Justice League of America, #97
Published: March 1972
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Issue Contents:
The Day the Earth Screams!
Characters
- Superman
- The Flash [Barry Allen]
- Batman
- Wonder Woman
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
- Starbreaker
Credits
- Pencils: Neal Adams
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Day the Earth Screams
Storyline
Starbreaker arrive on Earth and easily defeats the League's most powerful members, which causes despair among the team. Hawkman gives them a pep talk that leads them to review the circumstances of their first case, which then inspires them to fight on.
Characters
- Justice League of America [Aquaman [Arthur Curry]
- The Atom [Ray Palmer]
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Black Canary
- The Flash [Barry Allen]
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
- Hawkman [Katar Hol]
- Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz] (flashback)
- Superman
- Wonder Woman (flashback)] (origin)
- Sargon the Sorcerer (cameo)
- Starbreaker (villain)
Credits
- Script: Mike Friedrich
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Dick Dillin
- Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
- Inks: Joe Giella
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
- Letters: John Costanza
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Most of the story from issue #9 is retold here; some of it redrawn, some pages reprinted directly (15-26, 28 in this issue; from pages 6-17, 19 in the original). 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.
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
- Pencils: Murphy Anderson
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
Story Notes
Letters from: Ted Waller, Paul Dushkind, Greg Potter, Anthony Kowalik, Tom Calhoun, and Steve G. Johnson.
Statement of the Ownership, Management and Circulation
Story Notes
Statement of October 1, 1971 Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., 909 Third Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10022, wholly owned by Kinney Services, Inc., 10 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10020, a publicly-held corporation Average number of copies sold preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 210,108 Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 219,767