Justice League of America #49

(November 1966)

Threat of the True-or-False Sorcerer! (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League of America / comic story / 23.34 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky (credited)

Inks

Sid Greene (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice League of America [Batman; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Superman; Snapper Carr]; Felix Faust (villain)

Synopsis

In attempting to escape prison, Felix Faust accidentally creates a mystical duplicate. The JLA must determine which is the duplicate Felix Faust before his eventual dissapearance causes the end of the universe. But Snapper knows that both are mystical duplicates and the original Felix Faust remains in jail, so the duplicates are brought to the real Faust and eliminated.

Reprints

• in Justice League of America Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 ([December] 2000)
• in Showcase Presents: Justice League of America (DC, 2005 series) #3 (2007 [February 2008])
• in Justice League of America: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([August] 2016)

Keywords

dryads; leprechauns; magic; trolls

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Lettering credit from reprint in JLA Archives.

Story in four parts of 4, 7.67, 7.67, and 4 pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Plastic Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Gil Kane

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He's not: as strong as Superman...

Genre

superhero; humor

Indexer Notes

house ad for Plastic Man (DC, 1966 series) #1, on sale September 22

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

The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Professor Ira West invites you...

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #165 [the wedding of Barry Allen and Iris West], in the form of an invitation

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Edwin Murray, Roger Haley, and Walter Smith.

Second Super-Smash Issue... (Table of Contents: 5)

Justice League of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Indexer Notes

house ad for Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #48 [80 Page Giant #G-29]

Lost -- A Free Education! (Table of Contents: 6)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bob Oksner

Inks

Bob Oksner

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Characters

Binky Biggs

Synopsis

Binky advises his friend Tim against dropping out of high school.

Keywords

dropouts

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated October 1951 and October 1958.

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

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ah - here it is. My mom's liquid detergent!

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

hint submitted by Bruce Schurmann of Peabody, Massachusetts

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

Direct Currents / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

listing of DC comics on sale in late September 1966