Justice League of America (1960 series) (DC) #113

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Number 113 113
Volume 15 15
No Volume No No
Volume Not Printed False False
Display Volume With Number No No
Indicia Publisher National Periodical Publications Inc. National Periodical Publications Inc.
Indicia Publisher Not Printed Printed Printed
Brand DC [circle] DC [circle]
No Brand No No
Publication Date September-October 1974 September-October 1974
Year On Sale None None
Month On Sale None None
Day On Sale None None
On Sale Date Uncertain No No
Key Date 1974-09-00 1974-09-00
Indicia Frequency bi-monthly bi-monthly
No Indicia Frequency No No
Price 0.60 USD 0.60 USD
Page Count 100 (note: total sum of story page counts is 82) 100 (note: total sum of story page counts is 83.99)
Page Count Uncertain No No
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (Assistant Editor)
No Editing
Indicia Printer
No Indicia Printer No No
Barcode
No Barcode No Yes
Rating
No Rating False False
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0. [Here Comes TV's Super-Friends! 3 Full-Length Novels!] (Justice League of America) cover, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Title Here Comes TV's Super-Friends! 3 Full-Length Novels! Here Comes TV's Super-Friends! 3 Full-Length Novels!
Unofficial Title? Yes Yes
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Type cover cover
Feature Justice League of America Justice League of America
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Feature Logo
Genre superhero superhero
Job Number S-1780 S-1780
Page Count 1 1
Page Count Uncertain No No
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No Script X X
Pencils Nick Cardy (signed) Nick Cardy (signed)
No Pencils
Inks Nick Cardy (signed) Nick Cardy (signed)
No Inks
Colors ? ?
No Colors
Letters ? Gaspar Saladino
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Characters Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman ; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Atom [Ray Palmer](all Earth-1)]; Justice Society of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince Trevor]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Sandy (as sand monster); Black Canary (as JSA member) (all Earth-2)] Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman ; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]]; Justice Society of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince Trevor]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; Sandy (as sand monster); Black Canary
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Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [August 2007]. Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [August 2007].
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1. Contents (Justice League of America) credits, title page, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Title Contents Contents
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Type credits, title page credits, title page
Feature Justice League of America Justice League of America
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Feature Logo
Genre superhero superhero
Job Number N-1055 N-1055
Page Count 1 1
Page Count Uncertain No No
Script Julius Schwartz ? Julius Schwartz ?; E. Nelson Bridwell ?
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Pencils Mike Sekowsky Mike Sekowsky
No Pencils
Inks Murphy Anderson Murphy Anderson
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Colors ? ?
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Letters ? Gaspar Saladino
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Characters Superman [Earth-1]; Wonder Woman [Earth-1]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman; The Flash [Barry Allen] (all as the Justice League of America/JLA) Justice League of America [Superman; Wonder Woman; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman; The Flash [Barry Allen]]
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2. The Creature in the Velvet Cage! (Justice League of America) comic story, 20p [S P I C L E]

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Title The Creature in the Velvet Cage! The Creature in the Velvet Cage!
Unofficial Title? No No
First Line
Type comic story comic story
Feature Justice League of America Justice League of America
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre superhero superhero
Job Number S-1748 S-1748
Page Count 20 20
Page Count Uncertain No No
Script Len Wein Len Wein
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Pencils Dick Dillin Dick Dillin
No Pencils
Inks Dick Giordano Dick Giordano
No Inks
Colors Glynis Wein Glynis Wein
No Colors
Letters Ben Oda Ben Oda
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Characters Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Elongated Man; Batman (all Earth-1)]; Justice Society of America [Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Sandy (as sand monster) (all Earth-2)]; Horned Owl Gang (villains, cameo) Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Elongated Man; Batman]; Justice Society of America [Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Wonder Woman; The Flash [Jay Garrick]]; Sandy (as sand monster); Horned Owl Gang (villains, cameo)
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Synopsis After the beginnings of the annual get-together betwen the JLA and JSA as they capture the Horned Owl Gang on Earth-2, a silent alarm is triggered inside of Sandman's old lab. When both teams arrive, they discover a sand monster that they must face has escaped. After further explanations as to who or what the monsters is by Sandman, it's revealed it was once his former partner, Sandy, who had been struck accidentally by an energy beam in his lab, that changed his body into pure silica. Both teams eventually reel him in, but the reason for his escape was that he was tryin to quell several severe earthquakes that were about to occur, since in his new form he felt them. After the JLA and JSA capture the Horned Owl Gang on Earth-2, a silent alarm is triggered inside of Sandman's old lab. When both teams arrive, they discover a sand monster has escaped. After further explanations by Sandman, it's revealed it was once his former partner, Sandy, who had been struck accidentally by an energy beam in his lab, that changed his body into pure silica. Both teams eventually reel him in, but the reason for his escape was that he was trying to quell several severe earthquakes that were about to occur, since in his new form he felt them.
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Notes Story explanation given as to why Sandman readopted his original golden age costume by the time he was participating in the annual JLA/JSA teamups. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007). Colors credit from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker, July 2010. Only JLA/JSA teamup that was contained in a single issue. Story explanation given as to why Sandman re-adopted his original Golden Age costume by the time he was participating in the annual JLA/JSA teamups. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007). Colors credit from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker, July 2010. Only JLA/JSA teamup that was contained in a single issue.
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Dwayne Best synopsis had to be abbreviated in order to fix some typos 2015-03-17 21:55:27 Editing Editing

