Justice League of America #165 [British]

(April 1979)

A Mother of Magic! (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League / comic story / 22 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

S-3057

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Zatanna; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Red Tornado [John Smith]]; Zatara; Sindella (death); Highlord (villain); Sir Hugo Holcraft (flashback)

Synopsis

The heroes of the League invade the Hidden City to rescue Zatanna and her parents, but they are outmatched by the forces of the Highlord. Sindella uses her magic to defeat the enemy, but sacrifices her life in the process.

Reprints

• in Gerechtigkeitsliga (Egmont Ehapa, 1977 series) #8 (1979)
• in Justice League of America (K. G. Murray, 1980 ? series) (1980)
• in Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([September] 2021)

Keywords

Homo Magus; Justice League Satellite; Magic; Royal Archeological Society; The Medulla Gem; The Optic Gem; The Secret City; Turkey

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Last issue edited by Schwartz.

Penguins on Parade (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

JLA Mail Room / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis

Letters

typeset

Job Number

S-3088

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Tony Edwards, Dan Clayton Shoemaker, and Ken Sandler.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Arthur Gutowitz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1978
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 126,809
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 136,191
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10019

As Business Manager, Gutowitz merely verified the circulation numbers; this is not a creator credit.