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Justice League of America 78

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #78

Cover Date: February 1970
Cover Price: $0.15
Publication Date: 1969-12-11

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gil Kane, Murphy Anderson (inset heads)


Story: "The Coming of the Doomsters" (23 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDennis O'Neil
PencilsDick Dillin
InksJoe Giella
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Justice League of America
Atom II (Ray Palmer; last in JLA: Incarnations #3, pages 1-7)
Batman (last in Batman Vol. 1 #220)
Black Canary
Green Arrow (last in Teen Titans Vol. 1 #25)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Teen Titans Vol. 1 #25)
Hawkman (Katar Hol; last in issue #75)
Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #127)

Guest Star(s):

Vigilante (first appearance of Silver Age / Earth-1 version; last chronological appearance in issue #144)

Villain(s):

Doomsters (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Jason Crass (first appearance; Star City's acting city manager)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
United States of America
Star City
JLA Satellite (first appearance)
Unidentified Space Sector
Monsan (first appearance)

Comment(s):

Black Canary's membership in the JLA is formally announced.
Flash appears on the cover (inset heads) but does not appear in this issue.
Story continues next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Justice League of America Archives #9 (November 2004)
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America #4 (March 2009)
Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus #1 ([May] 2017)
Justice League of America: The Last Survivors of Earth ([October] 2019)

Solicitation:

A new foe is attacking…from everywhere. The League must fight back the doomsters on all fronts from local Star City to unimaginably distant planets.


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Second Story (reprint): "The Man Who Hated Science" (4 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

StoryJack Miller
ArtJohn Giunta
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Mason Halloway (a scientist who invents time travel)

Villain(s):

inhabitants of Earth in the year 2952

Other Character(s):

Mrs. Halloway (Mason's wife)
Maxwell Haskins (a psychiatrist)

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Mystery in Space Vol. 1 #6/3 (February-March 1952)


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