Justice League of America #56 (DC, 1967) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $1,553.50
Sold: May 23, 2008
Justice League of America #56 Values
Publisher: DC, 1967
About Justice League of America #56
Justice League vs. Justice Society story. Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson cover. Mike Sekowsky art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]]; Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]]
Pencils: Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks: Murphy Anderson (signed)
Letters: Ira Schnapp
Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Justice League of America [Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]]; Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt; Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince Trevor]]; Black-Sphered Villains [How Chu; Gem Girl [Claire Morton]; Money Master [Horace Rowland]; Smashing Sportsman [Marty Baxter]] (villains)
Synopsis: The JLA and JSA team up to stop the Black-Sphered Villains on Earth-2, using artificial means to power up four of their own with black matter, but it almost backfires when the four heroes become evil. The remaining heroes are then subconsciously helped by the four heroes into defeating them by exposing their weaknessses. These same weaknesses are then used vs. the four earlier-charged normal persons, who then lose their powers as well. Things are returned to normal on Earth-2, and the four Leaguers return to their world to stop the charged persons there using the same weaknesses.
Pages: 22.000
Script: Gardner Fox (credited)
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky (credited)
Inks: Sid Greene (credited)
Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story across 23 pages, but pages 12 and 23 are half-pages. JLA-JSA team-up. Story concluded from previous issue.
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 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 226 |
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 232 |
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