Īn agreement was reached between the two companies in 2002, with a new story to be written by Kurt Busiek and drawn by George Pérez. The failure of the JLA/Avengers book's publication also caused the cancellation of a planned sequel to the 1982 crossover issue The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans. Writer/editor Roy Thomas was hired to script the book based on Conway's plot, and although work had begun on the series in 1981 (Pérez had penciled 21 pages by mid-1983) and it was scheduled for publication in May 1983, editorial disputes – reportedly instigated by then-Marvel Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter – prevented the story from being completed. The plot of the original crossover was a time travel story involving Marvel's Kang the Conqueror and DC's Lord of Time. In 1979, DC and Marvel agreed to co-publish a crossover series involving the two teams, to be written by Gerry Conway and drawn by George Pérez. The series features the two companies' teams of superheroes, DC Comics' Justice League of America and Marvel's Avengers. The series was written by Kurt Busiek, with art by George Pérez. JLA/Avengers (issues #2 and 4 are titled Avengers/JLA) is a comic book limited series and crossover published in prestige format by DC Comics and Marvel Comics from September 2003 to March 2004. 2003), art by George PérezĪvengers/JLA #2, 4 (Oct. And it’s all pretty fascinating stuff.Detail of the cover for JLA/Avengers #1 (Sept. The video below from ComicTropes on the incredible legacy of George Pérez goes into great detail about the event that almost was. He drew 21 pages of it before editorial conflicts canceled the project. Pérez, who in 1980 was briefly drawing Avengers, Justice League, and New Teen Titans at the same time, was the obvious choice for the art.

Marvel and DC originally commissioned a Justice League of America/Avengers crossover in 1983, as a follow-up to DC and Marvel’s massively successful Uncanny X-Men/ New Teen Titans crossover. The Hero Initiative edition includes a bonus: a new afterword by Kurt Busiek. It 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 7,000 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.

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