Top comics writer Jeff Lemire teams up with superstar artist Mike McKone for the all-new monthly series JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED, starring a new team of powerful superheroes known as Justice League Canada! The debut issue, JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED #0, featuring the first appearance of the brand-new teenaged Cree superhero, Equinox, arrives in comic book stores today.

Lemire and McKone aren’t the only creative talents to contribute to the pages of this new comic book. During the development of the comic, Lemire took a couple of research trips to where the new Justice League would be headquartered—Mooseonee/Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada—and visited a number of grade school classrooms. Lemire shared a bit about his plans for JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED with the students, and taught them how to draw a few superheroes. Students from surrounding area schools were invited to draw pictures of their favorite DC characters and submit them to Lemire. Some of his favorite student pieces have been printed in this introductory issue and can be seen in the gallery above and a list of all the students who participated can be seen below.

Lemire told the CBC “if I end up going a few times and teaching kids how to draw or about comics, and 10 years from now some kid from James Bay ends up writing or drawing own comics, then… the project was worth it.”

If you're in the Toronto area this weekend don’t miss a rare opportunity to get a copy of JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED #0 signed by the one and only Jeff Lemire! Lemire will be at Comics and More (at the intersection of Danforth and Linsmore—just steps from the Greenwood Subway Station) on Saturday, April 26 between 12-3 pm! This will be Lemire’s only Toronto-area signing for the comic. 

Special thanks to all the students below who participated in this special drawing event:

Moosonee Public School, Moosonee, Ontario 

Allan
Miyopin
Allie
Justine
Alexis
Danielle
Trinity
Ashley
Rayleen
Tristan
Heather
Jenny Lee
Katrina
Mackenzie
Seth
Isaiah
Michel
Matthew
Terrence
Raphael
Jesiah
Keifer
Mercedes
Oscar 

Delore Echum Composite School, Moose Factory, Ontario

Aeden
Sereena
Tyler
Loni
Forrest
Jhayden
Kieran
Jena
Mark
Jaren
Saunders
Pheonix
Riley
Nathan
Billy
Sheenna
Faith
Darcy
Daniel
Ethan
Jessica
Breadon
Jakob
Moira
Derian
Desiree
Faith
Lora-Lee
Jasmine
Keiden
Jessica
Delilah
Jacob
Anderson
Jakob
Forest
Billy
Donavan
Taylor
Hezran
Israel  

St. Andrew’s School, Kashechewan, Ontario

Martin
Jayda
Mark
Naisy
Serenity
Halle
Lilena
Leroy
Shaunalea
Aaron
Terrance
Kaden
Kinsey
Aiden
Wade
Mairead
Kara
Kaleigh
Kylen
Jaydence
Denver
Santana 

Francine J. Wesley Secondary School, Kashechewan, Ontario

Neepisi
Megan