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Justice League of America 37

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #37

Cover Date: August 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1965-08-04

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
Inks: Murphy Anderson


Story: "Earth -- Without a Justice League!" (24 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsMike Sekowsky
InksBernard Sachs
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Justice Society of America
Doctor Fate (last in JLA: Incarnations #1; disguised as Superman)
Hawkman (Carter Hall; last in JLA: Incarnations #1; see Comments; disguised as Martian Manhunter)
Atom (last in JLA: Incarnations #1; disguised as the JLA Atom)
Flash (last in JLA: Incarnations #1; disguised as the JLA Flash)
Mister Terrific (last in JLA: Year One #1]; disguised as Batman)
Johnny Thunder (last in JLA: Incarnations #1)

Supporting Character(s):

Thunderbolt (last in flashback in issue #220 (Pre-Crisis) or JLA: Year One #12 (Post-Crisis))

Villain(s):

Johnny Thunder of Earth-One (first appearance; a small-time crook also raised by the Bahdnisian priests; takes control of the Thunderbolt)
Lawless League of Earth-A (first appearance; Johnny T's gang; given the powers of the Justice League by the Thunderbolt)
Flash (Race Morrison; first appearance)
Atom (Barney Judson; first appearance)
Martian Manhunter (Eddie Orson; first appearance)
Superman (Ripper Jones; first appearance)
Batman (Bill Gore; first appearance)
Green Lantern (Monk Loomis; first appearance)

Guest Appearance(s):

Flash (Barry Allen; also in flashback to his origin; does not become the Flash)
Abin Sur (behind the scenes; spaceship saved by the Thunderbolt)
Batman (is discouraged on his first case by the Thunderbolt; retires)
Dr. Erdel (teleport machine deactivated by the Thunderbolt)
Barry Allen, Hal Jordan, Ray Palmer of Earth-A (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (kept from exploding by the Thunderbolt)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Central City
Gotham City (n brief flashback to Batman's first case)
Earth-Two
Earth-A (first appearance; a divergent universe created by the Thunderbolt)

Comment(s):

A post-Crisis version of this story was recounted in Countdown #47/2.

Story Reprinted in:

Justice League of America Archives #5 (July 1999)
Crisis on Multiple Earths #[1] (July 2002)
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America #3 (2007 [February 2008])
Justice League of America: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 ([August] 2016)
Justice League of America: The Silver Age #4 ([September] 2018)
Crisis on Multiple Earths #1 - Crossing Over (2020 [April 2021])

Solicitation:

The annual JLA/JSA crossover kicks off when the Johnny Thunder of Earth-1 takes control of the Earth-2 counterpart's Thunderbolt. Using the power of the Thunderbolt, Johnny goes back in time to prevent the JLA from ever existing!


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