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Issue: Justice League of America #40
Publication Date: November 1965
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Issues: #40 of 261 Issues (443 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/16/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint; mando (beginning with #254)
Binding: saddle-stitched (#s 39, 48, 58, 67, 76, 110-116, 200 squarebound)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Adult Image
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Indestructible Creatures of Nightmare Island!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: The age-old puzzler of what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object!
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In Content Item: FlagJustice League of America #115 published January 1975
as DC Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJustice League of America Archives #5 published October 1999
as Indestructible Creatures of Nightmare Island! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Justice League of America #3 published February 2007
as Indestructible Creatures of Nightmare Island! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inking formerly credited to Murphy Anderson and Bernard Sachs.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: NFL Ford PP&K competition
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Indestructible Creatures of Nightmare Island!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Andrew Helm (villain); Chung Ka; Chandro Gopar
First Line: We are caught in the grip of invulnerable menaces that no other eyes on Earth can see!
Synopsis: Andrew Helm creates a machine intended to create world peace, but which malfunctions and causes evil. The Justice League of America traces the source of the mayhem, battles illusory creatures summoned from their subconscious minds, and turns off the malfunctioning machine.
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In Content Item: FlagJustice League of America #115 published January 1975
as Indestructible Creatures of Nightmare Island! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJustice League of America Archives #5 published October 1999
as Indestructible Creatures of Nightmare Island [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Justice League of America #3 published February 2007
as Indestructible Creatures of Nightmare Island! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Disclose Notes: Story across 24 pages in three parts of 9.67 pages, 5.67 pages, and 7.67 pages.
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AMT Makes the Party

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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 4 and page 5 of the main story sequence.
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Where the action is...
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Disclose Notes: house ad for Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #39 [80 Page Giant #G-16]

on the page between page 4 and page 5 of the main story sequence
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First Line: Put your nose to the dot
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Ad for Tootsie Roll Pop. At the bottom of page 10 of the main story sequence.
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The Hip Way to Learn!

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion
Synopsis: Public service message teaching kids how to study.
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Disclose Notes: On the page between page 10 and page 11 of the main story sequence. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
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First Line: Fooey! Fooey! Chewy!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On the bottom of page 16 of the main story sequence.
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Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 16 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by David Baker, Guy H. Lillian III, James Cook, Steve Maurer, and Peter Ligman.

On the page immediately following the previous sequence.
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First Line: Hey, look at those trains!
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 17 of the main story sequence.
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There's Always Something New Brewing at DC!

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Disclose Notes: Promo for The Adventures of Jerry Lewis, Metamorpho, Showcase, Teen Titans. On the page immediately preceding page 17 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Super-Hip
First Line: Hey, characters!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription ad for DC comics (10 for $1.00); includes cover art for The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #96.

On the page between page 22 and page 23 of the main story sequence.
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First Line: I'll prove it!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Ad for Tootsie Roll Pop.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: There are about 250,000 plant species...
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238 Magic Tricks

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First Line: G.I. Joe making news everywhere!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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First Line: Wham!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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