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Issue: Justice League of America #189
Publication Date: April 1981
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Issues: #189 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: 22
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Return of the Starfish Conqueror!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Brian Bolland (signed)
Inker(s): Brian Bolland (signed)
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Justice League of America [Superman (Earth-1); Wonder Woman (Earth-1); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Red Tornado; Firestorm]; Starro
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJustice League of America #3 published January 1984
as Return of the Starfish Conqueror! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-521
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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The Return of the Starfish Conquerer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler
Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Justice League of America [Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Firestorm; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Superman (Earth-1); Wonder Woman (Earth-1); Hawkman [Katar Hol] (cameo); Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol] (cameo); Elongated Man (cameo); Aquaman (cameo and flashback); Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo); Batman (Earth-1) (cameo)]; Starro (villain); Kathy Sutton; Traya; Terry Watson
Synopsis: Starro the Conqueror has regenerated and intends to take over the planet with millions of small duplicates that can put people under its control - including the Justice League!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGerechtigkeitsliga #17 published January 1981
as Unsere Freunde, unsere Feinde… [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJustice League of America #3 published January 1984
as The Return of the Starfish Conquerer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 25
Job Number: J-6954
Disclose Notes: "Conquerer" is misspelled in the story title; story continues in the following issue.
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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): Batman; 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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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Hostess Twinkies in sequential art format.
Copyright © 1980 Continental Baking Company
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$ave Money: Subscribe Now!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Todd Klein
Penciller(s): Todd Klein (layout); Dick Giordano
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Carol Fein
Synopsis: Disappointed because his favorite DC comics are sold out at the newsstand, Superman learns from DC employee Carol Fein that he can subscribe and never miss an issue.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Order form for subscriptions ($5.00 for 12 issues; $15.00 for four 12-issue subscriptions). Credits from Klein.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis [as Ted P. Skimmer]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): JLA Mail Room
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-711
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Russell Burbage, John Zuber Jr., Antoinette M. Aubert, and Jay Beatman. Last 1/4th of the page is "Len's Line-Up," descriptions of comics on sale January 8th and 22nd.

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