All Aboard the Space Train

"**All Aboard the Space Train**" is the twenty-sixth episode of Justice League Action.

## Summary

When Kanjar Ro hijacks a space cargo train, the Justice League have to request the help of Space Cabbie (assisted by another) to stop the robbery.

## Story

In space, Cyborg in Justice One is collecting up drifting crew members who have been ejected from a hijacked spaceship (called a space train as it is made of flexing segments like carriages). Batman (wearing a "force-field generator belt" so he can breathe in space) is walking along the outside of the train and finds an airlock which he opens. Passing inside, he is confronted by two alien-looking thugs with guns but disposes of them in a fight. Entering the next compartment, he discovers the alien villain Kanjar Ro who holds a device with a glowing ball on the end and who just tells Batman to mind his own business. Batman tells him that the space train holds items stolen from the Justice League, but Kanjar Ro suddenly disappears and then reappears behind Batman, knocking him out. The latter is dumped into space but calls on Cyborg to pick him up.

Later, Cyborg says that the space train is travelling too fast to be caught, so Batman decides that they need extra help. Cyborg, however, is only able to locate the reluctant Space Cabbie, but an offer of a bigger fare and tip sways his mercenary nature. Accompanied by his droid called 'Jack', Cabbie intercepts the space train in his cab. Batman insists that he get inside the ship, so, wearing one of the special belts, Cabbie jumps onto the outside of the ship, leaving the droid to drive the cab. Breaking in through an airlock, he sees Kanjar Ro and hides. Batman tells him by radio that there is something in a container in the cargo that will help, so he goes to the hold.

Opening the container, he sees a frozen human figure dressed as a cowboy whom Batman says is Jonah Hex, one of the most dangerous men in the universe. Cabbie gets hold of a device that, when placed on the frozen figure, defrosts it. Jonah Hex comes to life and starts asking questions - he talks like Clint Eastwood. Cabbie allows Batman to explain to Jonah that his frozen body had been found by the Justice League and was being transported to their headquarters. Jonah then looks through other containers and finds force-field belts, magnetic boots and a pair of ray pistols, the last of which he keeps.

Accompanying Cabbie through the ship to find Kanjar Ro, Jonah guns down the villain's henchmen but, unable to get past a force-field, the pair use the belts and boots to space-walk along the ship's outside. They re-enter at the front of the space train and search the control room for the main villain. Sensing activity behind him, Jonah swivels and shoots, hitting the invisible Kanjar Ro and breaking his cloaking device so that he suddenly appears. Using the ball-like object, the villain shoots back and disarms Jonah, closing in to finish him and Cabbie. But the cowboy pulls the communication cord causing the train to judder to a sudden halt and Kanjar Ro is hurled onto the controls and knocked out. Cabbie informs Batman of the capture of the target just as an alarm sounds. Cabbie can see that the space train is diving into a nearby star so he takes the controls and uses his driving skills to pull up and away. He makes for a nearby planet and makes a bumpy landing in a desert landscape.

The Justice League arrive and, as Cyborg takes the bound Kanjar Ro into Justice One, Batman offers to return the cowboy to his own time. Jonah Hex, sitting astride an alien two-legged horse, looks around at the Western-like setting and feels at home, He chooses to ride off into the sunset.