Justice League of America #261

Dates

Cover date

April 1987

On sale

December 9, 1986

In stores

December 10, 1986

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #261 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition75¢ cover

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition75¢ cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 0709893055504 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover

  Canadian

  Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

  Barcode 0709893055504 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Legends

This is part 26 of 30. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Batman (1940) #401
2. Detective Comics (1937) #568
3. Legends (1986) #1
4. Legends (1986) #2
5. The Green Lantern Corps (1986) #207
6. Cosmic Boy (1986) #1
7. Justice League of America (1960) #258
8. The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #55
9. Secret Origins (1986) #10
10. Cosmic Boy (1986) #2
11. Legends (1986) #3
12. Justice League of America (1960) #259
13. The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #56
14. Blue Beetle (1986) #9
15. Warlord (1976) #114
16. Cosmic Boy (1986) #3
17. Legends (1986) #4
18. Justice League of America (1960) #260
19. Blue Beetle (1986) #10
20. Superman (1987) #3
21. Adventures of Superman (1987) #426
22. Warlord (1976) #115
23. Action Comics (1938) #586
24. Cosmic Boy (1986) #4
25. Legends (1986) #5
26. Justice League of America (1960) #261
27. Legends (1986) #6
28. Secret Origins (1986) #14
29. DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (2025) #nn
30. DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Return (2025) #nn

Creators

Stories

• The End of the Justice League, Conclusion: Last Stand · 22 pages

  Vixen and J'onn J'onzz track down and defeat Professor Ivo's androids and learn that Ivo has been driven insane by his own actions. J'onn J'onzz decides that the Justice League must not dissolve no matter what, but, tired of all the violence, Vixen decides to quit as a member and as a hero. J'onn J'onzz responds to the JLA emergency signal.

Publisher’s description

A LEGENDS crossover, continued from Cosmic Boy #4. Decimated by the events of LEGENDS and Professor Ivo's attacks, Martian Manhunter and Vixen are the last members standing of the JLA and mount a last ditch effort on the mad professor. Continued in Legends #6.

Characters

Reprinted in

Justice League: The Detroit Era Omnibus (2017), DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Return (2025)