Script:	Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils:	Rich Buckler (credited)
Inks:	Romeo Tanghal (credited)
Colors:	Tom Ziuko (credited)
Letters:	John Costanza (credited)

• Genre:superhero
• Job Number:J-8411

• Keywords:Africa; Bay of Bengal; Ivy University; London; Sweden; Switzerland; X-Element

Justice League of America [Aquaman; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman (Earth-1); Black Canary; Elongated Man; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow (Earth-1); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Phantom Stranger; Red Tornado; Superman (Earth-1); Wonder Woman (Earth-1)]; The Treasurers (villains); David Dorman; Olivia St. James; George Arthur Stuart (cameo)

Synopsis:

Ray Palmer and his colleague David Dorman discover that the heretofore-unknown X-Element is decaying, and because it is vital to all chemical reactions, it will disrupt the laws of physics and cause untold chaos around the world. As the entire Justice League begins to face the crisis, alien beings called the Treasurers arrive and offer their help -- for a price.

Reprints (1)

• in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #56 (1984)

Story is described as an "Untold Tale from the JLA Casebook," and was originally intended for All-New Collectors' Edition (DC, 1978 series). Continues in the next two issues.

Script:	Tamsyn O'Flynn (signed as TOF)
Letters:	typeset

Letters of comment from Timothy Howard, John Brittan, Jeffrey Lowndes, Michael Pickens, Philip Ergo, and John Kim.