Justice League of America, #136

Published: November 1976

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Justice League of America #136

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Crisis on Earth-S!
1.000 pages superhero
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Source for Giacoia inks credit is “The Justice League Reader” (Gruenwald 1977), published in Amazing World of DC Comics #14. Inks previously attributed here to Jack Abel.

Crisis on Earth-S!
Story 1 17.000 pages superhero
Storyline

As King Kull's plan continues, the JLA,JSA and Squadron of Justice teams thwart the next phase. Johnny Thunder and his Thunderbolt (with Mercury), meanwhile, meets up with a powerless Billy and Mary Batson, and Freddy Freeman, who have been wondering with all that has been occuring why they haven't been able to summon Shazam's mystic thunderbolts to change them into the Marvel Family. Johnny's Thunderbolt fixes this by using his magic to change them, and now the Marvels ready themselves to join in the fight. To be concluded...

Story Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. First appearance of Earth-2 Joker, who reappears later in Huntress [Helena Wayne] backup stories in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #281-283, The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #200 (cameo), and Infinity, Inc. (DC, 1984 series) #6 (cameo). JLA-JSA with Fawcett heroes story continues from #135; concludes in #137.

Green Lantern and the Fruit Pie Scene
Story 2 1.000 pages superhero
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Dr. Live captures people and shrinks them to tiny size.

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advertisement in sequential art form for Hostess Fruit Pies

The DC Line of Super-Stars
Story 3 1.000 pages
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house ad for DC titles Kobra (DC, 1976 series), Teen Titans (DC, 1976 series), Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series), Super Friends (DC, 1976 series), and Welcome Back, Kotter (DC, 1976 series)

Story 4 1.000 pages
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letters submitted by Joe Peluso, Bob Rodi, Scott Gibson, Scott R. Taylor

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Justice for All Includes Children, 7
Story 5 1.000 pages advocacy; superhero
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published in cooperation with the National Center for Juvenile Justice, the research division of the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges