DC Special
#29
(August-September 1977)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 7
- 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
- 0709893163509
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #143.
The Untold Origin of the Justice Society
Justice Society of America / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Neal Adams (signed)
- Inks
- Neal Adams (signed)
- Colors
- Neal Adams ?; Cory Adams ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-488
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Justice Society of America [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Kal-L]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Doctor Fate [Nabu; Kent Nelson]; Hourman [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 ([October] 2006)
- in Showcase Presents: All-Star Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([November] 2011)
- in All-Star Comics: Only Legends Live Forever (DC, 2019 series) ([December] 2019)
-
- Keywords
- Spear of Destiny
Indexer Notes
Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
The Untold Origin of the Justice Society
Justice Society of America / comic story / 34 pages
- Script
- Paul Levitz
- Pencils
- Joe Staton
- Inks
- Bob Layton
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- Bill Morse
- Job Number
- J-4657
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Superman [Kal-L]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Doctor Fate [Nabu; Kent Nelson]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Sandman [Wesley 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; Nazis [Adolf Hitler; Helmut Streicher; the Valkyries; naval invasion force] (villains)
- 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 Heróis em Ação (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #9 (Março 1985) [páginas 2-13 e 15-34 da história original] - in Justice Society (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([October] 2006)
- in Showcase Presents: All-Star Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([November] 2011)
- in All-Star Comics: Only Legends Live Forever (DC, 2019 series) ([December] 2019)
-
- Keywords
- Spear of Destiny
Indexer Notes
This story takes place on Earth-2, pre-Crisis.
This story contains several errors. 1. Hawkman is not shown wearing his original full-face mask, but the later version showing the lower half of his face. 2. Green Lantern is shown smashing a wooden gate with his power ring. 3. Also he wears his post-war tight fitting tunic, not the loose fitting one he wore at the time. 4. The Sandman is seen using sand to knock out criminals instead of a gas-gun.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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The Untold Origin of the Justice Society
Justice Society of America -
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The Untold Origin of the Justice Society
Justice Society of America -
2.
The Story Behind the Story
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