Justice League of America #217

Justice League of America number 217 was published by DC Comics in August 1983. This issue serves as part of the long-running series that brought together the company's premiere superheroes. During this period, the title was navigating the transition from the Silver Age foundations toward the more complex narrative structures that would come to define the mid-1980s, often focusing on the internal team dynamics and global threats that defined the Justice League's mission.

The issue features work by writer Gerry Conway and artist Chuck Patton. Conway was a primary architect of DC continuity during this era, frequently tasked with balancing the expansive roster of the League. Patton's interior art captures the distinct action-oriented aesthetic prevalent in early 1980s superhero comics. Like many issues of the series from that time, it was received by readers as a steady, reliable installment in the ongoing saga of the DC universe, maintaining the traditions established by creators like Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky decades prior.