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Issue Details

Issue #40
Published November 1965
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Pencilling and inking credits per Julius Schwartz' editorial records. Inking formerly credited to Murphy Anderson and Bernard Sachs. Lettering credit from reprint in JLA Archives.

Cover Details - "Indestructible Creatures of Nightmare Island!"

Characters Superman; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Batman
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Murphy Anderson
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Pencilling and inking credits per Julius Schwartz' editorial records. Inking formerly credited to Murphy Anderson and Bernard Sachs. Lettering credit from reprint in JLA Archives.
Reprinted in Justice League of America Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #5

24 page Justice League of America story "Indestructible Creatures of Nightmare Island!"

Characters Aquaman; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Superman; Wonder Woman (all as the Justice League of America/JLA); Mirror Master; The Shark; The Penguin; Captain Cold; Andrew Helm (villain); Chung Ka; Chandro Gopar
Synopsis Andrew Helm creates a machine intended to create world peace, but which malfunctions and causes evil. The JLA traces the source of the mayhem, battles illusory creatures summoned from their subconscious minds, and turns off the malfunctioning machine.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Bernard Sachs
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Lettering credit from reprint in JLA Archives. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007).
Reprinted in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #115 (January-February 1975); in Justice League of America Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #5

1 page public service announcement "The Hip Way to Learn!"

Synopsis Public service message teaching kids how to study.
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Ira Schnapp

1 page Amazing Ratios text article "Amazing Ratios"

Script Julius Schwartz
Pencils Morris Waldinger
Inks Tom Nicolosi
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007).