Justice League of America #229 [Newsstand]
(August 1984)

DC, 1960 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-05-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893055508
Editing
Alan Gold (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #229 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Justice League / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chuck Patton (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The war begins-- Now!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America [Aquaman; Black Canary; Green Arrow (Earth-1); Zatanna; Elongated Man; Firestorm]; The Challenger
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Cover Thumbnail for Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #229 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Justice League of America (1960 series) #229 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Justice League of America (1960 series) #229 [Canadian]
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War of the Worlds, 1984, Part Two: Bitter Ashes (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg (credited)
Inks
Pablo Marcos (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)
Job Number
G-1235
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America [Superman (Earth-1) (flashback); Firestorm; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Green Arrow (Earth-1); Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkwoman [Shayera Hol]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Zatanna]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; The Marshal (villain); President Ronald Reagan; The Challenger (villain); Bel Juz
Synopsis
The Martians attack as the nations of Earth try to fight back. Firestorm doesn't trust J'onn, believing that he is secretly in league with the attackers. The Challenger breaches the JLA satellite and overcomes the team.
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Keywords
Martians; United Nations

Cross Swords with Champions! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Remco Toys; Warlord / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Alan Gold
Pencils
Chuck Patton; Dick Dillin (logo illustration)
Inks
Dick Giordano; Dick Dillin (logo illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1659

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ed Wirt, Gary Thompson, Andrew MacLaney, and the Pizza Guy with an accompanying preview of the next issue's cover.

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

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The war begins-- Now!"]
    Justice League
  2. 1. War of the Worlds, 1984, Part Two: Bitter Ashes
    Justice League
  3. 2. Cross Swords with Champions!
    Remco Toys; Warlord
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    JLA Mail Room
  5. 4. ["I don't know how warm it is where you are today..."]
    Meanwhile...
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