Price: 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1984-03-13
Editing: Alan Gold (credited) (editor); Tom Condon (credited) (managing editor)
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The Martian Manhunter Is Back!
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Justice League / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Chuck Patton (signed)
Inks:
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Justice League of America [Elongated Man; Zatanna; Firestorm; Aquaman]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]
Reprints (1)
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: ?

War -- of the World?
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Justice League / comic story / 23 pages

Script:
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils:
George Tuska (credited)
Inks:
Alex Niño (credited)
Colors:
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters:
Albert DeGuzman (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-1170
Characters:
Justice League of America [Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Firestorm; Zatanna; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkwoman [Shayera Hol]]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; J'en; The Marshal (villain); Challenger (villain)
Synopsis:
J'onn J'onzz returns to Earth to warn of a coming invasion from Mars II, led by a dissident military leader called The Marshal. Challenger, The Marshal's robot servant, arrives with an ultimatum for the United Nations.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

War of the Worlds 1984: Part 1. Return of the Martian Manhunter, also in #229-230.

Cross Swords with Champions!
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Remco Toys; Warlord / advertisement / 1 page

The Mini-Series That Shakes the Cosmos!
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Super Powers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

JLA Mail Room / letters page / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Dick Dillin (logo illustration)
? (illustration)
Inks:
? (logo illustration)
? (illustration)
Colors:
? (logo illustration)
? (illustration)
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-1633

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Simon Clark, Dorothy Lyra Joyce, Matthew Carrington, and Todd Horton. Bottom 1/4th of second page has image of Green Arrow, Superman, Aquaman, and Flash.

[no title indexed]
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Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page

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    Table of Contents
  1. The Martian Manhunter Is Back!
    Justice League
  2. War -- of the World?
    Justice League
  3. Cross Swords with Champions!
    Remco Toys; Warlord
  4. The Mini-Series That Shakes the Cosmos!
    Super Powers
  5. [no title indexed]
    JLA Mail Room
  6. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
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