Volume: 20
Price: 0.40 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1979-09-11
Editing: Ross Andru (credited) (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)

[no title indexed]

Justice League of America / cover / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:C-196
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:We want you on the team, Black Lightning!
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Primak; Human Starburst; Swashbuckler
Reprints (2)
This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: DC [bullet]
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 0709893055512

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #172.

Testing of a Hero!

Justice League of America / comic story / 17 pages

Script:
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils:
Dick Dillin (credited)
Inks:
Frank McLaughlin (credited)
Colors:
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters:
Ben Oda (credited)

  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-6127
Characters:
Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Zatanna; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]]; Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce] (guest star); The Regulator [Barnabas Boulton] (villain); Inspector Henderson
Synopsis:
Green Arrow wants the League to admit Black Lightning, but the others are unconvinced, so they devise a test in which Leaguers will pretend to be supervillains that Black Lightning must defeat. Black Lightning passes the test but refuses the offer of admission.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Zatanna masquerades as Prymak, Green Lantern as the Human Starburst, Flash as the Trans-Visible Man, and Green Arrow as Swashbuckler.
Story continues in #174.

Wonder Woman Saves the Astronauts

Hostess Fruit Pies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]

JLA Mail Room / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
? (logo illustration)
Inks:
? (logo illustration)
Colors:
? (logo illustration)
Letters:
typeset

  • Job Number:L-395

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Nick Janikides, Matt Jones, Don Jackson, and Seth Spivak.

[no title indexed]

The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.6 page

Number 52 Todd Klein

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.4 page

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