3. The Freedom Train (no feature) comic story, 2p [S P I C L E]

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Title The Freedom Train The Freedom Train
Unofficial Title? No No
First Line
Type comic story comic story
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Feature Logo
Genre non-fiction
Job Number N-1049 N-1049
Page Count 2 2
Page Count Uncertain No No
Script ? E. Nelson Bridwell ?
No Script
Pencils ? ?
No Pencils
Inks ? ?
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Colors ? ?
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Letters ? ?
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Characters Superman; Batman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman (all as the Justice League of America) Justice League of America [Superman; Batman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman]
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Synopsis The Leaguers relate the story of the real-world Freedom Train and its travels in 1947, the real-life inspiration for the reprinted Justice Society story in this issue.
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4. The Case of the Patriotic Crimes! (Justice Society of America) comic story, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Title The Case of the Patriotic Crimes! The Case of the Patriotic Crimes!
Unofficial Title? No No
First Line
Type comic story comic story
Feature Justice Society of America Justice Society of America
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre superhero superhero
Job Number N-976 N-976
Page Count 1 1
Page Count Uncertain No No
Script Gardner Fox Gardner Fox
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Pencils Alex Toth Alex Toth
No Pencils
Inks Alex Toth Alex Toth
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Colors ? ?
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Characters The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Black Canary; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Dr. Mid-Nite (all as the Justice Society of America) Justice Society of America [The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Black Canary; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman; Dr. Mid-Nite]
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Notes Splash page introduction splash page introduction
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5. The Case of the Patriotic Crimes [Chapter 1] (Justice Society of America) comic story, 11p [S P I C L E]

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Title The Case of the Patriotic Crimes- Chapter 1 The Case of the Patriotic Crimes [Chapter 1]
Unofficial Title? No No
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Type comic story comic story
Feature Justice Society of America Justice Society of America
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Feature Logo
Genre superhero superhero
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Page Count 11 11
Page Count Uncertain No No
Script Gardner Fox Gardner Fox
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Pencils Carmine Infantino Carmine Infantino
No Pencils
Inks Frank Giacoia Frank Giacoia
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Colors ? ?
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Characters Justice Society of America [Black Canary; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman (Earth-2); The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; The Injustice Society of the World [The Wizard; The Fiddler; Sportsmaster; Huntress; Icicle] (villains); Harlequin Justice Society of America [Black Canary; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman (Earth-2); The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Hawkman [Carter Hall]]; The Injustice Society of the World [The Wizard; The Fiddler; Sportsmaster; Huntress; Icicle] (villains); Harlequin
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Synopsis The famous Liberty Train mysteriously disappears and Black Canary calls a meeting of the JSA. But they have disappeared because they are the prisoners of the New Injustice Society. The Canary finds the Harlequin at JSA HQ and, before they know it, the Icicle freezes them both and takes them to the gang's HQ. Harlequin uses her special glasses to hypnotize the JSA back to their old selves, and when they return to their senses, they discover that the Injustice Society plans to steal four of America's greatest treasures. The JSA vows to stop them from doing so.
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Keywords Cold Ray Gun; Declaration of Independence; Emancipation Proclamation; Freedom Bell; Golden Lasso; Gotham Central Station; Gotham City; Liberty Train; Mind-Eraser; Old Ironsides; Plymouth Rock; Star-Spangled Banner; Washington Monument
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6. The Case of the Patriotic Crimes! [Chapter 2] (Justice Society of America) comic story, 12p [S P I C L E]

