This landmark extra-sized 100th issue features the long-awaited return of one of the toughest and most raw super-groups in the DCU: The Elite! The JLA is torn apart when Vera Black makes her debut as leader of the Elite, with intentions to clear her family name and show the JLA "how things should be done!" The shockwaves from this issue changes the JLA as we know it — dividing its ranks and setting the stage for July's debut of the exciting new maxiseries JUSTICE LEAGUE ELITE!