Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1967-01-26
Editing: Julius Schwartz (editor)
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Missing in Action -- 5 Justice Leaguers!
(Table of Contents)

Justice League / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Justice League of America
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Compare this cover with the cover of All Star Comics (1940 series) #43.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Missing in Action -- 5 Justice Leaguers!
(Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League / comic story / 21.5 pages

Script:
Gardner Fox (credited)
Pencils:
Mike Sekowsky (credited)
Inks:
Sid Greene (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Justice League of America Bobby Edwards (flashback); Farmer Edwards (flashback); Mrs. Edwards (flashback); Jeff (flashback); Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue); cubist aliens (villains, flashback)
Synopsis:
Snapper relates the stories that five Leaguers told as to why they could not answer a recent emergency signal and join in the fight against the Lord of Time.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story in three parts of 7.5, 5.5, and 8.5 pages.

Events of this story take place in the same timeframe as issue #50.

A New Year's Resolution for You from DC
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

Inferior Five / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Free! Captain Action's Super-Hero Parachute
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Ideal Toys / advertisement / 1 page

A Collector's Item
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Dial H for Hero / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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

JLA Mail Room / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Ken Ahlstrand; Joseph J. Arul

Countdown on Excellence
(Table of Contents: 6)

public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:advocacy
Synopsis:
Jerry gets a lecture from his father on the importance of doing every job right.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated May 1963.

[no title indexed]
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Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 8)

JLA Mail Room -- Extra / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Dominic L. Lasorsa; Irene Vartanoff; Don Akers

Clark Kent Interviews Supergirl!
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Supergirl / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Missing in Action -- 5 Justice Leaguers!
    Justice League
  2. Missing in Action -- 5 Justice Leaguers!
    Justice League
  3. A New Year's Resolution for You from DC
    Inferior Five
  4. Free! Captain Action's Super-Hero Parachute
    Ideal Toys
  5. A Collector's Item
    Dial H for Hero
  6. [no title indexed]
    JLA Mail Room
  7. Countdown on Excellence
  8. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
  9. [no title indexed]
    JLA Mail Room -- Extra
  10. Clark Kent Interviews Supergirl!
    Supergirl
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  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Matthew Head
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  • Jason Sacks
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