Justice League of America #222 [Newsstand]
(January 1984)

DC, 1960 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-10-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893055501
Editing
Len Wein (editor); Nicola Cuti (assistant editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #222 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Death Games! (Table of Contents)

Justice League / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chuck Patton (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed as Giordano)
Colors
Anthony Tollin (sourced)
Letters
?
Job Number
C-513
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America [Zatanna; Elongated Man; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Wonder Woman (Earth-1); Aquaman; Firestorm; Superman (Earth-1); Hawkwoman [Shayera Thal]]; Maximus Rex
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Beasts II: Death Games (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Chuck Patton (credited)
Inks
Romeo Tanghal (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Job Number
J-8980
Feature Logo
Justice League of America
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America [Zatanna; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Wonder Woman (Earth-1); Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Firestorm; Superman (Earth-1); Hawkwoman [Shayera Thal]]; Maximus Rex [Rex Rogan] (villain); Reena; Rowl; Dr. Lovecraft; Dr. Hamid
Synopsis
Reena tells the League how corporate overlord Rex Rogan became Maximus Rex and created an army of beast-men with Dr. Lovecraft's genetic technology. When Hawkman is injured by one of the creatures, Hawkwoman and Wonder Woman are lured into a trap and all three heroes are captured by Maximus.
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Keywords
Egypt; Muslims

Indexer Notes

Hawkwoman is called Hawkgirl throughout this issue.

He's Up to Battalion Strength with New Soldiers! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
Joey Cavalieri (signed as Joey)
Pencils
Dick Dillin (logo illustration)
Inks
Dick Dillin (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Kent A. Phenis, Jay Elliott, and David Mercury.

The First Action-Packed Superman Adventure! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Superman Peanut Butter / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Death Games!
    Justice League
  2. 1. Beasts II: Death Games
    Justice League
  3. 2. He's Up to Battalion Strength with New Soldiers!
    Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    JLA Mail Room
  5. 4. The First Action-Packed Superman Adventure!
    Superman Peanut Butter
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  • Matthew Head
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Jim Van Dore
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