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Issue Details

Issue #110
Published March-April 1974
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 100
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "The Murder of Santa Claus, 1973!"

Characters Superman; Batman; The Flash [Barry Allen]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Black Canary; Green Arrow; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Wonder woman [Earth-2]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Dr. Mid-Nite; The Atom [Al Pratt]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Zatanna
Genre superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]

20 page Justice League of America story "The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen] (Cameo); The Atom [Ray Palmer] (Cameo); Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (Cameo); Black Canary [Dina Lance]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Red Tornado [John Smith](new costume); Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (Cameo); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Phantom Stranger (cameo) (all as the Justice League of America/JLA); Sue Dibny (cameo); Iris Allen (cameo); Mera (cameo); Kathy Sutton (cameo); Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Santa Simpson; Eric Russell (Iris's father); Fran Russell (Iris's Mother); The Key (villain)
Synopsis The murder of a department store Santa Clause puts the JLA on the tail of the Key and his scheme to kill the JLA.
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Dick Dillin
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Credits include special thanks to Duffy Vohland. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007). Colors credit from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker, July 2010
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #22; in Christmas with the Super-Heroes (DC, 1988 series) #1; in Super Heroes, The (Egmont Magazines, 1980 series) #v2#3 (December 1981)

12 page Justice Society of America story "The Plight of a Nation! [part 1]"

Characters Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Dr. Mid-Nite; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Black Canary; The Atom [Al Pratt] (all as the Justice Society of America)
Synopsis Deals with juvenile delinquency.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Arthur Peddy; Carmine Infantino (spash)
Inks Bernard Sachs; Frank Giacoia (splash)
Reprinted from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #40 (April-May 1948)

12 page Justice Society of America story "The Plight of a Nation! [part 2]"

Characters Black Canary; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Dr. Mid-Nite; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA)
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Carmine Infantino
Reprinted from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #40 (April-May 1948)

12 page Justice Society of America story "The Plight of a Nation! [part 3]"

Characters Dr. Mid-Nite; Black Canary; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA)
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Reprinted from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #40 (April-May 1948)

23 page Justice League of America story "Z--as in Zatanna--and Zero Hour!"

Characters Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkman [Katar Hol] (all as the Justice League of America/JLA); Zatanna (guest star); Elongated Man (guest star); Zatara (guest star); Amen-Hotep (villain); Allura (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Sid Greene
Notes With Zatanna, as she ends her quest to find Zatara. with Elongated Man, vs Allura
Reprinted from Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #51 (February 1967)