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Justice League of America 9

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #9

Cover Date: February 1962
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1961-12-21

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
Inks: Murphy Anderson


Story: "The Origin of the Justice League!" (26 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsMike Sekowsky
InksBernard Sachs
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Justice League of America: (team also appears in flashback to origin and earliest chronological appearance)
Aquaman (in between Detective Comics #299/3 and #300/3; also in flashback occurring between Adventure Comics #264/2 and JLA: Year One #1)
Batman (last in Batman Vol. 1 #145/3 as Bruce Wayne; next in Detective Comics #300; also in flashback occurring between World's Finest Comics #104 and Batman Vol. 1 #127; see Comments)
Flash (Barry Allen; between Flash Vol. 1 #126/2 and #127; also in flashback occurring between Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #4 and JLA: Year One #1)
Green Arrow (Oliver Queen; between World's Finest Comics #123/3 and #124/3)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; between Green Lantern Vol. 2 #10/2 and Green Lantern Vol. 2 11; also in flashback occurring between Showcase #23/2 and JLA: Year One #1)
Martian Manhunter (in between Detective Comics #300/2 and #301/2; also in flashback occurring between Detective Comics #273/3 and JLA: Year One #1)
Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #31/3; next in Action Comics #278/2; also in flashback occurring between World's Finest Comics #104 and Superman Vol. 1 #132; see Comments)
Wonder Woman (in between Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #128/2 and #129; also in flashback occurring between Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #108/2 and Justice League of America #97; see Comments)

Supporting Character(s):

Snapper Carr

Villain(s):

Appellaxians (first appearance; in flashback)
Crystal Creature
Fire-Lord
Glass Man
Golden Roc
Mercury Monster
Stone God
Wood King

Location(s):

Space Sector 586
Appellax
Space Sector 2814
Earth
United States of America
Happy Harbor, RI
Secret Sanctuary

Comment(s):

This story is retold as a post-Crisis version in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #32 (November 1988), with Black Canary in place of Wonder Woman. This substitution was later reverted during Infinite Crisis.
The post-Infinite Crisis versions of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman meet in the Batcave after this flashback as shown in flashback in Justice League of America Vol. 2 #0.

INDEX IN PROGRESS

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #8 (March 1965)
Justice League of America #97 (March 1972)
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5/2 (November-December 1980)
Justice League of America Archives #2 (September 1993)
More Secret Origins Replica Edition #1 (1999)
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America #1 (December 2005)
The Justice League of America Omnibus #1 (March 2014)

Solicitation:

When the Justice League gathers to celebrate their 3rd anniversary, the members tell Snapper and Green Arrow of how they were first formed!


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