(May 1963)

DC, 1960 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July and Oct.
On-sale Date
1963-03-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from ad in Metal Men #1 and copyright registration.

The Super-Exiles of Earth! (Table of Contents)

Justice League / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Murphy Anderson
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

NOTE 1: A reworking of the cover of Mystery in Space # 17 from Dec 1953-Jan 1954 which Murphy Anderson also did. Notes: Info by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.).

NOTE 2: Lettering credit from reprint in JLA Archives.

Countdown on Excellence (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Editing
?

Genre
advocacy
Characters
Jerry; Jerry's father
Synopsis
Jerry gets a lecture from his father on the importance of doing every job right.

Indexer Notes

Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover. Credits from a list by Lionel English.

The Super-Exiles of Earth! (Table of Contents: 2)

Justice League / comic story / 24.33 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Bernard Sachs
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Feature Logo
Justice League of America
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Snapper Carr]; Jean Loring (lawyer); Judge; Super-Aquaman; Super-Atom; Super-Batman; Super-Flash; Super-Green Arrow; Super-Green Lantern; Super-Martian Manhunter; Super-Superman; Super-Wonder Woman; Dr. Destiny (villain)
Synopsis
The JLAers each face their evil doppelgangers and are then blamed for their lawless actions and exiled from Earth. When they return to fight their duplicates, the JLA discovers they are manifestations of their own dreams. The Atom performs microscopic brain surgery to disable them and the JLA shuts down Dr. Destiny's materiopticon to destroy the dream-beings.
Reprints
Keywords
Amnesium; dreams; Green Kryptonite

Indexer Notes

This may be the first story to feature a Green Arrow/Green Lantern team-up. The Leaguers learn each other's secret identities in this story but Superman removes their memories of that knowledge at the end. References Justice League of America #5 and Justice League of America #12.

Story in three chapters of 9 pages, 10.67 pages, and 4.67 pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Radiation from the sun is heat...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 9 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Metal Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

JLA Mail Room / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes a letter from Jerry Bails.

On the page immediately following the two previous sequences.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Missile Attack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

147 Famous Automobiles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Super-Exiles of Earth!
    Justice League
  2. 1. Countdown on Excellence
  3. 2. The Super-Exiles of Earth!
    Justice League
  4. 3. ["Radiation from the sun is heat..."]
    Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Metal Men
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Zenith Stamps
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    JLA Mail Room
  11. 10. ["Hi! Johnny DC here..."]
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Missile Attack
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Stories
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    147 Famous Automobiles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bob Bailey
  • Dwayne Best
  • John Brichetto
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Matthew Head
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore