(September 1980)

DC, 1960 Series
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Volume
21
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-06-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893055509
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #180.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Justice League of America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave Cockrum (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
C-380
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're too late, heroes!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]]; Felix Faust
Reprints

Reprise (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Dick Dillin (credited)
Inks
Frank McLaughlin (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)

Job Number
J-6667
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Zatanna; The Flash [Barry Allen] (flashback); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (flashback)]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Felix Faust (villain)
Synopsis
Felix Faust claims to have reformed but asks the League for help when he is possessed by the spirit of the wizard Nostromus and forced to carry out the evil magician's plans. Green Arrow helps out, but insists that he has still resigned from the team.
Reprints
Keywords
magic; possession

A Matter of Good Taste (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Batgirl; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Sun Queen Snatch! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Elongated Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Rodin Rodriguez
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-6739
Genre
superhero
Characters
Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny; Carter Hall [Hawkman]; Shiera Hall [Hawkgirl]; Olivia Saint-Dobbins
Synopsis
The Dibnys and the Halls go on a vacation cruise where Ralph exposes a fake kidnapping plot.
Reprints

It's Almost Ready! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Spider-Man; Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
? (logo illustration)
Inks
? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-566

Indexer Notes

An explanation of the price increase and letters of comment from Andrew C. Taylor, Tamsyn O'Flynn, and John Ritter. The last 1/5th of the page is "Len's Line-Up," descriptions of upcoming books for sale on May 8th and 22nd.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["You're too late, heroes!"]
    Justice League of America
  2. 1. Reprise
    Justice League of America
  3. 2. A Matter of Good Taste
    Batgirl; Hostess Twinkies
  4. 3. The Sun Queen Snatch!
    The Elongated Man
  5. 4. It's Almost Ready!
    Spider-Man; Superman
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    JLA Mail Room
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Dave Marchand
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • John Monagle
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore