- Script
- Mike Friedrich (pages 1-14, 27, 29-37); Gardner Fox (pages 15-26, 28)
- Pencils
- Dick Dillin (pages 1-14, 18 (first panel), 21 (first panel), 24 (first panel), 27, 29-37); Mike Sekowsky (pages 15-26, 28)
- Inks
- Joe Giella (pages 1-14, 18 (first panel), 21 (first panel), 24 (first panel), 27, 29-37); Bernard Sachs (pages 15-26, 28)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza (1-14, 27, 29-37); Gaspar Saladino (15-26, 28)
- Job Number
- S-1078
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Justice League of America [Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Black Canary; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz] (flashback); Superman; Wonder Woman (flashback)] (origin); Sargon the Sorcerer (cameo); Starbreaker (villain)
- Synopsis
- Starbreaker arrive on Earth and easily defeats the League's most powerful members, which causes despair among the team. Hawkman gives them a pep talk that leads them to review the circumstances of their first case, which then inspires them to fight on.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Batplane; green kryptonite; origin
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Most of the story from issue #9 is retold here; some of it redrawn, some pages reprinted directly (15-26, 28 in this issue; from pages 6-17, 19 in the original).
The story was changed slightly; for instance in the original the final creature was turned into a "pile of slivers and splinters" by Wonder Woman (Flash says "destroyed"), while in the updated story it was "planed down to its bare essence", still clearly intact.
- Script
- Julius Schwartz (signed as JS)
- Pencils
- Murphy Anderson (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-1132
Letters from: Ted Waller, Paul Dushkind, Greg Potter, Anthony Kowalik, Tom Calhoun, and Steve G. Johnson.
- Letters
- typeset
Statement of October 1, 1971
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., 909 Third Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10022, wholly owned by Kinney Services, Inc., 10 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10020, a publicly-held corporation
Average number of copies sold preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 210,108
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 219,767