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Issue: Justice League of America #171
Publication Date: October 1979
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Issues: #171 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: 07/03/1979
Volume: 20
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893055510
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #170.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Justice League of America [The Flash [Barry Allen]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Zatanna; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]]; Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Power Girl]
First Line: This piece of metal holds the clue to the identity of his murderer!
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In Content Item: FlagCrisis on Multiple Earths #5 published June 2010
as Justice League of America #171 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Job Number: C-177
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The Murderer Among Us: Crisis Above Earth-One!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Justice League of America [The Flash [Barry Allen]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Zatanna; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]]; Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Power Girl; Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]]; The Spirit King
Synopsis: At the annual Justice League of America-Justice Society of America get-together, Mr. Terrific claims that he's come out of retirement to track his old enemy the Spirit King, but he won't say any more until the right moment. Baffled by Mr. Terrific's odd behavior, the heroes try to proceed with the event, but it isn't long before there is a hole blown in the side of the side of the satellite and Mr. Terrific's body is found floating in the vacuum of space.
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In Content Item: FlagGerechtigkeitsliga #10 published January 1980
as Der Mörder unter uns: Krise über der Erde 1! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrisis on Multiple Earths #5 published June 2010
as The Murderer among Us: Crisis above Earth-One! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Death of Mr. Terrific. Story continues in part from the JSA story in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #465.
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Laugh, Clown, Laugh!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Joker
First Line: Aren't they cute?!
Synopsis: The Joker's plot to steal a valuable painting is foiled even though he tried to distract everyone with Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies in sequential art form.
Copyright © 1978 Continental Baking Company
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (logo illustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: L-351
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Mark Ellis, Tony Edwards, and Kent G. Orlando.
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Volume 79 Issue 29 - Week of July 2, 1979

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Batman; Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Job Number: P-329
Disclose Notes: Includes an article on Time Warp #1, an article on World's Finest Comics #259, Direct Currents for comics on sale the week of July 16th, and an Ask the Answer Man column.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Deadman
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Pages: 0.2

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