Justice League of America #242 [Newsstand]
(September 1985)

DC, 1960 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-06-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893055509
Editing
Alan Gold (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #16.
This issue is a variant of Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #242 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Justice League / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chuck Patton (signed as Patton)
Inks
Mike Machlan (signed as Machlan)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (sourced)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America: Zatanna Zatara (inset)
Justice League of America: Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; The Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (inset); Martian Manhunter [J'Onn J'Onzz] (inset); Vibe [Paco Ramone] (inset); Vixen [Mari McCabe] (inset)
Amazo (inset); Sue Dibny (inset); Mera; Dale Gunn (inset)
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Battle Cry (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
George Tuska (credited)
Inks
Mike Machlan (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
Helen Vesik (credited)
Job Number
G-2004
First Line of Dialogue or Text
For the past six years he's lived for duty and honor.
Feature Logo
Justice League of America
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America: Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; The Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Gypsy [Cindy Reynolds]; Martian Manhunter [J'Onn J'Onzz]; Steel [Hank Heywood III]; Vibe [Paco Ramone]; Vixen [Mari McCabe]
Justice League of America: Zatanna Zatara
Amazo (villain); Mera; Dale Gunn
Synopsis
Aquaman is reunited with Mera. The Martian Manhunter and Dale Gunn travel to the Fortress of Solitude in an attempt to find answers behind Amazo's revival while the rest of the JLA is badly beaten by the robot.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

M.A.S.K. / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Chen (signed as Mike Chen)
Inks
Joe Delbeato (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Editing
Andy Helfer (editor)
Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

"Cover" of the "Special MASK Preview." Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

Assault on Mount Mayhem (Table of Contents: 3)

M.A.S.K. / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Fleisher (credited)
Pencils
Michael Chen (credited as Mike Chen)
Inks
Joe Delbeato (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
Tim Harkins (credited)
Editing
Andy Helfer (credited as Andrew Helfer) (editor)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
At world-famed Archer Glen Speedway
Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

"Special MASK Preview" insert between pages 13 & 14 of story.

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

Crisis on Infinite Earths / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Alan Gold (credited)
Pencils
Chuck Patton
Inks
Dick Giordano (header); Mike Machlan (cover preview)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2027

Indexer Notes

Letters from Gary Chapple, Adam Burchess, with answers to other unpublished letters.

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

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Justice League
  2. 1. Battle Cry
    Justice League
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    M.A.S.K.
  4. 3. Assault on Mount Mayhem
    M.A.S.K.
  5. 4. ["The DC Universe will never be the same!"]
    Crisis on Infinite Earths
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    JLA Mail Room
  7. 6. ["Recently I finished a three-part series of Meanwhile..."]
    Meanwhile...
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