Justice League of America #61

(March 1968)

Operation: Jail the Justice League! (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Sid Greene

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice League of America [JLA; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Snapper Carr]; Lex Luthor (villain); Dr. Light [Arthur Light] (villain); The Tattooed Man [Abel Tarrant] (villain); Captain Boomerang [Digger; George Harkness] (villain); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Mr. I. Q. [Ira Quimby] (villain); Doctor Destiny [John Dee] (villain); Cutlass Charlie (first appearance, villain); The Plant Master [Jason Woodrue] (villain)

Synopsis

Doctor Destiny has a plan to switch the heroes with the villains they've battled. Green Arrow is able to escape and foil the plan.

Reprints

• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #459 (26 de diciembre de 1968)
• in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #70 ([Circa 1968-1970])
• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-41 (December 1975-January 1976)
• in Justice League of America Archives (DC, 1992 series) #8 ([June] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: Justice League of America (DC, 2005 series) #4 ([May] 2009)
• in Justice League of America: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([August] 2016)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story across 23 pages, but pages 14 and 23 are 1/2-pages.

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Jeff Pierce, Herman Soon, R. L. Thomas, Joe Arul, Lee D. Salem, and Moira L. Maynard.

You Too Can Play the Game (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

JLA Mail Room - Extra / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Vernon Dais and Bill Sheppard.

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1967
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 385,800
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 327,700
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S.U. Sampliner, Sonia Mondschein, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022

A New Star on the DC Horizon (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

200th Smash Issue (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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