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Issue: Justice League of America #189
Publication Date: April 1981
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Issues: #189 of 261 Issues (443 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/08/1981
Volume: 22
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893055505
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #187.
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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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Return of the Starfish Conqueror!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Justice League of America [Superman (Earth-1); Wonder Woman (Earth-1); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Red Tornado; Firestorm]; Starro
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Pages: 1
Job Number: C-521
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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The Return of the Starfish Conquerer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Justice League of America [Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Firestorm; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Superman (Earth-1); Wonder Woman (Earth-1); Hawkman [Katar Hol] (cameo); Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol] (cameo); Elongated Man (cameo); Aquaman (cameo and flashback); Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo); Batman (Earth-1) (cameo)]; Starro (villain); Kathy Sutton; Traya; Terry Watson
Synopsis: Starro the Conqueror has regenerated and intends to take over the planet with millions of small duplicates that can put people under its control - including the Justice League!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 25
Job Number: J-6954
Disclose Notes: "Conquerer" is misspelled in the story title; story continues in the following issue.
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A Matter of Good Taste

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Jet-Set Jessie
Synopsis: Batgirl slows Jessie down so she can capture her, by giving her Hostess Twinkies to eat.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Hostess Twinkies in sequential art format.
Copyright © 1980 Continental Baking Company
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$ave Money: Subscribe Now!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman; Carol Fein
Synopsis: Disappointed because his favorite DC comics are sold out at the newsstand, Superman learns from DC employee Carol Fein that he can subscribe and never miss an issue.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Order form for subscriptions ($5.00 for 12 issues; $15.00 for four 12-issue subscriptions). Credits from Klein.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: L-711
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Russell Burbage, John Zuber Jr., Antoinette M. Aubert, and Jay Beatman. Last 1/4th of the page is "Len's Line-Up," descriptions of comics on sale January 8th and 22nd.

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