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Issue: Justice League of America #196
Publication Date: November 1981
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Issues: #196 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: 07/14/1981
Volume: 22
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Len Wein (editor); Mike W. Barr (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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 Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In6
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Countdown to Crisis!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): George Pérez (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Justice League of America [JLA; Firestorm; Batman (of Earth-1); Atom [Ray Palmer]]; Justice Society of America [JSA; Superman (of Earth-2); Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Thunder (of Earth-2)]; Ultra-Humanite
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #12 published January 1985
as Ultramensch schlägt Superman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Justice League of America by George Perez #2 published June 2010
as Justice League of America #196 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrisis on Multiple Earths #6 published August 2013
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-710
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Countdown to Crisis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): George Pérez (breakdowns); Romeo Tanghal (finished art)
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Justice League of America [Batman (of Earth-1); Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]; Wonder Woman (of Earth-1)]; Justice Society of America [Superman (of Earth-2); Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Johnny Thunder (of Earth-2); Flash [Jay Garrick]; Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt]; Secret Society of Super-Villains [Ultra-Humanite (leader, in albino ape form); Brain Wave [Henry King]; Floronic Man [Jason Woodrue; Plant Master]; Killer Frost [Crystal Frost]; Cheetah (of Earth-1) [Deborah Domaine]; Signalman [Phil Cobb]; Rag Doll [Peter Merkel]; The Mist [Kyle]; The Monocle [Jonathan Cheval]; Psycho-Pirate [Roger Hayden]]
Synopsis: The Ultra-Humanite is pleased that the other 9 heroes are rounded up by the Secret Society on Earths 1 and 2 by their foes and placed in suspended-animation containers in limbo. He then goes to capture his longtime arch-foe, The Earth-2 Superman, whom he succeeds in capturing and places in the last open container. Soon his plan will be completed and he will rule over Earth-2 (minus its heroes) alongside the other Earth-2 Society members.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #12 published January 1985
as Countdown zum Untergang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Justice League of America by George Perez #2 published June 2010
as Countdown to Crisis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrisis on Multiple Earths #6 published August 2013
as Countdown to Crisis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 27
Job Number: J-7580
Disclose Notes: Part two of annual JLA/JSA team-up. Story continues from the previous issue; story concludes in the following issue.
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Clean Sweep

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): Red Tornado; Hostess Cup Cakes
Character(s): Red Tornado; Vacuum Vulture
Synopsis: Red Tornado uses Hostess Cup Cakes to attract the attention of the villainous Vacuum Vulture.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1981 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
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-849
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Kent A. Phenis, Paul Gadzikowski, and Dan Coakley.

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