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Issue: Justice League of America #185
Publication Date: December 1980
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Issues: #185 of 261 Issues (443 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 21
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Len Wein (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
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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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Disclose Reprinted In6
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Darkseid Rising!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Starlin (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Smith (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Power Girl; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Wonder Woman; The Huntress [Helena Wayne]]; Justice League of America [Superman [Kal-El]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]]; New Gods [Orion; Lightray; Mister Miracle [Scott Free]]; Darkseid
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGerechtigkeitsliga #15 published January 1981
as Krise zwischen zwei Erden! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagCrisis on Multiple Earths #5 published June 2010
as Darkseid Rising! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-424
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Crisis on Apokolips or Darkseid Rising!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): George Perez (breakdowns); Frank McLaughlin (finished art)
Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Justice League of America [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Superman [Kal-El]]; Justice Society of America [Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Power Girl [Kara Zor-L]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince Trevor]]; New Gods [Orion; Metron; Mister Miracle [Scott Free]; Big Barda; Oberon; Highfather [Izaya]; Lightray (cameo); Forager (cameo)]; Darkseid; Granny Goodness; Injustice Society [Shade [Richard Swift]; The Fiddler [Isaac Bowin]; Icicle [Joar Mahkent]]
Synopsis: The three teams free the gods of New Genesis and regroup, but apparently not in time as the Re-Creation Machine fires. However, due to Metron's interferance, it fires not at its intended target Apokolips, but at Darkseid himself, reducing him to atoms once again.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGerechtigkeitsliga #15 published January 1981
as Metron von den Neuen Göttern [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJustice League of America #1 published January 1983
as Crisis on Apokolips or Darkseid Rising [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Justice League of America by George Perez #1 published November 2009
as Crisis on Apololips or Darkseid Rising! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrisis on Multiple Earths #5 published June 2010
as Crisis on Apokolips or Darkseid Rising! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 25
Disclose Notes: Story concludes from previous two issues.
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A Matter of Good Taste

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batgirl; Hostess Twinkies
Character(s): Batgirl; Jet-Set Jessie
Synopsis: Batgirl slows Jessie down so she can capture her, by giving her Hostess Twinkies to eat.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Hostess Twinkies in sequential art format.
Copyright © 1980 Continental Baking Company
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis [as Ted P. Skimmer]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): JLA Mail Room
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-630
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Mark Lagasse, John F. Grant, Matt Kurtz, and Kevin Klemme.
Last 1/8th of the page is "Len's Line-Up," descriptions of comics on sale September 11th.

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