Justice League of America #9
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- February 1962
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.12 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/16762
Credits
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
Issue contents
Cover
The Origin of the Justice League!
(Justice League of America)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Justice League of America
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Justice League of America [The Flash [Barry Allen]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]]
Credits
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Reprint history
1Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Letters to readers thanking them for buying the comics despite the price increase
2Featuring
- Feature
- Justice League of America
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Justice League of America [Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Snapper Carr]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]] (origin)
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
Synopsis
The Justice League of America uses the occasion of its third anniversary to tell Snapper Carr and Green Arrow about the formation of the League.
Notes
Features the origin and first case of the Justice League of America.
Most of the story from this issue is retold in issue #97; some of it redrawn, some pages reprinted directly (pages 6-17, 19 in this original are reprinted as pages 15-26, 28 in that issue).
The story was changed slightly; for instance in the original the final creature was turned into a "pile of slivers and splinters" by Wonder Woman (Flash says "destroyed"), while in the updated story it was "planed down to its bare essence", still clearly intact.
3Featuring
- Feature
- What's the Difference Between..
4Featuring
- Feature
- Justice League of America
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Justice League of America [Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Snapper Carr]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]] (origin); Queen Hippolyta (flashback); Amazons of Paradise Island (flashback); aliens from Appellax (villains, flashback)
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs
Synopsis
Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Green Lantern relate strange occurrences they had with weird meteors and their occupants from outer space, which resulted in turning JLA members into wood.
5Featuring
- Feature
- The JLA Mail Room
Credits
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Letters from Sharon Gore, Darrel Weber, Bernard Sampson, Liz C. Hancock, Larry Tucker, Anne Britt, Joe Staton (future comic artist on E-Man, Dick Tracy, etc.), Dennis Budd
6Featuring
- Feature
- Justice League of America
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Justice League of America [Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Snapper Carr; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]] (origin); aliens from Appellax
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs
Synopsis
While a meteor begins turning the JLA members into wood, Superman and Batman take on one of the aliens until the rest of the JLA free themselves and rush to assist.
7Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the 12 months preceding the date shown above [October 1, 1961] was: 335,000
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.