Justice League of America #78 (DC, 1970) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $466.05
Sold: Nov 18, 2017
Justice League of America #78 Values
Publisher: DC, 1970
About Justice League of America #78
First use of the satellite headquarters. Gil Kane cover. Featuring Superman, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Atom, and the Vigilante (Overstreet notes,"first Silver Age appearance?").Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Gil Kane; Murphy Anderson (inset heads)
Inks: Gil Kane; Murphy Anderson (inset heads)
Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Justice League of America [JLA; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]]; The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Jason Crass; Chokh (villain); The Doomsters (first appearance; villains)
Synopsis: The Vigilante comes out of retirement to enlist the JLA's help to discover the secret behind a factory that produces nothing but air and water pollution. The League moves into their new satellite headquarters, which is located 22,300 miles above the United States.
Pages: 21.830
Script: Denny O'Neil
Pencils: Dick Dillin
Inks: Joe Giella
Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story across 23 pages, but pages 6 and 23 are 2/3-pages and page 12 is a 1/2-page. Revival of the Vigilante, also in #79. First use of Satellite Headquarters.
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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 114 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Restored |
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 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
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