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{{quote|''[[For Want of a Nail|For want of a nail]] the shoe was lost
''For want of a shoe the horse was lost
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''All for want of a nail'' }}
'''''The Nail''''' (or ''JLA: The Nail'') is a three-issue comic book mini-series published by [[DC Comics]]. It is a self-contained story by Alan Davis which [[Elseworld|stands outside of the mainstream continuity of the DC Universe]].
In this universe, Martha and Jonathan Kent's truck has a tire puncture caused by a nail. This prevents them from discovering the spaceship containing the baby Kal-El, and so, there's no [[Superman]]. There is, however, still a [[Justice League of America]], consisting of [[Batman]], [[Wonder Woman]], [[Aquaman]], [[The Flash]] (Barry Allen), Hawkwoman, the Atom (Ray Palmer), [[Martian Manhunter]] and [[Green Lantern]] (Hal Jordan). There's also a great degree of xenophobia for the "metahumans," fueled by anti-metahuman propaganda from Perry White and backed by Metropolis mayor [[Lex Luthor]]; slowly 'metahumans' begin to disappear as other issues arise requiring the attention of the publicly disliked JLA.
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* [[Driven to Madness]]: {{spoiler|Jimmy Olsen, courtesy of being exposed to Kryptonian DNA.}}
* [[Evil All Along]]: {{spoiler|Jimmy Olsen}}
* [[Elite Mooks]]: Played straight with the Liberators initially, but ultimately subverted when they're revealed to be [[Glass Cannon
* [[Faceless Goons]]: The Liberators, save one moment where Hal unmasks one and exposes them as {{spoiler|Bizarro-type clones of Kal-El}}
* [[Fat Bastard]]: This version of Lex Luthor seems to have put on a few pounds
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* [[Hot Amazon]]: Wonder Woman obviously
* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: Lois Lane as always
* [[Joker Immunity]]: {{spoiler|Averted, as he ends up [[Neck Snap|having his neck snapped]] by Batman. ''
* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Robin and Batgirl. {{spoiler|It gets them killed}}
* [[Love Redeems]]: {{spoiler|Selina goes straight specifically to be with Bruce}}.
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Lex Luthor (believed by the Justice League to be the [[Big Bad]]) is implied to be manipulated by [[wikipedia:Starro|Starro]] until it's revealed that {{spoiler|"[[Red Herring|Starro]]" is actually a [[The Grotesque|mutated]] [[Krypto the Superdog|Krypto]]}}. The ''real'' [[Big Bad]] is none other than... {{spoiler|[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Jimmy Olsen]]}}.
* [[Monster Clown]]: [[The Joker]], [[Complete Monster|natch]].
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Batman. {{spoiler|This is one of the few universes in which he breaks his [[Thou Shall Not Kill]] oath, and he does so after [[The Joker]] murders Batgirl and Robin}}.
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: {{spoiler|Jimmy Olsen and Kal-El}}. Their fight is even described as apocalyptic by other characters.
* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Jimmy Olsen is the [[Big Bad]] and has Kryptonian powers}}
* [[Silver Age]]: Set in a pre-[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]] style universe, the story also features Silver Age features such as big splash pages featuring individual characters doing something impressive.
* [[Technical Pacifist]]: {{spoiler|Kal-El, having been raised by an Amish couple, is opposed to violence. This does not stop him from going to town on a Kryptonian Jimmy Olsen}}.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: [[The Joker]] [[Moral Event Horizon|shows this to horrific extremes]] when he {{spoiler|murders Robin and Batgirl}}.
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[[Category:DC Comics Series]]
[[Category:The Nail]]
[[Category:Comic Books]]
[[Category:US Canadian Comics]]
[[Category:Comic Books of the 1990s]]
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