Script:	Denny O'Neil (credited)
Pencils:	Dick Dillin (credited)
Inks:	Sid Greene (credited)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

• Genre:superhero

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Meet Mind-Grabber Kid -- America's newest -- but untested -- hero!
Universe:DC : mainstream

Justice League of America

• The Atom [Ray Palmer]
• Batman [Bruce Wayne]
• Flash [Barry Allen]
• Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
• Superman [Clark Kent]

• The Creeper [Jack Ryder]
• Mind-Grabber Kid [Lucian Crawley]

  (first appearance)

Mr. Crawley; Mrs. Crawley; aliens (villains); Nails Naylor (villain)

Synopsis:

The League votes to investigate the Creeper to determine which side he is on. Meanwhile, teen hero Mind-Grabber Kid, who is jealous of the acclaim that the Justice League receives, tells an army of invading aliens that the League is acting as super-powered dictators who must be overthrown.

Reprints (4)

• in Justice League of America Archives (DC, 1992 series) #8 ([June] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: Justice League of America (DC, 2005 series) #4 ([May] 2009)
• in Justice League of America: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([August] 2016)
• in DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Bridge Between Earths (DC, 2024 series) (2024 [January 2025])

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

Three pages are part story/part ad: p. 8 (0.67 page story), p. 16 (0.5 page story), p. 23 (0.67 page story).

Script:	Julius Schwartz
Letters:	typeset

letters submitted by Bob Ellis; A. E. Peters [Earnest Lee Pleading]; Joe Rusnak; Ron Keith

Script:	Julius Schwartz
Letters:	typeset

letters submitted by Samuel J. Dahir; Kevin Krell

Letters:

typeset

Statement of October 1, 1968
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