Justice League of America #148

(November 1977)

Crisis in Triplicate! (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League / comic story / 34 pages (report information)

Script

Martin Pasko (credited); Paul Levitz (credited) ("with an assist from...")

Pencils

Dick Dillin (credited)

Inks

Frank McLaughlin (credited)

Colors

Anthony Tollin (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn (credited)

Job Number

S-2703

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]]; Justice Society of America [The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Power Girl [Kara Zor-L]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]; Ultra Boy [Jo Nah]; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgana]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]; Wildfire [Drake Burroughs]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]; Shadow Lass [Tasmia Mallor]]; The Demons Three [Abnegazar; Rath; Ghast] (villains); Mordru (villain)

Synopsis

As all three teams recover the three items, and the three demons are restored, changes have happened between the demons while imprisoned over a 1000 yrs: Abnegazar wants to be peaceful, while Rath wants to rule everything, and Ghast just wants to restore the entire Earth-1 universe back to how it was before they were first captured. Eventually, the JLA/JSA/Legion teams defeat all three demons and Mordru, and go their separate ways.

Reprints

• in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #27 (1980)
• in Crisis on Multiple Earths (DC, 2002 series) #4 ([July] 2006)
• in Justice League of America: The Wedding of the Atom and Jean Loring (DC, 2020 series) ([April] 2020)
• in Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([September] 2021)
• in Crisis on Multiple Earths (DC, 2021 series) #2 - Crisis Crossed (2021 [March 2022])

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. The records list only Pasko as the writer, but the in issue credits state "Script: Martin Pasko (with an assist from Paul Levitz)."

Annual JLA/JSA team-up, this year with the Legion of Super-Heroes; story continues from Justice League of America #147. For the JSA, their story continues in All-Star Comics (DC, 1976 series) as events in the JLA/ JSA crossover happen between issue #67 and 68.

Clowning Around (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; The Joker / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Presenting the First Superman Dollar Comic (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

JLA Mail Room / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis (credited)

Pencils

Dick Dillin (logo illustration)

Inks

Tex Blaisdell ? (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

S-2719

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Darrell Ihns, Georjean Fraina, Beth Montelone, Mike White, Craig Boldman, Tom Tryon, Kenneth Williams, and John Hooper.