Title:

Justice League of America

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Justice League of America Vol 1 9
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”The Origin of the Justice League”
Cover
Cover
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Justice League of America Vol 1 #9
February, 1962
Cover Artists
Mike SekowskyMurphy Anderson
The Origin of the Justice League
Writers
Gardner Fox
Pencilers
Mike Sekowsky
Inkers
Bernie Sachs
Editors
Julius Schwartz
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Synopsis for ”The Origin of the Justice League”
Gathered together to celebrate the third anniversary of the formation of the Justice League, the founding members tell Snapper Carr and Green Arrow the story of how the team first got together.

Aliens from the planet Appellax came to Earth following the death of their ruler in order for a representatives of each race to vie for leadership over the planet by waging war on Earth. The last remaining after their war would become Appellax’s leader. Each Appellaxian was encased in a meteor and rocketed to Earth. After each of the creatures emerged from their meteor pods, they began using their special abilities to transform Earth’s inhabitants - humans and animals alike - into beings that resembled their individual makeups. Following their arrival the members of the Justice League, though not yet in league with one another, begin to respond and combat the creatures.

Martian Manhunter fought a stone being, and after his success travels to another meteor that has not yet birthed a creature. But, upon his arrival begins to transform to wood. The same happened to the others, they’d fight the nearest opponent and then travel to the one that transformed Martian Manhunter into wood, and become wood themselves. Eventually Aquaman, Green Lantern, Flash and Wonder Woman all became trapped and slowly be transformed into trees. However, they worked together combining their powers and abilities to free themselves, stop the tree-like alien, and restore themselves to normal. Traveling to the north, they teamed up with Batman and Superman who were already facing the final invader, whose meteor’s Kryptonite composition was weakening the Man of Steel.

Defeating this final foe and saving Superman, the assembled group of heroes then decide to work again in the future. And thus, the Justice League of America was born.

Appearing in ”The Origin of the Justice League”
Featured Characters:

Justice League of America (Origin)
Aquaman (Flashback and main story)
Batman (Flashback and main story)
Flash (Barry Allen) (Flashback and main story)
Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (Flashback and main story)
Manhunter from Mars (Flashback and main story)
Superman (Flashback and main story)
Wonder Woman (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:

Snapper Carr
Aquaman’s fishes (Flashback only)
Dorado
Trunkfish
Indian triggerfish
Australian Ceratodus
Coffer-fish
Gurnard
Drumfish
Villain

Appellaxian invaders (First appearance) (Dies in flashback)
Crystal Creature (Dies in flashback)
Mercury Monster (Dies in flashback)
Glass-Man (Dies in flashback)
Stone-God (Dies in flashback)
Golden Roc (Dies in flashback)
Wood-King (Dies in flashback)
Fire-Lord (Dies in flashback)
Other Characters:

Queen Hippolyta (Flashback only)
Amazons (Flashback only)
Locations:

United States of America
Rhode Island
Happy Harbor
Secret Sanctuary
Middleton (Flashback only)
North Carolina (Flashback only)
Atlantic Ocean (Flashback only)
Paradise Island (Flashback only)
Africa (Flashback only)
Sahara Desert (Flashback only)
Greenland (Flashback only)
Italy (Flashback only)
Lombardy
Lake Como
Items:

Green Lantern Ring
Lasso of Truth
Vehicles:

Appellaxian Meteor Ships
Notes
This story is fully reprinted in 80-Page Giant #8, DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5, Justice League of America Archives Vol. 2 and Showcase Presents: Justice League of America Vol. 1.
Parts of this story are reprinted in Justice League of America #97.
A chronologically earlier ”origin” is presented in Justice League of America #144.
This story is retconned in Secret Origins (Volume 2) #32, excluding Batman and Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman’s role was replaced by Black Canary. Superman appears, but he doesn’t join the team.
The Apellaxian invaders appear again in Justice League of America #200.
Trivia
The ceratodus is believed to have become extinct sometime around the beginning of the Eocene Epoch. How could Aquaman summon it...?

Cover Date:

Feb 1962

Publisher:

DC Comics

Barcode:

4711582554

Issue Number:

Month:

February

Year:

1962

Variant Number:

Printing:

1st

Country:

United States

Cover Price:

$0.12

Era:

Silver Age

Genre:

Superhero

Language:

English

Type of Comic:

Magazine

Characters:

Flash (Barry Allen)

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

Aquaman, Aquaman’s fishes : Dorado , Trunkfish Indian triggerfish, Australian Ceratodus, Coffer-fish, Gurnard Drumfish, Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter & Snapper Carr

Antagonist Appellaxian invaders (First appearance) (Dies in flashback) Crystal Creature, Mercury Monster, Glass-Man , Stone-God, Golden Roc, Wood-King, Fire-Lord (All ie in flashbacks)

Martian Manhunter (J’onn J’onzz (Earth-One)) Creators Joseph Samachson & Joe Certa 1st App. Detective Comics #225 (November, 1955) https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/J%27onn_J%27onzz_(Earth-One)

Date Added:

2018-07-02 22:17:06

Series:

Justice League of America #9 is an issue of the series Justice League of America (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1962.

Story Arc:

Rise of the Olympian

Automatic Estimated Value:

~$150.00

Automatic Estimated Date:

2025-03-09

Date Added:

2018-07-02 22:17:06

Created By:

Wonder Woman (Diana of Paradise Is. Earth-One) Creators William Moulton Marston · Harry G. Peter 1st App. Wonder Woman #98 (1958) Death Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (1986) https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Diana_of_Paradise_Island_(Earth-One)

Superman- Kal-El (Earth-One) Mainstream Universe‎, 1950s-1986 Creators Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster. 1st App. More Fun Comics #101 (January, 1945) https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Kal-El_(Earth-One)

Batman (Bruce Wayne) Creator Bill Finger & Bob Kane 1st App. Detective Comics #27 (May, 1939) https://batman.fandom.com/wiki/Batman

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Creators John Broome & Gil Kane 1st App. Showcase #22 (October, 1959) https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Hal_Jordan_(New_Earth)

Justice League of America Creators Julius Schwartz & Gardner Fox 1st App. The Brave and the Bold #28 (March, 1960) https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Justice_League_of_America_(New_Earth)

Aquaman (Orin, Arthur Curry) Mainstream Universe‎‎, 1950s-2011‎ Creators Mort Weisinger, Paul Norris & Ramona Fradon 1st App. Adventure Comics #211 (April, 1955) https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Orin_(New_Earth)

Flash (Bartholomew Henry ”Barry” Allen) Creators Robert Kanigher & Carmine Infantino (1st App. Showcase #4 (October, 1956) https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Barry_Allen_(New_Earth)

Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) Creators Mort Weisinger & George Papp 1st App. Adventure Comics #250 (July, 1958) Death/Resurrection Green Arrow (Vol. 2)#100/101 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Oliver_Queen_(New_Earth)

Martian Manhunter (J’onn J’onzz (Earth-One)) Creators Joseph Samachson & Joe Certa 1st App. Detective Comics #225 (November, 1955) “ https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/J%27onn_J%27onzz_(Earth-One)

Writer:

Gardner Fox

Penciller:

Mike Sekowsky

Inker:

Bernie Sachs

Cover Artist:

Mike Sekowsky, & Murphy Anderson

Editor:

Julius Schwartz