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Issue Details

Issue #73
Published July-August 1978
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Orlando

Cover Details - "Be It Ever So Deadly..."

Characters Justice Society of America [JSA; Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (inset); Dr. Fate (inset); Power Girl; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]]; Huntress [Paula Brooks]; Sportsmaster; The Thorn
Genre Superhero
Pencils Joe Staton [as Staton] (signed)
Inks Joe Giella [as Giella] (signed)
Reprinted In The Huntress Fanzine (Mike Bromberg, 2007 series) #1 (September, 2007).

17 page Justice Society of America story "Be It Ever So Deadly..."

Characters Justice Society of America [JSA; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Power Girl; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Dr. Fate (cameo); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (cameo)]; Huntress [Paula Brooks] (villain); The Master Summoner (cameo); Joan Garrick (cameo); The Thorn (villain); Sportsmaster (villain)
Synopsis Huntress and Flash go up vs. the Sportsmaster and Helena's evil namesake counterpart. Meanwhile, Wildcat still struggles under the Thorn's grasp until the JSA rescue him.
Genre superhero
Script Paul Levitz
Pencils Joe Staton
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Todd Klein
Notes Story continued from previous issue.

1 page Superman advertisement "The Big Fall"

Characters Superman [Kal-El, aka Clark Kent]; bystanders.
Synopsis Superman spots a falling elevator, rescues the trapped occupants, serves them Hostess Cup Cakes to calm them, and interviews them for TV as Clark Kent.
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Ben Oda
Notes An advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes featuring DC characters and produced by DC staff.

1 page All Star Comments letters page

Script Paul Levitz
Letters typeset