Justice League #3 [Test Market Cover]
(July 1987)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-04-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
Superman Comics
Barcode
0709893055507
Editing
Andrew Helfer

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #38.
This issue is a variant of Justice League (DC, 1987 series) #3 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Justice League / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Kevin Maguire
Inks
Al Gordon
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Captain Marvel; Rocket Red
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Indexer Notes

Test cover distributed only to select markets. See also Fury of Firestorm, The #61.

Art credits from reprint in Justice League International Omnibus Vol. 1. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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Meltdown (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Keith Giffen (plot); J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Kevin Maguire
Inks
Al Gordon
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Bob Lappan
Job Number
G-2934
Genre
superhero
Characters
Justice League [Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Captain Marvel; Dr. Light [Kimiyo Hoshi]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Martian Manhunter; Mister Miracle; Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Maxwell Lord IV]; Silver Sorceress (villain); Wandjina (villain); Bluejay (villain); Rumaan Harjavti (villain); Booster Gold (cameo); Rocket Red Brigade; Mikhail Gorbachev
Synopsis
JL follows "nukebusting" trio into Russia, encounters the Rocket Red Brigade, and arrives too late to help against a nuclear plant meltdown. Wandjina manages to avert disaster and nearly dies stopping it.
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Indexer Notes

Credits give special thanks to Terry Austin. Famous for Star Trek joke told by Batman.

Justice League (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Andy Helfer
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2760
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Justice League
  2. 1. Meltdown
    Justice League
  3. 2. Justice League
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