Justice League of America #208 [Newsstand]

(November 1982)

The Bomb-Blast Heard 'Round the World! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Gerry Conway (credited); Roy Thomas (credited) (plot consultant)

Pencils

Don Heck (credited as D. Heck)

Inks

Sal Trapani (credited as S. Trapani)

Colors

Carl Gafford (credited as C. Gafford)

Letters

Phil Felix (credited as P. Felix)

Job Number

J-8339

Genre

superhero

Characters

All-Star Squadron (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)): Commander Steel [Hank Heywood] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); Firebrand [Danette Reilly] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); Robotman [Robert Crane / Paul Dennis] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis))
The Crime Syndicate of America (Earth-Three (Pre-Crisis)): Johnny Quick (Earth-Three (Pre-Crisis)); Owlman (Earth-Three (Pre-Crisis)); Power Ring (Earth-Three (Pre-Crisis)); Superwoman (Earth-Three (Pre-Crisis)); Ultraman (Earth-Three (Pre-Crisis))
Justice League of America: Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Firestorm; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Zatanna
Justice Society of America (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)): Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); The Huntress [Helena Wayne] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); Power Girl [Kara Zor-L] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); Starman [Ted Knight] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis))
Per Degaton (villain); Franklin Delano Roosevelt (of Earth-2); John F. Kennedy (of Earth-Prime, flashback, 1962); Fidel Castro (of Earth-Prime, flashback, 1962); Nikita Khrushchev (of Earth-Prime, flashback, 1962); Ronald Reagan (of Earth-Prime, flashback, 1982)

Synopsis

The heroes go to 1962 on Earth-Prime in order to stop the Crime Syndicate from stealing the nuclear weapons in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, thereby preventing the nuclear holocaust future they saw in 1982 on Earth-Prime. Their next mission: Stop Per Degaton and restore the Earth-2 timeline.

Reprints

• in Justice League of America (Federal, 1983 series) #9 [8] ([March 1985])
• in La Ligue de Justice (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #4 - La menace (mai 1986)
• in Crisis on Multiple Earths (DC, 2002 series) #6 ([August] 2013)
• in Crisis on Multiple Earths (DC, 2021 series) #3 - Countdown to Crisis ([August] 2023)

Keywords

atomic explosion; Cold War; Cuban Missile Crisis; Earth-1; Earth-2; Earth-3; Earth-Prime; nuclear weapons; time travel; White House; World War II

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of annual JLA/JSA crossover, featuring the All-Star Squadron. Story continues in All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #15.

Where Science Ends -- Magic Begins... (Table of Contents: 2)

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ross Andru

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Todd Klein

Editing

Dave Manak (editor)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery

Characters

He-Man [Prince Adam]; Man-at-Arms [Duncan]; Skeletor; Teela; Battle Cat [Cringer]; Zodac Zur; Beast Man [Raqquill Rqazz]

Indexer Notes

"Cover" of Masters of the Universe preview. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

Fate Is the Killer (Table of Contents: 3)

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Kupperberg (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Dave Hunt

Colors

Anthony Tollin (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Editing

Dave Manak (editor)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery

Characters

He-Man [Prince Adam]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Teela; Man-At-Arms [Duncan]; Battle Cat [Cringer]; Sorceress [Teela 'na]; Zodac Zur; Skeletor [Keldor]; Beast Man [Raqquill Rqazz]

Indexer Notes

Masters of the Universe preview story. Inserted between pages 13 & 14 of main story.
Story continues in Masters of the Universe (DC, 1982 series) #1.

Sgt. Rock Is on the Move in '82! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

JLA Mail Room / letters page / 1.4 pages (report information)

Script

Tamsyn O'Flynn (signed)

Pencils

? (logo illustration)

Inks

? (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-1138

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from The Fish, Todd Willis, SP4 John D. Long, Mark Lagasse, Domenic Romano, and Marc Arsenault.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

DC Coming Comics / in-house column / 0.6 page (report information)