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Issue Details

Issue #29
Published April-May 1960
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "Challenge of the Weapons Master!"

Characters Aquaman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman [Earth-1]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Flash [Barry Allen] (all as the Justice League of America/JLA); Xotar
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Murphy Anderson
Reprinted in Justice League of America Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: Justice League of America (DC, 2005 series) #1

26 page Justice League of America story "Challenge of the Weapons Master!"

Characters Wonder Woman [Earth-1]; Batman [Earth-1]; Snapper Carr; Flash [Barry Allen]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Aquaman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Batman [Earth-1]; Superman [Earth-1] (all as the Justice League of America/JLA); Xotar (villain)
Synopsis Having found an ancient book that appears to indicate that he once defeated the JLA, Xotar travels from 11,960 to the present to test four weapons against the Justice League, in order to determine which weapon will help him defeat the Intersolar Police of his own day. But the JLA counters each of Xotar's weapons and returns him to face justice in his own time.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Bernard Sachs (chapters 1, 3, 5); Joe Giella (chapters 2, 4)
Reprinted in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #48 (November-December 1966); in Justice League of America Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: Justice League of America (DC, 2005 series) #1