Back to the JLA members, not Max. Gypsy and Max are debating the status of Despero, who is currently a fetus in a jar. Meanwhile, JLA is involved in a membership drive.
I was excited to see the Will Payton Starman, who's catchphrase appears to be "Hey!". (I first read Starman when James Robinson did a reboot. I really loved that Starman. Will Payton was before that.) Guy "drafts" Will into the JLI. Others being recruited are El Diablo, and Hawk and Dove. But no one wants to join. Can you blame them?
But, Manga Khan is back! And he has Scott Free, who was, indeed, replaced by a robot duplicate. And now he has to explain to Barda where he was! And Manga Khan trades L-Ron for the Despero fetus. That probably isn't good.
Finally Orion and Lightray show up to join the JLI!