Justice League of America #73

(August 1969)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Star Light, Star Bright -- Death Star I See Tonight! (Table of Contents: 2)

Justice League / comic story / 21.84 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil (credited) (sourced)

Pencils

Dick Dillin (credited) (sourced)

Inks

Sid Greene (credited) (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Sid Greene ?

Job Number

S-149

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come with us to a time beyond time... A space beyond space... And hearken to the words of the Council of Living Stars!

Feature Logo

Justice League of America

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice League of America [Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (all Earth-1)]; Justice Society of America [Black Canary [Dinah Drake Lance]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson; Nabu]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-L] (intro); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince Trevor]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Larry Lance (all Earth-2); Council of Living Stars (cameo); Aquarius (villain)

Synopsis

Starman relays his story to the JSA of a new menace, Aquarius, a stellar being who had been disincorporated after his evil acts, and sensing Starman's Cosmic Rod's energies, steals the rod from him to reincorporate himself. After nearly being defeated by the JSA, Aquarius uses the rod to blink Earth-2 out of existence, but not before several members protect themselves in an energy bubble using Fate's magicks and GL's ring's mystic energies. Red Tornado, meanwhile, has been sent to Earth-1 to the JLA to get help battling Aquarius. To be continued...

Reprints

• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #563 (24 de diciembre de 1970)
• in Crisis on Multiple Earths (DC, 2002 series) #2 ([December] 2003)
• in Justice League of America Archives (DC, 1992 series) #9 (2004 [February 2005])
• 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)
• in Crisis on Multiple Earths (DC, 2021 series) #1 - Crossing Over (2020 [April 2021])

Indexer Notes

Story across 23 pages, but pages 6 and 23 are 2/3-pages and page 14 is a 1/2-page.

With the JSA, story continues in #74. First appearance of Golden Age Superman of Earth-2.

[Nine Lives] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Revell Models / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[Ghostly Glow-Power Strikes!] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Calling All Members of the Mighty i Patrol (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Iverson Bicycles / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Summertime Begins With... (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Swing with Scooter / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[New 'Matchbox' King-Size Models of the Month] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Matchbox Models / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[Your Key to Power for Self-Defense!] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Power Self-Defense Books / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

National Periodical Publications, Inc. / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Who Are the Gorgeous Girls in the Life of Jimmy Olsen? (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Job Number

S-201

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Frank Rizzo; Leon Dornbaum; Steve Grabinsky; Dave Truesdale.

[Gold Crown] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Fighting Ships; Gold Crown / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Woods Edge Game] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Cannon Ball; Woods Edge / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Hot Wheels / advertisement / 1 page (report information)