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Justice League of America 167

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #167

Cover Date: June 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
Publication Date: 1979-03-06

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Dick Dillin (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)


Story: "The League That Defeated Itself" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGerry Conway
PencilsDick Dillin
InksFrank McLaughlin
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsJerry Serpe
EditingRoss Andru

Feature Character(s):

Justice League of America: (also in minor flashback to the previous issue)
Batman (in the body of Blockbuster)
Black Canary
Elongated Man
Flash
Green Arrow
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; in the body of the Reverse-Flash)
Hawkman (last in issue #161)
Red Tornado
Superman (in the body of the Wizard)
Wonder Woman (in the body of the Floronic Man)
Zatanna (in the body of Star Sapphire)

Villain(s):

Secret Society of Super-Villains (also in minor flashback to the previous issue)
Blockbuster
Floronic Man
Reverse-Flash
Star Sapphire
Wizard
Hi-Jack (last in Secret Society of Super-Villains #4; next in Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #256)

Other Character(s):

Mr. Sloane
a helicopter pilot

Location(s):

JLA Satellite
Earth
Canada
Nova Scotia
United States of America
San Francisco, CA (Alcatraz, the Cortney Building)

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue; continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

JLA: The Greatest Stories Ever Told ([April] 2006)
DC Universe Special: Justice League of America #1 (July 2008) [minus 1 page]
Secret Society of Super-Villains #2 ([July] 2012)
Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus #3 ([September] 2021)

Solicitation:

Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and Zatanna, now in the bodies of the Secret Society members, escape imprisonment aboard the JLA satellite and attempt to return to their true forms. Using the super-villains’ powers, they overcome Red Tornado (who naturally mistakes them for the real villains) and learn the location of the Secret Society headquarters from an incarcerated former member, Hi-Jack. However, their attack is foiled by the appearance of the remaining Justice League heroes, who have been alerted by the five villains masquerading as Leaguers. All the heroes-turned-villains are captured, except Zatanna, who escapes in the guise of Star Sapphire.


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