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Justice League of America 21

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #21

Cover Date: August 1963
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1963-06-20

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
Inks: Murphy Anderson


Story: "Crisis on Earth-One!" (25 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsMike Sekowsky
InksBernard Sachs
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Justice League of America:
Aquaman (last in Aquaman Vol. 1 #11)
Batman (Chairman; last in Batman Vol. 1 #158/3)
Flash (Barry Allen; last in Flash Vol. 1 #139)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #23/2)
Martian Manhunter (last in Detective Comics #319/2)
Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #73/3)
Wonder Woman (last in Wonder Woman #139)
Green Arrow (Oliver Queen; last in World's Finest Comics #136/2)
Atom II (Ray Palmer; last in Atom #7)

Guest Star(s):

Justice Society of America
Doctor Fate (last in JLA: Year One #12)
Green Lantern (Alan Scott: last in Flash Vol. 1 #137)
Flash (Jay Garrick; last in Flash Vol. 1 #137)
Black Canary (Dinah Drake Lance; last in JLA: Year One #12)
Hawkman (Carter Hall; last in Flash Vol. 1 #137)
Atom (Al Pratt; last in Flash Vol. 1 #137)
Hourman (last in JLA: Year One #12)

Villain(s):

Crime Champions: (first appearance as a team)
Chronos (David Clinton; last in Atom #3)
Felix Faust (last in issue #10)
Doctor Alchemy (Albert Desmond; last, as Mister Element, in Flash Annual Vol. 2 #8/2)
Fiddler (last in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #50/2)
Wizard (last, Pre-Crisis, in flashback in issue #220)
Icicle (last in flashback in JLA: Year One #7)

Location(s):

Central City
Happy Harbor, RI
Secret Sanctuary
Powers City (first appearance)
Casino Town (first appearance)
Justice Society Headquarters
Crime Champion headquarters (in a space between Earth-One and Earth-Two; first appearance)

Comment(s):

The Justice League and the Justice Society appear in flashback in DC Universe: Legacies #4 between panels.
Post-Crisis, the Silver Age Wonder Woman was replaced by Black Canary II, but after Infinite Crisis, this was reverted back to Wonder Woman.
The post-Crisis version of this story was recounted in Countdown #48/2.

Story Reprinted in:

100-Page Super Spectacular #6 (1971)
The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (1989 [January 1990])
The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told ([June] 1990)
Justice League of America Archives #3 ([December] 1994)
Crisis on Multiple Earths #[1] ([September] 2002)
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular No. 6 Replica Edition ([July] 2004)
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America #2 ([March] 2007)
The Justice League of America Omnibus #1 ([June] 2014)
Justice Society of America: A Celebration of 75 Years ([September] 2015)
Justice League of America: The Silver Age #3 ([June] 2017)
Justice League of America: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([October] 2020)
Crisis on Multiple Earths #1 - Crossing Over (2020 [April 2021])

Solicitation:

"Crisis on Earth-One!" The Justice League of America meets the Justice Society of America! Both teams must band together to defeat the Crime Champions, as the JSA are re-introduced into the Silver Age!


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