Justice League of America #3 (DC, 1961) CGC NM- 9.2 Cream to off-white pages....
Auction amount: $13,145.00
Sold: May 12, 2018
Justice League of America #3 Values
Publisher: DC, 1961
About Justice League of America #3
Origin and first appearance of Kanjar Ro. First appearances of Kromm, Hyathis, and Sayyar. Murphy Anderson cover. Mike Sekowsky art. Overstreet notes, "scarce in high grade due to black cover." Featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman, and the Martian Manhunter.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Kanjar Ro; Justice League of America [The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]]
Pencils: Murphy Anderson
Inks: Murphy Anderson
Letters: Ira Schnapp
Notes: Pencil and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Justice League of America [The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Snapper Carr]; Planet Dhor [Delon (Dictator) Kanjar Ro (introduction, villain)]; Planet Alstair [Panala (Queen) Hyathis (introduction, villain)]; Planet Mosteel [Gromar (King) Kromm (introduction, villain)]; Planet Llarr [Jeffan (Emperor) Sayyar (introduction, villain)]
Synopsis: Kanjar Ro forces the Justice League to help him defeat his enemies by freezing the people of Earth motionless. Only the combined voices of his enemies--Kromm, Hyathis, and Sayyar--saying "Kanjar Ro" can release them.
Pages: 25.670
Script: Gardner Fox
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
Inks: Bernard Sachs
Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Reprints: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #48 (November-December 1966)
Notes: Pencil and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story in 5 chapters of 7 pages, 5 pages, 5 pages, 5 pages, and 3.67 pages.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
Universal |
3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 46 | 46 | 55 | 41 | 44 | 32 | 35 | 33 | 32 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 512 |
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Restored |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
Total | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 44 | 48 | 51 | 57 | 52 | 45 | 33 | 40 | 37 | 33 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 559 |
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