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Title The Case of the Patriotic Crimes!- Chapter 2 The Case of the Patriotic Crimes! [Chapter 2]
Unofficial Title? No No
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Type comic story comic story
Feature Justice Society of America Justice Society of America
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Feature Logo
Genre superhero superhero
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Page Count 12 12
Page Count Uncertain No No
Script Gardner Fox Gardner Fox
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Pencils Arthur Peddy Arthur Peddy
No Pencils
Inks Bernard Sachs Bernard Sachs
No Inks
Colors ? ?
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Letters ? ?
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Characters Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman (Earth-2); Dr. Mid-Nite; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Injustice Society of the World [Sportsmaster; The Wizard; The Fiddler; The Huntress; Icicle] (villains) Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Wonder Woman; Dr. Mid-Nite; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; The Injustice Society of the World [Sportsmaster; The Wizard; The Fiddler; The Huntress; Icicle] (villains)
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Synopsis Hawkman attempts to stop the Wizard from taking Old Ironsides, but is stopped by a snapping noise, putting him under the villain's control. At Liberty Hall, the Fiddler steals the Freedom Bell, and stops Dr. Mid-Nite and Wonder Woman in the process. The Huntress manages to use circus elephants to load Plymouth Rock into a truck, but the Flash and Atom stop her getaway. However, she manages to put the pair back into their mind-eraser state. The Icicle uses a super ram-jet to haul away the Washington Monument and put GL back into a trance.
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Keywords Fiddle Car; Freedom Bell; Golden Lasso; Liberty Hall; Old Ironsides; Plymouth Rock; Power Ring; South Boston Navy Yards; Super Ram-Jet; Washington D.C.; Washington Monument
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7. The Case of the Patriotic Crimes [Chapter 3] (Justice Society of America) comic story, 9p [S P I C L E]

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Title The Case of the Patriotic Crimes- Chapter 3 The Case of the Patriotic Crimes [Chapter 3]
Unofficial Title? No No
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Type comic story comic story
Feature Justice Society of America Justice Society of America
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Feature Logo
Genre superhero superhero
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Page Count 9 9
Page Count Uncertain No No
Script Gardner Fox Gardner Fox
No Script
Pencils Irwin Hasen Irwin Hasen
No Pencils
Inks Irwin Hasen Irwin Hasen
No Inks
Colors ? ?
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Letters ? ?
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Characters Justice Society of America [Black Canary; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman (Earth-2)]; The Injustice Society of the World [Wizard; Huntress; Sportsmaster; Icicle; Fiddler]; Harlequin Justice Society of America [Black Canary; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman]; The Injustice Society of the World [Wizard; Huntress; Sportsmaster; Icicle; Fiddler]; Harlequin [Molly Maynne]
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Synopsis Harlequin and Black Canary discover the Freedom Train stashed in a tunnel, but are over-powered by the Wizard. They are taken to the crook's HQ, where Harlequin is unable to restore the JSA with her glasses, and all are lowered into a mine to die. The Injustice Society takes the ram-jet to Gotham Stadium and removes the stadium to an area where the treasures are stored so the crowd can vote on the best crime, the winner to be the group's leader. The JSA shakes off the mind-eraser and confronts the villains for final battle. Later, at JSA HQ, Black Canary is made a member of the JSA.
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Keywords Freedom Train; Golden Lasso; Gotham City; Gotham Stadium; Liberty Bell; Old Ironsides; Plymouth Rock; Power Ring; Washington Monument
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8. The Cavern of Deadly Spheres! (Justice League of America) comic story, 24p [S P I C L E]

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Title The Cavern of Deadly Spheres! The Cavern of Deadly Spheres!
Unofficial Title? No No
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Type comic story comic story
Feature Justice League of America Justice League of America
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Feature Logo
Genre superhero superhero
Job Number N-1048 N-1048
Page Count 25 24
Page Count Uncertain No No
Script Gardner Fox Gardner Fox
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Pencils Mike Sekowsky Mike Sekowsky
No Pencils
Inks Bernard Sachs Bernard Sachs
No Inks
Colors ? ?
No Colors
Letters Gaspar Saladino Gaspar Saladino
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Characters Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Martian Manhunter; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Aquaman; Snapper Carr; The Maestro (villain); Jerry Thomas Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Martian Manhunter; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Aquaman; Snapper Carr; The Maestro (villain); Jerry Thomas
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Synopsis The Maestro uses mind-control music to orchestrate his crimes and capture the JLA, but he overlooks one tiny thing...the Atom!
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Notes Jerry Thomas is character whose name is a combination of Jerry Bails and Roy Thomas. Jerry Thomas is character whose name is a combination of Jerry Bails and Roy Thomas. Story is told in 3 chapters, each ending in 2/3 page.
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9. ["Trixy the juggler... that's me!"] (Trixy the Magic Monkey) activity, 0.33p [S P I C L E]

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Title "Trixy the juggler... that's me!"
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Feature Trixy the Magic Monkey
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Genre children
Job Number N-1060
Page Count 0.33
Page Count Uncertain No
Script Martin Naydel
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Pencils Martin Naydel
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Inks Martin Naydel
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Colors ?
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Letters Martin Naydel ?
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10. ["They're fit for kings!"] (Block Busters) activity, 0.33p [S P I C L E]

