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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published February 1963
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "Triumph of the Tornado Tyrant!"

Characters Martian Manhunter; Aquaman; Wonder Woman; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; The Tornado Tyrant
Genre superhero
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Murphy Anderson
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Lettering credit from reprint in JLA Archives.
Reprinted in Justice League of America Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3; in Showcase Presents: Justice League of America (DC, 2005 series) #2

25 page Justice League of America story "The Triumph of the Tornado Tyrant!"

Characters The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Aquaman; Batman; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Martian Manhunter; Snapper Carr; Superman; Wonder Woman; Rockmen of Pluto (cameo); Adam Strange (flashback); The Tornado Tyrant (as The Tornado Champion, villain); Ulthoon (flashback); Mechanical Masters of Rann (flashback); The Palador on the Space-Island of Peril (flashback); Alanna (flashback); Kanjar Ro (flashback); Dr. Light (flashback)
Synopsis The Tornado Tyrant's arrogance over his first defeat of the JLA backfires on him when the JLA changes tactics.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Bernard Sachs
Letters Gaspar Saladino; Joe Letterese
Notes The Tornado Tyrant features in the origin of the Red Tornado. It last appeared in Mystery in Space #61. Lettering credit from reprint in JLA Archives.
Reprinted in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #11; in Justice League of America Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #3; in Showcase Presents: Justice League of America (DC, 2005 series) #2