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Issue Details

Issue #37
Published August 1965
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Lettering credit from reprint in JLA Archives.

Cover Details - "The Earth--Without a Justice League!"

Characters Green Lantern (Alan Scott); Dr. Fate; Mr. Terrific; The Flash (Jay Garrick); The Atom (Al Pratt); Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Murphy Anderson
Letters Joe Letterese
Notes Lettering credit from reprint in JLA Archives.
Reprinted in Justice League of America Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #5; in Crisis on Multiple Earths (DC, 2002 series) #nn [1]

25 page Justice League of America story "Earth--Without a Justice League!"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Fate; Mr. Terrific; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Hawkman [Carter Hall], Johnny Thunder [Earth-2]; Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA, guest stars); The Flash [Barry Allen]; Batman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Superman; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz] (all as the Justice League of America/JLA); Dr. Erdel; Race Morrison; Eddie Orson; Barney Judson; Ripper Jones; Bill Gore; Monk Loomis; Johnny Thunder [Earth-1] (villains)
Synopsis The Johnny Thunder of Earth-1 takes control of the Earth-2 counterpart's Thunderbolt after the Johnny of Earth-2 accidentally asks T-Bolt to transport him to Earth-1 to meet his counterpart (since he wondered if he had a counterpart on Earth-1 like the other heroes). The Earth-1 Johnny then goes back in time to prevent the JLAers from existing when they stop T-Bolt from committing crimes for him. After being defeated by the JSA later on, he has the Thunderbolt go back in time again to create a Lawless League (based off the JLA's origins) from his criminal associates to confront the JSA on Earth-1.
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 Crisis on Multiple Earths (DC, 2002 series) #nn [1]; in Justice League of America Archives, The (DC, 1992 series) #5; in World's Best Comics: Silver Age Sampler (DC, 2004 series) #nn [Batman figure on page 17, panel 1 only]

Half page Scienti-Fact text article

1 page JLA Mail Room letters page

Notes Includes a letter from Mike Friedrich