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Issue: Justice League of America #181
Publication Date: August 1980
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Issues: #181 of 261 Issues (443 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Whitman
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Whitman TV ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 21
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 3055508
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
9 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)
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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
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A Member No More!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Justice League of America [Superman (Earth-1); Green Arrow (Earth-1); Flash [Barry Allen]; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Black Canary; Elongated Man; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Aquaman]
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Pages: 1
Job Number: C-370
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The Stellar Crimes of the Star-Tsar!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Justice League of America [Green Arrow (Earth-1, quits); Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Superman (Earth-1); Atom [Ray Palmer]; Wonder Woman (Earth-1) (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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-6638
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The Bobsled Run

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Synopsis: Green Lantern saves a bobsled team (and their stash of Hostess Twinkies) from a falling ice boulder.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies in sequential art form.
Copyright © 1980 Continental Baking Company.
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Watch Out, World! They're Coming!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Perez
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Teen Titans
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for The New Teen Titans (DC, 1980 series) #1, on sale August 14.
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Beginning Next Issue -- 8 More Pages of All-New Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various (illustrations)
Inker(s): various (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Promo for DC's expanding page count (and price increase) beginning in comics dated September 1980, also identifying new backup features in each title.
Includes cover art for Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #182, on sale June 12.
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The World's Greatest Fight Is in the Works!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Spider-Man
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #28 (second Superman / Spider-Man team-up), which was apparently delayed until the summer of 1981.
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A Golden Opportunity!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman Club
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Membership application for the Superman Club.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis [as Ted P. Skimmer]
Penciller(s): ? (logo illustration); Dick Giordano (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration); Dick Giordano (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): JLA Mail Room
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-547
Disclose 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.
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Volume 80 Issue 18 - Week of May 5, 1980

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): various (illustrations); Fred Hemback (cartoon)
Inker(s): various (illustrations); Fred Hemback (cartoon)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Bob Rozakis
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daily Planet
Character(s): Sgt. Rock; Green Lantern
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes an article on Sgt. Rock #343, Direct Currents for comics on sale the week of May 19th, an article on Detective Comics #493, an Ask the Answer Man column, and a Hembeck strip starring Green Lantern.

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