Justice League of America #173 [Whitman]
(December 1979)

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Volume
20
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
Whitman W [with Face]
Barcode
3055512
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Ross Andru (editor)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Dick Dillin (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
C-196
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We want you on the team, Black Lightning!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Primak; Human Starburst; Swashbuckler
Reprints

Testing of a Hero! (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
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)

Job Number
J-6127
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Zatanna; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]]; Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce] (guest star); The Regulator [Barnabas Boulton] (villain); Inspector Henderson
Synopsis
Green Arrow wants the League to admit Black Lightning, but the others are unconvinced, so they devise a test in which Leaguers will pretend to be supervillains that Black Lightning must defeat. Black Lightning passes the test but refuses the offer of admission.
Reprints
Keywords
Metropolis; STAR Labs

Indexer Notes

Zatanna masquerades as Prymak, Green Lantern as the Human Starburst, Flash as the Trans-Visible Man, and Green Arrow as Swashbuckler.
Story continues in #174.

Wonder Woman Saves the Astronauts (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Mike W. Barr
Pencils
? (logo illustration)
Inks
? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-395

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Nick Janikides, Matt Jones, Don Jackson, and Seth Spivak.

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

The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.6 page (report information)

Number 52 Todd Klein (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["We want you on the team, Black Lightning!"]
    Justice League of America
  2. 1. Testing of a Hero!
    Justice League of America
  3. 2. Wonder Woman Saves the Astronauts
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Wonder Woman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    JLA Mail Room
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Answer Man
  6. 5. Number 52 Todd Klein
    DC Profiles
This issue was modified by
  • Peter Croome
  • Jochen G.
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Dan Stevenson
  • Jim Van Dore