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Issue: DC Special #29
Publication Date: August 1977
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Issues: #29 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/10/1977
Volume: 7
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893163509
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #143.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound; saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Untold Origin of the Justice Society

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Kal-L]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Doctor Fate [Nabu; Kent Nelson]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]]; Adolf Hitler (holding fabled "Spear of Destiny"); several Valkyries (summoned by Hitler's "Spear of Destiny")
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #21 [Direct Sales] published February 1982
as 2 Novel-Length JSA Adventures! [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJustice Society #1 published October 2006
as The Untold Origin of the Justice Society [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: All-Star Comics #1 published November 2011
as DC Special #29 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-488
Disclose Notes: Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Untold Origin of the Justice Society

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Superman [Kal-L]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Doctor Fate [Nabu; Kent Nelson]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; cameos on splash page [Dr. Mid-Nite; Wildcat; Mr. Terrific; Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt; Black Canary [Dinah Drake Lance]; Wonder Woman; Starman; Star-Spangled Kid; Power Girl; Robin; Red Tornado [Ma Hunkle]]; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Smythe; Gotham City Police Commissioner James Gordon; Nazis [Adolf Hitler; Helmut Streicher; the Valkyries; naval invasion force] (villains)
Synopsis: A secret meeting between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British agent Smythe leads to the formation of the Justice Society of America, whose top secret mission is to stop the planned invasion of England by Hitler's Nazi Germany in November of 1940.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #21 [Direct Sales] published February 1982
as The Untold Origin of the Justice Society [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJustice Society #1 published October 2006
as The Untold Origin of the Justice Society [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: All-Star Comics #1 published November 2011
as The Untold Origin of the Justice Society [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 34
Job Number: J-4657
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The Story Behind the Story

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L695

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