Justice League of America #45

(June 1966)

Dynamite's Coming! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Sgt. Rock / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Super-Struggle Against Shaggy Man! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky (credited)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited); Joe Giella (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How's this for a chain-reaction of incredible events?

Feature Logo

Justice League of America

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice League of America [The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Wonder Woman; Snapper Carr; Superman (cameo)]; Shaggy Man (origin, villain); Professor Zagarian; Abner Michaels; moon-being

Synopsis

When the JLA battles two separate unstoppable menaces, Shaggy Man and a rock-creature, the Flash hits on the idea of setting them on each other. When the Shaggy Man destroys the rock creature, the JLA pits the Shaggy Man against a duplicate of himself.

Reprints

• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #369 (6 de abril de 1967)
• in Justice League of America Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 ([December] 2000)
• in Showcase Presents: Justice League of America (DC, 2005 series) #3 (2007 [February 2008])
• in Justice League of America: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([August] 2016)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script and pencils confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. The records list only Giacoia as the inker.

Story across 24 pages in three chapters of 5.67, 11.67, and 5.67 pages.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.3 page (report information)

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

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

Job Number

6390

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I just finished it. How do you like it?

Genre

non-fiction

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Your Free Trip Around the World! (Table of Contents: 7)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

After telling the boys some tales, the sea captain takes them to the library where they can travel anywhere just by reading.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated December 1963.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Scooter? Who He? (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Swing with Scooter / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

For the Most in Thrills... (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Batman; The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Alan Trahern, Patrick Stout, Michael Giampietro, Mike Friedrich, and Wesley D. Myhre.

The Adventures of Andy and George in the G. I Club (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

G.I. Joe / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Look What You Can Make with Mattel's Vac-u-Form (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)