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JLA: BLACK BAPTISM #4
Cover Date: August 2001
Cover Price: $2.50
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Cover Credits:
Art: Tim Bradstreet (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Ruben Diaz, Sean Smith |
| Pencils | Jesus Saiz |
| Inks | Keith Champagne |
| Lettering | Bill Oakley |
| Colors | Gregory Wright |
| Color separations | Heroic Age |
| Editing | Dan Raspler |
Feature Character(s):
- JLA:
- Aquaman (next in ???)
- Batman (next in ???)
- Flash III (next in ???)
- Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner; next in ???)
- Martian Manhunter (next in ???)
- Plastic Man (next in ???)
- Superman (next in ???)
- Wonder Woman (next in ???)
Guest Star(s):
- Blue Devil (next in ???)
- Faust (next in ???)
- June Moone (becomes the Soulsinger; next, as Enchantress, in Day of Vengeance #1)
- Doctor Occult (next in ???)
- Bloodwynd (last in issue #2; next in JLA: Incarnations #7)
- Deadman (last in issue #2; next in Superboy Vol. 3 #87)
- Madame Xanadu (last in issue #2; next in ???)
- Ragman III (next in ???)
- Tempest II (last in issue #2; next in ???)
- Zatanna (last in issue #2; next in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #174)
Villain(s):
- Enchantress (as Anita Soulfeeda; next, as Enchantress, in Day of Vengeance #1)
- Diablos:
- D'monix (last appearance)
- Don Asmodeus (last appearance)
- Nicky the Fork (last appearance)
- Big Luci (last appearance)
- Scratch (last appearance)
- Samhein Diablo (last appearance)
- Felix Faust (next in Avengers/JLA #4)
- Hermes Trismegistus
Synopsis: - Doctor Occult performs magical surgery on Superman and briefs the JLA on the Diablos and their probable location. The Diablos, Anita Soulfeeda and their various captives descend upon a villa where they have taken the Fountain of Lessing and are greeted by Hermes Trismegistus in the body of Felix Faust. They are also confronted with the Justice League, who begin to battle the Diablos, giving Blue Devil time to free himself and enter the fray. Faust also takes action, to save June Moon. June recognizes Anita Soulfeeda as none other than the Enchantress - in saying her name, she robs the Enchantress of her powers, and the two of them are replaced by a woman of pure spirit.
Tempest works to cut off access to the Fountain of Lessing, using the power that Faust had blessed/cursed him with, while Wonder Woman allows Faust to tap the power of her soul in order to battle Trismegistus, persuading the other Leaguers that they should do the same. He enters the fountain with the villain, which Blue Devil then destroys with his trident. There is an almighty explosion which wipes out the Diablos and leaves no trace of Faust or his father.
The being that was June Moon and the Enchantress now calls herself Soulsinger and helps to revive the fallen Sentinels. Back at the villa, Faust undoes the spell that kept him and his father (now rid of Trismegistus) hidden from the League, and admits that in the heat of battle, something very akin to feelings were found in him.