Justice League of America #181

(August 1980)

The Stellar Crimes of the Star-Tsar! (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

Gene D'Angelo (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Job Number

J-6638

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice League of America [Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (quits); Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (flashback)]; Star-Tsar [Richard Rigel] (villain); Snapper Carr; Donna Winter

Synopsis

Green Arrow and Black Canary are attacked by the Star-Tsar, and Dinah is seriously injured. Snapper Carr tells the Justice League that his Star-Tsar costume was stolen and that identity has now been assumed by astronomer Richard Rigel. After Rigel is captured by the League, Green Arrow resigns from the team.

Reprints

• in Gerechtigkeitsliga (Egmont Ehapa, 1977 series) #13 (1980)
• in Gigant (Semic, 1977 series) #6/1982 (uke 31 1982)
• in Hercule (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #26 (décembre 1982) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #1472 (29 de mayo de 1984)
• in Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([September] 2021)

The Bobsled Run (Table of Contents: 2)

Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Vince Colletta

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]

Synopsis

Green Lantern saves a bobsled team (and their stash of Hostess Twinkies) from a falling ice boulder.

Keywords

bobsledding; winter

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies in sequential art form.
Copyright © 1980 Continental Baking Company.

Watch Out, World! They're Coming! (Table of Contents: 3)

Teen Titans / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Pérez

Inks

Dick Giordano

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

House ad for The New Teen Titans (DC, 1980 series) #1, on sale August 14.

Beginning Next Issue -- 8 More Pages of All-New Comics! (Table of Contents: 4)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

various (illustrations)

Inks

various (illustrations)

Colors

? (illustrations)

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

Promo for DC's expanding page count (and price increase) beginning in comics dated September 1980, also identifying new backup features in each title.
Includes cover art for Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #182, on sale June 12.

The World's Greatest Fight Is in the Works! (Table of Contents: 5)

Spider-Man; Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

House ad for Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #28 (second Superman / Spider-Man team-up), which was apparently delayed until the summer of 1981.

A Golden Opportunity! (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

José Luis García-López ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Indexer Notes

Membership application for the Superman Club.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Bob Rozakis

Pencils

Dick Giordano (illustration); ? (logo illustration)

Inks

Dick Giordano (illustration); ? (logo illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-547

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Mark Lagasse, Alicia Wu, Dave Elyea, and Carl Brown.
Page also includes cover art for Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #266, on sale May 22.

Volume 80 Issue 18 - Week of May 5, 1980 (Table of Contents: 8)

Daily Planet / in-house column / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis

Pencils

various (illustrations)

Inks

various (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Editing

Bob Rozakis

Characters

Sgt. Rock

Indexer Notes

Includes an article on Sgt. Rock #343, Direct Currents for comics on sale the week of May 19th, an article on Detective Comics #493, and an Ask the Answer Man column.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Green Lantern