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Issue: Justice League of America #9
Publication Date: February 1962
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 12/21/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
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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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
 
 
Assets2
 
 

Statement of Ownership
 
 
The Origin of the Justice League!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Mike Sekowsky
Murphy Anderson
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Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Justice League of America
Justice League of America [The Flash [Barry Allen]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]]
Reprinting
FlagJustice League of America Archives #2 [First Printing] published December 1993
as Justice League of America #9 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Justice League of America #1 published February 2005
as The Origin of the Justice League! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
FlagDC Comics Anthologie #[nn] published February 2012
as Les Origines de la Ligue de Justice [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Justice League of America Omnibus #1 published June 2014
as Justice League of America #9 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Dear boys and girls...
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Miscellaneous
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Inside front cover. Letter to readers thanking them for buying the comics despite the price increase.
The Origin of the Justice League!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox
Mike Sekowsky
Bernard Sachs
?
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Justice League of America
Justice League of America [Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Snapper Carr]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]] (origin)
The Justice League of America uses the occasion of its third anniversary to tell Snapper Carr and Green Arrow about the formation of the League.
Reprinting
Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #8 published March 1965
as The Origin of the Justice League! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJustice League of America #97 published March 1972
as The Day the Earth Screams [Story on Interior Page(s)]selected pages, see notes
FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5 [Direct Sales] published November 1980
as The Origin of the Justice League [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJustice League of America Archives #2 [First Printing] published December 1993
as The Origin of the Justice League! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMore Secret Origins Replica Edition #1 published November 1999
as The Origin of the Justice League [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Justice League of America #1 published February 2005
as The Origin of the Justice League! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
FlagDC Comics Anthologie #[nn] published February 2012
as Les Origines de la Ligue de Justice [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Justice League of America Omnibus #1 published June 2014
as The Origin of the Justice League! [Chapter 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Features the origin and first case of the Justice League of America.

Most of the story from this issue is retold in issue #97; some of it redrawn, some pages reprinted directly (pages 6-17, 19 in this original are reprinted as pages 15-26, 28 in that issue).

The story was changed slightly; for instance in the original the final creature was turned into a "pile of slivers and splinters" by Wonder Woman (Flash says "destroyed"), while in the updated story it was "planed down to its bare essence", still clearly intact.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
The Flash; Mystery in Space
For the very best...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Giant Superman Annual
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Miscellaneous
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Bomb Sight
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Total Solar Eclipse... Partial Solar Eclipse... Annular Solar Eclipse...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
non-fiction
What's the Difference Between...
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The Origin of the Justice League -- Chapter 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox
Mike Sekowsky
Bernard Sachs
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Justice League of America
Justice League of America [Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Snapper Carr]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]] (origin); Queen Hippolyta (flashback); Amazons of Paradise Island (flashback); aliens from Appellax (villains, flashback)
Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Green Lantern relate strange occurrences they had with weird meteors and their occupants from outer space, which resulted in turning JLA members into wood.
Reprinting
Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #8 published March 1965
as The Origin of the Justice League! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJustice League of America #97 published March 1972
as The Day the Earth Screams [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5 [Direct Sales] published November 1980
as The Origin of the Justice League [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJustice League of America Archives #2 [First Printing] published December 1993
as The Origin of the Justice League! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMore Secret Origins Replica Edition #1 published November 1999
as The Origin of the Justice League [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Justice League of America #1 published February 2005
as The Origin of the Justice League! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Justice League of America Omnibus #1 published June 2014
as The Origin of the Justice League, Chapter 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
16.67
Special Announcement!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Justice League of America
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Julius Schwartz
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typeset
Subject Matter
The JLA Mail Room
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Letters from Sharon Gore, Darrel Weber, Bernard Sampson, Liz C. Hancock, Larry Tucker, Anne Britt, Joe Staton (future comic artist on E-Man, Dick Tracy, etc.), and Dennis Budd.
The Origin of the Justice League -- Chapter 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox
Mike Sekowsky
Bernard Sachs
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Justice League of America
Justice League of America [Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Snapper Carr; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]] (origin); aliens from Appellax
While a meteor begins turning the JLA members into wood, Superman and Batman take on one of the aliens until the rest of the JLA free themselves and rush to assist.
Reprinting
Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #8 published March 1965
as The Origin of the Justice League! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJustice League of America #97 published March 1972
as The Day the Earth Screams [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5 [Direct Sales] published November 1980
as The Origin of the Justice League [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJustice League of America Archives #2 [First Printing] published December 1993
as The Origin of the Justice League! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMore Secret Origins Replica Edition #1 published November 1999
as The Origin of the Justice League [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Justice League of America #1 published February 2005
as The Origin of the Justice League! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Justice League of America Omnibus #1 published June 2014
as The Origin of the Justice League, Chapter 3 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the 12 months preceding the date shown above [October 1, 1961] was: 335,000
Another Giant Batman Collection!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Giant Batman Annual
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Miscellaneous
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
100 Toy Soldiers
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Miscellaneous
0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Best Values Co.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Revolutionary War Soldiers
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Frontier Cabin
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Back cover.

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