Justice League of America #240
In "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be!", Dr. Phineas Quayle’s desperate leap into the future to cure the Great Depression lands him in the 1960s, where he grows bitter and blames superheroes for the world’s woes. Renaming himself Dr. Anomaly, he turns against the Justice League of America, wielding time-distorting devices to challenge them across eras—until his final escape into 1985. Written by Kurt Busiek and illustrated by Mike Sekowsky, with inks by Tom Mandrake, colors by Gene D'Angelo, and letters by Helen Vesik, this issue features a cover by Chuck Patton and Mike Machlan.
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In 1932, Dr. Phineas Quayle creates a time machine to travel into the future to find a solution to the Great Depression. Quayle arrives in the 1960s but becomes disillusioned by the troubled times and blames superheroes for the plight of the country. Quayle renames himself Dr. Anomaly and battles the JLA using time distortion inventions. He is defeated but escapes by traveling into the future, eventually arriving in 1985.
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