JLA: The Nail series
JLA: The Nail is a three-issue comic book mini-series published by DC Comics in 1998 under its Elseworlds imprint. The story, written and drawn by Alan Davis, is set in a parallel universe where Jonathan and Martha Kent's truck experiences a flat tire caused by a nail, which stops them from discovering a Kryptonian spaceship outside Smallville containing the baby Kal-El, negating Superman. It was later followed by a sequel, JLA: Another Nail, a three-issue mini-series published in 2004 which wrapped up several loose ends from the original mini-series, such as the war between the New Gods and the Green Lantern Corps and Oliver Queen's public betrayal of the Justice League.
| JLA: The Nail | |
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Cover for JLA: The Nail #1 (Aug. 1998), by Alan Davis. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Elseworlds (DC Comics) |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
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| Publication date | August – October 1998 |
| No. of issues | 3 |
| Main character(s) | Aquaman Atom Batman Flash Green Lantern Hawkwoman Martian Manhunter Wonder Woman |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Alan Davis Mark Farmer |
| Collected editions | |
| JLA: The Nail (US edition) | ISBN 1563894807 |
| JLA: The Nail (UK Edition) | ISBN 1840230649 |
The story's theme is set in the first paragraph:
For want of a nail the shoe was lost,
for want of a shoe the horse was lost,
for want of a horse the knight was lost,
for want of a knight the battle was lost.
So it was a kingdom was lost – all for want of a nail.