Justice League of America #171

(October 1979)

The Murderer Among Us: Crisis Above Earth-One! (Table of Contents)

Justice League of America; Justice Society of America / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gerry Conway

Pencils:

Dick Dillin

Inks:

Frank McLaughlin

Colors:

Jerry Serpe

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Justice League of America [The Flash [Barry Allen]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Kal-El]; Zatanna; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]]; Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Power Girl; Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]]; The Spirit King

Synopsis:

At the annual Justice League of America-Justice Society of America get-together, Mr. Terrific declares that his old foe the Spirit King has taken possession of one of the JSA members present, but he won't reveal who until the right moment. Baffled by Mr. Terrific's odd behavior, the heroes try to proceed with the event, but it isn't long before there is a hole blown in the side of the side of the satellite and Mr. Terrific's body is found floating in the vacuum of space.

Reprints:

• in Gerechtigkeitsliga (Egmont Ehapa, 1977 series) #10 (1980)
• in Crisis on Multiple Earths (DC, 2002 series) #5 ([April] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Death of Mr. Terrific. Story continues in part from the JSA story in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #465.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Mike W. Barr

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

? (grayscale)

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

L-351

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Mark Ellis, Tony Edwards, and Kent G. Orlando.

Volume 79 Issue 29 Week of July 2, 1979 (Table of Contents)

Daily Planet / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Rozakis; Fred Hembeck ("Hembeck" strip)

Pencils:

?; Fred Hembeck ("Hembeck" strip)

Inks:

?; Fred Hembeck ("Hembeck" strip)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset; Fred Hembeck ("Hembeck" strip)

Editing:

Bob Rozakis

Job Number:

P-329

Content Information

Characters:

Batman; Superman; Deadman

Indexer Notes

Includes an article on Time Warp #1, an article on World's Finest Comics #259, Direct Currents for comics on sale the week of July 16th, an Ask the Answer Man column, and a Hembeck strip starring Deadman.