(June 1979)

DC, 1960 Series
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Volume
20
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-03-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893055506
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Ross Andru (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #166.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Justice League / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Dillin (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Job Number
C-975
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look out, Green Arrow-- Superman is really the Wizard...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [as The Wizard]; The Wizard [as Superman]; Floronic Man [as Wonder Woman]; Reverse-Flash [as Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #167 Cover Thumbnail for Justice League of America (1960 series) #167 [Whitman] Cover Thumbnail for Justice League of America (1960 series) #167 [British]
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The League That Defeated Itself (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League / comic story / 17 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
J-5872
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Zatanna; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Hawkman [Katar Hol] (cameo); The Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo); Black Canary [Dinah Lance] (cameo); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (cameo); Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (cameo)]; Secret Society of Super-Villains [The Wizard; Blockbuster [Mark Desmond]; Floronic Man [Jason Woodrue]; Reverse-Flash [Professor Zoom; Eobard Thawne]; Star Sapphire [Camille]] (villains); Hi-Jack of the Royal Flush Gang (cameo)
Synopsis
The Justice League get to use the villains' bodies and the Secret Society proceeds with their own plans as the JLA members try to get their bodies back and find the SSOSV.
Reprints

Laugh, Clown, Laugh! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Aren't they cute?!
Genre
superhero

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

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

Script
Mike W. Barr
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-260

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Jerry Wilson, Mike Burkhalter, and Warren Tong. Also includes a small (1/5 page) reproduction of the cover to Adventure Comics #463 (June 1979).

Volume 79 Issue 10 - Week of March 5, 1979 (Table of Contents: 4)

The Answer Man; Daily Planet; Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.8 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
Bob Rozakis
Job Number
P-310
Characters
Superman; Unknown Soldier

Indexer Notes

Includes an article on Unknown Soldier #228, an article on Super Friends #21, Direct Current for comics on sale the week of March 19th, and an Answer Man column.

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

Hembeck / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Fred Hembeck
Colors
?
Letters
Fred Hembeck
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Tin
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Look out, Green Arrow-- Superman is really the Wizard..."]
    Justice League
  2. 1. The League That Defeated Itself
    Justice League
  3. 2. Laugh, Clown, Laugh!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; The Joker
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    JLA Mail Room
  5. 4. Volume 79 Issue 10 - Week of March 5, 1979
    The Answer Man; Daily Planet; Direct Currents
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Hembeck
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Dave Marchand
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Fawzy Partridge
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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