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Issue: Justice League of America #161
Publication Date: December 1978
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Issues: #161 of 261 Issues (443 Printings)
Title:
Variant: DC Logo
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/12/1978
Volume: 19
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893055512
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #160. On-sale date of September 5 in house ads, but delayed due to DC's change to twice-monthly-only shipping.
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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:  
Disclose Variants3
Disclose Reprinted In6
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler (signed)
Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Superman (Earth-1); Wonder Woman (Earth-1); Batman (Earth-1); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow (Earth-1); Black Canary; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Zatanna
First Line: Me-- Join your miserable League? Never!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGerechtigkeitsliga #7 published January 1979
as Im Zauberkreis des Hexers [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #31 [Direct] published December 1982
as Justice League of America #161 Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3011
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The Reverse-Spells of Zatanna's Magic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Justice League of America [Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman (Earth-1); Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Green Arrow (Earth-1); Red Tornado [John Smith]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Wonder Woman (Earth-1); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Aquaman; Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal]; Zatanna (joins)]; The Warlock of Ys; The Druid (flashback); John Zatara
Synopsis: The members of the League are shocked when Zatanna refuses to join, but they eventually deduce that she was leaving them clues to discover that the Warlock of Ys was masquerading as Green Lantern.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGerechtigkeitsliga #7 published January 1979
as Der Fluch der Zauberformel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #4/1980 published January 1980
as Zatannas magi [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #4/1980 published June 1980
as Zatannas baklängesmagi igamsegnälkab [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #31 [Direct] published December 1982
as Reverse-Spells of Zatanna's Magic-cigaM [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: S-2970
Disclose Notes: According to Julius Schwartz's editorial records (supplied by DC Comics), this story was originally 25 pages and was cut to 22 pages before publication.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): ? (logo illustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): JLA Mail Room
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: #S-3016
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Stephen Setter, Barbara Reader, Mike Christiansen, and Mike White.

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