JLA The Nail

JLA: The Nail

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JLA: The Nail

Cover for JLA: The Nail #1, by Alan Davis.

Publisher DC Comics

Schedule Monthly

Format Limited series

Publication dates 1998

Number of issues Three

Main character(s) Aquaman, Atom, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman

Creative team

Creator(s) Alan Davis

Mark Farmer

JLA: The Nail is a three-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics. It is a self-contained story by Alan Davis which stands outside of the mainstream continuity. In this universe, the truck of Martha and Jonathan Kent has a tire puncture which is caused by a nail. This prevents them from discovering the spaceship containing the baby Kal-El, and so, there is no Superman.

The theme of the story is set by its 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.