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Title "They're fit for kings!"
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Genre children
Job Number N-1061
Page Count 0.33
Page Count Uncertain No
Script Martin Naydel
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Pencils Martin Naydel
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Inks Martin Naydel
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Colors ?
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Letters Martin Naydel ?
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11. ["Well, we finished this rocket."] (Professor Eureka) comic story, 0.33p [S P I C L E]

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Title "Well, we finished this rocket."
Unofficial Title? Yes
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Feature Professor Eureka
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Genre humor
Job Number N-1062
Page Count 0.33
Page Count Uncertain No
Script Henry Boltinoff
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Pencils Henry Boltinoff
No Pencils
Inks Henry Boltinoff
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Colors ?
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Letters Henry Boltinoff
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12. no title (The JLA Mail Room) letters page, 2p [S P I C L E]

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Type letters page
Feature The JLA Mail Room
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Job Number S-1786
Page Count 2
Page Count Uncertain No
Script Guy H. Lillian III (signed)
No Script
Pencils Dick Dillin ? (logo illustration)
No Pencils
Inks Dick Giordano (logo illustration)
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Colors ? (logo illustration)
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Notes letters from: Bob Rodi, Andy Whitehead, David Dasch, Robert Arangua, Kenny Scott, Randy Emenhiser
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Comments

Commenter Comment Revision Timestamp Old State New State
Dwayne Best Editing 2015-02-01 00:49:24 Available Editing
Dwayne Best synopsis had to be abbreviated in order to fix some typos 2. The Creature in the Velvet Cage! (Justice League of America) comic story, 20p 2015-03-17 21:55:27 Editing Editing
Dwayne Best 2015-03-17 23:33:00 Editing Pending Review
Donald Dale Milne 2015-03-19 02:57:11 Pending Review Under Review
Donald Dale Milne Dwayne -
Several Sequences - Characters - until we get Character tables and relations sorted out, it is useful to retain the Earth-1 and Earth-2 information. We will need that when splitting up characters.
- Don
2015-03-19 02:58:44 Under Review Editing
Dwayne Best we have been taking out those designations for several years as they were considered to be tracking continuity 2015-03-19 17:08:56 Editing Under Review
Donald Dale Milne Well, I agree that some of the designations are unnecessary and would just track continuity.

However, there was a time when you could have two different Wonder Women or Supermen in a story, so some way to differentiate them is needed. I don't remember that we were simply removing them all and I don't think that's helpful. As I noted, we will need them when we try to split the characters into proper Character tables. So it us useful to retain them now or they will have to be re-entered later. For these reasons, I don't think we should remove them all at this time.

Would you like me to put this in discussion for the other editors to comment?
- Don
2015-03-20 01:05:08 Under Review Under Review
Dwayne Best Without opening it up to needless discussion, please explain your reasoning a bit further.

If you are thinking that an "(Earth-2)" following a character name will somehow eventually allow the character to be sorted into the correct slot in a table, that may or may not be true.

However, by that logic, several of the characters listed here would need such designations and they don't have them. The "(all Earth-2 / Earth-1)" designations after the team names are not going to be particularly helpful for any kind of automatic sorting.

I have no interest in adding such designations after each character that might need it. The Justice League characters are all Earth-1 and the Justice Society characters are all Earth-2, so for the purposes of this index (and each and every other issue in this series that I have previously cleaned up), the characters are already defined.
2015-03-20 23:05:52 Under Review Under Review
Donald Dale Milne Yeah, I didn't really want to open this up for a lot of needless discussion either, which is why I asked first. Thanks for keeping it here for now.

First, I did not intend to ask you to add any new designations. No one needs to add info to the Characters field, it's all optional.

My thinking is driven by discussions we are currently having on the Characters committee. It appears we are moving toward a system where we will list the many various "Wonder Woman" characters (for example) each as a separate character, with some sort of data attached to allow folks to choose which one to use in a given story. One type of data which is helpful because of the way the characters were created and marketed is the "Earth-X" designation. Since we already have this data for some characters, it can be found and used by a program and no one will need to re-enter it. I realize it is not always present, so some will need to be added.

So really all I was asking was, if we have that data, please do not delete it yet. It may be that you've successfully removed it in the past, and that may be because its value was not recognized. Now that we are discussing using it, I believe it has value.

I can see now that in this index, since all the Justice Society characters are Earth-2, that designation may not be needed. (Though at some point, Justice Society characters are not all Earth-2, bringing confusion back in.)

That said, I'll approve this because of your noting that all the Justice Society characters are Earth-2 in this index, so they could be easily reconstructed without re-entry. I am worried that we may miss that in the future though.

- Don
2015-03-20 23:50:43 Under Review Approved