(August-September 1977)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.60 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- On-sale date:
- 1977-05-10
- Publisher's Age Guidelines:
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Paul Levitz
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Silver Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- Glossy covers; Newsprint interiors
- Binding:
- Squarebound and Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #143.
The Untold Origin of the Justice Society (The Most Sensational Secret Of World War Two !)
Justice Society of America / cover / 1 page
- Pencils:
- Neal Adams (signed)
- Inks:
- Neal Adams (signed)
- Colors:
- Neal Adams ?; Cory Adams ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- JSA [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Kal-L]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Doctor Fate [Nabu; Kent Nelson]; Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; Adolf Hitler (holding fabled 'Spear of Destiny'); several Valkyries (summoned by Hitler's 'Spear of Destiny')
- Reprints:
-
in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #21 (February 1982) - in Justice Society (DC, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
- in Showcase Presents: All-Star Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([September] 2011)
-
- Keywords:
- Spear of Destiny
Indexer Notes
all characters in this story represent the Golden Age Earth-2 counterparts to the JLA
Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
The Untold Origin of the Justice Society
Justice Society of America / comic story / 34 pages
- Script:
- Paul Levitz (signed)
- Pencils:
- Joe Staton (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Colors:
- Anthony Tollin (signed)
- Letters:
- Bill Morse (signed)
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Superman [Kal-L]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]; Doctor Fate [Nabu; Kent Nelson]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Sandman [Wes Dodds]; cameos on splash page [Dr. Mid-Nite; Wildcat; Mr. Terrific; Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt; Black Canary [Dinah Drake Lance]; Wonder Woman; Starman; Star-Spangled Kid; Power Girl; Robin; Red Tornado [Ma Hunkle] ]; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Smythe; Gotham City Police Commissioner James Gordon; Villains [Nazis - Adolf Hitler; Helmut Streicher; the Valkyries; naval invasion force]
- Synopsis:
- A secret meeting between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British agent Smythe leads to the formation of the Justice Society of America, whose top secret mission is to stop the planned invasion of England by Hitler's Nazi Germany in November of 1940.
- Reprints:
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #21 (February 1982)
- in Justice Society (DC, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
- in Showcase Presents: All-Star Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([September] 2011)
-
- Keywords:
- Spear of Destiny
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-28-07. This story takes place on Earth-2 pre-Crisis.
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