Volume: 21
Price: 0.40 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1980-05-13
Editing: Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor); Len Wein (credited) (editor)
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A Member No More!
(Table of Contents)

Justice League / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:C-370
Characters:
Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]]
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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: Printed in U.S.A.
  • Barcode: 0709893055508
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #179.

The Stellar Crimes of the Star-Tsar!
(Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League / comic story / 17 pages

Script:
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils:
Dick Dillin (credited)
Inks:
Frank McLaughlin (credited)
Colors:
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters:
Ben Oda (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-6638
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.
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The Bobsled Run
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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

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

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages

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

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

A Golden Opportunity!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

JLA Mail Room / letters page / 1 page

Script:
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
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

Daily Planet / in-house column / 0.8 page

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

Hembeck / comic story / 0.2 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; superhero
Characters:
Green Lantern
Editing
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. A Member No More!
    Justice League
  2. The Stellar Crimes of the Star-Tsar!
    Justice League
  3. The Bobsled Run
    Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies
  4. Watch Out, World! They're Coming!
    Teen Titans
  5. Beginning Next Issue -- 8 More Pages of All-New Comics!
  6. The World's Greatest Fight Is in the Works!
    Spider-Man; Superman
  7. A Golden Opportunity!
    Superman Club
  8. [no title indexed]
    JLA Mail Room
  9. Volume 80 Issue 18 - Week of May 5, 1980
    Daily Planet
  10. [no title indexed]
    Hembeck
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