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Issue: Justice League of America #78
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 12/11/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Newsprint; Mando (beginning with #254)
Binding: saddle-stitched (#s 39, 48, 58, 67, 76, 110-116, 200 squarebound)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Justice League of America [JLA; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Atom [Ray Palmer] (inset); Flash [Barry Allen] (inset)]; The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
Reprinting
FlagSupermann #15/1970 published August 1970
as Jordens undergang [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagJustice League of America Archives #9 published February 2004
as Cover - Justice League of America #78 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Justice League of America #4 published May 2009
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
S-324
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Coming of the Doomsters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Justice League of America [JLA; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]]; The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Jason Crass; Chokh (villain); The Doomsters (first appearance; villains)
The Vigilante comes out of retirement to enlist the JLA's help to discover the secret behind a factory that produces nothing but air and water pollution. The League moves into their new satellite headquarters, which is located 22,300 miles above the United States.
Reprinting
FlagSupermann #15/1970 published August 1970
as Jordens undergang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJustice League of America Archives #9 published February 2004
as The Coming of the Doomsters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Justice League of America #4 published May 2009
as The Coming of the Doomsters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
21.83
S-250
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story across 23 pages, but pages 6 and 23 are 2/3-pages and page 12 is a 1/2-page.

Revival of the Vigilante, also in #79. First use of Satellite Headquarters.
Here's the Funniest One Yet...!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
house ad for Sugar & Spike (DC, 1956 series) #88, on sale December 9
The Man Who Hated Science!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Professor Mason Halloway invents a time machine and travels to the future, where he learns that the discovery and use of the X-ray will lead to widespread devastation.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #61 published January 1970
as The Man Who Hated Science [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMystery in Space #6 published February 1952
was The Man Who Hated Science! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
X-333
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
S-330
Letters submitted by Mike Tiefenbacher, August Peters, David V. Nogar, Leon Dornbaum, John Potter, Bill Henley Jr., Guy H. Lillian III, and Paul Decker.

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