Great Lakes Patrol assigned to operate against criminals who were ravaging the logging industry. These so called timber pirates conducted illegal cutting of timber on federal land and then smuggled the valuable commodity out of the area in order to sell it. The areas most affected were in the western Great Lakes region, along the coasts of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota. Much of these forested areas controlled by the government were reserved for the building of new warships. The illegal timber trade centered on Chicago and Milwaukee. It was nearly as violent as the alcohol trade, which was carried out over the
Great Lakes Avengers up in court. While he claims that people simply "didn't like them," he does comfort them by proclaiming that they could try to be in the spotlight again in a few years. Assisted the team by training them, but it is not clear if they joined. The GLA appeared in the climax of the "JLA/Avengers" miniseries, where they assisted in the defeat of Krona. In August 2009, "TIME" listed the Great Lakes Avengers among the "Top 10 Oddest Marvel Characters". Great Lakes Avengers The Great Lakes Avengers (also known as The Lightning Rods, The Great Lakes X-Men, The Great Lakes