(December 1983)

DC, 1960 Series
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Volume
24
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.25 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-08-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Len Wein (credited) (editor); Nicola Cuti (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Deadlier Than the Male! (Table of Contents)

Justice League / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chuck Patton (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Job Number
C-312
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America [Superman (Earth-1); Firestorm; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Flash [Barry Allen]]; Reena

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Cover Thumbnail for Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #221 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Justice League of America (1960 series) #221 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Justice League of America (1960 series) #221 [Canadian]
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Beasts (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Chuck Patton (credited)
Inks
Pablo Marcos (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Job Number
J-8658
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America [Superman (Earth-1); Wonder Woman (Earth-1); Flash [Barry Allen]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Firestorm; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Zatanna; Hawkwoman [Shayera Thal]]; Reena; Rex Maximus (villain); Dr. Lovecraft
Synopsis
Around the world, several Leaguers are attacked and seriously injured by savage half-human creatures. Reena, a cat-creature who fought Firestorm, asks the Justice League for sanctuary.
Reprints
Keywords
Central City; Egypt; Metropolis; New York City; San Francisco

Indexer Notes

First full appearance of Hawkwoman as a member since #176 (March 1980).

The Battle Action Continues with Sgt. Rock Playsets! (Table of Contents: 2)

Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Nicola Cuti ?
Pencils
Dick Dillin (logo illustration)
Inks
? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1433

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Stephen Scott Beau Smith, Chris Sullivan, Brian Welch, John K. Austin, and Chuck Patton.

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

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Giordano (signed as Dick)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Warning: Reading this column may be hazardous to your comic reading enjoyment.
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Deadlier Than the Male!
    Justice League
  2. 1. Beasts
    Justice League
  3. 2. The Battle Action Continues with Sgt. Rock Playsets!
    Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    JLA Mail Room
  5. 4. ["Warning: Reading this column may be hazardous to your comic reading enjoyment."]
    Meanwhile...
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Dave Marchand
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Allen Ross
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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