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Issue: Justice League of America #165
Publication Date: April 1979
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Issues: #165 of 261 Issues (443 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/09/1979
Volume: 20
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893055504
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #164.
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Justice League of America [Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]]
First Line: Great Krypton! My opponent is a stone statue!
Synopsis: The League
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3094
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A Mother of Magic!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Zatanna; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Red Tornado [John Smith]]; Zatara; Sindella (death); Highlord (villain); Sir Hugo Holcraft (flashback)
Synopsis: The heroes of the League invade the Hidden City to rescue Zatanna and her parents, but they are outmatched by the forces of the Highlord. Sindella uses her magic to defeat the enemy, but sacrifices her life in the process.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGerechtigkeitsliga #8 published January 1979
as Tödlicher Zauber [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJustice League of America #[nn] published January 1980
as A Mother of Magic! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: S-3057
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Last issue edited by Schwartz.
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Penguins on Parade

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Synopsis: The Penguin distracts people with marching penguin puppets while stealing an antique sword, but is himself distracted by Hostess Fruit Pies planted by the police.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Job Number: S-3088
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Tony Edwards, Dan Clayton Shoemaker, and Ken Sandler.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Statement of October 1, 1978
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 126,809
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 136,191
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10019

As Business Manager, Gutowitz merely verified the circulation numbers; this is not a creator credit.

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