08/23/00
Posted
07/19/01
Tracking updates from JSA: Secret Files #2
Added Appearance Counts
12/13/01
 Tracking update from Wonder Woman v2 #174
04/25/02
 Revised tracking name
06/09/02
 Tracking update from DC First: Flash/Superman #1
02/07/03
 Tracking updates from JSA #41
Tracking style revision

Character and Object Tracking

       

Name

Previous Appearance

Next Appearance

Heroes
Dr. Fate III (Hector Hall) Previous Legion appearance:
     JSA #4		 Next Legion appearance:
     JSA #41
Wonder Woman I (Queen Hippolyta on Themyscira) Previous Legion appearance:
     JSA #3		 None in Legion books
Flash I (Jay Garrick) Previous Legion appearance:
     JSA #3		 Next Legion appearance:
     DC First: Flash/Superman #1
Hawkgirl II (Kendra Saunders) Previous Legion appearance:
     JSA #4		 None in Legion books
Green Lantern I (Alan Scott) Previous Legion appearance:
     JSA #4		 None in Legion books
Star-Spangled Kid (Courtney Whitmore) Previous Legion appearance:
     JSA #4		 Next Legion appearance:
     Wonder Woman v2 #174
Hourman (“Tyler”) No appearance; mention only
Dove II (Dawn Granger) Appears as image only

Villains
Mordru (Prince Wrynn of Topaz) JSA #4 JSA: Secret Files #2 (first story)
 
Extant (Hank Hall) Appears as image of Hawk only

Supporting Characters
Kent Nelson Previous Legion appearance:
     JSA #4		 None in Legion books
Lyta Trevor-Hall No appearance; mention only

Locations
Kent Nelson’s home, Interior of Fate’s Amulet Previous Legion appearance:
     JSA #3		 None in Legion books
Mordru’s prison, Interior of Fate’s Amulet (interior and exterior) None JSA: Secret Files #2 (story #1)

Technology
Vestments of Nabu (Fate’s cloak, helmet, and amulet) Previous Legion appearance:
     JSA #4		 Next Legion appearance:
     JSA #41 (amulet), JSA #42 (helmet)
Worlogog Appears as image only
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Analysis Notes
General Only pages 7:4-8 and 10-14 are dealt with here.
11:5 Don’t trust Mordru.  “Hector” as a name means “stay” or “restrain”, coming from Greek roots; Hector was a character in The Illiad.  Mordru is using a Middle English derivation, “to harass or disconcert.”
13:4 Mordru’s origin is as a prince on Gemworld, corrupted by Child and Flaw, agents of Chaos.  Extant’s origin is as Hank Hall, half of Hawk and Dove, whose powers were bequeathed by lords of Order and Chaos as an experiment.
Note the interesting confluence of names: Hector Hall is now using the powers of Nabu, a Lord of Order, while Hank Hall (no known relation) is using the powers of Chaos.
14:4 When Hector became the Sandman, he took Lyta (aka Fury) into the Dreaming with him, where she got pregnant by him after he died there (don’t ask), and later gave birth to a son, Daniel.  Daniel later became the successor to Morpheus.  (Hector doesn’t know any of this, though, since he was dead at the time.)
14:5 The last time Lyta was seen, she was living in Los Angeles.
14:6 Of course he does.  He knows.
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Appearance Counts

Character Name

Cover

Panels / Speaking
Heroes
Dr. Fate III (Hector Hall) 26 / 13
Wonder Woman I (Queen Hippolyta on Themyscira) 1 / 1
Flash I (Jay Garrick) 1 / 1
Hawkgirl III (Kendra Saunders) 2 / 2
Green Lantern I (Alan Scott) 1 / 1
Star-Spangled Kid (Courtney Whitmore) 1 / 1
Dove II (Dawn Granger) 1 / 0
Villains
Mordru (Prince Wrynn of Topaz) 20 / 21
 
Extant (Hank Hall) 1 / 0
Supporting Characters
Kent Nelson
1 / 1
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