Justice League of America, #101

Published: September 1972

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Justice League of America #101

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Issue Contents:
The Hand That Shook the World!
1 page superhero
Storyline

Members of both the Justice League and Justice Society battle a metal-gloved hand.

Characters
  • Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent
  • Kal-El]
  • Wonder Woman [as Diana Prince] (powerless, inset)
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne] (inset)
  • Hawkman [Katar Hol]
  • Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
  • Metamorpho (guest star, inset)] (of Earth-1)
  • Justice Society of America [Starman [Ted Knight]
  • Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider] (inset)
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince Trevor]
  • Hourman [Rex Tyler] (inset)
  • Sandman [Wesley Dodds]] (of Earth-2)
Credits
Join the Leader Now!
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Ad for sales people for Christmas cards. On inside front cover.

The Hand That Shook the World
Story 2 24 pages superhero
Storyline

The split up groups of the JLA and JSA continue their quest to reunite the Seven Soldiers of Victory scattered throughout time as the Hand begins to make his move in the present. The Seven Soldiers are scattered throughout these eras: King Arthur (Shining Knight); Caveman/Bronze Age (Star-Spangled Kid); Medieval England (Green Arrow); Ancient Greece (Speedy); Late 1800's Wild West (Vigilante); 1600's South America (Crimson Avenger); 1800's Europe (Stripesy).

Characters
  • Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent
  • Kal-El]
  • Hawkman [Katar Hol]
  • Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
  • Wonder Woman [as Diana Prince] (powerless)
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
  • Black Canary [Dinah Lance]]
  • Justice Society of America [Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson
  • Nabu]
  • Hourman [Rex Tyler]
  • Starman [Ted Knight]
  • Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
  • Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson] (cameo)
  • Thunderbolt
  • Johnny Thunder
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince Trevor]
  • Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]] (of Earth-2)
  • Seven Soldiers of Victory [Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]
  • Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
  • Speedy [Roy Harper]
  • Shining Knight [Justin]
  • Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
  • Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]
  • Stripesy [Pat Dugan]] (of Earth-2)
  • Oracle
  • Zatanna (cameo)
  • Nebula-Man (flashback)
  • Metamorpho [Rex Mason]
  • Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]
  • Genghis Khan (of Earth-2)
  • Robin Hood (of Earth-2)
  • The Hand (villain)
Credits
Story Notes

Continues from issue #100; concludes in issue #102.

Roger's Super Skittle Bowl
Story 3 1 page
Storyline

Roger shows some boys his new full-size Olympic Size Skittle Bowl game.

Characters
  • Roger Staubach
Story Notes

Ad for game in sequential art form. Between pages 4-5 of story.

Get These Dynamite Embroidered Cloth Patches That Tell It Like It Is!
Story 4 1 page
Story Notes

Ad for patches featuring popular characters and logos. Between pages 10-11 of story.

Any 14 of These Hit Records for Only $2.86
Story 5 2 pages
Story Notes

Ad for subscription record club. Between pages 14-15 of story.

Kenner's Smash*Up Derby
Story 6 1 page
Storyline

Two boys explain the features of their Smash*Up Racers to a third boy.

Story Notes

Ad for Kenner's Smash*Up Derby SSP Racers, in sequential art form. Between pages 16-17 of story.

Gold Crown / Supreme Command
Story 7 1 page
Story Notes

Ad for games Gold Crown and Supreme Command, with toy figures, from Helen of Toy, Co. Between pages 22-23 of story.

First Startling Issue
Story 8 1 page adventure; science fiction
Credits
Story Notes

House ad for Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth (DC, 1972 series) #1, on sale August 29th, with cover shown. At bottom of final page of story.

Story 9 1 page superhero
Characters
  • Black Canary [Dinah Drake-Lance]
  • Flash [Barry Allen]
  • Aquaman
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Superman [Kal-El, aka. Clark Kent]
  • Hawkman [Katar Hol]
  • Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
  • Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
  • Atom [Ray Palmer]
Story Notes

Letters from Guy H. Lillian III, Stephen Barry, and Perry Beider.

Famous Name Prizes or Cash...the Easy Olympic Way!
Story 10 1 page
Story Notes

Ad for sales people for Christmas cards.

The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac."
Story 11 1 page
Storyline

A bully kicks sand in Mac's face, but he's too scrawny to do anything about it, much to the disgust of his girl friend. He builds himself up with the Charles Atlas course and punches the bully down, much to his girl's delight.

Characters
  • Charles Atlas
  • Mac
Story Notes

Ad, in sequential art form, for body building course. On inside back cover.

Dig These!
Story 12 1 page
Story Notes

Ad for Snap Tite model trucks from Mattel's Monogram division. On back cover.