Justice League of America #40 (DC, 1965) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages....
Auction amount: $1,434.00
Sold: Nov 17, 2007
Justice League of America #40 Values
Publisher: DC, 1965
About Justice League of America #40
Third Silver Age Penguin appearance. Mirror Master, the Shark, and Captain Cold appearances. Mike Sekowsky and Murphy Anderson cover and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Superman; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Batman
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 Justice League of America Archives.
Reprints: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #115 (January-February 1975)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Justice League of America [Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]]; Mirror Master [Samuel Scudder]; The Shark; The Penguin [Oswald Copplepot]; Captain Cold [Len Snart]; 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 Justice League of America traces the source of the mayhem, battles illusory creatures summoned from their subconscious minds, and turns off the malfunctioning machine.
Pages: 23.000
Script: Gardner Fox
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
Inks: Bernard Sachs
Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Reprints: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #115 (January-February 1975)
Notes: Story across 24 pages in three parts of 9.67 pages, 5.67 pages, and 7.67 pages. Lettering credit from reprint in Justice League of America Archives. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
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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 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 140 |
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 142 |
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